In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays, Paperback - Rebecca McClanahan

Reducere. In this lively and deeply affecting memoir, Rebecca McClanahan tracks the heartbeat of New York as only a stunned newcomer can: in overheard conver...

Reducere. Winner of the 2018 Dzanc Nonfiction Prize "Knock Wood is an absolute wonder, and Jennifer Militello is at the top of her form." --Andre Dubus III, ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this collection of linked, lyrical essays, Julia Koets writes, "When you date in secret, the pressure is different. You're weightless...

Reducere. Uprooting ourselves and putting down roots elsewhere has become second nature. Americans are among the most mobile people on the planet, moving hou...

Reducere. Tracing the Desire Line follows a writer's journey of opening her marriage with her husband. The story-told through short memoirs, essays, lists, l...

Reducere. Wife Daughter Self investigates identity and the writing life through the perspective of one of the nation's top memoir teachers and critics. Curio...

Reducere. A Body Across Two Hemispheres is a timely book, one many of us need and will be grateful to have read. --Shara McCallum A Body Across Two Hemispher...

DescriptionFrom the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humoro...

Drawing on his adulthood in academe, Richard Katrovas's memoir in essays chronicles a quest to locate surrogate fathers among older poets and other...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Minnie DriverNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 218 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Reducere. New York City is defined by a certain kind of grit and perseverance, its history sprinkled with stories of unlikely successes found where most woul...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Christina Joyce HauserNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 147 x 222 x 34Cover type: Hardba...

Reducere. Walking Manhattan by Ellen Levitt is written with many people in mind: the tourists who have never before visited Manhattan as well as those return...

Experience a seldom-seen New York City with journalists and NYC natives Sharon Seitz and Stuart Miller as they show you the 42 islands in this city...

"The maps themselves are things of beauty... a document of its time, of our time."--Sadie Stein, New York Times "One is invited to fathom the many ...

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

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):...

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Reducere. This attractive little volume, the first in an annual series, offers a day-by-day guide to the coming year in New York City: cultural events, sport...

How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the...

From Gotti to Gigante, the names atop today's Mafia organizational charts are old ones. But the times have certainly changed for New York's biggest...

Reducere. Set in present day Manhattan, The Fool of New York City is the tale of two souls who are considered to be "fools" and "idiots" in the eyes of most ...

Reducere. Robert W. Snyder's Crossing Broadway tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restor...

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

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is a milestone in the history of academic research on the development and role of geomancy (fengshui in Chinese and p'ungsu in...

Mid-March 2020: native New Yorker Gregory Peterson is on an early evening walk through the city, suddenly shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. Us...

Reducere. In 1989, Malcolm McLaren had his only number one hit with a single called "Deep in Vogue." Early the next year, Madonna had one of the biggest hits...

Disc: 1Side A 1. Love's in Need of Love Today 2. Have a Talk with God 3. Village Ghetto Land 4. Contusion 5. Sir DukeSide B 6. I Wish 7. Knocks Me ...

ALL COLOR INTERIORVery few men have had the impact on Broadway theatre as did Justin Brooks Atkinson, the drama critic of The New York Times from 1...

Catherine believes that life is a journey. After serving a one year tour in Iraq with the military, Catherine realized life is short and that she n...

Reducere. About DK Eyewitness New York CityDiscover New York City - star of the silver screen.Whether you want to visit the iconic Empire State Building, tak...

In this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to find her place in a new school. Perfect for fan...

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A debut novel about an initially-lonely girl who finds both friendship and an immersive area of knowledge at the school's coding club. As the daugh...

Reducere. The essays in Shadows in the City of Light explore the significance of Paris in the writing of five influential French writers--Sarah Kofman, Patri...

Reducere. Rebecca Janzen brings a unique applied understanding of religion to bear on analysis of Mexican cinema from the Golden Age of the 1930s onward. Unh...

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: ...

For the past 10 years, Joseph Natale Schneiderman has visited 55 firehouses in the grand City of New York. He is a "Buff", or someone who visited f...

From its origins as a primitive Dutch outpost to the sprawling urban complex it is today, the defining characteristic of New York has been constant...

A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to today that is essential reading for understanding and advancing...

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...

Reducere. This is a journal, if you will, most humbly offered with observation and lessons, experiences of times and places, mistakes made, and truths learne...

Reducere. CD 1: 1. My Love Will Not Let You Down 2. Prove It All Night 3. Two Hearts 4. Atlantic City 5. Mansion On The Hill 6. The River 7. Youngstown 8. Mu...

Reducere. It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a whole army o...