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Disorderly Men

Edward Cahill

WINNER, IPPY BOOK AWARDS, LGBTQ+ FICTIONWINNER, 2023 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD, LGBTQ2 FICTIONSHORT LIST, VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARDON LAMBDA LITERARY REVIEW'S SEPTEMBER MOST ANTICIPATED LISTONE OF...

ISBN: 9781531504458

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From the Bronx to the Bosphorus

Klezmer and Other Displaced Musics of New York

Walter Zev Feldman

Discover the vibrant journey of music from New York's melting pot to the mystical shores of the Bosphorus.From the Bronx to the Bosphorus explores the vibrant, yet largely concealed musical culture...

ISBN: 9781531509767

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Too Good to Get Married

The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen

Bonnie Yochelson

Explore Gilded Age New York through the lens of Alice Austen, who captured the social rituals of New York’s leisured class and the bustling streets of the modern city. Celebrated as a queer artist,...

ISBN: 9781531509507

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Here Down on Dark Earth

Loss and Remembrance in New York City

Discover New York’s poignant memorials through powerful photographs capturing everything from fleeting tributes to enduring monuments.The photographs in Here Down on Dark Earth document the many...

ISBN: 9781531509491

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Wonder City

How to Reclaim Human-Scale Urban Life

Lynn Ellsworth

Reimagining our cities for a sustainable and human-centric futureIn her groundbreaking book Wonder City, Lynn Ellsworth delves deep into the heart of modern urban life, casting a critical eye on the...

ISBN: 9781531508180

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Heaven on the Hudson

Mansions, Monuments, and Marvels of Riverside Park

Stephanie Azzarone

Winner, Victorian Society in America Book AwardA colorful tale of a singular New York City neighborhood and the personalities who make it specialTo outsiders or East Siders, Riverside Park and Riverside...

ISBN: 9781531508050

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Cross Bronx

A Writing Life

Peter Quinn

In his inimitable prose, master storyteller Peter Quinn chronicles his odyssey from the Irish Catholic precincts of the Bronx to the arena of big-league politics and corporate hardball.Cross Bronx is...

ISBN: 9781531508067

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Movement

New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car

Nicole Gelinas

A gripping account of how the automobile has failed NYC and how mass transit and a revitalized streetscape are vital to its post-pandemic recoveryIn 1969, as all students of New York City history think...

ISBN: 9781531508210

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Young Reds in the Big Apple

The New York Young Pioneers of America, 1923-1934

Jack Hodgson

The tale of New York’s Young Reds—a riveting journey through the YPA’s rise and influenceYoung Reds in the Big Apple: The New York YPA, 1923–1934 by Jack Hodgson is a compelling historical account...

ISBN: 9781531508128

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Join the Conspiracy

How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left, and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York

Jonathan Butler

Dive into the electrifying tale of a Brooklyn-born patriot turned radical activist, in an era when America was torn by its ideological extremesIn the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy transports...

ISBN: 9781531508159

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The American Art-Union

Utopia and Skepticism in the Antebellum Era

Kimberly A. Orcutt

The first comprehensive treatment in seventy years of the American Art-Union’s remarkable rise and fallFor over a decade, the New York–based American Art-Union shaped art creation, display, and...

ISBN: 9781531506995

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Devil's Mile

The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery

Alice Sparberg Alexiou

Devil’s Mile tells the rip-roaring story of New York’s oldest and most unique streetThe Bowery was a synonym for despair throughout most of the 20th century. The very name evoked visuals of drunken...

ISBN: 9781531507268

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On the High Line

The Definitive Guide

Annik LaFarge

The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and acclaimed guide to the High Line by the leading expert on the history of the park—now in a fully revised editionBuilt atop a former freight railroad, the “park...

ISBN: 9781531506117

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Mutuality in El Barrio

Stories of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service

Carey Kasten and Brenna Moore

The stories of 18 immigrant families from East Harlem and their experiences with one of New York’s deeply-rooted organizationsOn any given weekday, people stream in and out of Little Sisters of the...

ISBN: 9781531506438

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Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill

Alexander Hamilton’s Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries

Davida Siwisa James

Explores four centuries of colonization, land divisions, and urban development around this historic landmark neighborhood in West HarlemIt was the neighborhood where Alexander Hamilton built his country...

ISBN: 9781531506148

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Just City

Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right

Jennifer Baum

A captivating memoir of New York’s Historic Upper West Side at a time when community and unity defined the neighborhoodStep into the world of Just City and embark on a poignant journey to a time when...

ISBN: 9781531506216

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King Al

How Sharpton Took the Throne

Ron Howell

The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the United StatesThrough the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the Reverend Al...

ISBN: 9781531507299

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Mortimer and the Witches

A History of Nineteenth-Century Fortune Tellers

Marie Carter

UNTAPPED NEW YORK: THE BEST NYC BOOKS OF ALL TIMEThe neglected histories of 19th-century NYC’s maligned working-class fortune tellers and the man who set out to discredit themUnder the pseudonym Q....

ISBN: 9781531506247

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Yellow Roses

Elizabeth Cullinan

A captivating collection unveiling the intricacies of love, life, and legacyThese twelve stories, told from the viewpoint of young women in life’s mid-passage, explore the splendors and miseries of...

ISBN: 9781531507350

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Sojourners in the Capital of the World

Garifuna Immigrants

Maximo G. Martinez

A comprehensive history and insider’s account of the Garifuna in New York City from 1943 to the present day.In recent years, Latinos—primarily Central American migrants—crossing the southern border...

ISBN: 9781531504762

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Flesh and Spirit

Confessions of a Young Lord

Felipe Luciano

WINNER, AMERICAN BOOK AWARDChronicles a Black Puerto Rican man’s odyssey and transformation from an incarcerated gang member to the Co-Founder of the Young Lords Party.Growing up fatherless and poor,...

ISBN: 9781531504489

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Colorful Palate

A Flavorful Journey Through a Mixed American Experience

Raj Tawney

WINNER, 2024 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARD, INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR – MALE (BRONZE)A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY & FOREWORD REVIEWS BOOK OF THE DAY • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY ZED BOOK CLUB & INDIA...

ISBN: 9781531504571

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Global Queens

An Urban Mosaic

Joseph Heathcott

Winner, The David R. Coffin Publication GrantA vibrant exploration of the everyday life of one of the most diverse places in the world: Queens, New York.Remade by decades of immigration, Queens, New...

ISBN: 9781531504519

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A Falling-Off Place

The Transformation of Lower Manhattan

Barbara G. Mensch

Photographer Barbara Mensch’s rediscovered photo archives and interview tapes capture symbolic transformations of Lower Manhattan.Many of these images are published here for the first time. The photographs...

ISBN: 9781531504397

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Manhattan

Letters from Prehistory

Hélène Cixous

Translated by Beverley Bie Brahic

The luminous tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors

ISBN: 9781531502898

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Disorderly Men

From the Bronx to the Bosphorus

Too Good to Get Married

Here Down on Dark Earth

Wonder City

Heaven on the Hudson

Cross Bronx

Movement

Young Reds in the Big Apple

Join the Conspiracy

The American Art-Union

Devil's Mile

On the High Line

Mutuality in El Barrio

Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill

Just City

King Al

Mortimer and the Witches

Yellow Roses

Sojourners in the Capital of the World

Flesh and Spirit

Colorful Palate

Global Queens

A Falling-Off Place

Manhattan

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