Fred W. McDarrah: New York Scenes, Hardcover - Sean Wilentz

DescriptionDuring his 50-year association with the Village Voice, Fred W. McDarrah (1926-2007) covered the city's downtown scenes, producing an unm...

Reducere. DescriptionThe ultimate visual chronicle of life in New York's gay community circa 1970, by the incomparable Fred McDarrah, released in time for th...

Reducere. The towering figure who remade American politics the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege The Founding Fathers ...

Acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, The Rise of American Democracy traces a historical arc ...

Description"I first met Fred when we were both refugees fighting the totalitarian Nazi regime through the rather poor means we had. In his time he ...

A brilliantly written and groundbreaking book about Dylan's music - now the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2016 - and its musical, pol...

A radical reconstruction of the founders' debate over slavery and the Constitution, by the best-selling, award-winning author of The Rise of Americ...

DescriptionA film-lover's guide to New York City, this book explores the city through iconic moments in cinema history. It is filled with interesti...

I See a City: Todd Webb's New York focuses on the work photographer Todd Webb produced in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Webb photographed t...

Reducere. The past thirty-five years have marked an era of conservatism. Although briefly interrupted in the late 1970s and temporarily reversed in the 1990s...

Ten years after the phenomenal success of her once-in-a-generation cookbook, former New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser returns with an update...

Reducere. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, this is a brilliant writer's account of a long, painful, ecstatic--and unrecipr...

Contributor(s): Author: Rachel DeWoskinDetermined to broaden her cultural horizons and live a fiery life, twenty-one-year-old Rachel DeWoskin hops ...

A visual love-letter to New York City which features works by major artists from the 19th and 20th centuries.Publisher: D Giles LtdIllustration(s):...

Reducere. DescriptionEverybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's seventy-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York C...

Presenting key information and well-selected examples, this student-friendly volume integrates the science of conservation biology with its implica...

Reducere. An original collection of the best and most provocative work by Scottish poet W.S. Graham, the celebrated author of "Nightfishing" and Malcolm Moon...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Brigid CohenIllustration(s): 19 halftones, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 376Collection: New Materia...

The classic inside story of The New York Times, the most prestigious, and perhaps the most powerful, of all American newspapers. Bestselling author...

- First published in 2018, this ode to the streets and people of New York has been reprinted with a new trim size and a new price- The energy and b...

A visual account of the birth of graffiti and street art, showcasing as-yet-unseen works collected by preeminent artist Martin Wong.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aileen EasterbrookIllustrator: Johanna Van Der SterreA delightful tour of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State through...

Reducere. In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucra...

Reducere. One hundred fifty haiku on New York City in just three lines each. New York City Haiku collects 150 of the best haiku inspired by the Big Apple. Th...

Reducere. Midnight train rides, head-on freight collisions--there is never a dull moment when it comes to trains. Take a look at America's biggest railroads ...

Reducere. Provides a critical understanding and evaluation of police tactics and the use of force Police violence has historically played an important role i...

Reducere. From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt--and what it mea...

Introduction to the life and work of the great Dane, the father of existentialism and Christian philosopher whose influence on thought is as strong...

- A private tour through the history of New York written by two city guides with decades of experience, bringing to life the glory, misery, ambitio...

Reducere. This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor's friends and the heads of New York's great cultural institutions, give...

The fourth book in kate spade new york's successful series, SHE: muses, visionaries and madcap heroines invites readers back into a way of living t...

Reducere. A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of ...

Reducere. The real traveling carnival is in the pathos behind the scenes. American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive sub...

Reducere. Ann Patchett confronts her stubbornness in a heated argument she once had with her then-boyfriend, now husband, over dinner at the famed Paris rest...

Introducing Hello, World, an exciting new book series that pairs early learning concepts with colorful, stylish illustrations of cities around the ...

DescriptionThe Grenville Province, covering much of upstate New York, southeastern Ontario, and southern Qu bec, has been the source of many amazin...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Aaron W. HughesNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 179 x 267 x 31Cover type: Hardb...