Edward G. Seidensticker
To this haunting novel of wasted love, Kawabata brings the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature. As he chronicles the affair between a wealthy dilettante and the mountain geisha ... [... more]
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Job Hopper: The Checkered Career of a Down-Market Dilettante
 Author: Ayun Halliday Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6 EAN: 9781580051309 ISBN: 1580051308 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2005-02-16 [... more]
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William James
William James was born at the Astor House, New York City's most fashionable and luxurious hotel, on January 11, 1842, into a wealthy family of Scottish and Irish ancestry. He was the eldest son of Henry James, Sr., an eccentric dilettante who had ... [... more]
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Yasunari Kawabata
To this haunting novel of wasted love, Kawabata brings the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature. As he chronicles the affair between a wealthy dilettante and the mountain geisha ... [... more]
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Saucier's Apprentice
Philosopher's stone of a cookbook.: An immensely gratifying experience. With only modest ingredients (no truffles, foie gras, or caviar required) and more than a little patience and care, this book led me to culinary nirvana. There's nothing flashy going [... more]
CDN$34.00
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Modern Classics You Only Live Twice
Twice Is the ONLY Way to Live!: Forgive me if I am more of a Bond-Movie aficionado than one of Ian Flemming's original works. Perhaps it's because I am a Sir Sean fan more than anything. But I have come to conclude after watching "You Only Live [... more]
CDN$19.00
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Life in the English Country House: A Social and ...
Very informative: Don't be put off at first by the black and white photos. This book has some color photos, and I was at first hesitant to purchase this book because it seemed to be mostly black and white photography. However, once I began to read this [... more]
CDN$42.14
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Selected Works
Badly organized and edited book: The 3 stars are for the lousy editing and organizing of the book, not its actual contents, which is a collection of the more important works of I understand one of the world's greatest writer. Books like this should be [... more]
CDN$45.00
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La Dilettante
Binding: DVD EAN: 0681283001337 Format: NTSC Release Date: 2002-11-26 UPC: 681283001337 [... more]
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Canada and the OAS: From dilettante to full partner
Author: Peter Mckenna Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 327 EAN: 9780886292584 ISBN: 0886292581 Number Of Pages: 220 Publication Date: 2003-10-03 [... more]
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Marcel Proust: A Life
Remembrance of Ellmann's James Joyce: Carter's Proust is as solid, readable, and absorbing as Ellmann's Joyce. While devouring Carter's text and endnotes too, I refer to maps and travel guides and continue to reread Proust's Proust. What a joy! I'm [... more]
CDN$57.30
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The Films of John Carpenter
The Ultimate John Carpenter Guide: Perhaps the greatest research and analysis of any filmmaker (let alone of Carpenter himself) I've had ever the joy of reading. Muir certainly gave me a completely different perspective of Carpenter's films. I actually [... more]
CDN$50.53
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