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  • Trespassers at the Golden Gate

    A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

    par Gary Krist ...
    The sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of SinShortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • The White Cascade

    The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

    par Gary Krist ...
    "Krist does wonders . . . [He] describes the frantic rescue efforts . . . and the malevolent, unending storm. In a thrilling, climactic chapter, he conjures forth the avalanche."—The New York TimesIn February 1910, a monstrous, record-breaking blizzard hit the Northwest. Nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Mirage Factory

    Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles

    par Gary Krist ...
    From bestselling author Gary Krist, the story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who dreamed it into realityLittle more than a century ago, the southern coast of California—bone-dry, harbor-less, isolated by deserts and mountain ranges—seemed destined to remain scrappy farmland. Then, as if overnight, one of the world’s iconic cities emerged. At the heart of Los ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • City of Scoundrels

    The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

    par Gary Krist ...
    The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Empire of Sin

    A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

    par Gary Krist ...
    From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans’ other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent CityEmpire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans’ thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city’s elite “better half” against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Extravagance

    A Novel

    par Gary Krist ...
    William Tobias Merrick, an energetic young man from the provinces, travels to the big city in a time of great optimism and ferment, hoping to make his mark on a frenzied, money-crazed society obsessed with the promise of new technologies.The city in question is London in the 1690s; but it is also New York in the 1990s. The new technologies are diving bells, pneumatic winches, and "sucking-worm" ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • Men Seeking Women

    Love and Sex On-line

    Men Seeking Women: Love and Sex On-line is an exciting and original collection of new short fiction by men about men seeking women, and women seeking men in the digital age.The Internet revolution has altered the look of the traditional relationship. Through e-mail correspondence, chat room chats, and message board postings, the manner in which we meet and mate has drastically changed. While the ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

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    The Mirage Factory

    Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles

    par Gary Krist ...
    Lu par Rob Shapiro ...

    Version Longue

    11 heure 55 min

    From bestselling author Gary Krist, the story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who dreamed it into realityLittle more than a century ago, the southern coast of California—bone-dry, harbor-less, isolated by deserts and mountain ranges—seemed destined to remain scrappy farmland. Then, as if overnight, one of the world’s iconic cities emerged. At the heart of Los ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

  • Livre audio

    The White Cascade

    The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

    par Gary Krist ...
    Lu par Robert Fass ...

    Version Longue

    9 heure 45 min

    From renowned writer and travel journalist Gary Krist comes the never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalanche.In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped—but nowhere was the danger ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • Livre audio

    City of Scoundrels

    The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

    par Gary Krist ...
    Lu par Rob Shapiro ...

    Version Longue

    9 heure 34 min

    When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into “the Metropolis of the World.” But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city’s highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them in ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Livre audio

    Trespassers at the Golden Gate

    A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

    par Gary Krist ...
    Lu par Rob Shapiro ...

    Version Longue

    11 heure 32 min

    The sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of SinShortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Livre audio

    Empire of Sin

    par Gary Krist ...
    Lu par Robertson Dean ...

    Version Longue

    10 heure 49 min

    Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite 'better half' against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD