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The damnation of Theron Ware, or, Illumination / by Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898

“…Penguin classics…”

Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert by Tackley, Catherine

“…Oxford world's classics.…”
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The age of innocence by Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

“…Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)…”
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Foundation b-boys, b-girls, and hip-hop culture in New York / by Schloss, Joseph Glenn

Table of Contents: “…"The original essence of the dance" : history, community, and classic b-boy records -- "Getting your foundation" : pedagogy -- "We have to be exaggerated" : aesthetics -- "In the cypher" : b-boy spaces -- "I hate b-boys-- that's why I break" : battling -- From rocking to b-boying : history and mystery.…”
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Taxi! a social history of the New York City cabdriver / by Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The creation of the taxi man, 1907-1920 -- Hack men in the jazz age, 1920-1930 -- The search for order during the Depression, 1930-1940 -- Prosperity during wartime, 1940-1950 -- The creation of the classic cabby, 1950-1960 -- Unionization and its discontents, 1960-1980 -- The lease driver and proletarian, 1980-2005 -- Epilogue -- Appendix. …”
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Jews on Broadway an historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers / by Lane, Stewart F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : setting the stage -- Immigration, Yiddish theater and building Broadway -- Part of the melting pot : from Vaudeville to Broadway -- Music of Broadway : classic composers, legendary lyricists -- Group theater, acting teachers and life during wartime -- From communism to the Catskills -- Jewish themes, legends and life in the 1960s and 1970s -- Young playwrights with a message, inflation, Disney and me -- New millennium sees Broadway breakthroughs : veterans and newcomers -- Epilogue.…”
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Forming American Politics : Ideals, Interests, and Institutions in Colonial New York and Pennsylvania / by Tully, Alan, 1943-

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