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Out without my rubbers Out without my rubbers John Murray Anderson This is the autobiography of now not very well known, but previously, very famous Broadway producer and playwright, John Murray Anderson. The tag line on the book cover says "The Memoirs of John Murr… OL11604798W
Men are such fools! Men are such fools! Faith Baldwin This book was about Lina Lawrence, a young single typist in Manhattan in the early nineteen-thirties. The story follows her struggle with the idea of wanting to marry the man she loves and be a wife… OL14848049W
Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Mary Pope Osborne,Marcela Brovelli,Sal Murdocca Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another mission to rescue a beautiful magical creature, the unicorn. AC 44650. OL15131069W
97 Orchard 97 Orchard Jane Ziegelman In 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth century—a city within a city, where Germans, Irish,… OL15178517W
The Celluloid Activist The Celluloid Activist Michael R. Schiavi The Celluloid Activist is the biography of gay rights activist and film historian, Vito Russo. He wrote The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. The first edition (of Celluloid Closet) was … OL15976439W
The Cross & The Switchblade The Cross & The Switchblade David R. Wilkerson Interesting look at an idealistic young minister's decision to improve the lives of young New York City gang members in the 1950's. OL16466976W
ORGY ORGY Jason Fury When a movie company arrives in a Southern town to film its X-rated sex comedy, ORGY, all hell breaks loose! It's frisky, dynamic young star, 20-year-old bisexual Sammy Buck is "The Sexiest Man Aliv… OL16805486W
The Long and Short of It The Long and Short of It Donn Russell Biographical sketches by Donn Russell, noted New York City and Nantucket artist, and director of a theater foundation supporting Off and Off Off Broadway and experimental theater in New York City. OL17311156W
You Are Here You Are Here Katharine Harmon From Amazon: "Maps are magical. Every graphic, like every story, has a point of view, and New York is rife with mapmaking possibilities, thick with mythology, and glutted with history. You Are Her… OL17373052W
Mystery at Four Chimneys Mystery at Four Chimneys Nina Brown Baker From the Middle West to Brooklyn Heights proved a wide span for two girls, during the summer their mother married again and went to London on a honeymoon. But the thrills of New York and the disfavor… OL19625364W
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. OL2673218W
Jewish New York Jewish New York Ira Wolfman This is a lavishly illustrated review of the 350-plus years of New York City's Jews. It recounts the story of the world's largest urban Jewish community from its founding in 1654 by refugees fleeing … OL4126159W
The Old Neighborhood The Old Neighborhood Avery Corman ***Moving from the corner office to the corner candy store, Steven Robbins is willing to forsake everything he's earned to get back a piece of his past.*** Growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s, Steve… OL4279057W
The Queen of Peace room The Queen of Peace room Magie Dominic What is memory, and where is it stored in the body? Can a room be symbolic of a lifetime? Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In The Queen of Peace Room, Magie Do… OL5789909W
The Globe Hollow mystery The Globe Hollow mystery Hannah Gartland Old Jasper Bowen was a miserly hermit until the arrival of his orphaned niece Eleanor and then his nephew Charles, thought to have been lost in the war. Charles' arrival seems to sour Eleanor in the … OL7757080W