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The Pirate Queen

Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire

by Susan Ronald ...

“A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain’s first Elizabeth.” —Seattle TimesAn illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant-adventurers who terrorized the seas, extended the Empire, and amassed great wealth for the throne.Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain’s first Elizabeth.” —Seattle TimesAn illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant-adventurers who terrorized the seas, extended the Empire, and amassed great wealth for the throne.Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired
... Read more
The Architecture Book

by DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Architecture in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Architecture ... Read more

Was $14.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD

Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Architecture in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Architecture
... Read more
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs

by Henry Carroll ...

Series series Read This
Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips
... Read more
A Pattern Language

Towns, Buildings, Construction

by Christopher Alexander ...

Series series Center for Environmental Structure Series
You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental ... Read more

$34.55 CAD

You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental
... Read more
Our Voices II

The DE-colonial Project

by Rebecca Kiddle, Patrick Reid Stewart, Kevin O'Brian ...

Our Voices II: the DE-colonial Project will showcase decolonizing projects which work to destable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities have been disregarded or appropriated. Indigenous people continue to be gentrified out of the places to which they ... Read more

$9.26 CAD

Our Voices II: the DE-colonial Project will showcase decolonizing projects which work to destable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities have been disregarded or appropriated. Indigenous people continue to be gentrified out of the places to which they
... Read more
Dear Homeowner, Please Take My Advice. Sincerely, An Architect

A Guide To Establish Budgets, Priorities, and Guidelines Early On To Save Time, Money, and Maybe Even Your Marriage

Edited by Stephanie Wascha ...

About to remodel your home? Overwhelmed with the number of design options for your kitchen, bathroom, addition, etc., or not even aware of what your options are? Tired of disagreeing with your spouse/partner over what to include in your project? Want to avoid paying an architect and/or contractor loads of money, only to determine that you can’t afford to remodel?Let licensed architect Stephanie ... Read more

$7.82 CAD

About to remodel your home? Overwhelmed with the number of design options for your kitchen, bathroom, addition, etc., or not even aware of what your options are? Tired of disagreeing with your spouse/partner over what to include in your project? Want to avoid paying an architect and/or contractor loads of money, only to determine that you can’t afford to remodel?Let licensed architect Stephanie
... Read more
Oasis

Modern Desert Homes Around the World

by iO Tillett Wright ...

Welcome to the desert. Welcome home. This visually stunning tour of the world’s most amazing desert homes will inspire you to create an oasis with “desert vibes” wherever you are.Creatives are drawn in by the extreme landscapes and limited resources of the desert; in fact, they’re inspired by them, and the homes they’ve built here prove the power of an oasis. From renovated Airstreams to sprawling ... Read more

Was $18.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

Welcome to the desert. Welcome home. This visually stunning tour of the world’s most amazing desert homes will inspire you to create an oasis with “desert vibes” wherever you are.Creatives are drawn in by the extreme landscapes and limited resources of the desert; in fact, they’re inspired by them, and the homes they’ve built here prove the power of an oasis. From renovated Airstreams to sprawling
... Read more
Cathedrals of Britain: London and the South East

by Bernadette Fallon ...

Series series Cathedrals of Britain
**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**Power, glory, bloodshed, prayer: cathedrals in the UK are as much about human drama as spiritual sanctuary, as much about political wrangling as religious fervour. From Christian beginnings in the Middle Ages through Reformation, Renaissance and Modernity, the great cathedrals of Britain have been both battleground and place of quiet ... Read more

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**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**Power, glory, bloodshed, prayer: cathedrals in the UK are as much about human drama as spiritual sanctuary, as much about political wrangling as religious fervour. From Christian beginnings in the Middle Ages through Reformation, Renaissance and Modernity, the great cathedrals of Britain have been both battleground and place of quiet
... Read more
London Sketchbook

by Jason Brooks ...

This follow-up to Jason Brooks's highly successful Paris Sketchbook is a stunning gift book that brings the big smoke to life through beautiful imagery.From the West End to the Square Mile and from Liberty to hipster hang-outs, Brooks explores modern-day London through his unique visual repertoire that unites high fashion, fine art, and traveler's sketches made on the fly. Although best known for ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

This follow-up to Jason Brooks's highly successful Paris Sketchbook is a stunning gift book that brings the big smoke to life through beautiful imagery.From the West End to the Square Mile and from Liberty to hipster hang-outs, Brooks explores modern-day London through his unique visual repertoire that unites high fashion, fine art, and traveler's sketches made on the fly. Although best known for
... Read more
New York School of Interior Design: Home

The Foundations of Enduring Spaces

by Ellen S. Fisher, Jen Renzi ...

