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Author: Shecky's
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781931449267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom restaurants and clubs to shops and salons, this is your key to the city. Featuring over 500 of the city's greatest treasures.
Author: Neil Postman
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005-12-27
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780143036531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
Author: Brian Niemitz
Publisher: ASDavis Media Group
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0976601311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis sleek guide emphasizes the details that busy and discerning travelers need to know: the very best venues and activities, the prime time to be in every spot, and packed with insider tips. Structured around styles (such as hot & cool, hip, classic) that make up New York's unique character, the guide's easy to use format gives travelers a selection based on the city's array of personalities, not geography or price.
Author: Richard Koss
Publisher:
Published: 2007-11
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780979398421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis full-color guidebook to the city's best restaurants and bars is the ultimate reference for both resident New Yorkers and visitors. Time Out's critics visit establishments anonymously to provide readers with unbiased opinions of restaurants ranging from out-of-the-way dim sum joints to high-profile, high-priced dining rooms. Eating & Drinking 2008 is an essential reference written by and for those who enjoy dining out and drinking up. Among the book's features are: Impartial reviews of more than 1,500 restaurants and bars, More than 300 pages, with vibrant color photographs, Address, phone number, prices, hours and travel info for each venue, Restaurants helpfully organized by cuisine and price range Informative sidebars on topics ranging from the city's best pizza and the nuances of Korean barbecue to the signature aspects of regional cuisines, Useful glossaries of food terms throughout, An extensive index that groups venues by neighborhood and alphabetically. Book jacket.
Author: Kliph Nesteroff
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2015-11-03
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 0802190863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Funny [and] fascinating . . . If you’re a comedy nerd you’ll love this book.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, National Post, and Splitsider Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, this groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years. Starting with the vaudeville circuit at the turn of the last century, the book introduces the first stand-up comedian—an emcee who abandoned physical shtick for straight jokes. After the repeal of Prohibition, Mafia-run supper clubs replaced speakeasies, and mobsters replaced vaudeville impresarios as the comedian’s primary employer. In the 1950s, the late-night talk show brought stand-up to a wide public, while Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Jonathan Winters attacked conformity and staged a comedy rebellion in coffeehouses. From comedy’s part in the civil rights movement and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, to the first comedy clubs of the 1970s and the cocaine-fueled comedy boom of the 1980s, The Comedians culminates with a new era of media-driven celebrity in the twenty-first century. “Entertaining and carefully documented . . . jaw-dropping anecdotes . . . This book is a real treat.” —Merrill Markoe, TheWall Street Journal
Author: Time Out
Publisher: Time Out
Published: 2006-10-20
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780967524092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ultimate guide to an ever-changing city, the book covers every section of New York, from swanky Museum Mile to the now-fashionable Meatpacking District. Illustrated chapters and delightful walks, mapped point-to-point, celebrate the city's fascinating history and architecture. Exhaustive, unbiased local reviews detail the hippest hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, sights, and shops.
Author: Robin Bernstein
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780472069330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection by leading theater performers, practitioners, critics, and passionate spectators offers a backstage pass to the personal and creative lives of some of the most important and influential theater artists of the past fifty years: Edward Albee discusses the homophobic critical attacks he endured in the 50s and 60s; Cherry Jones talks about the first time she accepted a Tony Award - and her decision, in that moment, to come out; Peggy Shaw speaks of the drag queen who first inspired her stage career; Craig Lucas issues an impassioned call for theater practitioners and other artists to unite for the sake of art, creativity, and social change. Also included are memoirs by and interviews with Kate Bornstein, Lisa Kron, Tim Miller, and George C. Wolfe, among others. These diverse voices dispel forever the cliche of theater as a safe haven and replace the stereotype with a nuanced group portrait of the ways in which theater and queerness intersect in our lives.
Author: David Remnick
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2007-05-08
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 0307386554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Remnick is a writer with a rare gift for making readers understand the hearts and minds of our public figures. Whether it’s the decline and fall of Mike Tyson, Al Gore’s struggle to move forward after his loss in the 2000 election, or Vladimir Putin dealing with Gorbachev’s legacy, Remnick brings his subjects to life with extraordinary clarity and depth. In Reporting, he gives us his best writing from the past fifteen years, ranging from American politics and culture to post-Soviet Russia to the Middle East conflict; from Tony Blair grappling with Iraq, to Philip Roth making sense of America’s past, to the rise of Hamas in Palestine. Both intimate and deeply informed by history, Reporting is an exciting and panoramic portrait of our times.
Author: Caitlin Leffel
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat are 1001 things you should treat yourself and your guests to in New York City? Be serenaded by Cole Porter's piano at the Waldorf, or hear Woody Allen play clarinet at the Carlyle. Drink champagne on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum, or discover the abandoned subway station at City Hall. Eat at America's very first pizzeria, or enjoy the most expensive cocktail in the country at the World Bar. Ride the Staten Island Ferry, or ride a bike through Central Park. Go surfing out at Rockaway Beach, or relax in a Russian bath in the East Village . . . . Organized by theme–including Eating and Drinking, 24-hour New York, Shopping and Spending, Arts and Culture, Views and Sites, the Great Outdoors, and Classic New York–and packed with detailed, helpful indexes organized by neighborhood and by category, this is simply the most fun and comprehensive guidebook to New York City ever.The Best Things to Do in New Yorkcrosses genres and boroughs to explore every aspect of the most diverse and exciting city in the world. Written from experience by two people who love the city, and featuring priceless tips from expert contributors–from authors on their favorite bookstores to architects on the city's best buildings–The Best Things to do in New Yorkis much more than just a guide.
