In five years, Stephen Harper went from private citizen to prime minister of Canada. This book presents the story of Harper's rise to power
- how a small group of colleagues, with little experience in national politics, transformed themselves into the disciplined, professional campaign team that brought down Paul Martin & the Liberals.
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Icelandic horror. When a group of tourists of differing nationalities sets out on a whale watching expedition off the Icelandic coast, a series of mishaps occurs in which the ship breaks down & the captain (Gunnar Hansen) is accidentally killed. The group is picked up by a passing whale hunting family
- but they soon discover that their troubles are far from over as the psychotic crew starts to slaughter its passengers one by one.
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For use at the keyboard with or without a teacher, this book combines a technique for harpsichord touch with guidelines for historical performance of Baroque music. It

Includes:: two CDs & contains music to play, including 30 Bach/ Ricci teaching pieces as well as pieces by JS Bach, the Couperins & Georg Boehm.

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Before the piano dominated stringed keyboard instruments, there were a host of earlier types that were popular both in households & as performance instruments. The best known of these was the harpsichord that was the concert keyboard for nearly two centuries. Closely related to this instrument were the virginal & the spinet. ...