World Atlas of the Past: The Age of Discovery Volume 3: ...
Great Historical Reference: The "Atlas of Past Times" found a permanent place on my coffee table. This book is absolutely loaded with illustrative maps, photos, and text. John Haywood has done to the pictorial record of world history what [... more]
CDN$28.00
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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984
From Amazon.co.uk: It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score and video games were blitzing the world... Supercade is the first book to illustrate and document the history, legacy and visual language of the video [... more]
CDN$36.41
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Total Baseball, Completely Revised and Updated: The ...
THE Baseball Reference Book: I have read two previous editions of Total Baseball and this 8th edition is the very best. For all TB readers out there the 8th edition still has complete statisical player guide with the standard statistics baseball [... more]
CDN$59.95
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The Little Bodice Book: A Workbook on Period Bodices
excellent for amateur costumers: Covers basic bodice construction thoroughly with enough detail in the instruction to support basic theater or festival-type needs. Shows in b/w hand-drawn diagrams how to modify the basic pattern to depict different [... more]
CDN$8.28
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Saxons Vikings And Celts
Bloodletting modifies myths: Any readable account of genetic research is a treat. Finding one incorporating human history and the legends surrounding our past is a prize. Bryan Sykes has given us hints of this with his previous books on tracing women's [... more]
CDN$20.00
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Princess in Land of Snows: The Life of Jamyang Sakya in ...
Loved it: Superb narration from one of the rare female Tibetan Lamas, H.E. Dagmo Kusho Jamyang Sakya. Fascinating insight into the political skirmishes of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, from a perspective of privilege and power within its [... more]
CDN$41.95
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Aisha The Beloved
Unnecessarily Insensitive Writer: Nabia Abbott's lack of respect and insentivity to Islam and its leaders is very rude and unpardonable. The introduction and early chapters put the reader off, especially Muslims, as it un-necessarily catagorizes and [... more]
CDN$20.95
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Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America
recovering stripper death therapy!: Strip City is a highly recommended book for anyone whose been on the analytical side of strip club stripping or would like to be. It's great for those of us who have danced around wearing a slingshot and even for those [... more]
CDN$32.95
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The Messerschmitt Me 109: Volume I: 1936 to 1942 (from ...
Details!: If you are more interested in camouflage than the actual blue print of the aircraft, this is the book for you. The level of detail concerning insignia and variation in paint schemes makes this book fascinating. Remember, the goal of the artist [... more]
CDN$20.02
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Papa Do Run
Not just for baby boomers: I really loved this book. It's a great walk down memory lane-- lots of tunes I had grown up with. But the book will appeal to all ages; even if you didn't grow up listening to these tunes, it's a great historical reference to [... more]
CDN$19.05
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Six Thousand Years of Bread
From Amazon.com: Bread's history has frequently been a recipe for disaster. The well-baked loaf--aside from being the main event in one of the major food groups--has caused wars, supernatural visions, festivals, and plagues. H. E. Jacob's celebratory [... more]
CDN$17.95
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Etudes (Complete)
Skryabin, a hinge between two ages: The world was changing fast. Composers were catching up with the limits of tonality, but Skryabin was pointing a way to an almost contrapuntal, modern, overlapping, layered tonality that--like Bach--didn't work if you [... more]
CDN$6.99
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