Toronto Neighbourhoods 7 Book Bundle

Author : Mark Osbaldeston,F.R. (Hamish) Berchem,Frederick H. Armstrong,Scott Kennedy,Jane Pitfield
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 1678 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459728998

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Toronto Neighbourhoods 7-Book Bundle by Mark Osbaldeston,F.R. (Hamish) Berchem,Frederick H. Armstrong,Scott Kennedy,Jane Pitfield Pdf

The Toronto Neighbourhoods bundle presents a collection of titles that provide fascinating insight into the history and development of Canada’s largest and most diverse city. Beginning with histories of Canada’s longest street and the early days of what was once called York (The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860; A City in the Making; Opportunity Road), the titles in the bundle go on to examine the development of particular unique neighbourhoods that help give the city its character (Willowdale, Leaside). Finally, Mark Osbaldeston’s acclaimed, award-winning Unbuilt Toronto and Unbuilt Toronto 2 go beyond history and into the arena of speculation as the author details ambitious and possibly city-changing plans that never came to fruition. For lovers of Toronto, this collection is a bonanza of insights and facts. Includes A City in the Making Leaside Opportunity Road Unbuilt Toronto Unbuilt Toronto 2 Willowdale The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860

Author : Steve Paikin
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459738331

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Paikin on Ontario's Premiers 2-Book Bundle by Steve Paikin Pdf

A unique perspective on Ontario's most powerful political leaders from one of Canada's most astute and respected journalists. Includes: Bill Davis: Nation Builder, and Not So Bland After All A biography of perhaps Ontario’s most important premier, who, despite having been out of public life for thirty years, is remembered fondly by many as the head of one of Ontario’s most progressive, yet conservative, governments. Paikin and the Premiers: Personal Reflections on a Half-Century of Ontario Leaders A rare, uniform perspective on premiers John Robarts, Bill Davis, Frank Miller, David Peterson, Bob Rae, Mike Harris, Ernie Eves, Dalton McGuinty, and Kathleen Wynne from the vantage point of one of Canada's most astute and respected journalists.

Author : Alan Bradley
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 2274 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101968550

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The Flavia de Luce Series 7-Book Bundle by Alan Bradley Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley is a master of the British cozy mystery, and in Flavia de Luce, he has created a wickedly clever and intrepid young sleuth, hailed as “one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature” (USA Today). Now readers can follow the captivating Flavia as she stirs up trouble to solve the most confounding of crimes in this seven-volume eBook bundle: THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN’S BAG A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia’s family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches as he takes his dying breath. For the appalled and delighted Flavia, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. Her investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.” Praise for the Flavia de Luce series, winners of the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award “Every Flavia de Luce novel is a reason to celebrate.”—USA Today “Part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Flavia is a pert and macabre pragmatist.”—The New York Times Book Review “Think preteen Nancy Drew, only savvier.”—Entertainment Weekly “This idiosyncratic young heroine continues to charm.”—The Wall Street Journal “Delightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.”—The Boston Globe “Flavia de Luce is still the world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth.”—The Seattle Times

Author : Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550028355

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Unbuilt Toronto by Mark Osbaldeston Pdf

Unbuilt Toronto explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto. Delving into unfulfilled & largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads & highways, transit systems, & sports & recreation venues, the authors outline such ambitious but ultimately unrealised schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the "Newark 2011" subway system, & a 1911 city plan that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers will lament the loss of some projects (such as the planned construction boom for the Olympics), be thankful for the loss of others ("City Hall was supposed to look like that?!?"), & marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads & walkways in the sky). With an eye on the future as well as the past, the author takes stock of Toronto's status quo in 2008 & offers some bold predictions on the city's architectural future.

Author : Shawn Micallef
Publisher : Signal
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780771059339

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Frontier City by Shawn Micallef Pdf

Toronto is emerging from an identity crisis into a glorious new era. It began as a series of reports from the civic drama of the 2014 elections. But beyond the municipal circus, writer and commentator Shawn Micallef discovered the much bigger story of a city emerging into greatness. He walked and talked with candidates from all over Greater Toronto, and observed how they energized their communities, never shying away from the problems that exist within them -- poverty, violence, racism, and drugs -- but advocating solutions that bring people together. Shawn Micallef introduces us to those fighting for a more inclusive vision of Toronto and reveals the promise and potential for a city that has been suffering through a severe identity crisis but is now on a steep upturn. Toronto, he says, is set fair to be a new urban model for cities all over the world. Micallef reveals Toronto in all its rich variety. It is hard, he says, to grasp the vast size and scope of Toronto until you spend a few hours walking through unfamiliar neighbourhoods. Each reveals another adjacent to it, and then another, and another. The city goes on and on, into unheralded ravines and oblique views of the downtown skyline. Hiding in all that geography is not only great beauty, but a force for change that's been building for decades as people arrived here from every corner of the globe. Frontier City is a revelatory view of the Toronto of today and an inspiring vision of the Toronto of the near future.

