Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures ...
Some of the best applied mathematics problems around: If there is a better source of offbeat, interesting problems in applied mathematics, I have yet to see it. The closest is the similar book by Banks, Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further [... more]
CDN$27.04
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Sugar & Spice
Who's Sugar and Spice: A mystery page turner with twists you won't be able to put down until the end. I'm recommending Sugar and Spice to my book club members. This should be a movie: I could not put the book down. Sugar & Spice is a gripping [... more]
CDN$7.28
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Sailing Big on A Small Sailboat 3rd Edition
too narrow: For me this book was useful only in that it pointed out to me that there is such a thing as trailer sailing. All well and good. However I rapidly(less than a week) out grew the book's very narrow scope, and now have no use for it. Would even [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Law of Dreams
Amazon.ca: Set in 1840s Ireland during the potato famine, this realistic and exactingly researched historical novel won the 2006 Governor General's award for fiction. Fergus is a teen when his parents and sisters are burned alive in their hut for [... more]
CDN$18.95
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To Have and Have Not
From Amazon.com: First things first: readers coming to To Have and Have Not after seeing the Bogart/Bacall film should be forewarned that about the only thing the two have in common is the title. The movie concerns a brave fishing-boat captain in World [... more]
CDN$15.50
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A Thread Across The Ocean
Persistence of vision: The first transatlantic cable was a Victorian era triumph that enchanted the world with its glory. The story is one of the courage and persistence of its director-in-charge, Cyrus Field, born in 1819 to a prominent family of [... more]
CDN$28.50
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Harvest Of Empire
From Amazon.com: Readers familiar with immigration history as told in books like Roger Daniels's Coming to America will experience a sense of déjà vu with Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez. The immigrant experience is a constant in [... more]
CDN$23.00
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The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for ...
Validating - read this and take a deep breath of relief: Sensory integration is a misunderstood topic. Once you've lived with it though you understand it exists. Children whose senses interpret data differently are so often misunderstood and labeled as & [... more]
CDN$26.95
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The Eternal Footman
From Amazon.com: "Homo sapiens is an amazing animal.... Get God and Aristotle off its back, and miracles start becoming the norm," theorizes a hapless human in James Morrow's The Eternal Footman. Capping off the hilarious trilogy that began [... more]
CDN$19.06
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Under Tow: A History of Tugs and Towing
Author: Donal M Baird Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 900 EAN: 9781551250762 ISBN: 1551250764 Number Of Pages: 284 Publication Date: 2003-04-17 [... more]
CDN$54.95
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Towing Aloft: Learning to Surface - Tow & Aerotow Hang ...
Author: Dennis Pagen Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780936310138 ISBN: 0936310138 Publication Date: 1997-09 [... more]
CDN$30.65
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Towing Jehovah
a BIG surprise!: God, a 2 mile giant, croaks and floats in the ocean. What now? I laughed and thought a lot. You won't forget this one! James Morrow is a gem. A World Fantasy Award Winner. (You never know where these books will take you.) What an odd [... more]
CDN$16.00
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