S. G. Browne
Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new ... [... more]
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Russia in the Age of Peter the Great
 From Amazon.com: Like the luckless hero of Pushkin's "The Bronze Horseman," driven mad by St. Petersburg floods, all of Russia is in some sense pursued by the ghost of Peter the Great. Literally larger than life at six foot seven inches, the [... more]
CDN$65.22
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John H. Mayer
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an ... [... more]
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Maryse Conde
In this beautifully crafted, Rashomon-like novel, Maryse Conde has written a gripping story imbued with all the nuances and traditions of Caribbean culture. Francis Sancher--a handsome outsider, loved by some and reviled by others--is found dead, ... [... more]
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Antony Karasulas
For more than 2,000 years hordes of mounted nomadic archers from the vastness of the steppe and from Central Asia spewed out into China, the Middle East, and Europe. Feared and reviled, they were a formidable threat to the lands they invaded. ... [... more]
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Sarah Rutherford
The Victorian lunatic asylum has a special place in history. Dreaded and reviled by many, these nineteenth-century buildings provide a unique window on how the Victorians housed and treated the mentally ill. Despite initially good intentions, ... [... more]
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Marie Antoinette
From Amazon.com: In the past, Antonia Fraser's bestselling histories and biographies have focused on people and events in her native England, from Mary Queen of Scots to Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. Now she crosses the Channel to [... more]
CDN$27.00
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Thoughtful Book on How to Eat Locally: This is a feature lengh non-fiction book that was a family collaboration of the Kingsolver-Hopp Family. Dont expect plot, like Barbara Kingsolvers fiction; instead expect well thought out and tried/tested [... more]
CDN$33.95
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Morgan: American Financier
From Amazon.com: As Americans cope with the social and industrial changes wrought by the computer age, we seem ready to view with more sympathy the men who shaped the similarly disruptive economic revolution at the turn of the last century. Less than a [... more]
CDN$30.37
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Inferno
Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here...: "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here" reads an inscription above Hell's Gate. May be true for xians, but horror-loving Satanists will find this literature most stimulating, with the graphic descriptions of [... more]
CDN$9.95
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Cubist Picasso: 1960-1925
INSIGHTS INTO THIS ICONIC ARTIST: Whether or not this is an apocryphal story I do not know but it is said that at the beginning of World War I Gertrude Stein was walking with Picasso on the boulevard Raspail. A camouflaged truck came by. They had heard [... more]
CDN$123.00
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The Caine Mutiny
More Than A War Story: Good literature can transport the reader into the world of the book. Great literature enters the world of the reader. "The Caine Mutiny" is great literature. Many have seen the movie so I can say a little about the story. [... more]
CDN$35.00
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