Out of the Bronx: A Memoir, Paperback - Irene Sardanis

Irene Sardanis was born into a Greek family in the Bronx in the 1940s in which fear and peril hovered. Her mother had come to New York for an arran...

Reducere. Straight from the streets of the mid-1960s Bronx comes a book about one of the borough's most feared gangs - The Ducky Boys. While their unusual na...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): Mark FeinsandNumber of pages: 256Collection: The FranchisePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 150 x 223 x 38Cover ...

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Reducere. The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated...

DescriptionAntonio Roberts and Paige Tillary are from vastly different backgrounds, so when they meet and fall in love, it won't be easy. Family se...

Reducere. Home to the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immig...

The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the fir...

Reducere. Antonio Roberts and Paige Tillary are from vastly different backgrounds, so when they meet and fall in love, it won't be easy. Antonio, born of an ...

A political and personal history of the aclaimed writer, academic and critic, which reveals the influences which have informed ground-breaking work...

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Readers will be drawn to and inspired by Remi Adeleke's personal journey of following God's voice, overcoming the odds, and ultimately experiencing...

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Reducere. Lisa Smith was a bright, young lawyer at a prestigious firm in NYC in the early nineties when alcoholism started to take over her life. What was on...

Reducere. In the South Bronx during the 1960s and 70s, unscrupulous landlords and their torch-men set in motion a murderous wave of arson-for-profit, driving...

Description- The ultimate insider's guide to the Bronx- Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides- Part of the...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph C. EwoodzieThe origin story of hip-hop--one that involves Kool Herc DJing a house party on Sedgwick Avenue in the Br...

Reducere. Irene Hoge Smith's The Good Poetic Mother combines a poignant family memoir with a truly remarkable human mystery, all of it told with clarity and ...

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Reducere. As journalist Sam Quinones convincingly demonstrates, much of Mexico was already changing before the July 2000 presidential elections which ousted ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michelle BalgeWhat do you do when you're trapped in your mind? When you can't escape the feelings of depression and fear?A ...

Reducere. First Place CIPA EVVY Award winner for autobiography/memoir"As the body gets weaker, the spirit gets stronger, " Linda Kinnamon repeatedly tells he...

Reducere. People associate the South Bronx with gangs, violence, drugs, crime, burned-out buildings, and poverty. This is the message that has been driven in...

Reducere. A 2020 International Latino Book Award FinalistsAn Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, and LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020This unforgettable m...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year. Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her o...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, Good Morning America, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jonathan MahlerA passionate and dramatic account of a year in the life of a city, when baseball and crime reigned supreme, ...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Jennifer GreyIllustration(s): Colour photo insert(s)Number of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Reducere. Farah Ahmedi recounts her heartbreaking journey from war-torn Kabul to America in her New York Times bestselling inspirational memoir. Farah Ahmedi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Victoria GoldenAuthor: William WaltersFrom 1854 to the early 1930s, the American Orphan Trains transported 250, 000 childre...

From Noelle Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds her t...

Reducere. For nearly twenty-five years, poet Baron Wormser and his family lived in a house in Maine with no electricity or running water. They grew much of t...

DescriptionGrace Kennan Warnecke's memoir is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of one of the most influential diplomats of the tw...

An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, ...

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Reducere. Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir.For decades, Demi Moore has...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyXiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her ge...

A powerful and essential memoir of self-discovery . . . Brimming with beautiful remembrances of his grandfather and terrifying stories of abuse and...

In this comic adventure through the loneliness epidemic, a middle-aged everyman looks around one day and realizes that he seems to have misplaced h...

Reducere. Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-scenes biography, from their supernova stardom in...

Master storyteller, Mwalim weaves a vibrant and epic Hip-Hop Jazz folktale about the spirits that dwell within the jazz clubs, art galleries, perfo...

A collection of poignant, relatable essays from the author of Never Have I Ever about coming out in her late twenties, entering into her first rela...

The memoir left behind by journalist Keelin Shanley who died of cancer in February 2020. A remarkable story of courage and resilience and a memorab...

Reducere. DescriptionMary Woster Haug offers a lovely, ruminative book transcending usual boundaries of memoir and travel writing. Set in modern, bustling Ko...

Reducere. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE and fresh out of college, Julia fell head over heels for Randy, a charming co-worker who swooped in with flowers, romant...

Reducere. DescriptionChosen #5 by Billboard Magazine of the Ten Best Music Books of 2018 FOR THE ROCK MUSIC FAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING ...from KIRKUS REVIEWS: "S...

Reducere. Description#5 on Billboard Magazine's list of the Top Ten Music Books of 2018New York, NY, January 1, 2019 - Celebrated music producer John Simon h...

A book of memoirs and stimulating reflections on music by the legendary classical pianist, Sir Andras Schiff.

Born during World War II, Marilee Eaves has long struggled to fit into the New Orleans elite--secret Mardi Gras societies that ruled the city--into...

Reducere. A truely unique love story, "Our family Outing" is riveting in its honesty and openess as a family faces its reality their husband/father is gay. T...