The Good and The Bad in the Heartlands
I took a stroll through my garden beds this morning and much to my dismay I spotted a vast quantity of those unwelcomed green things amongst my flowers. You guessed it!!! Those unwelcomed green things are weeds. As I started to weed a few areas ... [... more]
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Christopher Evan Welch
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, ... [... more]
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Terrence Mann
In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked ... [... more]
Random House |
Glengarry Glen Ross
 a tough-minded drama about "business ethics": Before movies like "Wall Street" and real-life scandals with Enron and WorldCom, there was this play. Mamet's signature dialogue, rife with profanity and ascerbic edge, exposes the bitter [... more]
CDN$14.95
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Freckleface Strawberry
A LESSON IN FRIENDSHIP: This debut children's book by acclaimed actress Julianne Moore teaches youngsters a valuable lesson - "...the things that make you different also make you YOU." In this case the 7-year-old heroine known as " [... more]
CDN$20.00
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When the Smoke Cleared at Gettysburg: The Tragic ...
The challenge is enduring this book....: The challenge in reading this book is to actually reach the end without throwing one's hands up in dismay. The poor writing, the factual errors, and the repetition all combine to make reading this book not merely [... more]
CDN$25.95
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Making Money
Not Terry's best: While this may not be Pratchett's best book, any book featuring a guy named Moist von Lipwig gets my vote. A graduate student introduced me to Pratchett's Disc World novels, and I have read and reread them over and over. That was a bit [... more]
CDN$11.99
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Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within
How to Pray and Love it, Too: I remember, going back a few years now, setting out to explore the soaring interior trails blazed by the great Carmelite mystics, Sts. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, only to turn back in dismay. It seemed as though [... more]
CDN$13.49
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Fungus Gnats
Fungus gnats are usually just a nuisance, but heavy infestations and to my dismay, small infestations, can really damage seedlings and young plants. Read this article to find out what they are and how to get rid of them. Adults gnats are about ... [... more]
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The Garden Vanishes!
Spring brings a bounty of pleasant surprises - and one not so pleasant one. When I raked back the mulch, and the leaves that had drifted over my favorite little garden I found - much to my dismay - that it was gone! The culprits? Voles. When I ... [... more]
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Simmer All Night
old plot, sorry folks.: I have read only a couple chapters, but I am taking it back to the store. Her first few books were FANTASTIC, but save your time and money. This one is so predictable. Two people who grew up together, finally realize that the [... more]
CDN$8.99
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Wagashi
Not the cookbook I thought it is...: This book won a cookbook award and I thought it teaches me how to make the japanese sweet.. But to my dismay it tells you very little on making the beautiful japanese confection. It is a very beautiful book however [... more]
CDN$48.11
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