Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City's Forgotten Waterfront, Paperback - Elizabeth Albert

Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City's Forgotten Waterfront transports the reader into the extraordinary past and present embedded in New ...

Reducere. Why on earth would anyone want to float a pool up the Atlantic coastline to bring it to rest at a pier on the New York City waterfront? In The Floa...

An unusual collection of diverse works on the many legends of London.

Reducere. For the last 100 years, Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been slinging some of the world's greatest dim sum from New York's Chinatown. Now owner Wilson Tang ...

Reducere. "They'd never kill a reporter...." On the morning of April 29, 1948, a West Side pier hiring boss was shot on his way to work. The murder reminded ...

Reducere. AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINAL Elizabeth Taylor is finally beginning to gain the recognition due to her as one of the best English writers of the postwa...

Reducere. Just off the coast of the Bronx in Long Island Sound sits Hart Island, where more than one million bodies are buried in unmarked graves. Beginning ...

Publisher: Liverpool University PressAuthor(s): Regina GalassoIllustration(s): 9 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 216Collection: Cont...

Reducere. The Silent Traveller Returns Distinguished author, artist, calligrapher, and poet Chiang Yee wrote and illustrated a dozen "Silent Traveller" books...

Reducere. This is the ultimate field guide to the trees and landscapes of Central Park, with a lively, authoritative text and over 900 color photographs, bot...

Reducere. Today the Port of New York is where container ships and tankers park while waiting to reload and be on their way around the world. Long black tanke...

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Reducere. Female criminals are often portrayed as caricatures: Black Widows, Queenpins, Mob Molls, or Femme Fatales. But the real stories are much more fasci...

Reducere. Before the popularity of the electric guitar and before every teenager with a rock 'n' roll dream had a band in their garage, Manny's Music in New ...

The first-ever collection of essays from across Elizabeth Hardwick's illustrious writing career, including works not seen in print for decades. Eli...

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...

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One woman's incredible story of life on the front lines as an emergency medical worker in New York City. On the streets of New York City, EMTs and ...

Reducere. Freddie and his mom are visiting Uncle Jorge in New York CityJust before they leave, Mr. Vaslov gives Freddie a new pair of zapatos to replace the ...

*Includes pictures of the various amusement parks and rides *Traces the history of Coney Island and includes accounts of the old amusement parks an...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Elizabeth HardwickNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 203 x 19Cover ...

*Includes pictures *Includes historic descriptions of Broadway theaters and plays *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading...

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DescriptionDesign authority Wendy Moonan takes the reader on a tour of some of New York City's finest residential rooms--past and present. The sele...

Reducere. Forgotten New York is your passport to more than 300 years of history, architecture, and memories hidden in plain sight.Houses dating to the first ...

A New York Review Books OriginalEdith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manhattan is a city of well-appointed drawing rooms, h...

*Includes pictures *Includes temporary accounts of Grand Central's history and construction *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John BorowskiEditor: John BorowskiOn December 13, 1934, Albert Fish was apprehended by Detective William King for the kidna...

Influenced by news reports of young children brutalized by their parents, most of us see the role of child services as the prevention of severe phy...

DescriptionThe Statues of Central Park is the extraordinary photographic tribute to one of the world's most popular recreational destinations and p...

Reducere. The 3-0 is a thrilling, cat and mouse story that's based on the true story of the largest police corruption scandal in the history of the New York ...

Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry American poet Elizabeth Willis has written an electrifying body of work spanning more than twenty ye...

This book provides readers with the fundamental, analytical, and quantitative knowledge of machining process planning and optimization based on adv...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Don JordanAuthor: Michael WalshWhite Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage...

DescriptionFrom the author of 'A Man without Qualities, ' a novel about spirituality in the modern world. Agathe is the sister of Ulrich, the restl...

Reducere. Black Greek-letter organizations offer many African Americans opportunities for activism, community-building, fostering cultural pride, and cultura...

No one has written more feelingly and more beautifully than Nescio about the madness and sadness, courage and vulnerability of youth: its big plans...

O'Hara was American fiction's greatest eavesdropper, recording the everyday speech and tone of all strata of mid-century society' Wall Street Journ...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fire by survivors and workers in the factory *Explains the aftermath of the fire and the ch...

Reducere. Pierre Toussaint, a former slave, moved to New York from Saint Domingue (modern day Haiti) with his owners in 1787 as they escaped the unrest on th...

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Reducere. DescriptionNew York State's rich and colorful history has given rise to a wealth of blood-curdling, spine-tingling tales of the supernatural. Spann...

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Reducere. From start to finish, Mann tracks the wonders of architecture, engineering, and construction that went into the creation of the tallest building in...

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Reducere. Their names linger in memory mainly as punch lines, synonyms for obscurity: Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Calvin Coolidge. They conjure up not ...

A wickedly smart, utterly hilarious debut from a Southern Living columnist--mother of three, Southerner married to a New Yorker, evangelical Christ...

Mike Puma of the New York Post provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can The New York Mets are one of the most historic teams i...

Publisher: New York University PressNumber of pages: 336Collection: Alternative CriminologyPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 231 x 223 x 25Cover ty...