Only in New York : an exploration of the world's most fascinating, frustrating and irrepressible city /

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No one denies that New York City is unique--but what makes it sui generis? Sam Roberts, longtime city reporter, has puzzled over this in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts for years. In Only in New York, he writes about what makes New York tick and why things are the way they are in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Sam, 1947- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Hamill, Pete, 1935-2020 (author of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, ©2019.
Temas:
Roberts, Sam, > 1947- > Travel > New York (State) > New York.
City and town life > New York (State) > New York.
Vie urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
City and town life
Manners and customs
Travel
New York (N.Y.) > Miscellanea.
New York (N.Y.) > Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Descriptions et voyages.
New York (N.Y.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
New York (State) > New York
Gotham.
Manhattan.
Metropolis.
New York City.
New York Times.
Urban.
Biographies
Trivia and miscellanea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Pete Hamill
  • Introduction
  • Only in New York ; The biggest apple
  • The (how) big apple?
  • A streetlight named desire
  • Fighting words
  • Go figure
  • Park no cars
  • Where the boys are
  • To the wind
  • Birds of a feather
  • Where America begins
  • A nose for news
  • Fat city
  • Alfred E. Newsman
  • Angels in America
  • Black like me
  • Who counts most?
  • Baseball's greatest hit
  • Scoop
  • What's that sound?
  • Sit tight
  • Knowledge of wealth
  • North by northwest
  • Christmas in New York
  • What has four wheels ...?
  • An open-and-shut case
  • Eat your heart out
  • New Yorkers ; A place to die for
  • The best policy
  • Survivor
  • Being there
  • No more bull
  • Pay as you go
  • Crimes of the century
  • Articles of faith
  • American gangster
  • A satisfying life
  • Court of public opinion
  • The mayor's man
  • New York's wild west side
  • Dynasty
  • Hymie, we hardly knew ye
  • Nowhere to go but up
  • History lessons ; Lost and founded
  • The summer of Sam
  • The little steamboat that could
  • Work is a four-letter word
  • What drives us
  • Election lore
  • Evacuation day
  • The first Thanksgiving
  • Don't settle for less
  • 9/11
  • Dutch treats
  • Washington squared
  • Turnstile justice
  • "The Green Book"
  • Thanks for the lift
  • The latest poop
  • Let them eat their words
  • Four-star finale
  • Home, sweet home
  • Just the other day . . .
  • Tusk, tusk
  • For the record
  • The blizzard of '06
  • The melting metaphor
  • My New York ; Hail Tilden High
  • Making it
  • The apartment
  • The other summer of Sam
  • The final confession
  • Taking the boy out of Brooklyn
  • Something to crow about
  • Please don't stop the presses
  • An affair of the heart
  • Next
  • Seen on the subway
  • Brownsville
  • Obama's New York.

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