Roses for remembrance and all that
The rose, and the meanings it has taken unto itself over the years is quite interesting to say the least. The rose is the flower sung about, written about, and used by more poets and songwriters than any other is. A subject for romantic allusion ... [... more]
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Kraven Images: A Novel
 From Amazon.com: Kraven Images is a slapstick romp that follows the affairs and conquests of Nicholas Marcus Kraven, a Jewish Englishman and lecturer at Mosholu College in New York City. With his amorous sights set on--among others--his enemy's [... more]
CDN$30.95
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Shalimar the Clown
Très, très, très inégal: Déçu est peut-être le mot le plus approprié. Après deux chapitres excellents et bien à la hauteur de mon attente, Salman Rushdie se dévoile brutalement [... more]
CDN$34.95
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Bright Lights, Big City
cocaine decisions: In this supposedly zeitgeist novel of the '80's we see a protagonist who incorporates the essence of that decade: hedonism, urbanity, wealth, cocaine-fuelled nightlife in a competitive social minefield. Coming to think of it, not alot [... more]
CDN$17.95
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Up Till Now: The Autobiography
Shatner Plays It "Lite" . . . with Tongue in Cheek and a Wink: Up Till Now will appeal to Shatner fans and those who are thinking about acting careers. He provides a "lite" look at what it was like where even the tearful moments are [... more]
CDN$28.95
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Refuge from the Reich: American Airmen and Switzerland ...
finally, some clarity!: The courage of the Swiss during World War II has never before been so completely or accurately portrayed as in Refuge from the Reich. Long viewed as a neutral, unimportant footnote in WWII history, Switzerland was actually a [... more]
CDN$39.00
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Essays in Idleness
A delicious little book: The Wordsworth Classics here presents a nice translation by G.B. Sansom of a classic, the Tsurezuregusa of Yoshida Kenko, written around 1330 by a Japanese monk. The format of the work is reminiscent of the Pillow Book of Sei [... more]
CDN$13.49
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Heaven in Stone and Glass: The Spirituality of Gothic ...
A refreshing meditation: Fr. Barron's book is truly a small gem. Very compact and readable yet extremely spiritual and philosophical, it gets right at the heart of the very essence of the great cathedrals. Simply looking at their form, though very [... more]
CDN$23.95
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The Body In Question
From Amazon.co.uk: The Body in Question is a reprint of the 1980 book written by Dr Jonathan Miller to complement his then TV series. As the subject is the history and rationale of man's attitude to his own body, one might expect the book to have dated. [... more]
CDN$34.95
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Donald Judd
The One to Have: If you only buy one Donald Judd book in your lifetime, this may be the one to have. Beautifully designed and produced, with gorgeous full-bleed color reproductions, it is comprehensive in covering all the major aspects of his production ( [... more]
CDN$65.22
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Motives for Allusion: Context and Content in ...
Author: Christopher Alan Reynolds Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 781.3 EAN: 9780674010376 ISBN: 067401037X Number Of Pages: 248 Publication Date: 2003-06-30 [... more]
CDN$54.68
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The Narrow Act: Borges' Art of Allusion
Author: Ronald Christ Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 868 EAN: 9780930829346 Edition: Rev Sub ISBN: 0930829344 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: 1995-01-01 [... more]
CDN$18.00
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