Autobiography & Biography

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Stroke Book

Jonathan Alexander

An archive of personal trauma that addresses how a culture still toxic to queer people can reshape a bodyIn the summer of 2019, Jonathan Alexander had a minor stroke, what...

ISBN: 9780823297665

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Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men

Phil Rosenzweig

The untold story behind one of America’s greatest dramasIn early 1957, a low-budget black-and-white movie opened across the United States. Consisting of little more than a dozen...

ISBN: 9780823297740

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Crossing Back

Marianna De Marco Torgovnick

From the award-winning author of Crossing Ocean Parkway, a personal memoir about adjusting to loss through books, meditation, and the process of memory itselfMarianna...

ISBN: 9780823297788

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Called Back

Mary Cappello

Foreword Book of the Year Award Independent Publishers Award (IPPY) Lambda Literary Award Finalist Publishing Triangle Award Finalist GAMMA Award, Best Feature from The Magazine...

ISBN: 9780823294046

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America’s Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself)

Stephanie N. Brehm

This book investigates the religious identity and authority of Stephen Colbert and his character Stephen Colbert. By exploring Colbert’s position as a lay catechist and televised comedian, this book examines how Catholicism shapes Colbert’s experiences, and how Colbert and his persona nuance American Catholicism and the polarized American religious landscape.

ISBN: 9780823294039

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Blood of Two Streams

Francis Mading Deng

This book—part memoir, part political statement—examines the influence of the author’s maternal and paternal ancestry on his life. Delving into the rich history of Francis Mading Deng’s heritage,...

ISBN: 9780823297627

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Eunice Hunton Carter

Marilyn Greenwald, Yun Li

Marilyn Greenwald and Yun Li

The fascinating biography of Eunice Hunton Carter, a social justice and civil rights trailblazer and the only woman prosecutor on the Luciano trial Eunice Hunton Carter rose to public...

ISBN: 9780823293735

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In Your Eyes I See My Words

Pope Francis, Antonio Spadaro, S.J., Marina A. Herrera, Ph.D., Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.

Pope Francis

Edited by Antonio Spadaro, S.J.

Translated by Marina A. Herrera, Ph.D.

Perfect for gift giving, the complete three-volume boxed set of In Your Eyes I See My Words gives readers an extraordinary opportunity to understand the vision of Pope Francis...

ISBN: 9780823294947

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In Your Eyes I See My Words

Pope Francis, Marina A. Herrera, Ph.D., Antonio Spadaro, S.J., Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.

Pope Francis

Edited by Antonio Spadaro, S.J.

Translated by Marina A. Herrera, Ph.D.

An extraordinary opportunity to understand the vision of Pope FrancisPope Francis is a first in many ways: the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit, the first Francis,...

ISBN: 9780823285600

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Seeing Like a Child

Clara Han, Richard Rechtman

Clara Han

An utterly original and illuminating work that meets at the crossroads of autobiography and ethnography to re-examine violence and memory through the eyes of a child.Seeing Like...

ISBN: 9780823289462

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The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico

Angel Garcia

How the South Bronx and Puerto Rican migration defined Fr. Neil Connolly’s priesthood as he learned to both serve and be part of his communitySouth Bronx, 1958. Change was...

ISBN: 9780823289264

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Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Jim Mackin

Nearly 600 captivating stories of notable former residents of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, some famous, some forgottenWhat do Humphrey Bogart and Patty Hill (co-author of...

ISBN: 9780823289295

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In Your Eyes I See My Words

Pope Francis, Marina A. Herrera, Ph.D., Antonio Spadaro, S.J., Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.

Pope Francis

Edited by Antonio Spadaro, S.J.

Translated by Marina A. Herrera, Ph.D.

In Your Eyes I See My Words, Volume 3 brings together the homilies and speeches of Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from 2009 through his election as Pope Francis on March 13, 2013....

