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  • Cities of Tomorrow

    An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880

    by Peter Hall ...
    Peter Hall’s seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond.A revised and updated ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • The Dead Friends Society

    Drew and her friends aren't like most college kids.They're dead.Murdered in 1998 by a masked killer known only as The Fireman, their spirits are trapped in Greywood House, desperate to escape...until Abbey and her family arrive.The new girl finds herself drawn to their haunting presence, which only makes things worse. Because the dead know what the living can't: The Fireman is coming back.And this ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critical Visualization

    Rethinking the Representation of Data

    Information may be beautiful, but our decisions about the data we choose to represent and how we represent it are never neutral. This insightful history traces how data visualization accompanied modern technologies of war, colonialism and the management of social issues of poverty, health and crime. The discussion is based around examples of visualization, from the ancient Andean information ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Governing Growth

    The Postwar Transformations of Capitalism and Democracy

    by Peter A. Hall ...
    A groundbreaking account of how politics and economics have interacted in Western democracies over the past eighty yearsHow do capitalist economies change over time? And what political consequences follow? In Governing Growth, Peter Hall traces the interactions between politics and economics in Western democracies over the past eighty years, identifying a series of profound shifts in the political ... Read more

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  • The Organization of American Culture, 1700-1900

    Private Institutions, Elites, and the Origins of American Nationality

    by Peter D. Hall ...
    Nationality, argues Peter Hall, did not follow directly from the colonists' declatation of independence from England, nor from the political union of the states under the Constitution of 1789. It was, rather, the product of organizations which socialized individuals to a national outlook. These institutions were the private corportions which Americans used after 1790 to carry on their central ... Read more

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  • Shakespeare's Advice to the Players

    (2nd Edition)

    The best-selling guide to acting Shakespeare in a new smaller and lighter handbook size.Shakespeare tells the actor when to go fast and when to go slow; when to pause, when to come in on cue and when to accent a word. His text is full of such clues. He tells the actor when but never tells him why or how. That is up to the actor. Much like bringing a musical score to life, Peter Hall guides us to ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    In the Psychiatrist's Chair

    The renowned BBC Radio 4 interview series

    Unabridged

    7 hours 5 min

    Twelve editions of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 interview series presented by Dr Anthony Clare.A master of incisive interrogation, Dr Anthony Clare became renowned for In the Psychiatrist's Chair. From 1982 until 2001 he conducted in-depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life, inviting them to answer penetrating questions about their lives and careers.These twelve shows ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice

    A Generalist-Eclectic Approach

    This bestselling text introduces students and practitioners to a wide range of theories for direct social work practice, offering a generalist-eclectic framework that integrates the scientific and artistic elements of practice. Now in its fourth edition, it has been fully updated, reorganized, and expanded with nine new chapters, including coverage of dialectical behavior therapy, eye movement ... Read more

    $138.39 CAD

  • Successful Societies

    How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

    Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Making an Exhibition of Myself: the autobiography of Peter Hall

    The Autobiography of Peter Hall

    by Peter Hall ...
    The story of a railway worker's son who became one of the most powerful, outspoken and charismatic figures in European theatre. Sir Peter Hall has been director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, artistic director of Glyndebourne, and director of Britain's National Theatre from 1973 to 1988. He has directed over 150 productions of plays, operas and films, and now runs his own acclaimed theatre ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Urban Future 21

    A Global Agenda for Twenty-First Century Cities

    Prepared for the World Commission on Twenty-First Century Urbanization Conference in Berlin in July 2000. This book is an entirely new and comprehensive review of the state of world urban development at the millennium and a forecast of the main issues that will dominate urban debates in the next 25 years. It is the most significant book on cities and city planning problems to appear for many years ... Read more

    $147.99 CAD

  • Do You Want to Go to Jail Today?

    by Peter Hall ...
    Why you should be reading this book.To the victims of crime: Make no mistake about it, after reading this book, you will know beyond a reasonable doubt that prisoners in jail are suffering. Whether it is on the city, county, or state level, prisoners are living in a world that far extends the suffering they have inflicted upon you. Having this knowledge will never make up for your loss or ill ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD