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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Casa LomaCanada'’s Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt |
In this fifth edition, with new photography showing Casa Loma in its newly restored state, Bill Freeman takes readers on a tour of every significant room in this dramatic hillside castle, … | Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo | 96 | 2016 | View |
 How We Changed TorontoThe inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 |
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … | John Sewell | 349 | 2015 | View |
 SubdividedCity-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity |
How do we build cities where we aren’t just living within the same urban space, but living together? Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any … | Jay Pitter; John Lorinc | 281 | 2016 | View |
 Their TownThe Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine |
This book is a classic of its kind — a no-holds-barred portrait of Hamilton civic life in the 1970s. The focus is on power — and the powerful. On the surface, power was wielded by the … | Bill Freeman; Marsha Aileen Hewitt | 166 | 2016 | View |
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From Acknowledgments and Floor PlansFrom: Casa Loma |
Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add | |
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From Cast of CharactersFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. | John Sewell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Foreword |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes how changes in government policy and community use over the last five years are influencing the health and welfare of Toronto’s natural heritage … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From IntroductionHamilton Politics and the Ideology of Business From: Their Town |
An introduction to the core ideas behind this book. | Bill Freeman; Marsha Aileen Hewitt | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: North of Superior |
Outlines the exact area of Northwestern Ontario, explains how this book bridges a gap in history of this reason giving an accessible overview of the region for the first time, explains the three … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 8 | 2010 | $0.80 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Subdivided |
Pitter explains the rationale behind the anthology – to spark thoughtful, spirited discussion about inclusive city-building. | Jay Pitter | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
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From Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From Identity and the CityThinking Through Diversity From: Subdivided |
Farhadi examines four individual stories of diversity in Toronto. | Beyhan Farhadi | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From Introduction |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown defines Toronto’s ravines and urban forests as the city’s greatest civic treasure. He asserts that the definition of a "world class city" is … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From Walking TourFrom: Casa Loma |
A walking tour of the castle and grounds | Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo | 49 | 2016 | $4.90 Add |
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From Altona Forest |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Altona Forest, an ecologically-rich natural area in the Petticoat Creek watershed on the border of Pickering and Toronto. He uses Altona to reflect upon … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From Doing Immigrant Resettlement RightFrom: Subdivided |
This chapter argues for immigrants to be included in the political process. | Doug Saunders | 16 | 2016 | $1.60 Add |
