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Dirty Old Boston

Jim Botticelli
Dirty Old Boston Book PDF

Author : Jim Botticelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1934598127

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When Jim Botticelli launched the Dirty Old Boston Facebook page as a salute to the gritty city of his past, he unwittingly galvanized thousands of people who were also nostalgic for and curious about this crucial time in the city's development. Now captured in a rich and compelling collection, Dirty Old Boston chronicles the people, streets, and buildings from the postwar years to 1987, when a new wave of transformation began. Along with the ball games and dive bars, the four decades covered in this book document some of the city's most dramatic changes and tumultuous events--wholesale razing of neighborhoods, Boston's busing crisis, and the continual fight for affordable housing.Photographs are drawn from family albums, student photography projects, institutional archives, and professional collections, revealing a view of Boston shot from the street. What emerges is a narrative of a city tearing down and rebuilding, protesting and celebrating, fading and thriving. Illuminating Boston's singular tenacity and spirit, Dirty Old Boston presents her proud moments and doesn't shy away from her growing pains. Dirty Old Boston recalls the city as it used to be, the challenges it faced, the maddening traffic and outlandish politics, the simple pleasures of block parties and parades, and those neighborhood haunts where people found camaraderie amidst it all. Raw and beautiful, this book is a tribute to a city and its people.

A People's Guide to Greater Boston

Joseph Nevins,Suren Moodliar,Eleni Macrakis
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Author : Joseph Nevins,Suren Moodliar,Eleni Macrakis
Publisher : People's Guide
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520294523

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"Herein, we bring you to sites that have been central to the lives of 'the people' of Greater Boston over four centuries. You'll visit sites associated with the area's indigenous inhabitants and with the individuals and movements who sought to abolish slavery, to end war, challenge militarism, and bring about a more peaceful world, to achieve racial equity, gender justice, and sexual liberation, and to secure the rights of workers. We take you to some well-known sites, but more often to ones far off the well-beaten path of the Freedom Trail, to places in Boston's outlying neighborhoods. We also visit sites in numerous other municipalities that make up the Greater Boston region-from places such as Lawrence, Lowell and Lynn to Concord and Plymouth. The sites to which we do 'travel' include homes given that people's struggles, activism, and organizing sometimes unfold, or are even birthed in many cases in living rooms and kitchens. Trying to capture a place as diverse and dynamic as Boston is highly challenging. (One could say that about any 'big' place.) We thus want to make clear that our goal is not to be comprehensive, or to 'do justice' to the region. Given the constraints of space and time as well as the limitations of knowledge--both our own and what is available in published form--there are many important sites, cities, and towns that we have not included. Thus, in exploring scores of sites across Boston and numerous municipalities, our modest goal is to paint a suggestive portrait of the greater urban area that highlights its long-contested nature. In many ways, we merely scratch the region's surface--or many surfaces--given the multiple layers that any one place embodies. In writing about Greater Boston as a place, we run the risk of suggesting that the city writ-large has some sort of essence. Indeed, the very notion of a particular place assumes intrinsic characteristics and an associated delimited space. After all, how can one distinguish one place from another if it has no uniqueness and is not geographically differentiated? Nonetheless, geographer Doreen Massey insists that we conceive of places as progressive, as flowing over the boundaries of any particular space, time, or society; in other words, we should see places as processual or ever-changing, as unbounded in that they shape and are shaped by other places and forces from without, and as having multiple identities. In exploring Greater Boston from many venues over 400 years, we embrace this approach. That said, we have to reconcile this with the need to delimit Greater Boston--for among other reasons, simply to be in a position to name it and thus distinguish it from elsewhere"--

The Dirty Girls Social Club

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Author : Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429909754

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Alisa Valdés-Rodríguez's vibrant, can't-put-it-down novel of six friends--each one an unforgettable Latina woman in her late '20s--and the complications and triumphs in their lives Inseparable since their days at Boston University almost ten years before, six friends form the Dirty Girls Social Club, a mutual support and (mostly) admiration society that no matter what happens to each of them (and a lot does), meets regularly to dish, dine and compare notes on the bumpy course of life and love. Las sucias are: --Lauren, the resident "caliente" columnist for the local paper, which advertises her work with the line "her casa is su casa, Boston," but whose own home life has recently involved hiding in her boyfriend's closet to catch him in the act --Sara, the perfect wife and mother who always knew exactly the life she wanted and got it, right down to the McMansion in the suburbs and two boisterious boys, but who is paying a hefty price --Amber, the most idealistic and artistic member of the club, who was raised a valley girl without a word of Spanish and whose increasing attachment to her Mexica roots coincides with a major record label's interest in her rock 'n' roll --Elizabeth, the stunning black Latina whose high profile job as a morning television anchor conflicts with her intensely private personal life, which would explain why the dates the other dirty girls set her up on never work out --Rebecca, intense and highly controlled, who flawlessly runs Ella, the magazine she created for Latinas, but who can't explain why she didn't understand the man she married and now doesn't even share a room with; and --Usnavys, irrepressible and larger than life, whose agenda to land the kind of man who can keep her in Manolo Blahniks and platanos almost prevents her seeing true love when it lands in her lap. There's a lot of catching up to do.

Citizen Somerville

Bobby Martini,Elayne Keratsis
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Author : Bobby Martini,Elayne Keratsis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0982991509

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Citizen Somerville by Bobby Martini,Elayne Keratsis Pdf

In the early 1960s, a bloody civil war broke out between the two powerful Irish Mob families in the Somerville Massachusetts neighborhood known as Winter Hill. More than 60 men were murdered. The events offer a true picture of an era in Boston's pre-Whitey Bulger history when the streets were protected by a close-knit group of Irish-Italian "businessmen."

Boston Noir 2

Dennis Lehane,Mary Cotton,Jaime Clarke
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Author : Dennis Lehane,Mary Cotton,Jaime Clarke
Publisher : Akashic Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617751363

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Boston Noir 2 by Dennis Lehane,Mary Cotton,Jaime Clarke Pdf

In keeping with the tradition of the Noir series, Boston Noir 2 is made up of the works of several celebrated authors whose work is tied together by a common setting. After the massive success of the first Boston Noir, bestselling author Dennis Lehane is back as curator for another anthology of crime stories set in Boston. The Boston Noir 2 collection features reprints of the classic chilling short stories and novel excerpts that brought the world of noir to its knees. Contributors include Pulitzer winners Joyce Carol Oates and John Updike.

Lovers, Muggers & Thieves - A Boston Memoir

Jonathan Alan Tudan
Lovers Muggers Thieves A Boston Memoir Book PDF

Author : Jonathan Alan Tudan
Publisher : Lovers, Muggers & Thieves
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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In 1969, an eighteen-year-old college freshman is offered a free ride into Boston's Combat Zone, the most bizarre neighborhood the city has ever known, to manage a flophouse renting rooms by the week to the purveyors of the neighborhood sex trade. Within a very short time he discovers the ride is anything but free. The seedy marquees of Boston's notorious adult entertainment district, along with its strip clubs, triple-X peep shows and adult bookstores have passed into history. Dancers, musicians, drug dealers, pimps and prostitutes that once dominated these streets return to the scene to join a boy surrounded by a man's world.

Dirty Love

Andre Dubus
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Author : Andre Dubus
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393064650

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A collection of short stories examines the lives of suburbanites seeking solace and gratification in food, sex, work, and love.

The Art of Looking

Lance Esplund
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Author : Lance Esplund
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780465094677

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A veteran art critic helps us make sense of modern and contemporary art The landscape of contemporary art has changed dramatically during the last hundred years: from Malevich's 1915 painting of a single black square and Duchamp's 1917 signed porcelain urinal to Jackson Pollock's midcentury "drip" paintings; Chris Burden's "Shoot" (1971), in which the artist was voluntarily shot in the arm with a rifle; Urs Fischer's "You" (2007), a giant hole dug in the floor of a New York gallery; and the conceptual and performance art of today's Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramovic. The shifts have left the art-viewing public (understandably) perplexed. In The Art of Looking, renowned art critic Lance Esplund demonstrates that works of modern and contemporary art are not as indecipherable as they might seem. With patience, insight, and wit, Esplund guides us through the last century of art and empowers us to approach and appreciate it with new eyes. Eager to democratize genres that can feel inaccessible, Esplund encourages viewers to trust their own taste, guts, and common sense. The Art of Looking will open the eyes of viewers who think that recent art is obtuse, nonsensical, and irrelevant, as well as the eyes of those who believe that the art of the past has nothing to say to our present.

The Handy Boston Answer Book

Samuel Willard Crompton
The Handy Boston Answer Book Book PDF

Author : Samuel Willard Crompton
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781578596164

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Whether it's called Beantown, The Olde Towne, Titletown, The Cradle of Liberty, The Athens of America, The Puritan City, The City on a Hill, or any of its other obscure or oft-repeated nicknames, Boston has a long and varied history. Its universities and hospitals lead the nation, and its sports teams, politicians, and colloquialisms continue to captivate. Exploring this city’s fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, The Handy Boston Answer Book takes an in-depth look at one of America's oldest major cities. Learn about the city’s founding by Puritan settlers, the Boston Massacre, the Great Fire, the opening of the T, the busing desegregation strife, the Big Dig, the local sports fanatics, ethnic enclaves, and the surrounding suburbs, notable sons and daughters, and more are all packed into this comprehensive guide to the city of Boston. Through facts, stats, and history, as well as the unusual and quirky, it answers 1,200 fascinating questions, including What cities and towns comprise the “Greater Boston” region? What do Samuel Adams, James Taylor, Benjamin Franklin, and Taylor Schilling have in common? Are “Tonics” and “Whoopie Pies” available at most “Spas”? What do the colored lights on top of the old Hancock signal?

Let Them Eat Dirt

B. Brett Finlay,Marie-Claire Arrietta
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Author : B. Brett Finlay,Marie-Claire Arrietta
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 999 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781771642552

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Let Them Eat Dirt by B. Brett Finlay,Marie-Claire Arrietta Pdf

Our over-sanitized world threatens children’s health, but parents can change their environment into one where they’ll thrive. Babies and young kids are being raised in surroundings that are increasingly cleaner, more hyper hygienic, and more disinfected than ever before. As a result, the beneficial bacteria in their bodies is being altered, promoting conditions and diseases such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, allergies, and autism. As Let Them Eat Dirt shows, there is much that parents can do about this, including breastfeeding if possible, getting a dog, and avoiding antibiotics unless necessary—and yes, it is OK to let kids get a bit dirty.

Dirty Water

Mary-Ann Tirone Smith,Jere Smith
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Author : Mary-Ann Tirone Smith,Jere Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0977624021

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An abandoned baby is found in the clubhouse at Fenway Park. The nurses at Deaconess name him Ted Williams, what else? A promising minor league pitcher goes missing. A player agent is caught up in a web of blackmail. A woman's body turns up in the Back Bay fens. Enter Rocky Patel, Boston Homicide Detective First Grade, ordered to connect the dots. And joining him out of left field, an anonymous blogger who knows too much.

The Rascal King

Jack Beatty
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Author : Jack Beatty
Publisher : Da Capo
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306810026

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A biography of the twice-jailed "champion of the people," shameless grafter, and New Deal pioneer describes how Curley helped transform U.S. governance from a politics of deference to a politics of serving human need. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

Dirty Bombshell

Lorna J. Brunelle
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Author : Lorna J. Brunelle
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781456711474

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A treasured read. I learned, laughed, and cried. I will pass on this remarkable resource. - Dawn Eger Rizzo, Thyroid Cancer Survivor Unflappable, witty, honest, and inspirational describe Lorna's exploration of her journey. As a survivor of kidney cancer, I was awed, captivated, and encouraged by the positive nature of Lorna's personal philosophy. - Marsha E. Bergquist, Cancer Survivor Having suffered much loss from this disease, Lorna's narrative about dealing with thyroid cancer is not only filled with useful and practical information, but was cathartic for my own repressed emotions. I laughed, I cried, and I healed. - Ellie Osborne Lorna has the innate gift of bringing light, laughter, and hope while sharing her journey with readers. I was pulled in by her honesty and even laughed out loud at times. - Linda Joy, Publisher Main Entry: dirty bomb-shell Function: noun Date: 2005: a former bombshell beauty fighting thyroid cancer in the Nuclear Medicine Department of a hospital about to ingest a purple radioactive radiation pill that will make her a contagious toxic human dirty bomb. Dirty Bombshell is the poignant and brave story of a 33 year old girl who is fighting her way back to wellness. Her triumphant story sheds light on a cancer most Americans are in the dark about. This story of faith, forgiveness, strength, hope, courage, tolerance, and self-discovery will change the way you tackle hardship, leaving you with the power to survive and thrive. Dirty Bombshell will help you find your way back to FABULOUS! As an actor, singer, writer, producer, and teacher, Lorna J. Brunelle has always had a passion for the arts. A tireless volunteer, with an indelible commitment to bring positive change, she is dedicated to a range of causes.

The Image of the City

Kevin Lynch
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Author : Kevin Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1964-06-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262620014

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The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

I'm Dirty!

Kate McMullan
I m Dirty Book PDF

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062747624

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I'm Dirty! by Kate McMullan Pdf

Now a streaming animated series! This construction vehicle with an attitude loves every second of his dirty job! For fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train comes a noisy addition to the hilarious read-aloud series from Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I'm Bad! and I Stink! Clank! Rattle! Bang! Who's making all that noise? Backhoe Loader, reporting for duty.