Magnus Magnusson
Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness's is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at ... [... more]
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Bizet: Carmen
 The Best Carmen On CD: This is truly one of the greatest Carmen recordings there is. Forget its age -- these are great French singers who truly feel and understand their roles. Andre Cluytens is one of the greatest conducters of this opera - he makes it [... more]
CDN$13.99
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Christopher Bradley-Hole
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first ... [... more]
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Julie Eizenberg
Urban and suburban living at the outset of the twenty-first century is characterized by myriad interlocking images and experiences. Large-scale social and economic forces lead to a fragmentary daily existence. How can architecture work with these ... [... more]
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The Late Great Planet Earth
To everything there is a season...: We believe what we want to believe. There, he said it. Quoting Demosthenes at the very outset of the book, we've been put on notice. The mystery is, why do people want to believe this? I remember 'The Late Great Planet [... more]
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The Disconnected Generation
Outstanding and Insightful!: We read the book with great relief. We were sure our teenagers were the only ones behaving and speaking a language we did not understand. After reading the book and trying some of the techniques suggested, we can only [... more]
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The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
Useful - but within reason: I have to admit from the outset here, that I am a confirmed Janeite, I have an Austen discussion list, and I have read Austen's novels over and over again. So that may well colour what you feel about this review. This book [... more]
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Remote Control
From Amazon.com: Don't expect to see Andy McNab's photograph on the cover of his first thriller, Remote Control--the former British Special Air Service agent says both the Colombian drug cartel and the Provisional IRA still have contracts out on him. His [... more]
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Fox
a real gem: This album is really great. Harold Land is one the most under-appreciated jazz artists ever, possibly due, in part, to his decision to base himself in LA rather than New York. Land is the owner of an immediately identifiable sound on the [... more]
CDN$12.99
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Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational ...
good idea, disappointing execution: I work in mapping, and was expecting a trove of insight and ideas. In fact it is very hard work extracting any value from this book. First, most of the reproductions are scaled down so much the details are almost [... more]
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory ...
Dry and disappointing to me: Having seen this title on every "official" recommendation list for homeschooling families, I had high hopes for this book. But Gatto lost me in his insistance that there's a malevolent intention behind the way [... more]
CDN$12.45
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Sun and Steel
The Way of the Samurai: Since World War II, the West has forgotten the Shadow soul of Japan, the collective impulses that have been repressed by "Occupation Law" and the imposition of democracy. The Japanese are seen stereotypically as being [... more]
CDN$22.95
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