Craft in America
For two centuries, Americans have made stunning, utilitarian objects by hand. Each tells a story-about the person who laid his or her hands to the work; about the historical moment in which it was created; and about the political mood, community, ... [... more]
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Tale of One Bad Rat
 From Amazon.com: Helen Potter lived a happy life until she got lost in a nightmare of sexual abuse. Now she's traveling through urban and rural England on a journey that is remarkably similar to the one Beatrix Potter once took. Bryan Talbot's [... more]
CDN$20.03
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Charles Mackay
A complete repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement--and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions, ... [... more]
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Sandra Steingraber
A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment With this eloquent and impassioned book, biologist and poet Sandra Steingraber shoulders the legacy of Rachel Carson, producing a work about people and land, cancer and the ... [... more]
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Steve Fenton
For two centuries, Americans have made stunning, utilitarian objects by hand. Each tells a story-about the person who laid his or her hands to the work; about the historical moment in which it was created; and about the political mood, community, ... [... more]
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Andrew Tobias
A complete repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement--and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions, ... [... more]
Random House |
Thomas Hardy Time Torn Man
Thomas Hardy: man of literature: I read this biography of Thomas Hardy in association with a discussion of the Mayor of Casterbridge: a very timely read. It is ironic that Thomas Hardy is known so well for his novels rather than his poetry. His ability [... more]
CDN$25.00
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Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity
another reviewers total ignorance: " stopping of all scientific and intellectual inquiry for 1700 " So tell me, which Christian thinker was it that stifled all inquiry? Would it be Augustine, the monasteries that hand copied vital classics of [... more]
CDN$25.99
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To Play With Fire: One Woman's Remarkable Odyssey
more than five stars!: Tova Mordechai's story of her journey from a Pentecostal cult to Judaism reads like a Jewish _A Little Princess_: she lives in poverty surrounded by plenty, is forcibly separated from her family; she succeeeds at everything she [... more]
CDN$19.50
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Suite Francaise
Two Unfinished Facets of a Gorgeous Diamond in the Rough Set in World War II Tragedy: Suite Française contains two unfinished sections, Storm in June and Dolce, of a planned five-part work about the invasion and occupation of France in World War [... more]
CDN$15.58
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Muslim Discovery of Europe
All Over The Place...: I had trouble maintaining my concentration and interest with this book. Despite the fact that the author has broken the book up into "theme" chapters, such as "Muslim Scholarship About The West," " [... more]
CDN$23.95
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The Corporate Planet: Ecology and Politics in the Age of ...
Kirkus Review of THE CORPORATE PLANET sucks: Globalization is, obviously, a complicated, misunderstood, and nuanced process. And while THE CORPORATE PLANET is not the last word on that process, or on the dynamics by which corporations are emerging as key [... more]
CDN$24.00
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