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Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Nonfiction From award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world's most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it-now in paperback. In Sam Roberts's pulsating history of the world's most exceptional metropolis, greet the city anew through thirty-one unique New Yorkers you've probably never heard of-just in time fo...

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the seminal metalcore acts 5th album, One of Us Is the Killer, The Dillinger Escape Plan presents this series.UNDERSTANDING DECAY A string of assassinations made by a politically-motivated killer known only to the public as The Quill serves as the spark to ignite a full scale revolution. Beginning with the fan-favorite 2000AD and Judge Dredd, Greg Di Angilla has since worked on the highly popular card ...

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The most comprehensive account of ghost signs ever published, focusing on London's hand-painted relics of advertising past.

From the New York Times reporter whose beat has been Urban Affairs, the story of the world's most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants-just in time for the city's 400th birthday.In Sam Roberts's vast pulsating history, you'll meet the city anew through thirty-one key New Yorkers you've probably never heard of.The New Yorkers introduces us to the first woman to appear nude in a motion picture, becoming the face...

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From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times comes the story of a city through the structures that define it, from the Empire State Building to the homeless shelter that pioneered modern art.

Sam Roberts (Author) Sam Roberts has written for the New York Times since 1983, where he has served as urban affairs correspondent since 2005. He is the author of numerous books on New York City, including Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America and A History of New York in 101 Objects.Pete Hamill (Foreword By) Pete Hamill, a Meyer Berger Award¿winning journalist, is the author of many bestsellers, including A Drinking Life and ...

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Delightfully surprising....A portable virtual museum...an entertaining stroll through the history of one of the world's great cities” (Kirkus Reviews), told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, almost all reproduced in luscious, full color.Inspired by A History of the World in 100 Objects, Sam Roberts of The New York Times chose fifty objects that embody the narrative of New York for a feature article in the paper...

A fresh and fast-paced study of one of the most important crimes of the twentieth century” (The Washington Post), The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003—including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet spy and a confession to the author by the Rosenbergs' co-defendant.Sixty years after their execution in June 1953 for conspiring to steal atomic secrets, Julius and E...

In a stunning repudiation of the Democratic machine, John V. Lindsay (1921-2000) captured the New York mayoralty in 1965 by promising to rid the city of apathy and corruption and make New York governable again. Over the next eight years, Lindsay presided over a city at the vortex of the civil rights, antiwar, women's, and gay rights movements, a turbulent global economy, demographic upheaval defined by an influx of blacks and Puerto Ricans and...

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Roberts pens a revealing view of America and its people at the turn of the century and masterfully creates a compelling guided tour of the places, personalities, and politics that will shape 21st-century America.