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WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER: A HISTORY
Written by Ryan, Hugh
The never-before-told story of Brooklyn's vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day.***An ALA GLBT Round Table Over the Rainbow 2019 Top Ten Selection******NAMED ONE OF THE BEST LGBTQ BOOKS OF 2019 by Harper's Bazaar***"A romantic, exquisite history of gay culture." --Kirkus Reviews, starred
DIRTY YEAR: SEX, SUFFRAGE, AND SCANDAL IN GILDED AGE NEW YORK
Written by Greer, Bill
As 1872 opened, the New York Times headlined four stories that symptomized the decay in public morals that the editors so frequently decried: financier Jim Fisk was gunned down in a love triangle; suffragist and free-love advocate Victoria Woodhull was running for president; anti-vice activist Anthony Comstock battled smut dealers poisoning children's minds; and abortionists were thriving.
ENGINEERING AMERICA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN A. ROEBLING
Written by Haw, Richard
John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers, and fascinating personalities.
YOU TALKIN' TO ME?: THE UNRULY HISTORY OF NEW YORK ENGLISH
Written by White, E J
From paddy wagon to rush hour, New York City has given us a number of our popular words and phrases, along the way fashioning a recognizable dialect all its own. Often imitated and just as often ridiculed, New York English has its own identity, imbued with the rich cultural history of (as New Yorkers tell it) the greatest city in the world.
ELLIS ISLAND: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY
Written by Szejnert, Malgorzata
A dramatic, multi-vocal account of the personal agonies and ecstasies that played out within the walls of Ellis Island, as told by Poland's greatest living journalist This is the people's history of Ellis Island--the people who passed through it, and the people who were turned away from it.
HUDSON VALLEY: THE FIRST 250 MILLION YEARS: A MOSTLY CHRONOLOGICAL AND OCCASIONALLY PERSONAL HISTORY
Written by Levine, David
From the dinosaurs and the glaciers to the first native peoples and the first European settlers, from Dutch and English Colonial rule to the American Revolution, from the slave society to the Civil War, from the robber barons and bootleggers to the war heroes and the happy rise of craft beer pubs, the Hudson Valley has a deep history.
ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE NEW YORK: A HISTORICAL GUIDE
Written by Fitzpatrick, Kevin C
"That is the thing about New York," wrote Dorothy Parker in 1928. "It is always a little more than you had hoped for. Each day, there, is so definitely a new day." Now you can journey back there, in time, to a grand city teeming with hidden bars, luxurious movie palaces, and dazzling skyscrapers.
TWELVE PATIENTS: LIFE AND DEATH AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL (THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NBC DRAMA NEW AMSTERDAM)
Written by Manheimer, Eric
The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director is a "humanitarian and heartbreaking tapestry where modern medicine confronts the atrocities of life" (Kirkus Reviews).
LAST PIRATE OF NEW YORK : A GHOST SHIP
Written by Cohen, Rich
Was he New York City's last pirate . . . or its first gangster? This is the true story of the bloodthirsty underworld legend who conquered Manhattan, dock by dock--for fans of Gangs of New York and Boardwalk Empire. "History at its best . . .
PLAZA: THE SECRET LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS HOTEL
Written by Satow, Julie
Journalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to today's Billionaire Row.
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