Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story, Hardcover - Paul Shaw

PROSEHow New York City subways signage evolved from a "visual mess" to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant.For years, the signs in the New Y...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction of the competing lines and their unification *Includes online resources and a bibliograph...

Publisher: Daylight BooksIllustration(s): 70 Black and White PhotographsNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 225 x 263 x 18Cover t...

Reducere. Poetry. Latinx Studies. Translated by Carol O'Flynn and Pilar Gonzalez. The poetic language of Carlos Aguasaco is familiar, fluid, and thoughtful. ...

Reducere. Last Subway is the fascinating and dramatic story behind New York City's struggle to build a new subway line under Second Avenue and improve transi...

How does it feel to be betrayed by your closest friend? A close friend who turns out to be the most prolific grifter in New York City...Publisher: ...

Reducere. DescriptionHector Vega's story is a must-read because hope is found within its pages - a hope that is persistent even when there seems to be no way...

Publisher: Timothy TaylorIllustration(s): 67 colourNumber of pages: 108Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 133 x 214 x 20Cover type: Spiral boundRede...

Reducere. Son of Satan, Son of GodNicky Cruz's heart had turned to stone when he was only three. His mother nicknamed him the "son of Satan, " and he was sev...

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. 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 ...

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

The Mets lose when they should win. They win when they should lose. And when it comes to being the worst, no team in sports has ever done it better...

Publisher: Plexi ProductionsIllustration(s): 29 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 140Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 232 x 128 x 15Cover...

Reducere. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itsel...

At a time of renewed anti-immigrant sentiment and newly emerging infectious diseases, Quarantine! provides a historical context for considering som...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Tanya HartNumber of pages: 336Collection: Culture, Labor, HistoryPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 1...

An experiential mosaic. Myriad impressions of buildings, windows, streets and people are captured in the watercolor paintings of Alex Price. This c...

Reducere. GENE WEINGARTEN IS THE O. HENRY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM Simply the best storyteller around, Weingarten describes the world as you think it is before...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): David Paul (Journalist) KuhnNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 233 x 24Co...

DescriptionA Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture explores the cultural and creative lives of the largely young ...

Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor(s): Lauren UrasekNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 19Cover type: Paperback / sof...

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...

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. Compelling evidence is given to show that the sudden destruction of the great city "Babylon" -portrayed in the Bible's book of Revelation as a sedu...

Reducere. The #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestsellerA five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pion...

Publisher: Blue Crow MediaAuthor(s): Linda TonnCollection: Public Transport Architecture & Design Maps by Blue Crow MediaPublication date: 2019Dime...

The New York Jets Story, Hardcover

Reducere. Experience the delight found at each and every turn and the fun it is to wander, wonder and learn Fitz the Fox can't wait to see all that New York ...

Reducere. A startling examination of the deliberate criminalization of black youths from the 1930s to today A stark disparity exists between black and white ...

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...

Reducere. How do you tell the story of a race that symbolizes New York City's vitality, diversity, and charm? Here, Richard O'Brien offers more than forty de...

Reducere. In the summer of 1978, twenty-one-year-old Paul Wilson jumps at the chance to join two local icons on a dream surf trip to mainland Mexico, unaware...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Jason BaileyNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 236 x 283 x 31Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecu...