A Brooklyn Memoir
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A Brooklyn Memoir
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Author : Robert Rosen
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2020-01-01
A Brooklyn Memoir written by Robert Rosen and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A darkly comic and deeply moving story of a New York City lost to time. From the final days of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid-1950s to the arrival of the Beatles in 1964, A Brooklyn Memoir is an unsentimental journey through one rough-and-tumble working-class neighborhood. Though only a 20-minute and 15-cent subway ride from the gleaming towers of Manhattan across the East River, Flatbush remained insular and provincial—a place where Auschwitz survivors and WWII vets lived side by side and the war lingered like a mass hallucination. Meet Bobby, a local kid who shares a shabby apartment with his status-conscious mother and bigoted father, a soda jerk haunted by memories of the Nazi death camp he helped liberate. Flatbush, to Bobby, is a world of brawls with neighborhood “punks,” Hebrew school tales of Adolf Eichmann’s daring capture, and grade school duck-and-cover drills. Drawn to images of mushroom clouds and books about executions, Bobby ultimately turns the seething hatred he senses everywhere against himself. From the bestselling author of Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon. Formerly published under the title Bobby in Naziland.
Love Hope And Tragedy
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Author : Joan Calciano
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-05
Love Hope And Tragedy written by Joan Calciano and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Vina A Brooklyn Memoir
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Author : Joseph C. Polacco
language : en
Publisher: Compass Flower Press
Release Date : 2016-10-21
Vina A Brooklyn Memoir written by Joseph C. Polacco and has been published by Compass Flower Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Joe Polacco has written a wonderful tribute to his mother, Vina, and in the process has learned about himself. This memoir is told with humor, and is a tale of extended family in Brooklyn headed by the author's mother, the kind and big-hearted Vina. It's all about the family, the neighborhood, and most of all about Vina. She is beautiful, selfless, a creative designer and knows how to laugh and make others laugh. She is a master of Italian cuisine, admired for her original recipes, which are willingly shared. What more could anyone want in a Mom? More to the point which of us would not want to claim Vina as Mom? And all the characters in the memoir willingly testify that they love Vina and claim her as their own. The author has a love of--and knack for—foreign language and dialects. In New York City, specifically Brooklyn, the whole world can be found in this one place. And you'll find Joe Polacco and Vina in this melting pot. But be careful not to melt down as you laugh through the pages while commemorating those who have passed before, and after, Vina.
Brooklyn
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Author : Truman Capote
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Brooklyn written by Truman Capote and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY categories.
"In 2001, The Little Bookroom published Truman Capote's long-out-of-print homage to Brooklyn, A House in the Heights. In 2014, more than fifty years after they were taken, the original photographs commissioned to illustrate the piece have been discovered by the photographer's son. Also found among the negatives were portraits of Capote taken on that same day; none of the photos have ever been published. Now, in a new edition with a new title, Brooklyn : A Personal Memoir, with the lost photographs of David Attie, the words and images will be united for the first time. The images of Brooklyn provide a stunning and atmospheric visual portrait of the city in 1959--its building, shops, street life, lost moments-- a Brooklyn at once strangely familiar yet largely vanished: horse-drawn wagons delivering produce to housewives, kids swimming in the East River and getting into mischief on the docks, dimly-lit bars, vintage signs, little girls jumping rope, bricklayers, barbers, neighborhood characters, all set against a backdrop of period architecture, that spectacular bridge, and the skyline of Manhattan. The essay itself brings to life the landscape that was for the author a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and menacing street thugs, a garden overhung with wisteria, and the famous Promenade and waterfront--all rendered in his deft and stylish prose. Originally commissioned for Holiday magazine by John Knowles (later the author of A Separate Peace), the piece remained one of his favorites--especially its surprise ending. At the time, George Plimpton wrote that in the essay, Capote's 'love of history, gossip, character, and a skill at putting all this to words...brings Brooklyn Heights to life as vividly as any landscape Truman ever undertook to survey.' David Attie's photos enhance that landscape in a breathtaking way"--
Brooklyn In Love
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Author : Amy Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Brooklyn In Love written by Amy Thomas and has been published by Sourcebooks, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the author of Paris, My Sweet comes the story of a modern woman embracing love, motherhood, and all the courses life has to offer, On an island where finding love can be just as hard as finding a dinner reservation on a Friday night, Amy Thomas never imagined a family would fit into her lifestyle. So when Amy finds herself turning forty, moving to Brooklyn, and making way for a baby with a new man in her life, she realizes that starting over may be her biggest opportunity yet. But how do you balance staying out all night dancing with staying up all night soothing a baby? Can a lifelong city girl trade in spontaneity for domesticity? Set amid the backdrop of Brooklyn and Manhattan's foodie scenes, Amy sets out to make her second act even sweeter than the first.
Library Lin S Biographies Autobiographies And Memoirs
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Author : Linda Maxie
language : en
Publisher: Spoon Creek Press
Release Date : 2023-06-15
Library Lin S Biographies Autobiographies And Memoirs written by Linda Maxie and has been published by Spoon Creek Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
People are fascinating, but finding the best biography, autobiography, or memoir can be tough with so many to choose from. Linda Maxie (Library Lin) examined hundreds of recommended books about people to offer guidance on which books to select. In this survey, you will find · Forty subject-specific chapters of recommended biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs; · Classic biographies that have withstood the test of time; · Recent titles featuring people living impacted by current events; · Inspiring biographies and memoirs of all sorts; · Suggestions for further reading. Why waste time searching for books to read when you could have hundreds of excellent titles with their summaries at your fingertips? Let Library Lin be your guide to artists, world leaders, athletes, actors, royalty, activists, and so many more.
The Memoirs Of Gen Joseph Gardner Swift Ll D U S A First Graduate Of The United States Military Academy West Point Chief Engineer U S A From 1812 To 1818 1800 1865
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Author : Joseph Gardner Swift
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
The Memoirs Of Gen Joseph Gardner Swift Ll D U S A First Graduate Of The United States Military Academy West Point Chief Engineer U S A From 1812 To 1818 1800 1865 written by Joseph Gardner Swift and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) categories.
Stories From A Brooklyn Stoop
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Author : James DeLaura
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-09-26
Stories From A Brooklyn Stoop written by James DeLaura and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-26 with categories.
Good memories are such a nice thing to have. They live in all of us, but all too often we don't take the time to reminisce or share them with others. In "Stories From A Brooklyn Stoop," the author's experiences growing up in Brooklyn, New York are retold in his warm-hearted and vivid memoir. The 1950's and 60's was a wonderful time for a kid to grow up in Brooklyn. It was the post-World War II era when children matured fast, but still had the freedom to play, explore, and learn like no other generation before.Like a satisfying meal, the book's stories leave the reader with a feel-good aftertaste and desire to move on to the next course. It's a book that will invoke your own memories with every passing chapter. You'll find it hard to resist saying, "Hey, I did that." Enjoy and remember!
Song Over The Bones
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Author : Melissa Meszaros
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2025-10-02
Song Over The Bones written by Melissa Meszaros and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-10-02 with Music categories.
Love Burns— When a wildfire destroys her home and her ‘soulmate’ disappears without a trace, Melissa is left to navigate the emotional and physical wreckage. Alone and adrift, she turns to her lifelong passion for music and hits the road in search of solace. Traveling from coast to coast, Melissa stops at influential landmarks and gravesites, leaving and collecting tokens in honor of iconic figures like Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and more. This bold and unconventional healing journey challenges fairytales and the traditions of love and marriage. It dismantles Hollywood tropes and honors the raw, rebellious spirit of rock’n’roll that it takes to rebuild from nothing. A follow-up to the author's Heavy Metal Headbang, Song Over the Bones breaks down the fairytales of love and healing, leaving space for something raw and real. It’s not a traditional redemption story but a tribute to the fight, to the scars that don’t fade, and to the fierce resilience of those who build home from the pieces life leaves behind.
Subway Music
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Author : Reynold Joseph Paul Junker
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005-09-29
Subway Music written by Reynold Joseph Paul Junker and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-29 with Religion categories.
Subway Music is about finding things Reynold Junker thought he had lost forever: his subway music and his name. Subway Music begins in a Manhattan hotel room the day after he and his wife celebrated their Christmas anniversary. She coaxes him into taking her to Brooklyn to see where "all those stories you tell all of the time about growing up" took place. As a certified Californian, that's the last thing he wants to do. Subways were then. Freeways are now. But they go. At Prospect Park he "finds" his father and learns about both courage and reverse prejudice-prejudice against his "Nazi" father. At Coney Island he remembers his Jewish best friend and futile attempts to convert him to Catholicism using the holy waters of Coney Island to turn him into a Jewish Cary Grant. At Kings Highway he visits the house haunted by his old ghosts. At the end of Subway Music he realizes that subway music and Brooklyn will always be as much a part of him as the color of his eyes or the color of his hair. Being from Brooklyn was his fate. Being a Californian is just the way things sometimes work out.