**"An essential text for all students of design . . . [and] inspiration and intel for those simply interested in the art and practice." --Alexa Hampton, from the forewordFrom the nation's top college for interior design comes a definitive design school in a book and a fabulous reference for decorating the home.** In the past decade, New York School of Interior Design, which was founded in 1916, ... Read more

Was $16.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD

**"An essential text for all students of design . . . [and] inspiration and intel for those simply interested in the art and practice." --Alexa Hampton, from the forewordFrom the nation's top college for interior design comes a definitive design school in a book and a fabulous reference for decorating the home.** In the past decade, New York School of Interior Design, which was founded in 1916,
... Read more
Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry

Edited by Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini ...

Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, ... Read more

$87.46 CAD

More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees,
... Read more
The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright

The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise

by Casey Sherman ...

The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America.Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings—he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another woman, Mamah Borthwick, ignited one of the country's first celebrity scandals, splashed across headlines ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America.Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings—he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another woman, Mamah Borthwick, ignited one of the country's first celebrity scandals, splashed across headlines
... Read more
Ungrounding

The Architecture of Genocide

by Eyal Weizman ...

From an acclaimed architect and investigator, a devastating, meticulous accounting of Israel’s destruction of GazaEyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict, and the environment, both built and natural. As director of the organization Forensic Architecture, he and his team of interdisciplinary researchers have spent decades documenting state ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

From an acclaimed architect and investigator, a devastating, meticulous accounting of Israel’s destruction of GazaEyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict, and the environment, both built and natural. As director of the organization Forensic Architecture, he and his team of interdisciplinary researchers have spent decades documenting state
... Read more
The University

A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood

by William Whyte ...

A sweeping history of the buildings and materials that have shaped nine centuries of university life, from parchments and silk robes to glass atriums and sprawling parking lots.We often idealize the university as a sanctuary for disinterested reason, where material concerns are set aside in favor of higher principles. Yet when we remember our own college experiences, what springs to mind are not ... Read more

$34.55 CAD

A sweeping history of the buildings and materials that have shaped nine centuries of university life, from parchments and silk robes to glass atriums and sprawling parking lots.We often idealize the university as a sanctuary for disinterested reason, where material concerns are set aside in favor of higher principles. Yet when we remember our own college experiences, what springs to mind are not
... Read more
Professional Practice for Interior Designers

by Christine M. Piotrowski ...

The leading guide to the business practice of the interior design profession, updated to reflect the latest trendsFor nearly thirty years, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has been a must-have resource for aspiring designers and practicing professionals. This revised and updated Sixth Edition continues to offer authoritative guidance related to the business of the interior design ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

The leading guide to the business practice of the interior design profession, updated to reflect the latest trendsFor nearly thirty years, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has been a must-have resource for aspiring designers and practicing professionals. This revised and updated Sixth Edition continues to offer authoritative guidance related to the business of the interior design
... Read more
Scoreboard Your Practice

7 Numbers to Understand Your Design Firm's Financials

by Rick J. Linley ...

Are you an architect, engineer, interior designer, landscape architect, planner, or other design professional? Do you currently lead or aspire to lead a small or midsized design firm? Do you want to know just enough about financials to effectively manage your practice—but not much more? Then you’ll want to know the unique, and surprisingly simple approach to financials taken in Scoreboard Your ... Read more

$18.89 CAD

Are you an architect, engineer, interior designer, landscape architect, planner, or other design professional? Do you currently lead or aspire to lead a small or midsized design firm? Do you want to know just enough about financials to effectively manage your practice—but not much more? Then you’ll want to know the unique, and surprisingly simple approach to financials taken in Scoreboard Your
... Read more
Exhibition Design Second Edition

An Introduction

by Philip Hughes ...

Exhibition Design describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including: developing a brief and working with clients; design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting, and accessibility; presenting ideas to clients; and the practicalities of production.A wealth of visual material includes photographs of completed exhibitions by world-renowned designers, concept drawings, ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Exhibition Design describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including: developing a brief and working with clients; design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting, and accessibility; presenting ideas to clients; and the practicalities of production.A wealth of visual material includes photographs of completed exhibitions by world-renowned designers, concept drawings,
... Read more
The Functional Home

A Practical Guide to Planning Intentional Living Spaces

by Julie Jones ...

