What's That Round Thing?
If you're interested in watching the life cycle of a plant from seed to bulb, you can plant the seeds as soon as they're ripe. The seeds are like black, shiny pearls, about an eighth of an inch across. Depending on your climate, you can either ... [... more]
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Holly Keller
Holly Keller is the creator of the enormously popular Farfallina & Marcel, three books about Horace the leopard, and several books about the feisty pig Geraldine, as well as Pearl's New Skates and What a Hat! In ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Dorit Rabinyan
Redolent with the scent of lilac and oleander blossoms, and bursting with the flavors of quinces and overripe plums, Strand of a Thousand Pearls is the story of the imagined and actual marriages of the Azizyan girls, ... [... more]
Random House |
Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Everyday Immortality contains a series of insights, known in eastern wisdom traditions as sutras, or koans. Like a string of pearls, each insight follows the next. You will ponder the meaning of each statement--some ... [... more]
Random House |
Terri Mcfaddin
If any race of women should recognize that their value is far above rubies, pearls, and sapphires, says author Terri McFaddin, it is those of African ancestry. Like precious gemstones formed within the earth, we have ... [... more]
Random House |
Programming Pearls
 Fourteen years after it was first issued, C++ expert Jon Bentley reinvents a true classic with the second edition of his Programming Pearls. Completely revised and brought up to date with all new code examples in C and C++, this book remains an ... [... more]
CDN$43.99
Amazon CA |
Indra's Pearls: The Vision of Felix Klein
How mathematics can be used to create physical beauty As a long-time reviewer of mathematics books, there was a time when I grew very bored with books written for the general mathematical audience. For years, it seemed mandatory that all contain a ... [... more]
CDN$71.95
Amazon CA |
Pearls: A Natural History
From Leonardo da Vinci's recipe for imitation pearls to the derring-do of deep-sea pearl divers, Pearls: A Natural History delves into virtually every aspect of the gemstones that have been prized since ancient times for their luster and purity. The ... [... more]
CDN$75.00
Amazon CA |
Strand of a Thousand Pearls: A Novel
Magical realism that goes off the deep end This is the story of the Azizyan family, the parents having emigrated from Iran to Israel as children, raising a family of five of their own, four daughters and a son. At its heart, the plot revolves around the ... [... more]
CDN$21.00
Amazon CA |
The Case of the Goblin Pearls
The Goblin Pearls are stolen and Lily has to find them. The plot line of the story is that the ancient Goblon Pearls are stolen at the parade and it is up to Lily to find out who stole them. I personally thought this book was too short and didn't be very ... [... more]
CDN$7.50
Amazon CA |
Three Pearls of Number Theory
Come on, professors, write more like this! This book is actually a letter from a Russian professor to a student sent off to war. It's short, but won't be an easy read. These are "pearls" but getting the oyster open is going to be tough. It's ... [... more]
CDN$11.50
Amazon CA |
Gathering of Pearls
Why did she gather pearls? I disliked this book because there was no action. In my opinion this book was very boring. The author gave the most detail when she was talking about Sookan's studying, and that wasn't very interesting.It was also kind of sad. ... [... more]
CDN$21.95
Amazon CA |
