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1984: Selected Lettersby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0966599810 (0-9665998-1-0)
Softcover, Voyant Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984: Selected Letters'Book summary:The contents of 1984 are easy enough to describe: 57 letters and documents written in the mid-80s by novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany. Addressed to various friends, relatives, and colleagues, they present a vivid and exuberant mid-career portrait of a writer and thinker whose work has had an enormous influence across a startling range of literary and paraliterary genres, including science fiction, autobiography, pornography, historical fiction, comic books, literary criticism, queer theory, and more. All the trademark Delany touches can be found here rich descriptions of urban life, incisive social observation, sensuous and sophisticated tales of a life lived on the intersections of multiple social margins (Delany is gay and black), and, especially, passionate meditations on the intersection of aesthetics, politics, and philosophy that have made Delany a figure of paramount importance both for millions of readers, and, more specifically, for a collection of writers and thinkers a mere partial list of which reads like a Whos Who of contemporary intellectual culture: Fredric Jameson, Eve Sedgwick, Um-berto Eco (a key secondary character in the pages to follow), Donna Haraway, Henry Louis Gates, Charles Johnson, William Gibson, and, we learn here most intriguingly but perhaps least surprisingly Thomas Pynchon. -- from the introduction, by Kenneth R. James [via]
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Allegra Maud Goldmanby Edith Konecky, Tillie Olsen, Alix Kates ShulmanISBN 1558612815 (1-55861-281-5)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Allegra Maud Goldman'Book summary:[via]A special twenty-fifth anniversary edition relaunches this beloved classic coming-of-age nove, which was called "one of those rare delights as wise as it is funny" (Alix Kates Shulman, Ms. magazine). This endearing novel chronicles the growth of the young Allegra in pre-World War II Brooklyn as she learns about sex, death, bigotry, family limitations, and what it means to be young and female and independent.
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Angels in Americaby Tony KushnerISBN 1559360615 (1-55936-061-5)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels in America'Book summary:The second half of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic Angels in America, Perestroika steers the characters introduced in Millennium Approaches from the opportunistic eighties to a new sense of community in the nineties. "Not only a stunning resolution of the resounding human drama of Millennium Approaches, but also a true millennial work of art."--Frank Rich, The New York Times[via]More editions of Angels in America:
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Softcover, Theatre Communications Group - Angels in America: ISBN 1559360720 (1-55936-072-0)
Hardcover, Theatre Communications Group - Angels in America: ISBN 1559360607 (1-55936-060-7)
Hardcover, Theatre Communications Group - Angels in America: ISBN 1559360615 (1-55936-061-5)
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Ardent Women: The History of the Federation of Saint Benedictby Olivia ForsierISBN 096520443X (0-9652044-3-X)
Softcover, Park Pr Quality Printing Inc
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Around the World in 72 Daysby Jason MarksISBN 1563151030 (1-56315-103-0)
Softcover, Sterling House Pub
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Astoriaby Robert ViscusiISBN 1550711008 (1-55071-100-8)
Softcover, Guernica Editions
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Berenice Abbott: Changing New Yorkby Bonnie Yochelson, Berenice AbbottISBN 1565843770 (1-56584-377-0)
Hardcover, New Press, The
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Bergdorf Blondesby Plum SykesISBN 1401359604 (1-4013-5960-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bergdorf Blondes'Book summary:Plum Sykes's beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhattan in search of the perfect Fake Bake (tan acquired from Portofino Tanning Salon), a ride on a PJ (private jet) with the ATM (rich boyfriend), and the ever-elusive fianc.
With invitations to high-profile baby showers and benefits, more Marc Jacobs clothes than is decent, and a department store heiress for a best friend, our heroine known only as Moi is living at the peak of New York society. But what is Moi to do when her engagement falls apart? Can she ever find happiness in a city filled with the distractions of Front Row Girls, dermatologists, premieres, and eyebrow waxes? Is it possible to find love in a town where her friends think that the secret to happiness is getting invited to the Van Cleef and Arpels ber-private sample sale? And how is she going to deal with the endless phone calls from her mother in England demanding that she get married to the Earl next door?
With enormous wit and an insider's eye, Sykes captures the nuances of the rich and spoiled in a heartwarming social satire, featuring a loveable "champagne bubble of a girl" who's just looking for love (and maybe the perfect pair of Chlo jeans).
