Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
By: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
3.61
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
From the coauthor of the award-winning Nonstop Metropolis--a short, fascinating journey into the pa…
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By: Ari Berman
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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"The unfortunate reality is that, even today, too many citizens have reason to fear that their right to vote, their access to the ballot--and their ability to have their votes counted--is under threat…"-Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
"The Dallas Times Herald ran a cartoon mocking the [Reagan] administration's position. "We don't oppose the extension of the Voting Rights Act ... but we think the test of discrimination should be int…"-Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
2. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
By: Christopher Clark
3.79
Format: None pages,
On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more
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3. The Great Divorce: a Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times
By: Ilyon Woo
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4. Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (Vivian Apple, #2)
By: Katie Coyle
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
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5. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
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6. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
By: Kelly Link
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern … read more
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"And so, some think it may be possible to survive their presence if only one can enter into a state in which one is not afraid. Only we are so very afraid of them. How could we not be? They are monste…"-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
7. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
8. Lucky
By: Jane Smiley
3.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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9. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
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10. New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
By: Craig Taylor
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terroris… read more
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"On the subway I felt I had a secret knowledge - I probably wasn’t the only one - a secret reason to travel, knowing that this exercise was ultimately for me, all these encounters brought with them le…"-Craig Taylor, New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
11. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
12. Private Equity: A Memoir
By: Carrie Sun
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indict… read more
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"A gift weighed down by the imposition of gratitude becomes an expectation; over time, it becomes debt."-Carrie Sun, Private Equity: A Memoir
13. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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14. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
By: Hannah Carlson
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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15. Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
By: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
3.61
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. Shiner
By: Amy Jo Burns
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On a lush mountaintop trapped in time, two women vow to protect each other at all costs-and one you… read more
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17. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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18. God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx
By: Desus
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A wild, hilarious guide to life from the hosts of the hit late-night show Desus & Mero and the #1 p… read more
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19. The Intimate City: Walking New York
By: Michael Kimmelman
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“‘ The Intimate City ’ is a joyful miscellany of people seeing things in the urban landscape, the s… read more
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20. Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
By: Amy Attas
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hilarious, jaw-dropping, and heartfelt stories from New York City’s premier “house-call veterinaria… read more
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21. The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms
By: Ian Rosenberg
4.26
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States Americans tod… read more
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