New York By Edward Rutherfurd

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Title	:	New York
Author	:	Edward Rutherfurd
ISBN	:	0385521383
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	862

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The bestselling master of historical fiction weaves a grand, sweeping drama of New York from the city s founding to the present day.Rutherfurd celebrates America s greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga that showcases his extraordinary ability to combine impeccable historical research and storytelling flair As in his earlier, bestselling novels, he illuminates cultural, The bestselling master of historical fiction weaves a grand, sweeping drama of New York from the city s founding to the present day.Rut...

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Last of the Old Guard By Louis Auchincloss

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Title	:	Last of the Old Guard
Author	:	Louis Auchincloss
ISBN	:	0547152752
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	224

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The American master Louis Auchincloss offers an intimate look behind the closed doors of a prominent New York law firm.Nearing the end of his days, Adrian Suydam, half the partnership of the law firm of Suydam Saunders, reflects on his lifelong friendship and business relationship with Ernest Saunders, a tragic and complicated man incapable of properly loving anyone The American master Louis Auchincloss offers an intimate look behind the closed doors of a prominent New York law firm.Nearing the ...

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The Wicked Pavilion By Dawn Powell

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Title	:	The Wicked Pavilion
Author	:	Dawn Powell
ISBN	:	1883642396
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	281

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The Wicked Pavilion of the title is the Caf Julien, where everybody who is anybody goes to recover from failed love affairs and to pursue new ones, to cadge money, to hatch plots, and to puncture one another s reputation Dennis Orphen, the writer from Dawn Powell s Turn, Magic Wheel, makes an appearance here, as does Andy Callingham, Powell s thinly disguised Ernest He The Wicked Pavilion of the title is the Caf Julien, where everybody who is anybody goes to recover from failed love affai...

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Let The Great World Spin By Colum McCann

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Title	:	Let The Great World Spin
Author	:	Colum McCann
ISBN	:	0747597227
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	349

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Set in a time of sweeping political and social change from the backlash against the Vietnam War and the lingering spectre of the oil crisis to the beginnings of the Internet Let the Great World Spin is the story of three disparate lives which will ultimately collide in the shadow of one reckless and beautiful act....

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Wild New York By Margaret Mittelbach

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Title	:	Wild New York
Author	:	Margaret Mittelbach
ISBN	:	0609803484
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	196

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Wild New York is two books in one a beautifully illustrated, deftly written natural history of New York City and an indispensable guidebook for the urban explorer From beneath the city s skyscrapers and between cracks in the sidewalk, nature writers Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson have shined their unique spotlight on the concrete jungle and come up with w Wild New York is two books in one a beautifully illustrated, deftly written natural history of New York City and an indispensable guidebook f...

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The Darlings By Cristina Alger

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Title	:	The Darlings
Author	:	Cristina Alger
ISBN	:	0670023272
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	352

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A sophisticated page turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences

Now that he s married to Merrill Darling, daughter of billionaire financier Carter Darling, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to New York society and all of its luxuries a Park Avenue apartment, weekends in the Hamptons, bespoke suits Whe

A sophisticated page turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences...

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Writing New York By Phillip Lopate

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Title	:	Writing New York
Author	:	Phillip Lopate
ISBN	:	0671042351
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	1032

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Presents a literary portrait of the city of New York through the eyes of than a hundred writers, from Washington Irving to Oscar Hijuelos....

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Bright Lights, Big City By Jay McInerney

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Title	:	Bright Lights, Big City
Author	:	Jay McInerney
ISBN	:	0394726413
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	208

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With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation The novel follows a young man, living in Manhattan as if he owned it, through nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial offices, and loft parties as he attempts to outstrip mortality and the recurring approach of dawn With nothing but goodw With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a...

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Youngblood Hawke By Herman Wouk

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Title	:	Youngblood Hawke
Author	:	Herman Wouk
ISBN	:	0316955175
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	783

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In this huge novel of nearly 600 pages from the author of The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar, War and Remembrance, etc about an aspiring young author s assault on the citadel of New York publishing, Wouk s hero Youngblood Hawke launches his career with an oversized manuscript that becomes an instant success Toasted by critics and swept along on a tide of popularity, In this huge novel of nearly 600 pages from the author of The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar, War and Remembrance...

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North River By Pete Hamill

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Title	:	North River
Author	:	Pete Hamill
ISBN	:	0316340588
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	352

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It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the Great Depression With enormous compassion, Dr James Delaney tends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors, who include gangsters, day laborers, prostitutes, and housewives If they can t pay, he treats them anyway But in his own life, Delaney is emotionally numb, haunted by the slaughters of the Great War His only d It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the Great Depression With enormous compassion, Dr James Delaney tends to his ...

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