Geographic Orientation/New York
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Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop
$29.00 Add to cartAn incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country’s largest police departments
In 1979, the gruesome slaying of a thirteen-year-old boy riveted the suburbs of S- Author: Garcia-Roberts, Gus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 3, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541730399
- Language: English
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In the Bleak Midwinter: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery
$19.00 Add to cartIt’s a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church. The ancient regime
- Series: Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries #1
- Author: Spencer-Fleming, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 3, 2012
- ISBN10: 1250006511
- Language: English
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Coming to America: The Story of Immigration
$17.99 Add to cartThousands of years ago, the first people to arrive on American soil traveled across a land bridge from Asia to what is now Alaska. Millions of people were already settled when Christopher Columbus “re… [more below]
- Author: Maestro, Betsy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 1, 1996
- ISBN10: 0590441515
- Language: English
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Dancer from the Dance
$17.99 Add to cartOne of The Atlantic‘s Great American Novels
“A hymn to gay liberation in the city, and to male beauty.” — Darryl Pinckney, T, The New York Times Style magazine
“Nothing could be more beautiful than Hol
- Author: Holleran, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063320061
- Language: English
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Abuela (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Add to cartDive into Spanish text and fly high over beautiful New York City with Rosalba and her grandmother in Arthur Dorros’ enchanting Abuela. Winner of the Parents’ Choice Award.
-Tantos p?jaros- dice Rosal- Author: Dorros, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140562265
- Language: Spanish
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Swine Not?: A Novel Pig Tale
$19.99 Add to cartImagine what a pig might say if one were to ask why it lives in one of Manhattan’s swankiest hotels: “Swine not?” Plunge into this irresistible tall tale filled with zany characters and wry humor cook… [more below]
- Author: Bransford, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 12, 2009
- ISBN10: 0316114057
- Language: English
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When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History
$20.00 Add to cartThe never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day.
***An ALA GLBT Round Table Over the Rainbow 2019 Top Ten Selection***
***NAMED O- Author: Ryan, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 23 2020
- ISBN10: 1250621402
- Language: English
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Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
$22.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“This is history at its most immediate and moving…A marvelous and memorable book.” –Jon Meacham “Remarkable…A priceless civic gift…On page after page, a reader- Author: Graff, Garrett M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1501182218
- Language: English
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
$30.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLING PHENOMENON
The bestselling breakout chef-tells-all from Anthony Bourdain, the globally beloved Emmy award-winning host of Parts Unknown and No Reservations. In the now cla- Author: Bourdain, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 22, 2000
- ISBN10: 158234082X
- Language: English
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Caldecott & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon- Author: Steptoe, Javaka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 25, 2016
- ISBN10: 0316213888
- Language: English
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
$21.00 Add to cartThis New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta gl… [more below]
- Author: LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0743254430
- Language: English
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The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartA finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography
A contentious, deeply moving ode to friendship, love, and urban life in the spirit of Fierce Attachments A memoir of self-discovery- Author: Gornick, Vivian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 17, 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536155
- Language: English
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Some Places More Than Others
$8.99 Add to cartFrom Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ren e Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring novel for middle schoolers about finding deep roots a
- Author: Watson, Renée
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1681191105
- Language: English
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The Boys of Summer
$19.99 Add to cart“A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s.” — New York Times
The classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, co
- Series: Harperperennial Modern Classics
- Author: Kahn, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 09, 2006
- ISBN10: 0060883960
- Language: English
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Rick Riordan Presents: City of the Plague God-The Adventures of Sik Aziz Book 1
$8.99 Add to cartBest-selling author Rick Riordan presents an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology by Sarwat Chadda, author of the Ash Mistry series.
“An epic worthy of Gilgamesh. Chadda brings attention- Author: Chadda, Sarwat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 11, 2022
- ISBN10: 1368067328
- Language: English
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Desperate Characters
$14.95 Add to cartOtto and Sophie Bentwood live in a changing neighborhood in Brooklyn. Their stainless-steel kitchen is newly installed, and their Mercedes is parked curbside. After Sophie is bitten on the hand while
- Author: Fox, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 30, 2015
- ISBN10: 0393351106
- Language: English
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Best Garden Plants for New York State
$16.95 Add to cartNew York gardeners will find this book a handy and easy-to-use reference next time they head to the garden center. With the help of well known television and radio gardening personality Maria Cinque, … [more below]
- Series: Best Garden Plants For…
- Author: Cinque, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 9768200332
- Language: English
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Masterpiece
$10.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestselling middle grade mystery novel full of adventure, friendship, and stolen art.
Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much- Series: Masterpiece Adventures
- Author: Broach, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 30 2010
- ISBN10: 0312608705
- Language: English
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Ellis Island (a True Book: American History)
$6.95 Add to cartLearn why immigrants came to the United States and the establishment of Ellis Island Immigration Station.
A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in Ameri… [more below]
- Series: A True Book: American History
- Author: Landau, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0531147819
- Language: English
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Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl’s Adventures in the Big Apple
$19.99 Add to cartThe Big Apple may be hiding in the place you least expect it in this spunky introduction to the best parts of New York.
Nelly lives in New York, the greatest city in the world. Every morning, she wake- Series: Big City Adventures
- Author: Pataki, Allison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1534425047
- Language: English
