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  • Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson

    Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture

    by Hugh Howard ...
    Yes, they make rather an odd couple-but, truly, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) are the Johnson and Boswell of the story of American architecture. If not for Dr. Fiske Kimball, we might never have known that Thomas Jefferson was an architect. Though he was hailed as a brilliant statesman, Jefferson was all but unknown as an artist and an architect for nearly a century. ... Read more

    $18.19 CAD

  • Megalith

    Studies in Stone

    by Hugh Newman, Howard Crowhurst, Robin Heath ...
    How do you predict eclipses at Stonehenge? Why do the Carnac alignments follow geological fault lines? Why is Avebury precisely one seventh of a circle down from the north pole? Why are so many stone circles egg-shaped or flattened? What is the meaning of the designs in ancient rock art? Why do you have to wait nineteen years to visit the remote site of Callanish? What were the ancients up to? ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Houses of Civil War America

    The Homes of Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, and Others Who Shaped the Era

    by Hugh Howard ...
    A revealing historical and photographic tour of the homes of influential Civil War figures, including Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Stonewall Jackson, and others.Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and a fitting sequel to Houses of the Presidents, Houses of Civil War America takes readers into the daily lives of the most important ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Architects of an American Landscape

    Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces

    by Hugh Howard ...
    A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted—and their immense impact on AmericaAs the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • The Painter's Chair

    George Washington and the Making of American Art

    by Hugh Howard ...
    "I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck ... no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair." -George Washington, 16, 1785When George Washington was born, the New World had virtually no artists. Over the course of his life, a cultural transformation would occur. Virtually everyone regarded Washington as America's ... Read more

    $19.59 CAD

  • Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War

    America's First Couple and the War of 1812

    by Hugh Howard ...
    August 28, 1814. Dressed in black, James Madison mourns the nation's loss. Smoke rises from the ruin of the Capitol before him; a mile away stands the blackened shell of the White House. The British have laid waste to Washington City, and as Mr. Madison gazes at the terrible vista, he ponders the future-his country's defeat or victory-in a war he began over the unanimous objections of his ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Architecture's Odd Couple

    Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson

    by Hugh Howard ...
    In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867–1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906–2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings in American history.Differing radically in their ... Read more

    $19.09 CAD

  • Houses of the Presidents

    Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates

    by Hugh Howard, Roger Straus III ...
    Houses of the Presidents offers a unique tour of the houses and day-to-day lives of America's presidents, from George Washington's time to the present. Author Hugh Howard weaves together personal, presidential, and architectural histories to shed light on the way our chief executives lived. Original photography by Roger Straus III brings the houses and furnishings beautifully to life.From ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb and Others

    by Mike Mignola ...
    Travel from the Appalachian mountains to Russia, France, and all the way back to Savannah, Georgia as Hellboy returns to take on phantoms, demons, and reanimated foes.Collected in one volume for the first time, revisit some of the most beloved Hellboy short stories, including The Return of Effie Kolb, Long Night at Goloski Station, The Seven Wives Club, Her Fatal Hour and The Sending.Dive into ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Crossing Paths

    A Pacific Crest Trailside Reader

    Edited by Rees Hughes, Howard Shapiro ...
    Contributors include Cheryl Strayed, Carrot Quinn, Barney "Scout" Mann, Aspen Matis, Nicholas Kristof, Heather Anderson, Will "Akuna" Robinson, and many moreShares new stories over the last decade to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original PCT ReadersSidebars address some of the issues affecting the PCT todayIncludes a map of the PCT to follow along with the storiesWhat’s it like to be a ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

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  • Spaghetti Westerns

    by Howard Hughes ...
    They are tough. They are mean. They are the fastest, coolest gunslingers of the 1960s, and they don't talk much. They are the heroes of the Italian Spaghetti West and they changed the Western forever. Clint Eastwood's poncho-clad, cigar smoking Man With No Name is the enduring symbol of the genre and his Dollars trilogy with Sergio Leone reinvented action cinema, adding a European freshness to the ... Read more

    $26.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Crimean Diary And Letters Of Lieut.-General Windham

    With Observations Upon His Services During The Indian Mutiny [Illustrated Edition]

    by Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ash Windham ...
    [Illustrated with over two hundred and sixty maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Crimean War]Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ash Windham had served his country in the Grenadier Guards for some 23 years before retiring on half pay in 1849. The outbreak of the Crimean War led him back to active duty, being appointed assistant quartermaster-general of the 4th ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus