Growing Up Greenpoint
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Growing Up Greenpoint Large Print
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Author : Tommy Carbone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-22
Growing Up Greenpoint Large Print written by Tommy Carbone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-22 with categories.
In Growing up Greenpoint, Tommy Carbone captures what it was like to be a kid during the 1970s and 80s in Brooklyn. This funny, and sometimes emotional, memoir follows the years Tommy was educated not only in the classrooms of St. Stan's, but on the streets of Greenpoint. It was there, playing street games with friends, being cornered by muggers, playing kissing games with the girls, spending time with family, and constantly seeking out the best snack foods in the neighborhood, where Tommy learned a lot about life; although he may not have known it at the time. A simple conversation, years later, about the New York City Blackout of 1977 sparks Tommy to recall his youth in the city he loved. His stories will bring you into the action of what it was like to dodge cars during a ballgame, to take a hike to another borough in search of a particular burger, to the hours spent playing pinball in a corner candy store, and how special it was to build traditions with three generations of Polish and Italian relatives in Brooklyn's garden spot. The vivid descriptions of his antics of what it was like to grow up during those years will transport you to the sounds and smells of living in the city during those trying years. Reading this book, you'll be entertained, and at the same time, you may shake your head wondering how Tommy ever survived - Growing up in Greenpoint.
Growing Up Greenpoint A Kid S Life In 1970s Brooklyn
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Author : Tommy Carbone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-27
Growing Up Greenpoint A Kid S Life In 1970s Brooklyn written by Tommy Carbone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Growing up Greenpoint, Tommy Carbone captures what it was like to be a kid during the 1970s and 80s in Brooklyn, New York. This funny, and sometimes emotional, memoir follows the years Tommy was educated not only in the classrooms of St. Stan's, but on the streets of Brooklyn, New York.
Greenpoint
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Author : A. J. Caro
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-06-15
Greenpoint written by A. J. Caro and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-15 with Fiction categories.
Everyone knows huge problems exist in Greenpoint. Everyone wants change in this Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood. Everyone wants justicebut they all want someone else to do the dirty work. When New York State Senator Nicky Collins returns to his boyhood home of Greenpoint to care for his dying mother, he realizes the extent of the crime problem in this once-idyllic place. Worse, he understands that the root of much of the organized crime is his brother, Jack, whose business interests include extortion, prostitution, drugs, and murder. Jack harbors pure hatred for Nicky, and his one goal in life is to orchestrate Nickys collapse. Jacks other ambition includes wiping out competing crime familiesa bloody and deadly endeavor. As the violence escalates, Nicky, and boyhood friend, District Attorney Simon Banks, join forces to take out the center of the crime ring. In the process, they discover a deeper, more sinister conspiracy at work. A story of a deteriorating neighborhood and two brothers on opposite sides of the law, Greenpoint tells a saga of family, greed, and murder.
Growing Up Poor
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Author : Terry Moses Williams
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 1985
Growing Up Poor written by Terry Moses Williams and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Political Science categories.
This ethnographic study looks at teenagers trapped in poverty--how some succeed in the struggle to get out and others finally give up trying. It is an outgrowth of interviews with some 900 teens in New York City, Cleveland, Louisville, and Meridian, Mississippi. The neighborhoods where they live are socially and racially diverse. Among them are white areas slding into poverty as traditional blue-collar jobs in smokestack industries fade away, and black and Hispanic neighborhoods where chronic unemployment has long been the prevailing tradition and fact of life. Based on the teenagers' own accounts, the book describes their experiences with working and seeking work, achievements in school and athletics, family life, and the positive influences of their peers and adult mentors. It also details the negative choices that tend to make poverty a life sentence: prostitution and street hustles, pregnancy and early parenthood, gang membership and criminal outlets, drugs and withdrawal into despair. Still, hope is an unquenchable attribute of youth, and it bubbles up in this book as the authors show how much these teenagers seek to do for themselves in exercising their limited options.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
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Author : Betty Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn written by Betty Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with Bildungsromans categories.
Francie Nolan and her brother, Neeley, grow up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early 1900s.
Newcomers
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Author : Matthew L. Schuerman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-11-07
Newcomers written by Matthew L. Schuerman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-07 with History categories.
Gentrification is transforming cities, small and large, across the country. Though it’s easy to bemoan the diminished social diversity and transformation of commercial strips that often signify a gentrifying neighborhood, determining who actually benefits and who suffers from this nebulous process can be much harder. The full story of gentrification is rooted in large-scale social and economic forces as well as in extremely local specifics—in short, it’s far more complicated than both its supporters and detractors allow. In Newcomers, journalist Matthew L. Schuerman explains how a phenomenon that began with good intentions has turned into one of the most vexing social problems of our time. He builds a national story using focused histories of northwest Brooklyn, San Francisco’s Mission District, and the onetime site of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project, revealing both the commonalities among all three and the place-specific drivers of change. Schuerman argues that gentrification has become a too-easy flashpoint for all kinds of quasi-populist rage and pro-growth boosterism. In Newcomers, he doesn’t condemn gentrifiers as a whole, but rather articulates what it is they actually do, showing not only how community development can turn foul, but also instances when a “better” neighborhood truly results from changes that are good. Schuerman draws no easy conclusions, using his keen reportorial eye to create sharp, but fair, portraits of the people caught up in gentrification, the people who cause it, and its effects on the lives of everyone who calls a city home.
