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  • The Art of Looking Up

    by Catherine McCormack ...
    A guide to spectacular ceilings around the globe that have been graced by the brushes of great artists including Michelangelo, Marc Chagall and Cy Twombly.From the lotus flowers of the Senso-ji Temple in Japan, to the religious iconography that adorns places of worship from Vienna to Istanbul, all the way to Chihuly's glass flora suspended from the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas—this ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women in the Picture

    What Culture Does with Female Bodies

    by Catherine McCormack ...
    Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives.Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster—women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumptions behind these stereotypes whether writ large or subtly hidden. She ranges ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Defiant Women

    50 artists and their activism

    by Catherine McCormack ...
    From equality to climate change, civil rights and war, art has been used to affect change, bring awareness and create visibility for centuries, and these are the women who fought to get their voices heard.Fully illustrated with 70 artworks from 50 art heroines, this book showcases the most famous examples of women's art activism and uncovers the hidden stories behind some of our lesser-known ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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    Seven Ages

    Poetry with music

    by Sir Michael Caine ...
    Narrated by Sir Michael Caine, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, John Cleese, Catherine McCormack, Pete Postlethwaite, Ralph Fiennes ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 34 min

    ‘One of the best anthologies of the year… An arresting, deeply moving collection of the best of British poetry read by a star-studded cast’ The Independent. This exceptional anthology, based on Lord Owen’s published anthology Seven Ages Poetry for a Lifetime, features many of Britain’s leading actors who have all given their services for charity. Shakespeare’s ‘seven ages’ speech (read by Sir Ian ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Women in the Picture

    What Culture Does with Female Bodies

    by Catherine McCormack ...
    Narrated by Patty Nieman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 40 min

    Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives.Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster—women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumptions behind these stereotypes whether writ large or subtly hidden. She ranges ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Managing Burnout in the Workplace

    A Guide for Information Professionals

    by Nancy McCormack, Catherine Cotter ...
    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Information professionals are under constant stress. Libraries are ushering in sweeping changes that involve the closing of branches and reference desks, wholesale dumping of print, disappearing space, and employment of non-professional staff to fill what have traditionally been the roles of librarians. Increasing workloads, constant interruptions, ceaseless change, continual downsizing, budget ... Read more

    $71.19 CAD

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    by Michael P. Leiter, Christina Maslach ...
    In this book Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach, the leading experts on job burnout prevention and authors of the landmark book The Truth About Burnout, outline their revolutionary new program for helping everyone in the workplace overcome everyday stress and pressures and achieve their career goals. Banishing Burnout includes the authors’ unique and highly effective Work Life self-assessment ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Western Art History Guide (Mobi History)

    by MobileReference ...
    Art History GuideFEATURES:- Fully illustrated- Detailed explanations of each period. - Always have the guide available for a quick reference. - Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. - Search for the words or phrases - Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page - Add Bookmarks - Designed for optimal navigation on electronic devices with a small screen ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ways of Seeing

    by John Berger ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Architecture Book

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Architecture in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Architecture ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Secret Lives of Buildings

    From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories

    by Edward Hollis ...
    A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents.Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Feel Free

    by Zadie Smith ...
    A timely, powerful collection of essays from one of our sharpest minds and most sparkling stylists.How much joy can a person tolerate? How many kinds of boredom make up a life? Who owns the story of black America? Should Justin Bieber be more like Socrates? And why is there a dead art collector floating in the swimming pool?Dazzlingly insightful, explosively funny and ever-timely, Zadie Smith is ... Read more

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