Jonathan A. Knee
Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From his prestigious Wall Street perches at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, ... [... more]
Random House |
Then We Came to the End
 A great first novel: While Then We Came to the End has been touted for its humor- and it is a funny book- to read it as strictly a spoof of ad agency life would be to diminish what Joshua Ferris has accomplished in his clever novel. Filled with [... more]
CDN$15.50
Amazon CA |
Theres A Nightmare In My Closet
there's a nightmare in my closet: I have three girls, 11, 8 and 2. Each of them has adored this book. SImple language, interesting pictures and a story that captures their imagination while making the monster seem cute and cuddly - This goes a long way [... more]
CDN$10.99
Amazon CA |
Two for Joy
What's the buzz...: I'm sorry I don't share the enthusiasm of previous reviewers about this book. I borrowed it at the library because I liked the cover (by the way, I looked in vain in the book for a reference to the jacket illustration) and I was [... more]
CDN$9.99
Amazon CA |
Day The Babies Crawled Away
Babies Away!: There is no justice in the world. None at all. Ladies and gentlemen I direct your attention this evening to "The Day the Babies Crawled Away". Now this is a tale told entirely in silhouette. It is accomplished and witty, ending [... more]
CDN$25.50
Amazon CA |
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, ...
richard cohen replies: This is in response to two recent (summer 2003) reviews, one from an anonymous reader in New York, the other from Mr Henning Osterberg from Stockholm. The anonymous reviewer is right to question my titling of Hiroshi Inagaki's [... more]
CDN$44.95
Amazon CA |
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, ...
richard cohen replies: This is in response to two recent (summer 2003) reviews, one from an anonymous reader in New York, the other from Mr Henning Osterberg from Stockholm. The anonymous reviewer is right to question my titling of Hiroshi Inagaki's [... more]
CDN$19.00
Amazon CA |
Owl in Love
really really good: this was a great book. i picked it up after reading the the synpois on the inside cover and it intreigued me. anyway after reading i could not put it down and while i was not reading i was think about owl, dawn and the others. This [... more]
CDN$7.99
Amazon CA |
Shattered Sonnets Love Cards and Other Off and Back ...
cake is good!: If, as the reviewer from Asheville, NC contends, Ms. Kalytiak-Davis's latest book is "cake", then let us eat cake, and let it be our new daily bread. This "cake" combines the recipes of old (Dickinson, Yeats, Plath, etc. [... more]
CDN$20.79
Amazon CA |
Flora Mcdonnell's ABC
From Amazon.com: Imagine hearing that tiny, alphabet-reciting toddler in your lap coming to the letter I and blurting, "I is for IBIS." This is how you'll know that Flora McDonnell's ABC is somewhere in the vicinity. In a sea of colorful [... more]
CDN$14.01
Amazon CA |
Flora McDonnell's ABC
From Amazon.com: Imagine hearing that tiny, alphabet-reciting toddler in your lap coming to the letter I and blurting, "I is for IBIS." This is how you'll know that Flora McDonnell's ABC is somewhere in the vicinity. In a sea of colorful [... more]
CDN$17.05
Amazon CA |
Il pleut
Chronique amazon.fr: Il pleut. Un frère et sa soeur enfilent une paire de bottes et un imperméable. Dehors, ils regardent les oiseaux perchés sur un fil électrique, courent dans les flaques, jouent avec l'eau qui tombe de la [... more]
CDN$21.95
Amazon CA |