Meet The Regulars
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Author : Joshua D. Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-05-24
Meet The Regulars written by Joshua D. Fischer and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-24 with Photography categories.
Based on the column The Regulars on the New York magazine partner Bedford + Bowery, the celebrities and everyday people who love the local joints of the world’s coolest borough. Meet the Regulars captures a previously unseen and entertaining portrait of the people of Brooklyn and the places they love. In talking with the regulars at bars, restaurants, and shops in the world-famous borough, author Joshua Fischer delivers deep and delightful stories presented alongside stunning snapshots from accomplished photographers including Nina Westervelt (Vogue.com, New York Times), Phil Provencio (Variety, Saturday Night Live, and CBS), and Nicole Disser (Bedford + Bowery and Brooklyn Magazine online). Meet the Regulars reveals the great power in the connections we make with the people and places where we live. Originally an interview series on the New York magazine partner Bedford + Bowery, Meet the Regulars introduces us to a diverse and changing Brooklyn through its regulars: the first-generation American Latino café owner who drinks Coors out of a can and loves a good debate with the lawyer and plumber at his corner bar, the blogger who fixes her hair and heart at her cherished salon, the lady so loyal to her local bar she has its logo tattooed on her arm, the Asian hipster couple who drink and dance for "exercise" at their new-school Brooklyn hangout, and the burgeoning filmmaker who walks twenty blocks for sage advice from a legendary bartender inside a bowling alley. Familiar faces include party rocker Andrew W. K. spicing things up at the Thai joint from his early days, Saturday Night Live performer Sasheer Zamata reliving a break-up at her go-to brunch spot, Radiolab host Jad Abumrad sippin' whiskey to Black Sabbath, beloved NY1 news anchor Pat Kiernan chowing down on meatballs, actor Jessica Pimentel (Orange Is the New Black) championing her local metal bar, actor Kevin Corrigan (Goodfellas, Pineapple Express) contemplating a Guinness at his favorite Irish pub, and more. From Meet the Regulars: "These are stories about people finding a home in an ephemeral world of bars, restaurants, shops, and clubs that open, explode, and burn out like so many stars hidden in that bright and sleepless New York night sky." —Joshua D. Fischer, from his introduction Meet the regulars of Meet the Regulars: "It's a sense of continuity. You thread your history through a place. . . . That's what makes me a regular." —Jad Abumrad, host of public radio's Radiolab, regular at Splitty "Once you have the cell phone number of the bar owner, then you're a regular." —Twin comics the Lucas Brothers, regulars at Tutu's "I can tell if a person is cool if their vibe mixes with this place." —Sasheer Zamata, Saturday Night Live cast member, regular at Enid's "Brooklyn is this unattractive, could-never-go-to-the-prom borough. And now, not only does everyone want to take you to the prom, but everyone wants you on their arm." —Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president, regular at Woodland "Read the book. Talk to everyone about it. . . . Move to Brooklyn with nothing but the contents of a suitcase. Be in the world's most annoying band. Get a bunch of hideous tattoos. Whatever." —Meredith Graves of punk band Perfect Pussy, regular at Roman's "This bar saved my life." —Ariel Pellman, costume designer, regular at the Way Station
The Rest Of Us
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Author : Jessica Lott
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-07-29
The Rest Of Us written by Jessica Lott and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-29 with Fiction categories.
Years after an affair with her college professor compelled her to abandon her own art, Terry, who believed her ex had died, unexpectedly runs into him and pursues a healing friendship that renews her creative ambitions.
Growing Up
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Author : Abby Walters
language : en
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-16
Growing Up written by Abby Walters and has been published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-16 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Look at me. I have grown a lot. Now I can do almost everything by myself. But one thing still I can’t do alone. Can you guess what it is?
The Bait
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Author : Dorothy Uhnak
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-06-14
The Bait written by Dorothy Uhnak and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-14 with Fiction categories.
Detective Christie Opara arrests a man on the subway for indecent exposure. Within hours, Murray Rogoff, a burly giant, is out on bail. Soon after, the body of a young dancer is found stashed behind the stairway of a Bronx apartment building. The girl was brutally raped and strangled, and a clue links her with two previous murders. The killer takes a signature trophy: a hacked-off lock of the victim's hair. When Christie starts to get strange, late-night phone calls her instincts tell her that Rogoff's the serial killer they're hunting. With the reluctant approval of her boss, Assistant District Attorney Casey Reardon, Christie prepares to become the bait of a deadly psychopath.