Happy as Larry: A New York Story of Cults, Crushes and Quaaludes, Paperback - Kaethe Cherney

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A classic picture book from 1950 by the creator of Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans.

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Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of the mental illnesses. This title demonstrates the importance of listening to wh...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Tibor DeryNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 202 x 128 x 11Cover type: Pa...

Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse. The m...

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On a summer day in 1846--two years before the Seneca Falls convention that launched the movement for woman's rights in the United States--six women...

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From Galileo to today's amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who r...

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Reducere. In this highly relevant memoir, blending raw honesty and humor, Heather Heath's story begins with her mother's search for escape from childhood tra...

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What is a cult? Why do they emerge? Who joins them? And why do tragedies such as Waco and Jonestown occur? This reader brings together the voices o...

Reducere. Explores the life of Shields Green, one of the Black men who followed John Brown to Harper's Ferry in 1859 When John Brown decided to raid the fede...

Captivating and inspirational, A Kiss From Mr Fitzgerald is a love story starring a woman ahead of her time, set against the backdrop of Jazz Age N...

Reducere. An Unlikely Union tells the dramatic story of how two of America's largest ethnic groups learned to love and laugh with each other after decades of...

Reducere. Captains of the City Streets is another trip into the world of the legendary Cat Club of Greenwich Village. Two adventurous young cats--Sinbad and ...

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

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Reducere. Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and...

Reducere. As the plump sausages were beginning to brown, there was a knock on the door. Chicago Mob Boss Sam Giancana showed no fear as he turned back the do...

Why would someone ever voluntarily become a sex worker? Liara Roux writes about the salacious details leading up to her decision to become a career...

Completely updated with new photographs and text, New York from the Air is a lush, romantic, and ultimately hopeful tribute to one of the most thri...

While Brian Epstein was basking in the attainment of fame with the Beatles and traveling worldwide, he also was struggling with a concealed darker ...

Anthropology is a science whose most significant discoveries have come when it has taken its bearings from literature, and what makes Paul Radin's ...

A collection of classic, fantastical tales from Northern Japan that are equal parts whimsical and sophisticated, perfect for readers of all ages. K...

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Publisher: BiblioLifeAuthor(s): New York Chamber of CommerceIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 12Publication date: 2009Dimension...

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Reducere. Facing Fear depicts the true story of Evelyn (Billie) Frechette, the beloved companion of John Dillinger. The unyielding violence that ravaged the ...