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Blockology: An Offbeat Walking Guide to Lower Manhattanby Robert Jay KaufmanISBN 0976418800 (0-9764188-0-0)
Softcover, Turning Corners Pr
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The Boys In The Brownstoneby Kevin ScottISBN 1560232951 (1-56023-295-1)
Softcover, Harrington Park Pr
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Breakfast With Tiffany: A Memoirby Ed WintleISBN 1401352243 (1-4013-5224-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast With Tiffany: A Memoir'Book summary:Ed Wintle was a successful, urbane professional whose life, at forty, was very comfortable. He had reached the point when he looked around at his well-ordered, unfettered single existence and wonderedG's 'Is this all there is' After a desperate call from his sister at her wit's end, his street-wise thirteen-year-old niece Tiffany-a writhing ball of adolescent anger-comes to live with him. If he felt he needed a shot in the arm, what he got proved more like electroshock therapy. [via]
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Breakfast With Tiffany: An Memoirby Edwin WintleISBN 140135999X (1-4013-5999-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast With Tiffany: An Memoir'Book summary:Edwin Wintle was a successful, urbane professional whose life, at forty, was very comfortable. He had reached the point when he looked around at his well-ordered, unfettered existence and wondered, "Is this all there is" After a desperate call from his sister at her wits end, his street-wise thirteen-year-old niece Tiffany -- a writhing ball of adolescent anger -- comes to live with him. If he felt he needed a shot in the arm, what he got proved more like electroshock therapy.
Breakfast with Tiffany chronicles the newly minted family through a year of tumult and drama, as instant parent Uncle Eddy watches his best-laid plans go awry. With an edgy wit and compassion reminiscent of Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris, Edwin Wintle recounts not only the coming of age of his beloved, if troubled niece, but his own as well. Just when it seems there is certain disaster, the two manage to pull through it with their unconventional little family in better shape than ever. [via]
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Brooklyn Boy: A Playby Donald MarguliesISBN 1559362529 (1-55936-252-9)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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Building New York's Sewers: Developing Mechanisms of Urban Managementby Joanne Abel GoldmanISBN 1557530955 (1-55753-095-5)
Hardcover, Purdue Univ Pr
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City Chic: An Urban Girl's Guide to Livin' Large on Lessby Nina WilldorfISBN 1402200544 (1-4022-0054-4)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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The Cricket in Times Squareby George Selden, Garth WilliamsISBN 1557361703 (1-55736-170-3)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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Crimes of New York: Stories of Crooks, Killers, and Corruption from the World's Toughest Cityby Clint WillisISBN 1560255277 (1-56025-527-7)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Dew Breakerby Edwidge DanticatISBN 1400034299 (1-4000-3429-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dew Breaker'Book summary:From the universally acclaimed author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Krik? Krak!, a brilliant, deeply moving work of fiction that explores the world of a dew breaker a torturera man whose brutal crimes in the country of his birth lie hidden beneath his new American reality.
We meet him late in his life. He is a quiet man, a husband and father, a hardworking barber, a kindly landlord to the men who live in a basement apartment in his home. He is a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, recognizable by the terrifying scar on his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly between Haiti in the 1960s and New York City today, we enter the lives of those around him: his devoted wife and rebellious daughter; his sometimes unsuspecting, sometimes apprehensive neighbors, tenants, and clients. And we meet some of his victims.
In the books powerful denouement, we return to the Haiti of the dew breakers past, to his last, desperate act of violence, and to his first encounter with the woman who will offer him a form of redemptionalbeit imperfectthat will change him forever.
The Dew Breaker is a book of interconnected livesa book of love, remorse, and hope; of rebellions both personal and political; of the compromises we often make in order to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history. Unforgettable, deeply resonant, The Dew Breaker proves once more that in Edwidge Danticat we have a major American writer. [via]-
Diary Of A Married Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novelby Tracy QuanISBN 1400053544 (1-4000-5354-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary Of A Married Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel'Book summary:In this irreverent take on infidelity and modern marriage, newlywed topflight prostitute Nancy Chan finds herself struggling to adjust to the realities of domestic bliss. Shes honing her respectable image as the wife of investment banker Matt, cooking fashionable meals and taking his shirts to the cleaners. But now that she and Matt share a home, its getting harder to keep her career as an exclusive call girl a secret. Nancy fears what might happen if Matt finds out, but she cant quite bring herself to give up her financial independence. And now Matt wants to start a family. Motherhood could jeopardize her businessand what will it do to her body?
