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A Toronto Album

A Toronto Album

Glimpses of the City That Was
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Mike Filey's collection of pictures of Toronto from the earliest days of photography had gained a reputation as one of the most interesting visual archives of the city's history. This classic look at old Toronto portrays scenes of public life from 1860 to 1950, illustrating how dramatically the urban fabric and environment have changed. There are p …

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A Toronto Album 2

A Toronto Album 2

More Glimpses of the City That Was
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A Toronto Album 2, companion edition to Mike Filey's immensely popular original album, is a photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Among the 100-plus photographs is a quartet that shows the remarkable changes to Toronto's skyline over a half-century. Others capture the 1939 royal visit, steam trains in …

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Behind the Whip: Dominatrix

Behind the Whip: Dominatrix

by (photographer) Maria Coletsis
edition:Hardcover
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Behind the Whip: Dominatrix is a series of portraits and interviews taken on location in the city and dungeon of each participating global Dominatrix by photographer Maria Coletsis. The photo essays within this book provide an intimate look at the women, their words, and the dungeons which make up this fast-growing subculture community. They discus …

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Canada's Rocky Mountains

Canada's Rocky Mountains

A History in Photographs
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The grandeur of the Canadian Rockies has captivated hearts and minds, challenged the daring and athletic and fired the imaginations of writers, photographers and other artists. In this book, images ranging from simple to iconic to surprising capture that rich heritage.

 

Discover the people, legends and little-known facts of this area's past. Meet th …

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Cowboy Wild

Cowboy Wild

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Love it or hate it, the Calgary Stampede is a place where myth, history and spectacle collide. 100 years after an American vaudeville cowboy first dreamed it up, the Stampede remains an unrivalled homage to the West.

Cowboy Wild was more than a decade in the making. Photographer David Campion roamed the world's biggest Wild West show and brought bac …

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