Subways Are for Sleeping
Author : Edmund G. Love
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 33,44 MB
Release : 1958
Category :
ISBN :
Up in the Old Hotel
Author : Joseph Mitchell
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1101971304
Book Description
Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books—McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould's Secret—that are still renowned for their precise, respectful observation, their graveyard humor, and their offhand perfection of style. These masterpieces (along with several previously uncollected stories) are available in one volume, which presents an indelible collective portrait of an unsuspected New York and its odder citizens—as depicted by one of the great writers of this or any other time.
Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?
Author : Brianna Caplan Sayres
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 10,28 MB
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553521004
Book Description
Take the train to dreamland with this board book version of the chugging bedtime tale, the perfect companion to Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night? Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it’s time for bed? Same things you do! Steam trains, freight trains, subways—and more!—wash up, have a snack, load their teddies for storytime, and get rocked to sleep by mommy and daddy trains beneath a blanket of stars. Little one-track-mind train lovers will be tickled to see how bedtime is just the same for their favorite vehicles as it is for them. “Train lovers will be sure to take this bedtime read for a ride.” —School Library Journal
The Situation in Flushing
Author : Edmund G. Love
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Flushing (Mich.)
ISBN : 9780814319178
Book Description
Memoir of the author's boyhood in the early 1900's in a small village in southwestern Michigan.
My Subway Ride
Author : Paul DuBois Jacobs
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 2004-08-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781586853570
Book Description
Relates the sights and sounds of a subway ride through the boroughs of New York City.
722 Miles
Author : Clifton Hood
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 17,40 MB
Release : 2004-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801880544
Book Description
When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles—long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."
Beneath the Streets
Author : Matthew Litwack
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Graffiti
ISBN : 9781584235545
Book Description
Only a handful of transit workers, daring explorers and graffiti writers have experienced the full scope of the New York subway system. Beneath The Streets reveals this world for the first time with fantastic photographs captured from throughout the tunnels and byways of the subway. Although it provides service to over 5 million riders every day, the subway is for most a sealed system. Very few of its patrons are aware of the extent of this vast underground infrastructure. The authors of this important historical work first discovered this hidden world in the process of photographing graffiti found below ground in the subway system. Now their riveting documentary work opens up this subterranean maze, including 600 miles of active track as well as abandoned sections and disused stations, for all to experience.
Our Subway Baby
Author : Peter Mercurio
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0525554750
Book Description
This gentle and incredibly poignant picture book tells the true story of how one baby found his home. "Some babies are born into their families. Some are adopted. This is the story of how one baby found his family in the New York City subway." So begins the true story of Kevin and how he found his Daddy Danny and Papa Pete. Written in a direct address to his son, Pete's moving and emotional text tells how his partner, Danny, found a baby tucked away in the corner of a subway station on his way home from work one day. Pete and Danny ended up adopting the baby together. Although neither of them had prepared for the prospect of parenthood, they are reminded, "Where there is love, anything is possible."
Ira Sleeps Over
Author : Bernard Waber
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 39,2 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395205037
Book Description
Ira is thrilled to spend the night at Reggie's until his sister raises the question of whether he should take his teddy bear. "An appealing picture book which depicts common childhood qualms with empathy and humor."--"Booklist." Full-color illustrations.
Spells & Sleeping Bags
Author : Sarah Mlynowski
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0375849025
Book Description
The hilariously entertaining third book in the Magic in Manhattan series, following Bras & Broomsticks and Frogs & French Kisses, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series! At long last, Rachel's powers have arrived and she's a bona fide get-your-broom-ready witch! And it's happened just in time. No Manhattan for her this summer—she's spending her vacation at Camp Wood Lake. But she's having some serious issues: Mosquitoes in the Adirondacks are incredibly thirsty. Her stepmom keeps sending embarrassing feminine hygiene care packages. She accidentally zapped away all her clothes. And there's a backstabber in her cabin intent on making life miserable. Good thing Rachel's a witch. "Sure to delight" —School Library Journal "Will be eagerly grabbed by fans of Bras & Broomsticks and Frogs & French Kisses . . . plenty of entertaining mishaps." —Booklist