Discover how to design a home that works beautifully for the way your family actually lives. Make your home work for you**!**The Functional Home delivers expert-level insight made approachable and easy to follow, without the high price tag of hiring a home design specialist. Professional designer and social media star Julie Jones (@juliejones_designs) spills all her secrets and hands you the tools ... Read more

$28.79 CAD

Discover how to design a home that works beautifully for the way your family actually lives. Make your home work for you**!**The Functional Home delivers expert-level insight made approachable and easy to follow, without the high price tag of hiring a home design specialist. Professional designer and social media star Julie Jones (@juliejones_designs) spills all her secrets and hands you the tools
... Read more
The Phoenix

St. Paul's Cathedral And The Men Who Made Modern London

by Leo Hollis ...

'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMISTThe remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement.'Wonderfully rich and informative ... a rare achievement' Tom Holland'Fascinating' Lucy Moore'An ingenious and ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMISTThe remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement.'Wonderfully rich and informative ... a rare achievement' Tom Holland'Fascinating' Lucy Moore'An ingenious and
... Read more
Tom Thomson

The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter

by Jim Poling Sr. ...

Series series Amazing Stories
"An overturned canoe. A body recovered. Presumably Thomson drowned. That should have been the end of it. It was only the beginning."This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography, history, the visual arts or true-life mysteries. Tom Thomson is perhaps Canada's most famous artist. His short and glorious career was abruptly and brutally ended on July 8, 1917. Since ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

"An overturned canoe. A body recovered. Presumably Thomson drowned. That should have been the end of it. It was only the beginning."This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography, history, the visual arts or true-life mysteries. Tom Thomson is perhaps Canada's most famous artist. His short and glorious career was abruptly and brutally ended on July 8, 1917. Since
... Read more
Detroit City Is the Place to Be

The Afterlife of an American Metropolis

by Mark Binelli ...

Once America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neopastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists—all have been drawn to ... Read more

$15.83 CAD

Once America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neopastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists—all have been drawn to
... Read more
The Slow Breath of Stone

A Romanesque Love Story

by Pamela Petro ...

An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.In the years following the devastations of the first world war, a brilliant, young American couple, Kingsley and Lucy Porter, travelled to south-west France to document the abbeys and ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.In the years following the devastations of the first world war, a brilliant, young American couple, Kingsley and Lucy Porter, travelled to south-west France to document the abbeys and
... Read more
S'endurer

Réflexion sur une ville à réhumaniser

by Marc-André Carignan, Audrey-Frédérique Lavoie ...

Sommes-nous en train de perdre l’art de vivre ensemble ? Comment renouveler une cohésion sociale mise à l’épreuve par la densité, l’individualisme et la succession de crises qui traversent notre époque ? Alors que les droits et libertés individuels occupent le devant de la scène, nous oublions parfois que nous avons aussi des responsabilités envers notre voisinage et notre communauté. Dans la rue, ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Sommes-nous en train de perdre l’art de vivre ensemble ? Comment renouveler une cohésion sociale mise à l’épreuve par la densité, l’individualisme et la succession de crises qui traversent notre époque ? Alors que les droits et libertés individuels occupent le devant de la scène, nous oublions parfois que nous avons aussi des responsabilités envers notre voisinage et notre communauté. Dans la rue,
... Read more
The Secrets of Hawthorn Place

A heartfelt and charming dual-time story of the power of love

by Jenni Keer ...

'This is definitely up there as one of the best books that I have read. It's got a special place in my heart. Just amazing!' 5* reader review'Gorgeous! Exuberant writing, convincing, adorable characters, romance and a little whimsy' TRACY REES***Love will always find a way . . .***Discover the intriguing secrets of Hawthorn Place in this heartfelt dual-time novel, filled with warmth and charm, ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

'This is definitely up there as one of the best books that I have read. It's got a special place in my heart. Just amazing!' 5* reader review'Gorgeous! Exuberant writing, convincing, adorable characters, romance and a little whimsy' TRACY REES***Love will always find a way . . .***Discover the intriguing secrets of Hawthorn Place in this heartfelt dual-time novel, filled with warmth and charm,
... Read more

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