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The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way

Colin Davey, Thomas A. Lesser, III Roosevelt Kermit

Colin Davey

With Thomas A. Lesser

Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and German rocket scientists.

ISBN: 9780823283484

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A Worldly Affair

Pamela Hanlon

For more than seven decades, New York City and the United Nations have shared the island of Manhattan, living and working together in a bond that has been likened to a long marriage—both tempestuous...

ISBN: 9780823284320

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Brooklyn Bridge Park

Joanne Witty, Henrik Krogius

Joanne Witty and Henrik Krogius

A major social and political phenomenon of how a community overcame overwhelming opposition and obstacles to build the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Stretching along a waterfront that faces one of...

ISBN: 9780823284337

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Bad Faith

Andrew Feffer

Bad Faith recounts the history of the Rapp-Coudert investigation into communist subversion in the public schools and municipal colleges of New York City, lasting from 1940 to 1942. This study explores how prominent depression-era liberals, as they joined in accusing Communists of “bad faith” and branded them enemies of American democracy, anticipated and made McCarthyism possible.

ISBN: 9780823281152

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Sacred Shelter

Susan Greenfield

Edited by Susan Greenfield

Thirteen formerly homeless New Yorkers tell their life stories, describing their joys as well as torments, their broken-heartedness and faith. At a time when national homelessness is on the rise, and when the discriminatory and punitive social conditions that create it are getting worse, Sacred Shelter celebrates the personal dignity of each and every individual and insists on our communal need to listen to each other.

ISBN: 9780823281190

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Boss of Black Brooklyn

Ron Howell

Boss of Black Brooklyn presents a riveting and untold story about the struggles and achievements of the first black person to hold public office in Brooklyn. Bertram L. Baker immigrated to...

ISBN: 9780823280995

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In the Shadow of Genius

Barbara G. Mensch

Named a Gift Book for the Discerning New Yorker by The New York TimesIn the Shadow of Genius is the newest book by photographer and author Barbara Mensch....

ISBN: 9780823280452

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Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City

Sam Roberts, Pete Hamill

Sam Roberts

No one denies that New York City is unique—but what makes it sui generis? Sam Roberts, a longtime city reporter, has puzzled over this in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts...

ISBN: 9780823281077

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New York After 9/11

Susan Opotow, Zachary Baron Shemtob, Michael Arad, Michael Crane, Brian Davis, Ariel Durosky, Kimberly Flynn, Norman Groner, Lait Helpman, Anne Hilburn, Daniel Libeskind, Charles Jennings, Ari Lowell, Roberto Lucchini, Guillermina Mejia, Hirofumi Minami, Jacqueline Moline, Yuval Neria, Cristina Onea, Susan Opotow, David Prezant, Karyna Pryiomka, Joan Reibman, Diala Shamas, Zachary Baron Shemtob, Micki Siegel de Hernández, Patrick Sweeney, Xi Zhu

Edited by Susan Opotow and Zachary Baron Shemtob

Contributor(s): Michael Arad, Michael Crane, Brian Davis, Ariel Durosky, Kimberly Flynn, Norman Groner, Lait Helpman, Anne Hilburn, Daniel Libeskind, Charles Jennings, Ari Lowell, Roberto Lucchini, Guillermina Mejia, Hirofumi Minami, Jacqueline Moline, Yuval Neria, Cristina Onea, Susan Opotow, David Prezant, Karyna Pryiomka, Joan Reibman, Diala Shamas, Zachary Baron Shemtob, Micki Siegel de Hernández, Patrick Sweeney and Xi Zhu

This book examines the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City and the various ways that this event profoundly reshaped multiple spheres of City life.

ISBN: 9780823281275

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Classical New York

Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, Matthew McGowan, Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, Matthew McGowan, Elizabeth Bartman, Maryl B. Gensheimer, Francis Morrone, Margaret Malamud, Allyson McDavid, Jon Ritter, Jared Simard

Edited by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Matthew McGowan

Contributor(s): Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, Matthew McGowan, Elizabeth Bartman, Maryl B. Gensheimer, Francis Morrone, Margaret Malamud, Allyson McDavid, Jon Ritter and Jared Simard

This book examines the reception and appropriation of Classical (Greco-Roman) Art and Architecture in New York from 1830–1940, including Pennsylvania Station, Rockefeller Center, the Gould Memorial Library, the proposed Civic Center (Foley Square), Federal Hall, as well as on the use of inscriptions in New York’s art and architecture.

ISBN: 9780823281022

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EMPIRE STATE EDITIONS

The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way

A Worldly Affair

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Bad Faith

Sacred Shelter

Boss of Black Brooklyn

In the Shadow of Genius

Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City

New York After 9/11

Classical New York

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