Manhattan When I Was Young

Author : Mary Cantwell
Publisher : HMH
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547728261

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Manhattan, When I Was Young by Mary Cantwell Pdf

A “wonderful memoir” of a woman’s life as a fashion-magazine writer in 1950s and ’60s New York (Publishers Weekly). Mary Cantwell arrived in Manhattan one summer in the early 1950s with eighty dollars, a portable typewriter, a wardrobe of unsuitable clothes, a copy of The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, a boyfriend she was worried might be involved with the Communists, and no idea how to live on her own. She moved to the Village because she had heard of it, and worked at Mademoiselle because that was where the employment agency sent her. In this evocative and unflinching book, Cantwell recalls the city she knew back then by revisiting five apartments in which she lived. Her memoir vividly recreates both a particular golden era in New York City and the sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating process of forging a self.

Author : Mary Cantwell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780395744413

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Manhattan, when I was Young by Mary Cantwell Pdf

An interesting autobiography of a fashion-magazine writer who came to New York in the 1950s fresh from college, lived in Greenwich Village, & found a new, exciting life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524869649

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The Secret Garden by Anonim Pdf

Green-growing secrets and powerful magic await you at Misselthwaite Manor, now reimagined in this bewitching graphic novel adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved tale. From Mariah Marsden, author of the critically acclaimed Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, comes the second installment in this series of retold children's classics. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at a secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. First, there’s Martha Sowerby: the too-cheery maid with bothersome questions who seems out of place in the dreary manor. Then there’s the elusive Uncle Craven, Mary’s only remaining family—whom she’s not permitted to see. And finally, there are the mysteries that seem to haunt the run-down place: rumors of a lost garden with a tragic past, and a midnight wail that echoes across the moors at night. As Mary begins to explore this new world alongside her ragtag companions—a cocky robin redbreast, a sour-faced gardener, and a boy who can talk to animals—she learns that even the loneliest of hearts can grow roots in rocky soil. Given new life as a graphic novel in illustrator Hanna Luechtefeld's whimsical style, The Secret Garden is more enchanting and relevant than ever before. At the back of the book, readers can learn about the life of Frances Hodgson Burnett and the history of British colonialism that contextualizes the original novel.

Author : Sloane Crosley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781101147474

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I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley Pdf

Hailed by David Sedaris as "perfectly, relentlessly funny" and by Colson Whitehead as "sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental," from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There. Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions -- or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.

Author : Jennifer Thermes
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781683356202

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Manhattan by Jennifer Thermes Pdf

Told in dazzling maps and informative sidebars, Manhattan explores the 400+ year history of Manhattan Island. From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant metropolis that exists today, the island of Manhattan has always been a place of struggle, growth, and radical transformation. Humans, history, and natural events have shaped this tiny sliver of land for more than 400 years. In Manhattan, travel back in time to discover how a small rodent began an era of rapid change for the island. Learn about immigration, the slave trade, and the people who built New York City. See how a street plan projected the city’s future, and how epic fires and storms led to major feats of engineering above and below ground. Through dramatic illustrations, informative sidebars, and detailed maps inspired by historic archives, Manhattan explores the rich history that still draws people from all around the world to the island’s shores today. From The Battery downtown up to Inwood, every inch of the island has a story to tell.

Author : Mary Cantwell
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015050143919

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Manhattan Memoir by Mary Cantwell Pdf

Speaking with Strangers finds Cantwell alone, a single mother struggling in the big city, bereft of her husband but bolstered by friends, thriving in her career yet personally sad."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Sophie Burrows
Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781643752440

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Crushing by Sophie Burrows Pdf

Life is full of connections – if you know how to make them. Crushing follows two people -- one determined and a bit awkward, the other unsure where to begin -- longing to find out where they belong. Their intersecting and overlapping journeys reveal hidden connections and the unpredictable and unexpected ways we may find each other. Achingly beautiful, quietly defiant, and full of subtle wit and wisdom, Crushing is a story told in silence; a story without words but bursting with life and color. This stunning debut graphic novel from Sophie Burrows is a timely look at life in an age of distance and a story of love and understanding -- a perfect book to read and to share.

Author : David Schickler
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385335676

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Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler Pdf

Hilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, Kissing in Manhattan was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler’s collection of linked stories follows a troupe of love-hungry urbanites through a charmed metropolis and into the Preemption--a mythic Manhattan apartment building. The Preemption sets the stage for a romantic fantasy as exuberant, dark, and dazzling as the city it occupies. Behind closed doors, the paths of an improbable cast of tenants--a seductive perfume heiress; a crabby, misunderstood actor; a preternaturally sharp-sighted priest--tangle and cross, while a perilous love triangle builds around three characters: James Branch, a shy young accountant with an unusual love for the Preemption’s antique elevator, and a strange destiny... Patrick Rigg, a Wall Street lothario who soothes his pain by seducing beautiful women, carrying a gun, and attending the nightly sermons of a foreboding priest... Rally McWilliams, a fetching, hopeful young writer who roams the city at night, searching for the soulmate she believes in but can’t find... Charged with joy and a deadly sense of humor, Kissing in Manhattan is a daring new writer’s vision of a world where men and women, good and evil, love and sex, meet, battle, and embrace on every street corner.