Author : Janine Armin
Publisher : Akashic Books
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781933354507

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Toronto Noir by Janine Armin Pdf

A multicultural nexus, Toronto hosts Indian, Portuguese, African, Italian, and Chinese communities that provide fertile backdrops for Toronto Noir's corrosive expos s. Features brand-new stories by: RM Vaughan, Nathan Sellyn, Ibi Kaslik, Peter Robinson, Heather Birrell, Sean Dixon, Raywat Deonandad, Christine Murray, Gail Bowen, Emily Schultz, Andrew Pyper, Kim Moritsugu, Mark Sinnet, George Elliott Clarke, Pasha Malla, and Michael Redhill.

Author : Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459700932

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Unbuilt Toronto 2 by Mark Osbaldeston Pdf

Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been." Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. What would Toronto look like today if it had hosted the Olympics in 1996 or 1976? And what was the downtown expressway that Frederick Gardiner really wanted? With over 150 photographs, maps, and illustrations, Unbuilt Toronto 2 tracks the origins and fates of some of the city’s most interesting planning, transit, and architectural "what-ifs."

Author : John Lorinc,Michael McClelland,Ellen Scheinberg,Tatum Taylor
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781770564190

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The Ward by John Lorinc,Michael McClelland,Ellen Scheinberg,Tatum Taylor Pdf

From the 1870s to the 1950s, waves of immigrants to Toronto – Irish, Jewish, Chinese and Italian, among others – landed in ‘The Ward’ in the centre of downtown. Deemed a slum, the area was crammed with derelict housing and ‘ethnic’ businesses; it was razed in the 1950s to make way for a grand civic plaza and modern city hall. Archival photos and contributions from a wide variety of voices finally tell the story of this complex neighbourhood and the lessons it offers about immigration and poverty in big cities. Contributors include historians, politicians, architects and descendents of Ward res­idents on subjects such as playgrounds, tuberculosis, bootlegging and Chinese laundries. With essays by Howard Akler, Denise Balkissoon, Steve Bulger, Jim Burant, Arlene Chan, Alina Chatterjee, Cathy Crowe, Richard Dennis, Ruth Frager, Richard Harris, Gaetan Heroux, Edward Keenan, Bruce Kidd, Mark Kingwell, Jack Lipinsky, John Lorinc, Shawn Micallef, Howard Moscoe, Laurie Monsebraaten, Terry Murray, Ratna Omidvar, Stephen Otto, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Michael Posner, Michael Redhill, Victor Russell, Ellen Scheinberg, Sandra Shaul, Myer Siemiatycki, Mariana Valverde, Thelma Wheatley, Kristyn Wong­-Tam and Paul Yee, among others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 1610 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Canada Imprints
ISBN : 00688398

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Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian Doucet,Michael Doucet
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781487510190

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Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto by Brian Doucet,Michael Doucet Pdf

When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the city’s urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generations. Historic photos of Toronto’s streetcar network offer a unique opportunity to examine how the city has been transformed from a provincial, industrial city into one of North America’s largest and most diverse regions. Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto studies the city’s urban transformations through an analysis of photographs taken by streetcar enthusiasts, beginning in the 1960s. These photographers did not intend to record the urban form, function, or social geographies of Toronto; they were "accidental archivists" whose main goal was to photograph the streetcars themselves. But today, their images render visible the ordinary, day-to-day life in the city in a way that no others did. These historic photographs show a Toronto before gentrification, globalization, and deindustrialization. Each image has been re-photographed to provide fresh insights into a city that is in a constant state of flux. With gorgeous illustrations, this unique book offers an understanding of how Toronto has changed, and the reasons behind these urban shifts. The visual exploration of historic and contemporary images from different parts of the city helps to explain how the major forces shaping the city affect its form, functions, neighbourhoods, and public spaces.

Author : John Must
Publisher : Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Toronto (Ont.)
ISBN : 1552975371

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Toronto City Guide by John Must Pdf

A guide to tourist attractions, restaurants, night life and shopping, supplemented by sixty-eight detailed maps.

Author : Shawn Micallef
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781770562615

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Stroll by Shawn Micallef Pdf

Stroll celebrates Toronto's details at the speed of walking and, in so doing, helps us to better get to know its many neighbourhoods, taking us from well-known spots like the CN Tower and Pearson Airport to the overlooked corners of Scarborough and all the way to the end of the Leslie Street Spit in Lake Ontario.

Author : Peter May
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107418196

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Compact Advanced Student's Book Pack (Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM and Class Audio CDs(2)) by Peter May Pdf

A focused, 50-60 hour course for the revised Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam from 2015. Compact Advanced Student's Book with answers provides C1-level students with thorough preparation and practice needed for exam success. Ten units cover all four exam papers in a step-by-step approach. 'Quick steps' and Writing and Speaking guides, explain what to expect in the exam, and provide strategies on approaching each paper, model answers, useful expressions and further practice. A Grammar Reference covers all key areas of grammar. Two practice tests with audio are online for teachers to access. The CD-ROM provides interactive language and skills practice, and the Class Audio CDs contain the Student's Book listening material.

Author : Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781459733008

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Unbuilt Hamilton by Mark Osbaldeston Pdf

With 150 archival plans, photographs, and illustrations, Mark Osbaldeston explores 200 years of significant but unrealized building, planning, and transit schemes in Hamilton. Learn about the escarpment amphitheatre, the Gage Avenue tunnel, the King’s Forest Zoo, and the downtown planetarium, none of which ever came to fruition.

Author : David A. Fernández
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0772761256

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De Monstris by David A. Fernández Pdf