Daffodil Crossing
Daffodils are very hardy, and will grow just about anywere. Even in clay soil, lawns, and in cattle pastures. It's March 2001, and my daffodils are hardly more than showing a couple of inches above the ground. I'm off to another late season, or ... [... more]
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Disciplined Mind
 Strongly suited for parents: In Gardner's view, truth, beauty, and good are the pillars upon which an education striving for deep, profound understanding should stand. Throughout the book he offers the examples of Darwin's Origin of Species, Mozart's [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Beautiful book, sad exhibition: I bought this book because there was no other way to understand the photos that were on display at the Museum of Natural History. I was not alone; several people walked around Banerjee's exhibition with their books in hand. [... more]
CDN$49.95
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75 Down Blocks
A wealth of interesting ideas: In recent years we have learnt that to understand our style thoroughly we have to go beyond our style; but in so doing we can find the effective self defence principles that were there all along. So practitioners of karate, [... more]
CDN$27.95
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No Grain Diet
From Amazon.com: Impressively modern in design, The No-Grain Diet brings a realistic viewpoint to the problems of weight loss in a genuine effort to improve the health of an ever-growing number of obese Americans. Offering a variety of "food plans,& [... more]
CDN$21.00
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One Small Garden
Amazon.ca: "We like to think we have the measure of the world. We like things to be tidy." But as Barbara Nichol demonstrates in One Small Garden, it's a jungle out there. A little girl alarms onlookers from the unsafe heights of a treetop; [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Downsiders
From Amazon.com: Meticulous 14-year-old Lindsay isn't exactly thrilled about moving to the chaos that she believes is New York City. Her flighty "career college student" mom, now divorced, has dumped her on her city engineer dad, "a man [... more]
CDN$7.99
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Curious George Goes to a Movie
From Amazon.com: "Though he had promised to be good, little monkeys sometimes forget..." Curious George and his friend, the man with the yellow hat, have been waiting to see this movie for a long time, and finally it's here! When his friend [... more]
CDN$14.95
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Paint Shop Pro 8 Zero to Hero
Zero to None? This book sure is not the best by far.: Paint Shop Pro 8 Zero to Hero is in my opinion clearly written by armatures who have little (if any) formal training in graphic arts and design. Most of the information in the book is easily found for [... more]
CDN$26.04
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Curious George Goes to a Movie Book and CD
From Amazon.com: "Though he had promised to be good, little monkeys sometimes forget..." Curious George and his friend, the man with the yellow hat, have been waiting to see this movie for a long time, and finally it's here! When his friend [... more]
CDN$10.95
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Native American Legends
A revelation, the start of a passion....: . This was my 1st introduction to Native American music, together with Sacred Spirit, and I can't think of a more exciting and balanced introduction (for someone totally ignorant of tribal music) than those two [... more]
CDN$11.99
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The Baron in the Trees
Life goes on in the trees...: Calvino never fails to mesmerize. His books suck you in and don't let go until the final word (and that final word always seems to include a touch of sadness that the novel is over). This is one of Calvino's earlier works, [... more]
CDN$13.54
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