Here Comes the Sun is a unique true story about travel, adventure, romance, and destiny. In 1969, a young hippie and his friend travelled from Toronto to Machu Picchu. The book, based on letters and notes written during his travels, provides a fascinating snapshot of the 60s counterculture. Filled with life-and-death adventures, incredible encounters with strangers and unceasing drug use, it is also a personal story of the exercise of his free will as he comes face to face with hi...

Art Smart is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian art market for both novice and experienced collectors. It is full of advice that can give anyone the tools to determine the value of a piece of art and to not be intimidated by the often mystifying world of art. This informative and helpful volume covers the inner workings of the art market, from dealer trade secrets to expert strategies on buying and selling through auction houses and online.Art Smart gives the r...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 236 thru 240 brings together five vintage science fiction adventures from Clifford D. Simak, Alan E. Nourse, Bryce Walton, Ray Cummings, and Jack Williamson. Strange creatures wait beyond Earth, abandoned vessels conceal their secrets, and distant worlds prove far more dangerous than they first appear.The Space Beasts by Clifford D. Simak ventures into the unknown with a story from one of science fiction’s most beloved storyteller...

Twenty remarkable journeys into the bold imagination of vintage science fiction.Lost Sci-Fi Books 221 thru 240 gathers a powerful collection of classic tales from the masters of early science fiction and fantasy. Explorers step onto hostile worlds, mysterious cities reveal ancient secrets, and desperate missions unfold far beyond the edges of known space.These stories capture the daring ideas and vivid storytelling that defined the golden age of vintage science fiction. Str...

Red Frontier 2: Classic Tales of Mars continues the journey across science fiction’s most legendary world with twenty unforgettable adventures from the golden age of the genre. For generations of readers, Mars represented far more than a neighboring planet—it was a place where imagination could roam free, where ancient civilizations lingered beneath crimson sands, and where every expedition promised astonishing discoveries.This exceptional collection features stori...

In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that the most expensive purchase” housed in the Met is a fake.The Whe...

Tic Toc is an all inclusive introductory look into the world of buying, selling and trading high line watches. This guide will walk you through all you need to know to make the right watch purchases so that your purchase can be leveraged, worn and then sold for a profit.The idea of Tic Toc is to become your introduction into the world of timepieces and act as a reference tool for industry tips that can help you take a competitive advantage over other dealers.Regardless of w...

Having started 15 years ago with a single rental pooled condo, then growing to over $100M in assets with over 1000 tenants, then surviving and thriving through a brutal worldwide recession, one has some battle scars. Real estate is not only up up up but also down down down for a while and to attract over $40M in investor capital from 600+ investors without losing a cent one has to get a few things right. Learn a few of the many life, business and real estate lessons that any fledgling entr...

A captivating exploration of the ever-evolving world of architecture and the untold stories buildings tell.When a building is finished being built, that isn’t the end of its story. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they’re allowed to. Buildings adapt by being constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and in that way, architects can become artists of time rather than simply artists of space.From the connected farmh...

In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met everyone involved in the transformation of this land...

This "expert and elegantly written" book reveals how dealers have been a major force in art history from the Renaissance to the avant garde ( The Guardian, UK).Philip Hook's riveting narrative takes us from the early days of art dealing in Antwerp, where paintings were sold by weight, to the unassailable hauteur of contemporary galleries in New York, London, Paris, and beyond. Along the way, we meet a surprisingly wide-ranging cast of characters—from tailor...

Profit from Property is the must-have guide for anyone who wants to make money out of property development.Expert author Philip Thomas will show you step by step how to develop property the smart way—from purchasing the best development opportunity, to financing the development, through to completion and disposal of the property. His fool-proof system will have you buying, managing, developing and selling property like an expert, whether you're a first-time developer or an...