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  • Civic Symbol

    Creating Toronto's New City Hall, 1952-1966

    by Christopher Armstrong ...
    When Toronto’s New City Hall opened in 1965, it was an iconic modernist symbol for what was still a sedate and conservative city. Its futuristic design by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, composed of two curved towers flanking a clam-shaped council chamber, remains as strange and distinctive today as it did fifty years ago.In Civic Symbol, Christopher Armstrong chronicles the complex and ... Read more

    $44.69 USD

  • The River Returns

    by Christopher Armstrong ...
    Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed made to spin hydro-electric turbines and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow changed water quality and newly stabilized and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Wilderness and Waterpower

    How Banff National Park Became a Hydro-Electric Storage Reservoir

    by Christopher Armstrong, H. V. Nelles ...
    Series series Energy, Ecology and the Environment
    Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. Today's conservationists and energy researchers will find much to think about in this tale of Alberta's early need for electricity, entrepreneurial greed, debates over aboriginal ownership of the river, ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • The River Returns

    An Environmental History of the Bow

    by Christopher Armstrong, Matthew Evenden, H.V. Nelles ...
    Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed, made to spin hydro-electric turbines, and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild, the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow, changed water quality, and newly ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land

    Hymnody in the History of North American Protestantism

    by Daniel Ramirez, Daniel Fuller, Christopher Armstrong, Scott E. Erickson, Philip Goff, Stephen Marini, Darryl Hart, Katherine McGinn, Barbara Murison0, Kay Norton1, David Rempel Smucker2 ...
    Series series Religion and American Culture
    The latest scholarship on the role of hymns in American evangelicalismMusic and song are important parts of worship, and hymns have long played a central role in Protestant cultural history. This book explores the ways in which Protestants have used and continue to use hymns to clarify their identity and define their relationship with America and to Christianity. Representing seven groups—Baptists ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Adventurous Gardener

    by Christopher Lloyd ...
    Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 4 min

    'The best informed, liveliest and most innovative gardening writer of our times' GUARDIAN'Christopher Lloyd ranks with Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West as one of the major figures in twentieth-century British gardening' THE TIMESIn this gardening classic the forever adventurous Christopher Lloyd takes us on a tour through the garden, to encourage, to reveal and to overturn the old and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Well-Chosen Garden

    by Christopher Lloyd ...
    Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 31 min

    The perfect book on how to make your garden the best it can be.'Essential reading' Country Life'Funny, encouraging, informative' Sunday TimesWould your garden, small or large, in town or country, win a prize? Is there room for improvement?Everybody has favourite plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired. THE WELL ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Seize the Night

    New Tales of Vampiric Terror

    by Kelley Armstrong, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Laird Barron, Gary A. Braunbeck, Dana Cameron, Dan Chaon, Lynda Barry, Charlaine Harris, Brian Keene, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Koryta, John Langan, Tim Lebbon, Seanan McGuire, Joe McKinney, Leigh Perry, Robert Shearman, Scott Smith, Lucy A. Snyder, David Wellington, Rio Youers ...
    A chilling vampire horror anthology featuring original short stories from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors—including Charlaine Harris (whose novels inspired HBO’s True Blood) and Scott Smith, in his first published fiction since The Ruins.Before vampires became romantic antiheroes, they were creatures of shadow and blood. In this terrifying collection, some of the biggest names ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Travel Collection (Unabridged)

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    by et al. William Dean Howells ...
    Narrated by Christopher Armstrong, Sharon Castro, Laura Johnson, Catherine Mackey ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 58 min

    Wanderlust alert! Immerse yourself in the captivating travelogues of William Dean Howells and beyond in this audiobook collection. Set sail for the romance of Venice, with its shimmering canals and ancient charm. Explore the rich tapestry of Italian journeys, from bustling cities to sun-drenched countrysides. Journey beyond with adventures in Spain, Switzerland, and even London. Howells' keen ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Julien-David Leroy and the Making of Architectural History

    by Christopher Drew Armstrong ...
    Series series The Classical Tradition in Architecture
    This book examines the career and publications of the French architect Julien-David Leroy (1724–1803) and his impact on architectural theory and pedagogy.Despite not leaving any built work, Leroy is a major international figure of eighteenth-century architectural theory and culture. Considering the place that Leroy occupied in various intellectual circles of the Enlightenment and Revolutionary ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Expect Me Tomorrow

    by Christopher Priest ...
    Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    A petty thief known as John Smith was arrested for fraudulent behaviour in 1877. He tricked women into thinking he was rich, then stole their belongings and vanished. His guilt was obvious.In 1852, Adler and Adolf Beck's father died on an expedition to a glacier, and their lives separated. One became a respected climate scientist, one a successful opera singer touring the world. Or so he claimed. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Indigo

    A Novel

    by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James A. Moore, Mark Morris ...
    A crimefighter with mysterious powers hunts a deadly cult in a brilliant collaboration by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, and more.Investigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she's become an urban myth, a brutal vigilante who can forge darkness into weapons and travel across the city by slipping from one patch of shadow to another. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook