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Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts

David E. McCraw recounts his experiences as the top newsroom lawyer for the New York Times during the most turbulent era for journalism in generations.In October 2016, when Donald Trump's lawyer demanded that The New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, David McCraw's scathing letter of refusal went viral and he became a hero of press freedom everywhere. But as you'll see in Truth in Our Times, for the top newsroom lawyer at the paper of record, it was just another day at the office.McCraw has worked at the Times since 2002, le... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250184428
• ASIN: 1250184428
• ISBN: 1250184428
• Manufacturer: All Points Books

Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City

-Finalist for the 2019 PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award-Winner of the New York Society Library's 2019 Hornblower Award-One of BuzzFeed's "Best Books of Fall 2018" and "Best Nonfiction Books Of 2018"-One of Booklist's "Top 10 Sports Nonfiction: 2018"This uplifting story of a youth football team shines light on a group of preteen boys fighting for upward mobility while on the frontlines of monumental shifts in America, living in a community eroding from gentrification and playing a sport threatened by a growing understanding of its risks.Never Ran, Never Will tells the story of the working... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1610398688
• ASIN: 1610398688
• ISBN: 1610398688
• Manufacturer: PublicAffairs

Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else

“If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins.” —GlamourA startlingly hilarious essay collection about one woman’s messy path to finding her footing in New York City, from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins Maeve Higgins was a bestselling author and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of thirty-one, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more and found herself in New York City. Together, the essays in Maeve in America create a smart, funny, and revealing portrait of a woman who aims for the s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143130161
• ASIN: 0143130161
• ISBN: 0143130161
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES Editors' ChoiceFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America’s retreat from reasonWe live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases. How did truth become an endangered s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525574824
• ASIN: 0525574824
• ISBN: 0525574824
• Manufacturer: Tim Duggan Books

Patsy: A Novel

A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Selection A Washington Post Lily Lit Club Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection An Apple Books Book of the Month A Rumpus Book Club SelectionOne of the "Most Anticipated Books of the Summer": Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • TIME • Washington Post • Buzzfeed • Vulture • O Magazine • Vanity Fair • Elle • Real Simple • NYLON • New York Post • Newsday • Southern LivingA beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love from award-winning novelist Nicole ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631495631
• ASIN: 1631495631
• ISBN: 1631495631
• Manufacturer: Liveright

In Her Feminine Sign

A brilliant poetic exploration of language and gender, place, and time, seen through the mirror of exileIn Her Feminine Sign follows on the heels of Dunya Mikhail's devastating account of Daesh kidnappings and killings of Yazidi women in Iraq, The Beekeeper. It is the first book she has written in both Arabic and English, a process she talks about in her preface, saying "The poet is at home in both texts, yet she remains a stranger." With a subtle simplicity and disquieting humor reminiscent of Wislawa Szymborska and an unadorned lyricism wholly her own, Mikhail shifts between her childhood in... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811228762
• ASIN: 0811228762
• ISBN: 0811228762
• Manufacturer: New Directions

American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (History) Finalist for the National Book Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times Notable Book of the YearThe untold story of Hamilton’s―and Burr’s―personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to settle his bitter dispute with Aaron Burr. Hamilton took just two men with him: his “second” for the duel, and Dr. David Hosack.As historian Victoria Johnso... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631494198
• ASIN: 1631494198
• ISBN: 1631494198
• Manufacturer: Liveright

The Parents' Guide to New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools

Describes and rates over one hundred of the city's best public elementary schools according to test scores, school performance, grade levels offered, class size, admission requirements, and teaching methods

• ASIN: 1569470995
• ASIN: 1569470995
• ISBN: 1569470995
• Manufacturer: Soho Pr Inc

The Urban Struggle for Economic, Environmental and Social Justice

This book discusses the current demographic shifts of blacks, Latinos, and other people of colour out of certain strong-market cities and the growing fear of displacement among low-income urban residents. It documents these populations’ efforts to remain in their communities and highlights how this leads to community organizing around economic, environmental, and social justice. The book shows how residents of once-neglected urban communities are standing up to city economic development agencies, influential real estate developers, universities, and others to remain in their neighbourhood... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0415785448
• ASIN: 0415785448
• ISBN: 0415785448
• Manufacturer: Routledge

Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City

• ASIN: B006QPZVQG
• ASIN: B006QPZVQG

The Butler's Child: An Autobiography

The Butler's Child is the personal story of a Warner Brothers family grandson who spent more than fifty years as a fighting, no holds barred civil rights lawyer. Lewis M. Steel explores why he, a privileged white man, devoted his life to seeking racial progress in often uncomprehending or hostile courts. In fact, after writing a feature for The New York Times Magazine entitled "Nine Men in Black Who Think White," Lewis was fired from the NAACP and the entire legal staff resigned in support of him. Lewis speaks about his family butler, an African American man named William Rutherford, who helpe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250073006
• ASIN: 1250073006
• ISBN: 1250073006
• Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books

I Was Anastasia

New York Times Bestseller"Compelling and utterly fascinating." —Lisa Wingate, author of Before We Were YoursAn enthralling feat of historical suspense that unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's fifty-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess or the thief of another woman's legacy? Countless others have rendered their verdict. Now it is your turn.Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101973315
• ASIN: 1101973315
• ISBN: 1101973315
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.We are entering a new Golden Age of space exploration. With irrepressible enthusiasm and a deep understanding of the cutting-edge research in space travel, World-renowned physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku presents a compelling vision of how humanity may develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. He reveals the developments... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385542763
• ASIN: 0385542763
• ISBN: 0385542763
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

I Got This: To Gold and Beyond

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages—with never-before-seen photos!At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true—and yet it’s only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw her life take a dramatic turn last summer when she was chosen to be a part of the 2016 US Olympic gymnastics team.After winning gold in Rio as part... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062677314
• ASIN: 0062677314
• ISBN: 0062677314
• Brand: HARPERCOLLINS
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Experience the uplifting, "unforgettable" New York Times bestseller about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over a farming town and the world--with over 2 million copies sold! (Booklist)Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. On the coldest night of the year in Spencer, Iowa, at only a few weeks old--a critical age for kittens--he was stuffed into the return book slot of the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0446407429
• ASIN: 0446407429
• ISBN: 0446584851
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Opening Of New Deal Pwa Funded Harlem River Houses In Nyc In 1937 New York CityS First Federally Subsidized Public Housing Was Segregated For African Americans History

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• UPC: 493135777
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Katy Perry At A Public Appearance For Launch Of Purr Fragrance By Katy Perry For Nordstrom Pop-Up Nyc Event Greeley Square Park New York Ny November 16 2010 Photo By Kristin CallahanEverett Collection

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• UPC: 164277969
• Model: EVC1016N10KH001HLARGE
• Color: Multicolor
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South & East Sides of the New York Public Library NYC Photo (9x12 Art Print, Wall Decor Travel Poster)

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• UPC: 182053820
• Model: LANT-6021-9x12
• Color: MulticolorMulti
• Size: 9 x 12

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• UPC: 159908063
• Model: LANT-5995-9x12
• Color: MulticolorMulti
• Size: 9 x 12

1950s Brooklyn Public Library Borough NYC as Seen from the Grand Army Plaza Print Wall Art

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• UPC: 513622663
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 24 x 1824" x 18"

NY Public Library, NYC Print Wall Art By Jeff Pica

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• UPC: 175083572
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18" x 24"18 x 24

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• UPC: 530721469
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 32 x 2432" x 24"

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• UPC: 545996566
• Model: EVC1505H06KH002
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