Locality/New York
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Broadway Bird
$19.99 Read moreA charming and heartfelt picture book about a little bird who dreams of making it big on Broadway, from Tony Award-winning Broadway director Alex Timbers.
What Louisa loved most about living in Times- Author: Timbers, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1250784573
- Language: English
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
$19.00 Add to cartIn this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tin… [more below]
- Author: Keefe, Patrick Radden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0307279278
- Language: English
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When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner)
$17.99 Add to cart“Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda’s favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of ‘life, death, and the beauty of it al
- Author: Stead, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 14 2009
- ISBN10: 385737424
- Language: English
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A Feather on the Breath of God
$16.00 Add to cartFrom the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, A Feather on the Breath of God, is a mesmerizing story about the tangled nature of relationships between parents and children, between langu
- Author: Nunez, Sigrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1250816238
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
$9.94 Add to cartThe Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton’s most famous novel, is a love story, written immediately after the end of the First World War. Its brilliant anatomization of the snobbery and hypocrisy of the wea… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Wharton, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: December 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540012
- Language: English
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Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
$19.99 Read moreThe Pulitzer Prize winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 50’s New York from literary trailblazer, Oscar Hijuelos.
It’s 1949 and two young Cuban musi- Author: Hijuelos, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1538740613
- Language: English
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Where a Nickel Costs a Dime
$16.99 Add to cartWhere a Nickel Costs a Dime captures the hip-hop rhythms and in-your-face intensity of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a downtown Manhattan club where the hottest young poets are finding their fame.
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- Author: Perdomo, Willie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 07 2009
- ISBN10: 0393313832
- Language: English
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Rick Riordan Presents City of the Plague God (the Adventures of Sik Aziz Book 1)
$16.99 Read moreBest-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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 12, 2021
- ISBN10: 1368051502
- Language: English
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New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
$19.99 Add to cartIn the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voic
- Author: Taylor, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021993
- Language: English
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Boogie Boogie, Y’all
$19.99 Read moreAuthor-illustrator C. G. Esperanza delivers a celebratory ode to graffiti and the Boogie Down Bronx through an infectious read-aloud beat and colorful illustrations that leap right off the page! Perfe
- Author: Esperanza, C. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 62976222
- Language: English
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The Pinstripe Ghost
$6.99 Add to cartBatting second–and perfect for Halloween—book #2 in an early chapter book mystery series where each book is set in a different American ballpark
Mike and Kate are waiting for Kate’s mom at a borin- Series: Ballpark Mysteries (Paperback) #2
- Author: Kelly, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 22 2011
- ISBN10: 037586704X
- Language: English
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The Saturdays
$9.99 Add to cartMeet the Melendys The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There’s thirteen-year-old Mona, who has
- Series: Melendy Quartet #1
- Author: Enright, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0312375980
- Language: English
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Banana Fish, Vol. 15
$9.99 Add to cartNature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!
VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s… Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted hei- Series: Banana Fish #15
- Author: Yoshida, Akimi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1421505258
- Language: English
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When I Was the Greatest
$11.99 Add to cartFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds, a “funny and rewarding” (Publishers Weekly) coming-of-age novel about friendship and loyalty across neighborhood lines and the hardship of lif… [more below]
- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 1442459484
- Language: English
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A Perfect Fit: How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion
$17.99 Add to cartDiscover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes in this inclusive picture book biography of a Lithuanian immigrant with… [more below]
- Author: Rockliff, Mara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 035812543X
- Language: English
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Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
$45.00 Add to cartMore than a history, Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City is a book of science, natural history, and imagination, a call for us to stretch our thoughts back to 1609 when Henry Hudson first s… [more below]
- Author: Sanderson, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 28 2013
- ISBN10: 1419707485
- Language: English
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The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
$12.99 Add to cartOne of America’s most influential Hispanics — ‘Maria’ on Sesame Street — presents a powerful novel set in New York’s El Barrio in 1969.
There are two secrets Evelyn Serrano is keeping from her Mami a… [more below]
- Author: Manzano, Sonia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 0545325064
- Language: English
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Pickpocket’s Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York
$30.99 Add to cartIn George Appo’s world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as m… [more below]
- Author: Gilfoyle, Timothy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393329895
- Language: English
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Someone
$18.00 Add to cartAn ordinary life–its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion–lived by an ordinary, but unforgettable woman: This is the subject of Someone, Alice McDermott’s
- Author: McDermott, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1250888387
- Language: English
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The Colossus of New York
$17.00 Add to cartIn a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the two time Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartb… [more below]
- Author: Whitehead, Colson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 12 2004
- ISBN10: 1400031249
- Language: English
