Andrew Leckey
Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Ken Auletta have scoured the print media, consulted with the editors of major business and general interest publications, and surveyed journalism school deans to find the best business stories from the ... [... more]
Random House |
Britain since 1945
Britain Since 1945 : A Political History: An excellent book that is useful to all students of British History. I was particularly pleased to see a section on Ireland included as it is all too often neglected, even though our histories are so intertwined. [... more]
CDN$40.58
Amazon CA |
Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow
A challenge for ecologists: This book is extremely well written, entertaining, and of general interest. At about 150 pages it is also a very quick read. The equations are mostly moved into appendices. The general public interested in the inner workings [... more]
CDN$33.95
Amazon CA |
From My Mexican Kitchen: Techniques and Ingredients
From Amazon.com: Diana Kennedy published her first cookbook in 1972. It was about Mexican food. She has been learning more and writing more ever since. From My Mexican Kitchen takes the reader by the hand and explores the indigenous ingredients that make [... more]
CDN$60.00
Amazon CA |
Deception in War
Engaging and lively, this is the best book on the subject: As an armchair historian I was intrigued when I saw this book on a topic not widely written on or understood in western military thinking. Covering deception from ancient history to the 20th [... more]
CDN$50.79
Amazon CA |
The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia : A comprehensive ...
From Amazon.com: If you want to learn about wines of the world and advance your comprehension of wine production, grape varieties, appellations, and individual wineries, understand the factors (such as location, soil, climate, and methods of viticulture) [... more]
CDN$75.00
Amazon CA |
Rise: Blood Hunter
Amazing what having a grade-A cinematographer like John Toll can do to a B-vampire movie: The credit for rounding up on "Rise: Blood Hunter" goes to the cinematography of John Toll. I mean, come on: we are talking about a director of [... more]
CDN$20.77
Amazon CA |
The History of the Incas
Conquistadors History: This translation of the work of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa is both riveting and detailed. As an account of the history of the Incas it is unsurpassed in its accuracy, presenting evidence gained from the Incas themselves circa 1570AD. [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
Wicca Handbook
Plenty of information... little follow through: I recently picked up a couple of books about Wicca and Witchcraft just out of general interest, this book and "First Steps to Solitary Witchcraft" by Marie Bruce. Of the two, Holland's book had [... more]
CDN$22.03
Amazon CA |
New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia, the
From Amazon.com: If you want to learn about wines of the world and advance your comprehension of wine production, grape varieties, appellations, and individual wineries, understand the factors (such as location, soil, climate, and methods of viticulture) [... more]
CDN$70.17
Amazon CA |
Sublime Understanding: Aesthetic Reflection in Kant and ...
Sublime Understandings: One of the best, most insightful works on the subject to date. Aestheticians and Kant scholars: buy this book now!: Pillow provides a fascinating account of Kantian and Hegelian aesthetics that will prove of great interest to [... more]
CDN$62.51
Amazon CA |
Galápagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's ...
Very Bad Book: I strongly recommend not buying this book. Visually it is a mess. The print is very small, the photographs are generally of poor quality and the layout of the pages are too busy. The text is essentially a diary and may be of interest to [... more]
CDN$27.04
Amazon CA |