Author : Dan Sadlowski
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 2016-10-29
Category :
ISBN : 9780997861808
"Once upon a...Hmm, no that just won't do," she thought, daydreaming in class. Brooklyn is her name, if anyone were to ask. Brooklyn dreamed of becoming The Next Great Superhero!
Author : Colm Toibin
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0771085400
Winner of the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's internationally bestselling novel is a story of devastating emotional power. At the centre of Colm Tóibín's internationally celebrated novel is Eilis Lacey, one among many of her generation who has come of age in 1950s Ireland but cannot find work at home. When she receives a job offer in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country behind, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, however, the pain of parting and a longing for home are buried beneath the rhythms of her new life—until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, tragic news summons her back to Ireland, where she unexpectedly finds herself facing an impossible decision.
Author : Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Publisher : Hawthorne Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0983850445
An injury at birth left Audrey with a wandering eye. Though flawed, the bad eye functions well enough to permit her an idiosyncratic view of the world, one she welcomes in the stifling postwar Brooklyn of the 1950s. During a journey to Manhattan to see a doctor about her sight, she begins to explore the sexual rites of adulthood. But can her romance last? In this beautifully observed novel, Lynne Sharon Schwartz raises themes of innocence and escape while illuminating the rich inner life of a singular girl.
Author : Dan Sadlowski
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2019-12-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780997861815
A little boy surprisingly discovers that everything in the universe and in nature is truly rooting for him. The sun, moon, stars, leaves, trees, and more! This fun-loving tale is a creative reminder of how loving and awe-inspiring the natural world around us is. Encouraging readers to appreciate the natural world aronud us, connect with nature, and give back.
Author : Ilana Abramovitch
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584650034
Over 40 historians, folklorists, and ordinary Brooklyn Jews present a vivid, living record of this astonishing cultural heritage. 150 illustrations. Map.
Author : Ken Baker
Publisher : Running Press Kids
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0762455942
Breaking Hollywood exclusives on her blog, Brooklyn Brant finds the scoop of a lifetime when she investigates the kidnapping of Taylor Prince, America's celebrity sweetheart.
Author : Oriana Leckert
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1580934285
As an incubator of culture and creativity, Brooklyn is celebrated and imitated across the world. The settings for much of its dynamic underground scene are the numerous industrial spaces that were vacated as manufacturing dwindled across the huge borough. Adapted, hacked, and reused, these spaces host an eclectic range of activities by and for Brooklyn’s unique creative class, from DIY music venues to skillsharing centers. These are spaces to make art together, throw parties and concerts, host classes and performances, grow vegetables, build innovative products, and, most importantly, to support and inspire one another while welcoming more and more collaborators into the fold. In Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture and Creativity, Oriana Leckert introduces us to the creators driving Brooklyn’s cultural renaissance, and in their company takes us on a tour of these unique alternative spaces. Whether a graffiti art show in an abandoned power station, a circus school in a former ice house, or a shuffleboard club in a disused die-cutting factory, these spaces present a vibrant cross-section of life in the borough where trends in music, fashion, food, and lifestyle are set. A chronicle of a thriving and ever-renewing scene, this book will appeal to everyone who’s interested in the unique energy that makes Brooklyn Brooklyn.
Author : Jennifer Becker
Publisher : Jennifer Becker
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Brooklyn has her entire life planned out to a "T" and witnessing her boss being murdered wasn't part of it. Now she has been put into witness protection and stashed in the woods for her own protection while the police look for the killer. Brooklyn doesn't know the first thing about living off grid and her bodyguard doesn't seem to want to give her a lesson. He is just as hard and unyielding as the terrain around her. Drake lives in a remote cabin in the Montana wildness hiding from the world. After he was medically discharged from the military he turned into a bitter man and only wants to be left alone and lick his wounds. Then his brother shows up asking him to watch a witness for him. He should refuse. He doesn't like people and Brooklyn is a city girl that doesn't belong in the woods but his brother won't take no for an answer. Brooklyn tries to make the best of her situation and soon finds herself enjoying the clean mountain air and soon it's not just the snow that's melting. Drake tries to keep his distance but despite this city girl wearing business suits and high heels traipsing through the woods and disturbing the local wildlife, he sees there is more than meets the eye about Brooklyn. She breaks through all of his defenses and when danger comes knocking on his door, Drake's protective instincts kick in and military expertise comes back in full force.
Author : Martin H. Levinson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 30,6 MB
Release : 2011-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462017134
Martin H. Levinson lived in Brooklyn from his birth in 1946 to 1962, the height of the baby boom following World War II. He grew up two blocks from Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and attended Erasmus Hall High School, which boasts alums such as Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, and chess-wiz Bobby Fischer. The author's personal recollections of his middle-class childhood in Brooklyn during the 1950s alternate with chapters detailing seminal cultural events of that era including the advent of television, fast-food restaurants, big cars with fins; desegregation and the white flight to the suburbs; rock and roll, beatniks, hula hoops, The Kinsey Reports, the Cold War, McCarthyism, Playboy, and much more. Part memoir, part social history, Brooklyn Boomer offers a captivating portrait of Brooklyn and America in the mid-twentieth Century.
Author : Rashmi S. Bismark
Publisher : Mango & Marigold Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 14,51 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781645433873
Finding Om is a delightful children's book that tells the story of Anu, an Indian-African girl who explores the mantra Om with her much-loved grandfather, Appuppa. Throughout this tale, Anu begins to discover methods of mindfulness that readers of all ages can learn along with her. This lovely, multicultural, inter-generational book is sure to become an essential part of learning environments and families across the globe.
