Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bohemian Paris Bohemian Paris Dan Franck "Paris is a mythical city, a capital of the arts that has hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture. Perhaps this reputation has never been so richly deserved as at the beginnin… OL15860023W
The Bohemian girl The Bohemian girl Kenneth M. Cameron When General Denton, the famous American author and expatriate in turn-of-the-century London, receives a letter from Mary Thomason saying she's in danger and needs his help, his search for the woman … OL17906130W
Beat Beat Christopher Felver A collection of images, text, ephemera, artifacts, and reminiscence celebrates the creative spirit and joyous antics of the men and women known as the Beat Generation. Spotlighted are Hunter S. Thom… OL1875144W
The village The village John Strausbaugh This is an anecdotal history of Greenwich Village, the prodigiously influential and infamous New York City neighborhood, from the 1600s to the present. The most famous neighborhood in the world, Gree… OL19671214W
Arbitrary Stupid Goal Arbitrary Stupid Goal Tamara Shopsin "'Arbitrary Stupid Goal is a completely riveting world--when I looked up from its pages regular life seemed boring and safe and modern like one big iPhone. This book captures not just a lost New York… OL19713215W
The naive and sentimental lover The naive and sentimental lover John le Carré Aldo Cassidy is the naive and sentimental lover. A successful, judicious man, he is wrenched away from the ordered certainties of his life by a sudden encounter with Shamus, a wild, carousing artist … OL19956274W
Rebel Souls Rebel Souls Justin Martin "In the shadow of the Civil War, a circle of radicals in a rowdy saloon changed American society and helped set Walt Whitman on the path to poetic immortality. Rebel Souls is the first book ever writ… OL19984094W
The brazen age The brazen age Reid, David "A brilliant, sweeping, and unparalleled look at the extraordinarily rich culture and turbulent politics of New York City between the years 1945 and 1950, The Brazen Age opens with Franklin Delano Ro… OL20030501W
Gebrauchsanweisung für Kathmandu und Nepal Gebrauchsanweisung für Kathmandu und Nepal Eckhart Nickel,Christian Kracht Christian Kracht und Eckhart Nickel sind 2004 für die Herausgabe des Magazins »Der Freund« nach Kath­man­du gezogen. Hier erzählen sie von den Abenteuern und dem Zauber, der vom Leben im bizarren Him… OL3123544W
Memory babe Memory babe Gerald Nicosia A thoroughly researched portrait of Beat writer Jack Kerouac and his life, times, and work. OL3943373W
Les Ecrivains beats et le voyage Les Ecrivains beats et le voyage Jacqueline Starer http://www.keith-barnes.com/publications/beats_voyage_resume_fr.htm OL5020239W
Foreign Fruit Foreign Fruit Jojo Moyes 461 pages ; 19 cm OL5959693W
Perils of the Studio Perils of the Studio Alex Taylor "Focusing on Melbourne's inner-city bohemia, including the famous Grosvenor Chambers at 9 Collins Street, this book is the first major work to examine the role of the studio in Australian art."--Dus… OL8848629W
Minor characters Minor characters Joyce Johnson Joyce Johnson grew up bright and sensitive in Manhattan in the '50s of the cold war and gray flannel suits. "Attracted to decadence," with "little respect for respectability," she had a boundless - a… OL894826W
Green grass Green grass Raffaella Barker Laura Sale has become invisible in her own life. Her domestic existence in North London with thirteen-year-old twins Dolly and Fred, and their father, the fascinating but ridiculously demanding Inigo… OL927666W