Will Nancy have to give up her career to save her marriage?
If youve ever had a naughty secret or struggled with competing desires, this funny, insightful romp will strike a chord. [via]More editions of Diary Of A Married Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel:
Diary Of A Mad Housewifeby Sue Kaufman, Maggie EstepISBN 1560256877 (1-56025-687-7)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Dish It Up, Babyby Kristie HelmsISBN 1563411342 (1-56341-134-2)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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DMZ : On the Groundby Brian Wood, Riccardo BurchielliISBN 1401210627 (1-4012-1062-7)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Duplicate Keysby Jane SmileyISBN 1400076021 (1-4000-7602-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Duplicate Keys'Book summary:Alice Ellis is a Midwestern refugee living in Manhattan. Still recovering from a painful divorce, she depends on the companionship and camaraderie of tightly knit circle of friends. At the center of this circle is a rock band struggling to navigate New Yorks erratic music scene, and an apartment/practice space with approximately fifty key-holders. One sunny day, Alice enters the apartment and finds two of the band members shot dead. As the double-murder sends waves of shock through their lives, this group of friends begins to unravel, and dangerous secrets are revealed one by one. When Alice begins to notice things amiss in her own apartment, the tension breaks out as it occurs to her that she is not the only person with a key, and she may not get a chance to change the locks.
Jane Smiley applies her distinctive rendering of time, place, and the enigmatic intricacies of personal relationships to the twists and turns of suspense. The result is a brilliant literary thriller that will keep readers guessing up to its final, shocking conclusion. [via]More editions of Duplicate Keys:
Elements of Styleby Wendy WassersteinISBN 1400076870 (1-4000-7687-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elements of Style'Book summary:From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of the essay collection Shiksa Goddess ("Utterly delicious"-Judith Thurman), a dazzling debut novel, a comedy about New York's urban gentry living in a post-9/11 world-the arbiters of fashion and the doyennes of charity balls; about the rich and the nouveau rich(er), the glamorous and the desperate to be.We meet Francesca Weissman, the Upper East Side pediatrician rated number one by Manhattan magazine, who takes us into the upper strata of privilege and aspiration (she's originally from Queens with a father in hosiery; life on the fringes of glittering New York is fine with her) . . . Samantha Acton, thoroughbred descendant of the Van Rensselaers and the Carnegies, who defines the social order in the great tradition of Mrs. Astor and Babe Paley . . . Judy Tremont from Modesto, California, daughter of a cop-her life's work, her obsession, is New York society and its richest families . . . Barry Santorini, Republican, moviemaker, winner of twelve Oscars, and his wife, the Italian supermarket heiress and former media rep for Giorgio Armani . . . and many more. As Elements of Style opens out, we see a madcap mosaic of the social lives and mores of twenty-first century Manhattan-of romance, work, family, and friendship. Satiric, fierce, touching-and deliciously Wasserstein."Pure Wendy! She effortlessly makes the leap from stage to page with a novel that is loving, compassionate, flat-out funny. Wendy loved the word 'scintillating,' which is the best way to describe her stunning Elements of Style."-John Guare"Wasserstein gets the trappings and tribulations (of friendship and of romance) right, making her depiction of the rich and fab trying to connect with one another witty and entertaining."-Publishers Weekly"Bold, nimble, and funny to its fingertips, Elements of Style is a delight, a triumph. A book that no self-respecting New Yorker should be without. [via]
Ex Machina 1: The First Hundred Daysby Tony Harris, Brian K. VaughnISBN 1401206123 (1-4012-0612-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Ex Machina,Tag book 2: Tagby Brian K. Vaughan, Tony HarrisISBN 1401206263 (1-4012-0626-3)
Softcover, Wildstorm
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Firehouseby David HalberstamISBN 1401300057 (1-4013-0005-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Fodor's 2003 New York Cityby Fodor'sISBN 1400010365 (1-4000-1036-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fodor's See It New York Cityby Fodor's, Betty SheldrickISBN 1400013879 (1-4000-1387-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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For Your Paws Onlyby Heather Vogel Frederick, Sally Wern ComportISBN 1416940251 (1-4169-4025-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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For Your Paws Onlyby Sally Wern ComportISBN 1416905731 (1-4169-0573-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Freaky Fridayby Mary RodgersISBN 1557360278 (1-55736-027-8)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freaky Friday'Book summary:A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when she has to spend a day in her mother's body. [via]