Author : Sarah Mlynowski
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307433183

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Bras & Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series, the first book in the hilariously bewitching Magic in Manhattan series! What if all your wishes could come true? Blink your eyes, drink a fizzing pink potion, and poof! Life is perfect. That’s Rachel’s situation. Except she’s not the one who suddenly has magical powers. Her younger sister is. And as Rachel would tell you, spellbooks are wasted on the young! Yes, yes, of course world peace and cures for horrible diseases are important. But so is dancing without looking like she’s being electrocuted, winning back her best friend, stopping her dad’s wedding, and finding a date for Spring Fling. Rachel’s not bewitched. Yet. . . . “Sabrina fans will get a witchy kick out of Bras & Broomsticks!”—Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries “Poof, instant bliss.”—Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author of TTYL and Rhymes with Witches “One magical romp you won’t want to miss.”—Discovery Girls "Hilarious." —Teen People

Author : John Tauranac
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493030484

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Manhattan's Little Secrets by John Tauranac Pdf

Discover the whos, the whats, the whys and hows of social history that make the city come alive. A sarcophagus sits in a public park Stones from the dungeon that imprisoned Joan of Arc support a statue of her A Star of David adorns a Baptist church A fire-breathing salamander decorates a firehouse A stained-glass window relates an architect’s frustrations These are the details that guidebooks usually ignore and passersby ordinarily overlook. Curious readers will delight in revelations of history hidden in plain sight, alongside stunning photography of Manhattan’s overlooked treasures.

Author : Mary Cantwell
Publisher : HMH
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547561370

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Speaking with Strangers by Mary Cantwell Pdf

From the author of American Girl, a “profoundly moving” memoir of single motherhood, loneliness, and finding one’s way home (The New York Times). After growing up in a small New England town and achieving professional success working for Manhattan fashion magazines, Mary Cantwell finds herself personally bereft. Having made it through to the other side of a painful divorce, she is faced with the challenge of raising two daughters alone and seizes any opportunity to leave it all behind—if only for a while. Taking on travel assignments that send her around the world, Cantwell recounts her experiences in vivid detail as she makes fleeting connections with strangers in all walks of life. But above all, she craves the intimacy she has lost—both in the death of her marriage and that of her beloved father. Eventually, Cantwell finds passion in an intense and tumultuous affair with a famous writer she refers to only as “the balding man.” But as time goes on, she realizes she must face her responsibilities at home. In this unflinching account of a trying time in a woman’s life, Cantwell “writes with a breathless intensity about love affairs and friendships, impulsive decisions and equally sudden fits of repentance” (People). “Anyone who has read Cantwell’s earlier memoirs, American Girl (1992) and Manhattan When I Was Young (1995), knows her voice is as tough, as golden, as graceful as forsythia taking hold in a city backyard. . . . A dark, heady wine of a book; every sip is memorable and complex.” —Booklist

Author : Greg Young,Tom Meyers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612435763

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The Bowery Boys by Greg Young,Tom Meyers Pdf

Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys’ official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast. It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren’t history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City’s past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York’s old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts. Praise for The Bowery Boys “Among the best city-centric series.” —New York Times “Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history.” —NPR “Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms.” —Village Voice “Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl is based.” —The Guardian

Author : Terence Blacker
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763699185

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Racing Manhattan by Terence Blacker Pdf

In a cheering and relatable story of adversity overcome, an outcast teen coaxes a defiant Thoroughbred back into the thrill of competition. Alone in the world, Jay Barton is a teenage misfit with nothing much going for her besides an extraordinary talent for understanding racehorses and riding them like a pro. When, in a desperate attempt to escape her shifty, opportunistic uncle, she leaves home to work in a racing stable, Jay forms a bond with a beautiful gray mare named Manhattan — brilliant, misunderstood, dangerous, and heading for racing's scrap heap. Recognizing a fellow misfit, Jay fights to give Manhattan one last opportunity to show that she’s the champion she was born to be. Together they face a world of prejudice and cruelty, fighting back the only way they know how — by becoming the best.

Author : Sarah Jacoby
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452169309

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Can I Sit with You? by Sarah Jacoby Pdf

The story of a girl and a dog who discover how life transforms and expands with someone by your side. With lyrical text and stunning illustrations, this empathy read illustrates the power of friendship in the face of change. Can I Sit with You? takes readers along one loyal dog's journey with the girl he's meant to be with, no matter how far she roams. This timeless picture book illustrates the importance of companionship and loyalty, and how engaging with others makes the world embrace you in return. • From beloved author-illustrator Sarah Jacoby • Full of playful, incredibly emotive illustrations • Celebrates the importance of connection and unconditional love Readers young and old will enjoy this moving story about the unbreakable bond between a girl and a dog. • Children's books for kids ages 5–8 • Perfect for animal lovers • Great empathy read

Author : Estados Unidos. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCM:5320920020

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The Names and Addresses of the Woters for the Communist Party Ticket in the 1936 General Election of the Boroughs of New York City by Estados Unidos. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) Pdf