ISBN: 9780823289356

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The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot

Matthew Spady

Audubon Park’s journey from farmland to cityscapeThe study of Audubon Park’s origins, maturation, and disappearance is at root the study of a rural society evolving into an urban...

ISBN: 9780823289424

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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: 9780823288694

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Labyrinths

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.

Labyrinths explores the origins of thirteen books I have written in the past few decades, texts that have helped to define the emerging parameters of relief operations that inevitably follow...

ISBN: 9780823293650

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Radio Active

William O'Shaughnessy

Radio Active is William O’Shaughnessy’s fifth collection of essays, on-air interviews, tributes and eulogies, endorsements, recollections of an evening, and more from “perhaps the finest...

ISBN: 9780823286706

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant, II, Thomas G. Voss

Edited by William Cullen Bryant, II and Thomas G. Voss

During the years covered in this volume, Bryant traveled more often and widely than at any comparable period during his life. The visits to Great Britain and Europe, a tour of the Near East and the...

ISBN: 9780823287260

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant, II, Thomas G. Voss

Edited by William Cullen Bryant, II and Thomas G. Voss

The years just before and during the Civil War marked the high point of Bryant's influence on public affairs, which had grown steadily since the Evening Post had upheld the democratic Jacksonian...

ISBN: 9780823287284

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Maurice Blanchot

Christophe Bident, John McKeane

Christophe Bident

Translated by John McKeane

Maurice Blanchot: a Critical Biography attempts a critical and theoretical biography by drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with those close to the writer. It tracks the life and work of one of the most important novelists and critics of the twentieth century, who influenced many writers, artists, and philosophers, not least those of French theory.

ISBN: 9780823281756

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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. The author...

ISBN: 9780823280452

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Pure Act

Michael N. McGregor

A biography of experimental poet and spiritual seeker Robert Lax, who inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac and many others. Using information and stories drawn from journal entries, letters, interviews and the author’s personal recollections, the book chronicles the development of Lax’s distinctive poetic style and a spontaneous, spiritual approach to life he called pure act.

ISBN: 9780823276820

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Oh Capitano!

Rudolph J. Vecoli, Francesco Durante, Donna R. Gabaccia, Elizabeth O. Venditto

Rudolph J. Vecoli and Francesco Durante

Edited by Donna R. Gabaccia

Translated by Elizabeth O. Venditto

The story of Celso Cesare Moreno who traveled the world lying, scheming, and building an extensive patron/client network to expand western trade and imperialism in Asia, traffick migrant workers and children in the Atlantic, influence the fate of Hawaii, and meddle in international affairs during a critical era of imperial expansion.

ISBN: 9780823279876

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Out of the Ordinary

Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka, Jacob Lau, Cameron Partridge, Susan Stryker

Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka

Edited by Jacob Lau and Cameron Partridge

Out of the Ordinary is the memoir of Dr. Michael Dillon / Lobzang Jivaka (1915-1962) who transitioned from female to male between 1939 and 1949, became a ship’s surgeon in the (British) Merchant Navy, and was a monastic novice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition when he died unexpectedly in 1962.

ISBN: 9780823280391

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Counter Institution

Nandini Bagchee

Counter Institution is a history of three re-purposed buildings in the Lower East Side--Peace Pentagon, ABC No Rio, and El Bohio--that have been used by activists as their headquarters to launch various actions over the past forty years.

ISBN: 9780823279265

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Autobiography & Biography

Stroke Book

Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men

Crossing Back

Called Back

America’s Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself)

Blood of Two Streams

Eunice Hunton Carter

In Your Eyes I See My Words

In Your Eyes I See My Words

Seeing Like a Child

The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico

Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side

In Your Eyes I See My Words

The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot

Boss of Black Brooklyn

Labyrinths

Radio Active

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant

Maurice Blanchot

In the Shadow of Genius

Pure Act

Oh Capitano!

Out of the Ordinary

Counter Institution

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