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From The Velvets To The Voidoids: The Birth Of American Punk Rockby Clinton HeylinISBN 1556525753 (1-55652-575-3)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From The Velvets To The Voidoids: The Birth Of American Punk Rock'Book summary:Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s to the arrival of "new wave" in the early 1980s. With a cast that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads, and the Dead Boys, this account is the definitive story of early American punk rock. Extraordinarily balanced, it tells the story of the music's development largely through the artists' own words, while thoroughly analyzing and evaluating the music in a lucid and cogent manner. First published in 1993, this was the first book to tell the stories of these then-little-known bands; now, this edition has been updated with a new discography, including imports and bootlegs, and an afterword detailing the post-1970s history of these bands. Filled with insights from interviews with artists such as Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, David Byrne, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell, this book has long been considered one of the essential reads on rock rebellion.[via]More editions of From The Velvets To The Voidoids: The Birth Of American Punk Rock:
Funerals for Friendsby Michael MartinISBN 1430304707 (1-4303-0470-7)
Hardcover, Lulu.Com
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Gaslight New York Revisitedby Frank OppelISBN 1555215394 (1-55521-539-4)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoirby Janice ErlbaumISBN 1400064228 (1-4000-6422-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir'Book summary:Just two hours ago, I had been heating up some lentil soup at my moms in Brooklyn, thinking Id eat it and maybe read some Edith Wharton before bed. Now here I was at a runaway shelter, staring at a nuns mustache and wondering where I was going to spend the rest of my adolescence.
At fifteen, sick of her moms spineless reactions to abusive menand afraid of her stepfathers unpredictable behaviorJanice Erlbaum walked out of her familys apartment and never returned. What followed that fateful decision is the heart of this amazing, fascinating, and disturbing memoir.
From her first frightening night at a shelter, trying to sleep in a large room filled with yelling girls, Janice knew she was in over her head. She was beaten up, shaken down, and nearly stabbed by a pregnant girl. But it was still better than living at home. Just like that, she was halfway homeless, always one step away from being sent upstate to Lockdown.
As Janice slipped further into street life, she nevertheless continued to attend high school, harbor crushes, even play the lead in the spring production of Guys and Dolls. She also roamed the streets, clubs, bars, and parks of New York City with her two best girlfriends, on the prowl for hard drugs and boys on skateboards. Together they scored coke at Danceteria, smoked angel dust in East Village squats, commiserated over their crazy mothers, and slept with one anothers boyfriends on a regular basis.
Janice Erlbaum paints a wry, mesmerizing portrait of being underprivileged, underage, and underdressed in the 1980s, bouncing from shelters to group homes, from tenement squats to legendary nightclubs. A moving and tremendously entertaining ride through the seediest parts of New York City, Girlbomb provides an unflinching look at street life, survival sex, female friendships, and first loves. [via]More editions of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir:
The Great Riots of New York: 1712-1873by Joel Tyler HeadleyISBN 1560255528 (1-56025-552-8)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Harriet the Spyby Louise FitzhughISBN 155736012X (1-55736-012-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harriet the Spy'Book summary:Ages 8-12. Thirty-two years before it was made into a movie, Harriet the Spy was a groundbreaking book: its unflinchingly honest portrayal of childhood problems and emotions changed children's literature forever. Happily, it has neither dated nor become obsolete and remains one of the best children's novels ever written. The fascinating story is about an intensely curious and intelligent girl, who literally spies on people and writes about them in her secret notebook, trying to make sense of life's absurdities. When her classmates find her notebook and read her painfully blunt comments about them, Harriet finds herself a lonely outcast. Fitzhugh's writing is astonishingly vivid, real and engaging, and Harriet, by no means a typical, loveable heroine, is one of literature's most unforgettable characters. School Library Journal wrote, "a tour de force... bursts with life." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books called it "a very, very funny story." And The Chicago Tribune raved, "brilliantly written... a superb portrait of an extraordinary child." [via]
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The Haunted Bookshopby Christopher MorleyISBN 1426411170 (1-4264-1117-0)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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Heatby Bill BufordISBN 1400041201 (1-4000-4120-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heat'Book summary:Bill Buford's funny and engaging book Heat offers readers a rare glimpse behind the scenes in Mario Batali's kitchen. Who better to review the book for Amazon.com, than Anthony Bourdain, the man who first introduced readers to the wide array of lusty and colorful characters in the restaurant business? We asked Anthony Bourdain to read Heat and give us his take. We loved it. So did he. Check out his review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is host of the Discovery Channel's No Reservations, executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan, and author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, A Cook's Tour, Bone in the Throat, and many others. His latest book, The Nasty Bits will be released on May 16, 2006.
Heat is a remarkable work on a number of fronts--and for a number of reasons. First, watching the author, an untrained, inexperienced and middle-aged desk jockey slowly transform into not just a useful line cook--but an extraordinarily knowledgable one is pure pleasure. That he chooses to do so primarily in the notoriously difficult, cramped kitchens of New York's three star Babbo provides further sado-masochistic fun. Buford not only accurately and hilariously describes the painfully acquired techniques of the professional cook (and his own humiations), but chronicles as well the mental changes--the "kitchen awareness" and peculiar world view necessary to the kitchen dweller. By end of book, he's even talking like a line cook.Secondly, the book is a long overdue portrait of the real Mario Batali and of the real Marco Pierre White--two complicated and brilliant chefs whose coverage in the press--while appropriately fawning--has never described them in their fully debauched, delightful glory. Buford has--for the first time--managed to explain White's peculiar--almost freakish brilliance--while humanizing a man known for terrorizing cooks, customers (and Batali). As for Mario--he is finally revealed for the Falstaffian, larger than life, mercurial, frighteningly intelligent chef/enterpreneur he really is. No small accomplishment. Other cooks, chefs, butchers, artisans and restaurant lifers are described with similar insight.
Thirdly, Heat reveals a dead-on understanding--rare among non-chef writers--of the pleasures of "making" food; the real human cost, the real requirements and the real adrenelin-rush-inducing pleasures of cranking out hundreds of high quality meals. One is left with a truly unique appreciation of not only what is truly good about food--but as importantly, who cooks--and why. I can't think of another book which takes such an unsparing, uncompromising and ultimately thrilling look at the quest for culinary excellence. Heat brims with fascinating observations on cooking, incredible characters, useful discourse and argument-ending arcania. I read my copy and immediately started reading it again. It's going right in between Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London and Zola's The Belly of Paris on my bookshelf. --Anthony Bourdain
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The High Style of Dorothy Draper: An Exhibiton at the Museum of the City of New Yorkby Donald AlbrechtISBN 0972766197 (0-9727661-9-7)
Hardcover, Museum of the City of New York
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The Hipster Handbookby Robert Lanham, Bret Nicely, Jeff BechtelISBN 1400032016 (1-4000-3201-6)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Investment Biker: Around the World With Jim Rogersby Jim RogersISBN 1558505296 (1-55850-529-6)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Killers Choiceby Ed McBainISBN 1562870084 (1-56287-008-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Lady Killerby Ed MacBainISBN 1562871005 (1-56287-100-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Leadershipby Rudolph W. Giuliani, Ken KursonISBN 1401359280 (1-4013-5928-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The Lower East Side Remembered & Revisitedby Joyce MendelsohnISBN 0970868502 (0-9708685-0-2)
Softcover, Lower East Side Pr
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Lucia, Lucia: A Novelby Adriana TrigianiISBN 1400060052 (1-4000-6005-2)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Mad Manby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 1563331942 (1-56333-194-2)
Softcover, Masquerade Books
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Making of an Americanby Jacob RiisISBN 1410206351 (1-4102-0635-1)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Villageby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 1563331330 (1-56333-133-0)
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My Less Than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essaysby Jonathan AmesISBN 1560253754 (1-56025-375-4)
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A New Deal for New Yorkby Mike WallaceISBN 0972315519 (0-9723155-1-9)
Hardcover, Bell & Weiland Pub Co
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A New Yorker by Choiceby Ahmet GursoyISBN 0974543705 (0-9745437-0-5)
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NFT-New York City: 2003by Happy Mazza Media StaffISBN 0967230357 (0-9672303-5-7)
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Night & Day New Yorkby BRIAN NIEMITZISBN 0976601311 (0-9766013-1-1)
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Not for Tourists Guide to New York Cityby Not for TouristsISBN 0974013102 (0-9740131-0-2)
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On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Squareby Marshall BermanISBN 1400063310 (1-4000-6331-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square'Book summary:Described as a continuous carnival and the crossroads of the world, Times Square is a singular phenomenon: the spot where imagination and veracity intersect. To esteemed scholar and author Marshall Berman, it is also the flashing, teeming, and strangely beautiful nexus of his life. In this remarkable book, Berman takes us on a thrilling illustrated tour of Times Square, revealing a landscape both mythic and real. On the Town is a unique look through the lens of the ideas and works of art that inspiredor were inspired bythis landmarks allure.
