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An easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to calling Canada home More and more Americans are thinking of moving to Canada to find a job, attend colleges and universities, peace of mind---even retirement---and whatever their motivations, they will have to navigate the Canadian immigration, citizenship,...

No one knows Provence like beloved author Peter Mayle, and in this delightful collection—adapted from Provence A-Z: A Francophile’s Essential Handbook—he distills his decades of living in France into ten essential lessons for visitors. Abandoning the well-trodden “best of” routes...

What do you do if your aircraft ditches at sea? Or your building is on fire? Or you are the victim of a terrorist attack? Would you make the right decision to save yourself and the lives of others? Crisis Survival is a complete handbook to any crisis that may suddenly arise, from food or water shortages,...

One of the world's most sought-after golf instructors and a PGA Teacher of the Year makes it easy to be your own coach, customizing your golf swing for phenomenal accuracy. In his decades as a renowned golf coach and player on the PGA and Champions tours, Jim Hardy has attracted not only a...

This book is for the beginner or recreational Blackjack player who wants to enjoy playing without being intimidated. If one has the discipline to follow the strategies presented, one can actually come out a winner. The title, The A, B, Cs and D of Casino Blackjack identifies it as a primer for beginners...

Where would we be without our friends? If we are truly fortunate, we each have one special friend in our lives—the one who cheers every accomplishment no matter how small, who lifts spirits in even the darkest hour, and who knows our deepest secrets and will never tell. In a look at six of...

50th Anniversary of original publication; this is a unique Paris guidebook from the late, great, architecture and travel writer Ian Nairn. Illustrated with the author's black and white snaps of the city, Nairn shows his eye for detail - whether it is stonework on an archway, shadows cast by...

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, military-engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo...

The original form of the magazine stories first appeared in Manila Bulletin and Philippine Star from 2005 to 2013 in my job as a freelance writer. I revised them all in the summer of 2016 in a way that they might become more rewarding to all the readers. We all need to find inspiration wherever we...

Introduction Tracey Emin was born on the 3rd July 1963 and this accomplished British artist shot to fame when she exhibited her installation artwork consisting of a tent called Everyone I have Ever Slept With which she exhibited in 1995. She listed names inside the tent of the 102 people she...

Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) a Spanish Surrealist artist and draftsman created many bizarre works has become of the most famous artists our time. He created many lithographs, etchings and woodcuts and many of these appear in limited edition books including folios. These original illustrations are...

This book covers several topics including: Maid of Honor/Bridesmaid’s Speech Maid of Honor - Sentimental Toast I Maid of Honor – Sentimental Toast II Maid of Honor – Sentimental Toast III Maid of Honor – Sentimental/Funny Toast I Maid of Honor – Funny Toast I Maid of Honor –...

Johnny Depp is an American actor, film producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol. Depp has been nominated for major acting awards, including...

Here is a list of three dozen of the top literary locales in the country. The selection of sites is necessarily subjective, yet it attempts to represent geographical, historical, social, and cultural concerns as well as strictly literary interests. Had this list been prepared by the editors of Michelin...