Arte Johnson
Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good oldfashioned children. Following the models set in lauded tales from A ... [... more]
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Raging Rivers and Odious Oceans
 Author: Anita Ganeri Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 550 EAN: 9780439960830 ISBN: 0439960835 MPN: 60830 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2005-05-20 [... more]
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths ...
Amazon.ca: Ask readers for some adjectives to describe the fiction of Margaret Atwood and most would submit "intense, cerebral, futuristic, feminist," or just plain "weird." Only the most astute would add "funny" to the list. [... more]
CDN$25.00
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Borrowed Dreams
Great start to a series: Millicent and Lyon marry for conviences; for her, it's to save her estate and help her people; for him, it's a matter of indifference. Lyon can't walk and has sunk into a deep depression. His mother instigates the marriage, [... more]
CDN$9.99
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An Imaginative Experience
Charming novel of grief and love: Mary Wesley's charming, witty and poignant novel of grief and love opens with a young woman's impulsive act of mercy, as seen by two men whose imaginations are instantly engaged. Julia Piper pulls the emergency cord to [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Contextually Relevant, but also timeless: This particular sermon from Edwards has been trumpeted by some as the greatest sermon given on American soil, while being vehemently attacked by others as puritanical fire and brimstone of a backwards age. Oddly [... more]
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The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism: Adolf Hitler ...
From Hitler to Hamas: Haj Amin al-Husseini represented the opposite of the noble Emir Faisal Ibn Husein, the enlightened Arab King of Hejaz who had cordial relations with Chaim Weizmann and wanted to achieve a peaceful Middle East with co-operation [... more]
CDN$26.04
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Painting Cultures-PB
Great Art Gets Some Deserved Attention: In the 1970s, an Anglo-Australian advisor to the Pintupi Aboriginal people of the remote Western Desert of Australia suggested that they transfer some of their traditional designs to modern European painting media ( [... more]
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In the Highest Degree Odious: Detention without Trial in ...
Author: A. W. Brian Simpson Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 343 EAN: 9780198259497 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0198259492 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: 1994-11 [... more]
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Earthly Powers
One of the best novels of the 20th century...out of print?: "Earthly Powers" is a marvelous meditation on destiny, social construction, social climbing, fate and faith ; its Somerset Maugham-based narrator gives us an unflinching view of life's [... more]
CDN$23.95
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Karla: A Pact with the Devil
Amazon.ca: Karla Homolka is an enigma. After a decade of investigation, a previous book about the case (Invisible Darkness), access to police officers, attorneys, doctors, and internal documents, and correspondence with the subject herself, that is the [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Valley Of Horses, The
Leonarda da Stoneage meets He-Man: After reading Clan of the Cave Bear, of course I had to read The Valley of Horses to find out what happened to Ayla. Although I felt sometimes reminded of "The Island of The Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell, I [... more]
CDN$52.95
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