Locality/New York
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family’s Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
$16.99 Add to cart“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”
–Miami Herald
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty an
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Lagnado, Lucette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 006082218X
- Language: English
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Flatiron
$24.00 Add to cartThe marvelous story of one of New York City’s most unique buildings
Critics hated it. The public feared it would fall over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed,- Author: Sparberg Alexiou, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1250032040
- Language: English
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Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs
$27.99 Add to cartBeneath the asphalt streets of Manhattan, creeks and streams once flowed freely. The remnants of these once-pristine waterways are all over the Big Apple, hidden in plain sight. Hidden Waters of New Y
- Author: Kadinsky, Sergey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1581573553
- Language: English
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The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB’s: A Secret History of Jewish Punk
$16.95 Add to cartBased in part on the recent interviews with more than 125 people–among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner), and John Zorn–this book … [more below]
- Author: Beeber, Steven Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1556527616
- Language: English
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Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty
$18.00 Add to cartThe Statue of Liberty has become one of the most recognizable monuments in the world: a symbol of freedom and the American Dream. But the story of the creation of the statue has been obscured by myth…. [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0802123791
- Language: English
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Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City
$27.95 Add to cart“This little gem fills you in on everything finned, furred, feathered, or leafed, and how to find it, in all five boroughs.”–House and Garden
Second place for scholarly/reference books (design), Bookb
- Author: Day, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0801886821
- Language: English
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New York City Skyscrapers
$24.99 Read moreNew York City Skyscrapers celebrates the numerous awe-inspiring buildings that have made New York the skyscraper capital of the world. This book traces the history of New York’s tallest structures fro… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Panchyk, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0738572969
- Language: English
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I Like It Like That
$12.99 Add to cartThe wickedly funny fifth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the new series coming to HBO Max’s Spring 2020 launch season (alongside hit series … [more below]
- Series: Gossip Girl Novels (Paperback) #5
- Author: Von Ziegesar, Cecily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 201
- Publish Date: May 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0316735183
- Language: English
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Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York
$18.99 Read more“For a woman who thinks of herself as a New Yorker at this point, I buy a lot of clothes from companies named things like Shrimp & Grits. Why? Because identity is complicated.”
Elizabeth Passarella is
- Author: Passarella, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 1400218845
- Language: English
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Manhattan Mafia Guide: Hits, Homes & Headquarters
$19.99 Add to cartDuring the early twentieth century, Sicilian and Southern Italian immigrants poured into New York City.
Looking to escape poverty and persecution at home, they soon discovered that certain criminal ent
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Ferrara, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 04 2011
- ISBN10: 1609493060
- Language: English
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The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook: Artisanal Baking from Around the World
$35.00 Add to cartBake authentic multiethnic breads from the New York City bakery with a mission, with The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook, Yahoo Food’s Cookbook of the Year.
At first glance Hot Bread Kitchen may look like
- Author: Rodriguez, Jessamyn Waldman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0804186170
- Language: English
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AIA Guide to New York City
$45.99 Add to cartHailed as “extraordinarily learned” (New York Times), “blithe in spirit and unerring in vision,” (New York Magazine), and the “definitive record of New York’s architectural heritage” (Municipal Art So… [more below]
- Author: White, Norval
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: June 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0195383869
- Language: English
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97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
$17.99 Add to cart“Social history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrativ
- Author: Ziegelman, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 0061288519
- Language: English
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Once a Cop: The Street, the Law, Two Worlds, One Man
$17.99 Add to cartNew York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner
African American Literary Award Winner for Best Biography/Memoir As a youth, Corey Pegues was a criminal. As an adult, he became a high-ranking poli- Author: Pegues, Corey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1501110500
- Language: English
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Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
$19.99 Add to cart“Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi” —Vanity Fair
An unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love l
- Author: Moss, Jeremiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0062439685
- Language: English
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Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City
$25.95 Read moreImagine an urban oasis with hundreds of thousands of trees and whose mayor wants to plant a million more. That sylvan place is New York City, and this is a guide to the diverse trees that line its str
- Author: Day, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1421401525
- Language: English
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A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
$18.00 Add to cartRotolo has written a moving account of the fertile years just before the circus of the 1960s was in full swing. She chronicles the backstory of Greenwich Village in the early days, when Bob Dylan was … [more below]
- Author: Rotolo, Suze
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0767926889
- Language: English
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Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach
$15.95 Add to cartAward-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Meryl Gordon’s Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach is “an even-handed and fascinating portrait of a wea… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Meryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247982
- Language: English
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Gossip Girl: Don’t You Forget about Me: A Gossip Girl Novel
$16.99 Add to cartDon’t You Forget About Me continues the #1 New York Times bestselling series about the provocative lives of New York City’s most prestigious private school young adults. Sharp wit, intriguing characte… [more below]
- Series: Gossip Girl Novels (Paperback) #11
- Author: Von Ziegesar, Cecily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0316011843
- Language: English
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America
$17.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Paul Tough’s Whatever It Takes is “one of the best books ever written about how poverty influences learning, and vice versa” (The Washington Post).
What would it take?… [more below]
- Author: Tough, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247966
- Language: English
