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  • Things to know before joining a gym

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Series Book 1 - Things to know before joining a gym
    What to Know Before Joining the Gym: A Beginner’s Guide to Fitness SuccessBy Chris ArmstrongWalking into a gym for the first time can feel overwhelming—rows of equipment you’ve never used, routines you’ve never tried, and the fear of doing it all wrong. This guide takes away the guesswork so you can focus on building confidence, strength, and results.Inside, you’ll discover:How to set realistic ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Federalism

    Ontario's Relations with the Federal Government. 1867-1942

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Series series Heritage
    The British North America Act of 1867 fashioned a Canadian federation which was intended to be a highly centralized union led by a powerful national government. Soon after Confederation, however, the government of Ontario took the lead in demanding a greater share of the power for the provinces, and it has continued to press this case. Professor Armstrong analyses the forces which promoted ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Global Justice and the Biodiversity Crisis

    Conservation in a World of Inequality

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, which existing conservation policies have failed to arrest. Policymakers, academics, and the general public are coming to recognise that much more ambitious conservation policies are in order. But biodiversity conservation raises major issues of global justice - even if the connection between conservation and global justice is too seldom made. ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • A Blue New Deal

    Why We Need a New Politics for the Ocean

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    An urgent account of the state of our oceans today—and what we must do to protect themThe ocean sustains life on our planet, from absorbing carbon to regulating temperatures, and, as we exhaust the resources to be found on land, it is becoming central to the global market. But today we are facing two urgent challenges at sea: massive environmental destruction, and spiraling inequality in the ocean ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms

    Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Series series Heritage
    Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms describes the evolution of the securities market in Canada, from the onset of trading, through the boom of the 1920s and the depression of the 1930s, to the outbreak of the Second World War.The book documents the problems of fraud, misrepresentation, and manipulation of prices, which plagued the securities industry from the outset and which eventually led to market ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Moose Pastures and Mergers

    The Ontario Securities Commission and the Regulation of Share Markets in Canada, 1940-1980

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Series series Heritage
    Long before the spectacular collapse of Bre-X in 1997, the Canadian capital markets had their share of swindlers and crooks. In the boom times after Second World War, hard-sell speculative mining ventures, pushing what often amounted to a few acres of moose pasture, riddled over-the-counter markets and the TSE. It was in this context that the Ontario Securities Commission developed into Canada's ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Why Global Justice Matters

    Moral Progress in a Divided World

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of almost unimaginable poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, with our place of birth continuing to exert a major influence on our opportunities.In this accessible book, leading political theorist Chris Armstrong engagingly examines the key moral and political questions raised by this stark global divide. Why, as a ... Read more

    $14.00 USD

  • Global Distributive Justice

    An Introduction

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Global distributive justice is now part of mainstream political debate. It incorporates issues that are now a familiar feature of the political landscape, such as global poverty, trade justice, aid to the developing world and debt cancellation. This is the first textbook to focus exclusively on issues of distributive justice on the global scale. It gives clear and up-to-date accounts of the major ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Anything From a Pin to an Elephant

    Tales of Norfolk Retail

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    The popularity of recent television drama series such as The Paradise and Mr Selfridge, and the splendid three-part documentary Shopgirls: the True Story of Life Behind the Counter, is evidence enough of the level of public interest in the history of the retail trade. Even today, Norfolk boasts a remarkable collection of genuinely independent stores which have survived just about everything that ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Justice and Natural Resources

    An Egalitarian Theory

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Struggles over precious resources such as oil, water, and land are increasingly evident in the contemporary world. States, indigenous groups, and corporations vie to control access to those resources, and the benefits they provide. These conflicts are rapidly spilling over into new arenas, such as the deep oceans and the Polar regions. How should these precious resources be governed, and how ... Read more

    $86.39 USD

  • Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians

    Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C. S. Lewis

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Rethinking equality

    The challenge of equal citizenship

    by Chris Armstrong ...
    Series series Reappraising the Political
    Although formally equal, relations between citizens are actually characterised by many and varied forms of inequality. Do contemporary theories of equality provide an adequate response to the inequalities that afflict contemporary societies? And what is the connection between theories of equality and the contemporary politics of citizenship? Accessible and comprehensive, Rethinking equality ... Read more

    $17.99 USD