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The company offers up to a 30% discount on many of its titles, all prices are listed in Canadian currency, a gift program is available, and a fair return policy is offered. From the Amazon site, click on Non-Fiction, then select Automotive to see and order the latest featured books on our favourite topic. </div> <form action="http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/external-search"> <table class="normal" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td style="background-color:#fff;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="top" height="90" width="120" style="border: 1px solid #000000 !important;"> <tr> <td style="background-color:#fff;" height="20" valign="bottom" align="center"> <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10px !important; font-weight:bold !important;">Search Now:</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#fff;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#fff;" align="center" height="30" valign="top"> <input type="text" name="keyword" size="10" value="" /> </td> <td style="background-color:#fff;" height="20" valign="top" align="left"> <bR> <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="blended" /> <input type="hidden" name="tag" value="cartestca-20" /> <input type="image" border="0" value="Go" name="Submit" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/15/associates/build-links/ap-search-go-btn.gif" alt="[ Go ]" align="absmiddle" /> <bR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#000;" height="40"> <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect-home/cartestca-20"> <img src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/15/associates/build-links/searchbox-logo-126x32.gif" height="36" border="0" width="126" alt="Amazon Logo" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </form> <bR> <div> If you're in Toronto, a good place to visit is <A HREF="http://www.autophile.ca/home.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.autophile.ca/home.html"><U><B>Autophile</B></U></A>, which<B> </B>offers one of Canada’s largest selections of motoring books and scale models of various vehicles. It is located at 850 Eglinton Avenue E., near Laird Dr., in Toronto. Telephone 416-425-1555. E-mail: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>info@autophile.ca</U></FONT>. Note the store is closed Mondays. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>