Times Square pulses with life, drawing countless millions who long to be surrounded by too many in the midst of too much. Beyond the immense crowds, the intoxicating lights, the imposing architecture, and even the recent incursion of corporate headquarters that limn the Squares present boundaries, there is an indefatigable humanity (and undeniable sexual tension) that, for more than a century, has nourished creative expression.
Interleafing his own recollections with astute social commentary, Berman reveals how movies, graphic arts, literature, popular music, television, and, of course, the Broadway theater have reflected Times Squares voluminous light to illuminate a vast spectrum of themes and vignettes. Berman shows us Times Square as it is seen in Alfred Eisenstadts iconic photography, the movies of Busby Berkeley, John Schlesinger, and Martin Scorsese, and the stage choreography of Jerome Robbins.
Conversely, we see how Times Squares distinctive aura finds its source in a stunningly diverse list of performers, writers, and impresarios, including Theodore Dreiser, Florenz Ziegfeld, Ethel Merman, Al Jolson, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Berman also celebrates the unsung heroes of Times Squarethe artists, engineers, and hucksters behind the Squares landmark signs that, throughout the decades, re-created raging waterfalls, blew smoke rings, bathed onlookers in the Squares eerily welcoming light, and projected the image of what Americans want to be against a surface of who we really are.
Part love letter, part revelatory semiotic exposition of a place known to all, On the Town is a nonstop excursion to the heart of American civilization, written by one of our keenest, most entertaining cultural observers. [via]More editions of On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square:
Partiesby Carol Van VechtenISBN 1557130299 (1-55713-029-9)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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Plunkitt of Tammany Hallby William L. RiordonISBN 1419141813 (1-4191-4181-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Prince of Tidesby Pat ConroyISBN 1417617640 (1-4176-1764-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Filled with the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina low country as well as the dusty glitter of New York City, The Prince of Tides is PAT CONROY at his very best. [via]More editions of The Prince of Tides:
The Princess of 72nd Streetby Elaine KrafISBN 1564782352 (1-56478-235-2)
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The Promiseby Chaim PotokISBN 1400095417 (1-4000-9541-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saundersnow a psychologist with a growing reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael, Reuven and Danny each learns what it is to take on lifewhether sacred truths or a troubled childaccording to his own lights, not just established authority.
In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make ones own way in the world [via]More editions of The Promise:
Quinn's Bookby William KennedyISBN 1555048056 (1-55504-805-6)
Softcover, John Curley & Assoc
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Ragged Dickby Horatio AlgerISBN 1406507202 (1-4065-0720-2)
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Ragged Dickby Alger HoratioISBN 1419143816 (1-4191-4381-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Requiem for a Dreamby Hubert SelbyISBN 1560252480 (1-56025-248-0)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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The Rise of David Levinskyby Abraham CahanISBN 1414207506 (1-4142-0750-6)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Seen Artby Lane Smith, Jon ScieszkaISBN 1415577846 (1-4155-7784-6)
Hardcover, Museum of Modern Art
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Shecky's Bar, Club and Lounge Guide 2001 New YorkISBN 0966265882 (0-9662658-8-2)
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Sister Carrieby Theodore DreiserISBN 1417934743 (1-4179-3474-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister Carrie'Book summary:Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.
Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason [via]
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Starstruck: Photographs from a Fanby Gary Lee Boas, Michael MustoISBN 0966427254 (0-9664272-5-4)
Softcover, Dilettante Pr
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The Subway Picturesby Billy Collins, Peter PeterISBN 1400062845 (1-4000-6284-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Subways : The Tracks That Built New York Cityby Lorraine B. DiehlISBN 1400052270 (1-4000-5227-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Tales of a New York Limo Driver: Sex, Excess And Stupidity on Four Wheelsby Nicky TestaforteISBN 1419637312 (1-4196-3731-2)
Softcover, Booksurge Llc
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Time Out New York 2007: Eating and Drinking Guideby Time Out New YorkISBN 0967524091 (0-9675240-9-1)
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.by Ron ChernowISBN 1400077303 (1-4000-7730-3)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.'Book summary:John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait of the tycoon as we may ever have" (Kirkus Reviews). Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller's exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book will indelibly alter our image of this most enigmatic capitalist.
Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world's richest man by creating America's most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.
Rockefeller was likely the most controversial businessman in our nation's history. Critics charged that his empire was built on unscrupulous tactics: grand-scale collusion with the railroads, predatory pricing, industrial espionage, and wholesale bribery of political officials. The titan spent more than thirty years dodging investigations until Teddy Roosevelt and his trustbusters embarked on a marathon crusade to bring Standard Oil to bay.
While providing abundant new evidence of Rockefeller's misdeeds, Chernow discards the stereotype of the cold-blooded monster to sketch an unforgettably human portrait of a quirky, eccentric original. A devout Baptist and temperance advocate, Rockefeller gave money more generously--his chosen philanthropies included the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of Chicago, and what is today Rockefeller University--than anyone before him. Titan presents a finely nuanced portrait of a fascinating, complex man, synthesizing his public and private lives and disclosing numerous family scandals, tragedies, and misfortunes that have never before come to light.
John D. Rockefeller's story captures a pivotal moment in American history, documenting the dramatic post-Civil War shift from small business to the rise of giant corporations that irrevocably transformed the nation. With cameos by Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Jay Gould, William Vanderbilt, Ida Tarbell, Andrew Carnegie, Carl Jung, J. Pierpont Morgan, William James, Henry Clay Frick, Mark Twain, and Will Rogers, Titan turns Rockefeller's life into a vivid tapestry of American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is Ron Chernow's signal triumph that he narrates this monumental saga with all the sweep, drama, and insight that this giant subject deserves.
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Veg Out: Vegetarian Guide to New York Cityby Justin SchwartzISBN 1423600819 (1-4236-0081-9)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith
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A Widow for One Year: A Novelby John IrvingISBN 0966466101 (0-9664661-0-1)
Hardcover, Unicycle Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Widow for One Year: A Novel'Book summary:John Irving fans will not be startled to find that A Widow for One Year is a sprawling farce-tragedy crawling with characters who are writers. In the opening scene, 4-year-old Ruth Cole walks in on her melancholy mother, Marion, who is in flagrante with 16-year-old Eddie, the driver for drunken Ted (Ruth's dad and Marion's estranged, womanizing husband).
Eddie spends the rest of his life obsessively writing novels like Sixty Times, his roman à clef about his 60 seductions by Marion. Ted is a failed novelist who gets rich and famous writing creepy children's stories based on tales he tells Ruth (such as The Mouse Crawling Between the Walls). Marion abandons Ruth, Ted, and Eddie and becomes a successful pseudonymous novelist. And Ruth becomes the most richly celebrated writer of them all because of her early training by Ted, who not only told her stories, but also helped her craft narratives to explain their home's many photographs of her brothers, who died in a gory car wreck the year before she was born. Grief over the boys is why Ruth's mother does not dare to love her.
Ruth, Irving's first female main character, works brilliantly, first as an imaginative, almost Salingeresque child coming to terms with her bewildering family, then as a grownup striving to understand her mother's motives--or at least to track her down. Ted is a mordantly funny caricature, interestingly sinister and plausibly self-justifying when most inexcusable. Eddie is a lovable schlemiel, yet not too sentimentally drawn. And what set pieces Irving can write! The story of the boys' death is horrific and effective in dramatizing the character of Ted, who narrates it. Ted's attempted murder by a spurned lover is as hilarious as the VW-down-the-marble-stairway scene in A Prayer for Owen Meany (which has been adapted by Disney Studios), though not quite on a par with the celebrated "Pension Grillparzer" episode in The World According to Garp (reissued in a 20th anniversary edition by Modern Library).
Irving has the effrontery to get away with practically any scene that comes into his head--Ruth winds up an eyewitness to a hooker's murder in Amsterdam, a Dutch detective starts tracking her down (just as Ruth is hunting Marion), and the multiple plot strands all converge in a finale that neatly echoes the opening scene. It's all done with the outrageously coincidental yet minutely realistic brio of Charles Dickens, with a sad, self-conscious jokiness like that of Irving's mentor, Kurt Vonnegut. --Tim Appelo [via]
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