Search Results - "New York"

New York City : An Outsider's Inside View / by Maffi, Mario, 1947-

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Republic of Intellect : The Friendly Club of New York City and the Making of American Literature / by Waterman, Bryan, 1970-

Subjects: “…Fraternal organizations New York (State) New York History 18th century. 139855…”
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Celluloid Activist : The Life and Times of Vito Russo / by Schiavi, Michael R.

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Giving It All Away : The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle / by Leary, Margaret A.

Table of Contents: “…The 1931 lawsuit -- 1858-82 : Hillsdale childhood, student days in Ann Arbor -- 1882-98 : the ambitious young New York lawyer, the brilliant writer on corporate law, the wooer and husband of Ida Olmstead, the indispensable employee of John Mackay -- 1898-1910 : divorcing Ida, thriving at the Mackay companies, losing a boss and mentor, becoming a man of property, establishing enduring friendships, making philanthropic plans for the University of Michigan -- 1910-19 : rapport with President Hutchins, less rapport with Dean Bates, meeting Myrtle White, making Michigan commitments, honoring a revered mother, moving into an elegant Manhattan town house, a possible case of heartbreak, continuing a distinguished legal career -- John T. …”
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Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company : The Opening of Western New York by Chazanof, William, 1915-1999

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The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / by D'Adesky, Anne-Christine

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The Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton / by Turner, James, 1946-

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Proust and America : The Influence of American Art, Culture, and Literature on A la recherché du temps perdu / by Murphy, Michael, 1965-2009

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the spirit of liberty -- Le Côte de New York, or Marcel in America -- The impossible possible philosophers' man -- A bout de souffle -- Exquisite corpses/buried texts -- Proust's butterfly.…”
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What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth : A Memoir of Brotherhood / by González, Rigoberto

Table of Contents: “…Opening Salvo -- Days of Hunger, Days of Want -- The Prisoner of Nahuatzen -- Adelina's Story -- Canto -- Take a Guess -- About Women -- A Complicated Man -- Post Mortem -- When the Hard Times Become Lonely Times -- Greetings From New York City, 1968 -- Brotherly Love -- A Oaxaca Journal -- Family Outing -- The Wondrous Flight of the Hummingbird -- Manpower…”
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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : Competing Interests, January 1888–December 1889 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

Table of Contents: “…Research to development at Menlo Park, January 1879-March 1881 -- v. 6. Electrifying New York and abroad, April 1881-March 1883 -- v. 7. …”
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Seriatim : The Supreme Court Before John Marshall /

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Eva and Otto : Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler / by Pfister, Thomas L., 1948-, Pfister, Peter J., 1948-, Pfister, Katherine D., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…German Invasion on May 9, 1940: Eva and Otto Forced on Separate Paths -- Eva's Internment at Velodrome d'Hiver and Camp de Gurs -- Eva's Refuge in Castagnede, Montauban and Marseille -- Otto's Capture and Imprisonment by the Nazis -- Otto's Return to Paris and Flight to Montauban -- Eva's Escape over the Pyrenees and Unexpected Delay in Lisbon -- Eva's Voyage from Lisbon to New York -- Part V. New York 1940-41: Urgent Efforts to Rescue ISK Colleagues Including Otto -- Eva's Daunting Task of Obtaining U.S. …”
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The Iron Hunter / by Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), b. 1860

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Louise Blanchard Bethune : Every Woman Her Own Architect / by Hayes McAlonie, Kelly

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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : The Making of an Inventor, February 1847-June 1873 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

Table of Contents: “…Edison and His Papers; Editorial Policy; Editorial Symbols; List of Abbreviations; 1 Edison's Boyhood and Itinerant Years: February 1847-March 1868 (Docs. 1-26); 2 The Nascent Inventor: March-December 1868 (Docs. 27-50); 3 From Operator to Inventor-Entrepreneur: January-June 1869 (Docs. 51-69); 4 Establishing Connections in New York: July-December 1869 (Docs. 70-88); 5 New Alliances: January-June 1870 (Docs. 89-101)…”
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Harry Bertoia, Sculptor by Kompass Nelson, June

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The Triumph of Uncertainty : Science and Self in the Postmodern Age / by Tauber, Alfred I.

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Aural History / by Ashtor, Gila

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Independent Man : The Life of Senator James Couzens / by Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982

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Envisioning Sociology : Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction / by Scott, John, 1949-

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