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NEW YORKER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARTOONS: A SEMI-SERIOUS A-TO-Z ARCHIVE
This monumental, two-volume, slip-cased collection includes nearly 10 decades worth of New Yorker cartoons selected and organized by subject with insightful commentary by Bob Mankoff and a foreword by David Remnick. The is the most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form, The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a prodigious, slip-cased
GIRL ON THE VELVET SWING: SEX, MURDER, AND MADNESS AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by Baatz, Simon
From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world. In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl in the musical Florodora, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just sixteen years old, had recently moved to the city.
DISCO FILES 1973-78: NEW YORK'S UNDERGROUND, WEEK BY WEEK
A new edition of the essential chronicle of disco culture
WHAT WOULD MRS. ASTOR DO?: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE MANNERS AND MORES OF THE GILDED AGE
Written by Tichi, Cecelia
A richly illustrated romp with America's Gilded Age leisure class--and those angling to join it Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States' population doubled, accompanied by an unparalleled industrial expansion, and an explosion of wealth unlike any the world had ever seen.
ALL THE NATIONS UNDER HEAVEN: IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANTS, AND THE MAKING OF NEW YORK, REVISED EDITION
Written by Snyder, Robert
First published in 1996, All the Nations Under Heaven has earned praise and a wide readership for its unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City.
LIGHT IN DARK TIMES: THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND ITS UNIVERSITY IN EXILE
Written by Friedlander, Judith
The New School for Social Research opened in 1919 as an act of protest.
SENTINEL: THE UNLIKELY ORIGINS OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Written by Viano, Francesca Lidia
The story of the improbable campaign that created America's most enduring monument.
DOWNTOWN POP UNDERGROUND: NEW YORK CITY AND THE LITERARY PUNKS, RENEGADE ARTISTS, DIY FILMMAKERS, MAD PLAYWRIGHTS, AND ROCK 'N' ROLL GLITTER QUE
Written by McLeod, Kembrew
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ONLY IN NEW YORK: AN EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD'S MOST FASCINATING, FRUSTRATING, AND IRREPRESSIBLE CITY
Written by Roberts, Sam
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 for years.
CLASSICAL NEW YORK: DISCOVERING GREECE AND ROME IN GOTHAM
Written by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis
During the rise of New York from the capital of an upstart nation to a global metropolis, the visual language of Greek and Roman antiquity played a formative role in the development of the city's art and architecture. This compilation of essays offers a survey of diverse reinterpretations of classical forms in some of New York's most iconic buildings, public monuments, and civic spaces.
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