[PDF] Gone To New York eBook

Author : Ian Frazier
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2006-08-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1466800453

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Welcome to Ian Frazier's New York, a city more downtown than up, where every block is an event, and where the denizens are larger than life. Meet landlord extraordinaire Zvi Hugo Segal, and the man who climbed the World Trade Center, and an eighty-three-year-old typewriter repairman whose shop on Fulton Street has drawers full of umlauts. Learn the location of Manhattan's antipodes, and meander the length of Route 3 to New Jersey. Like his literary forbears Joseph Mitchell and A.J. Liebling, Frazier, in his bewitching, inimitable voice, makes us fall in love with America's greatest city all over again, the way he did, arriving as a young man from Hudson, Ohio. In classic evocations of the F train, Canal Street, and Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and in his iconic "Bags in Trees" essay, Frazier gives us New York again, in all its vital and human multiplicity.

Author : Marianna Boncek
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780764338373

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Each year, hundreds of New Yorkers disappear under mysterious circumstances never to be heard from again, with their families and loved ones waiting painfully, as the years crawl by, for some word of what happened to them. This book explores this painful epidemic by highlighting individual stories of the missing and their families, among them a 22-month-old baby and a noted judge. Sections include unidentified missing human remains found in New York State, investigation procedures, and the pros and cons of hiring a private detective or a psychic. Perhaps one of these touching accounts will offer hope that someone, somewhere, might have the missing piece to one of these devastating puzzles and help bring any one of these missing persons home.

Author : Ian Frazier
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374281637

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The author introduces another side of New York, including a man who climbed the World Trade Center and an eighty-three-year old typewriter repairman, among other characters.

Author : Jenny Erpenbeck
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081122595X

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New York Times Notable Book 2018; Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2018; Lois Roth Award Winner An unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, “one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation” (The Millions). The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes. Exquisitely translated by Susan Bernofsky, Go, Went, Gone addresses one of the most pivotal issues of our time, facing it head-on in a voice that is both nostalgic and frightening.

Author : John Tebeau
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 21,86 MB
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0847861503

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With charming original illustrations, this book celebrates fifty of the Big Apple’s storied taverns, legendary dives, and bars and the drink recipes that will inspire you to become a regular. For cocktail enthusiasts and those seeking the most real New York watering holes, this is a comprehensive guide to the city’s legendary bars, taverns, and dives across all five boroughs, featuring stories, insider tips, and delicious cocktail recipes. From McSorley’s in the East Village and the West Village’s Ear Inn, to Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria, Queens, and Fort Defiance in Red Hook, Brooklyn, this book spans New York’s five boroughs, each entry combining an intoxicating mix of history, local color, and city lore. It includes tips like the best times of day to visit, or whether to choose bar or table, along with signature cocktail recipes, and witty sidebars on topics such as day drinking versus night drinking. Painting an intimate picture of each featured place accompanied by charming illustrations, this book stands out from typical New York City guidebooks on the market and will interest New York City tourists and natives alike, as well as cocktail enthusiasts and general bons vivants.

Author : Holly Greene
Publisher : Little Blue Books
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release :
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :

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A gorgeously escapist Christmas romance set in magical NYC from the bestselling author of the ESCAPE TO ITALY and ESCAPE TO THE ISLANDS series. Grab a mug of hot chocolate, sit back and escape to New York this Christmas.... When Londoner Penny decides to visit her best friend Kate in New York for Christmas, the surprise appearance of a previous suitor sends her plans for a relaxing, carefree visit into complete disarray. When she and Mike last saw each other, the timing couldn't have been worse. But when Mike decides to show Penny the very best of what a snowy, festive, New York has to offer at Christmastime - resolving to make it a trip to remember - will she be able to resist his charms this time round?

Author : Slava Mogutin
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : Art
ISBN :

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Slava Mogutin - the notorious Russian dissident-turned-art-star and creator of the critically acclaimed Lost Boys - returns with his second monograph. A tribute to the golden age of New York City nightlife, NYC Go-Go is a visually stunning collection that takes readers behind the velvet ropes and into the seedier, seamier side of New York's still-pounding gay club life.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141983264

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A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion ... disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by to exciting destinations. Now, on some dark impulse, he boards one at random, and begins a new life of recklessness and violence. This chilling portrayal of a man who breaks from society and goes on the run asks who we are, and what we are capable of. 'Classic Simenon ... extraordinary in its evocative power' Independent 'What emerges is the bare human animal' John Gray 'Read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss' Sunday Times

Author : Marshall Berman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781861893383

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Acclaimed historian Berman and journalist Berger gather a stellar group of writers and photographers who combine their energies to weave a rich tale of New York Citys struggle, excitement, and wonder.

Author : Patricia J. Wynne
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486441261

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Illustrations of 25 sites of New York CIty with appeal to grade-school children, such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the ships at South Street Seaport, mummies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. Suitable for coloring, with informative captions accompanying each illustration.