Celluloid skyline : New York and the movies / James Sanders. by Sanders, James, 1955-

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Trade, land, power : the struggle for eastern North America / Daniel K. Richter. by Richter, Daniel K.

Table of Contents: “…Brokers and Politics : Iroquois and New Yorkers --…”
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Markt und Macht : Der Kunsthandel im "Dritten Reich" / Uwe Fleckner, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Christian Huemer.

Table of Contents: “…" ... out of the private possessions of New Yorkers" --…”
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The best American essays 2013 / edited and with an introduction by Cheryl Strayed ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

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Paul Tillich im Exil / Christian Danz, Werner Schüßler.

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The Cole Porter song book : the complete words and music of forty of Cole Porter's best-loved songs / [foreword by Moss Hart ; illustrations by Robert J. Lee ; arrangements by Albert Sirmay]. by Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Xica da Silva / Distrifilmes e Embrafilme produtor, Jarbas Barbosa ; direção de Carlos Diegues ; roteiro, Carlos Diegues e João Felicio dos Santos. by Diegues, Carlos, Diegues, Carlos, Santos, João Felício dos

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L'Argent / Marion's Films.

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Counting myself lucky : selected poems, 1963-1992 / Edward Field. by Field, Edward, 1924-

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The woods are on fire : new and selected poems / Fleda Brown ; introduction by Ted Kooser. by Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944-

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Avid reader : a life / Robert Gottlieb. by Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023

Table of Contents: “…Reading -- Learning -- Working: Simon and Schuster -- Working: Knopf -- Working: The New Yorker -- Working: Knopf redux -- Dancing -- Writing -- Living.…”

Race and Real Estate : Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920. by McGruder, Kevin

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Black and white new yorkers -- End of the harlem welcome -- From eviction to containment : the restrictive covenant movement -- The battle for church properties -- African american youth -- Real estate and politics -- The growth of property ownership -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.…”
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Jonathan Franzen : the comedy of rage / Philip Weinstein. by Weinstein, Philip M.

Table of Contents: “…Introductory -- Becoming Jonathan Franzen -- A bugged world : The twenty-seventh city -- "Something wrong in the underbrush" : Strong motion -- Collapse and arrival, status and contract -- All in the family : The corrections -- Taking and mistaking : Freedom -- The New Yorker -- Afterword: "Hungering for clean" : Purity.…”

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Who should rule at home? : confronting the elite in British New York City / Joyce D. Goodfriend. by Goodfriend, Joyce D.

Table of Contents: “…The pan-ethnic elite and the problem of cultural authority -- The indigestible Dutch -- The crystallization of an anti-Dutch narrative -- From nation to linguistic community -- Pious commoners -- George Whitefield awakens New Yorkers -- Becoming religious consumers -- Defiant dependents -- "Master of the house"? …”
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Life on the press : the popular art and illustrations of George Benjamin Luks / Robert L. Gambone. by Gambone, Robert L., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- A Luks biography : the context of his graphic art -- An illustrator comes of age -- Life on the press : Philadelphia evening bulletin and New York world -- The gilded age from the other side of the tracks : Hogan's alley -- Politics and sarcasm : Sandburrs and the Verdict -- Into the roaring twenties : Vanity fair and New Yorker -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Ceddo / directed by Ousmane Sembene. by Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007

Emitai / directed by Ousmane Sembene. by Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007

The Algonquin Round Table New York : a historical guide / Kevin C. Fitzpatrick ; with a foreword by Anthony Melchiorri. by Fitzpatrick, Kevin C., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…; 2 Meet the Round Table; 3 The Algonquin Hotel; 4 Ink-Stained Wretches; 5 Raising the Curtain; 6 Movies and Microphones; 7 The Rise of The New Yorker; 8 Speakeasies and Brothels; 9 Wit's End; Image Credits; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Index; About the Author.…”
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Laws of image : privacy and publicity in America / Samantha Barbas. by Barbas, Samantha

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : our images, our selves -- Image and reputation at the turn of the century -- The origins of the right to privacy -- The crisis of the circulating portrait -- Insult and image -- The image society -- The laws of image : libel, privacy, emotional distress -- The freedom to image : Sidis v. The New Yorker -- "An age of images" -- Privacy and the image in postwar America -- Conclusion : the law and personal image in the digital age.…”
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