Eppendorf

City Lights

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:City LightsISBN13:9780312538910ISBN10:031253891XAuthor:Barry, Dan (Author)Description:With A Poet's Clear Eye And A Journalist's Curiosity About How A City Works, Dan Barry Shows Us New York As No Other Writer Has Seen It Evocative, Intimate, Piercing, And Often Funny, The Essays In City Lights Capture Everyday Life In The City At Its Most Ordinary And Extraordinary Wandering The City As A Columnist For The New York Times, Barry Visits The Denizens Of The Fulton Fish Market On The Eve Of Its Closing; Journeys With An Obsessed Guide Through The Secret Underground Of Abandoned Subway Stops, Tunnels, And Aqueducts; Touches Down In Bars, Hospitals, Churches, Diners, Pools, Zoos, Memorabilia-Stuffed Apartments, At Births And Funerals, The Places Where People Gather, Are Welcomed, Or Depart; Talks To The Ex-Athlete Who Caught The Falling Baby, The Performance Artist Who Works As A Mermaid, The Octogenarian Dancers Who Find Quiet Joy In Their Partnership, And The Guy Who Waves Flags Over The Cross-Bronx Expressway To Wish Drivers Safe Passage Along The Way, Barry Offers Glimpses Of New York's Distant And Recent Past He Explains Why The Dust-Coated Wishbones Hanging Above The Bar At Mcsorley's Old Ale House Belong To The Doughboy Ghosts Of World War I He Recalls A Century Of Grandeur At The Plaza Hotel Through The Tales Of Longtime Doormen Who Will Soon Be Out Of A Job He Finds That An Old Man's Quiet Death Opens Back Into A Past That The Man Had Spent His Life Denying And, From The Vantage Of The Circle Line Cruise Around Manhattan, He Joins Tourists As They Try To Make Sense Of Still-Smoldering Ruins In Lower Manhattan Three Weeks After September 11, 2001 Each Story In City Lights Illuminates New York, As It Was And As It Is: Always Changing, Always Losing And Renewing Parts Of Itself, Every Street Corner An Opportunity For Surprise And Revelation In This Evocative, Intimate, Piercing, And Often Funny Collection Of Stories, New York Times Reporter And Columnist Barry Discovers New York City At Its Most Ordinary And Most Extraordinary Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLPublication Date:2009-03-31Weight:0.9 lbsDimensions:0.9'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.5'' WNumber of Pages:297Language:English

Price: 18.98 USD

Location: USA

End Time: 2024-02-06T13:52:12.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD

Product Images

City Lights

Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Return policy details:

Book Title: City Lights : Stories about NY

Item Length: 8.5in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 5.5in

Author: Dan Barry

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: General, Customs & Traditions, Essays, Sociology / Urban

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Year: 2009

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, Social Science

Item Weight: 14.5 Oz

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Recommended

City Lights: Urban-Suburban - Paperback, by Phillips E. Barbara - Acceptable
City Lights: Urban-Suburban - Paperback, by Phillips E. Barbara - Acceptable

$8.79

View Details
Interventions (City Lights Open Media) - Paperback By Chomsky, Noam - GOOD
Interventions (City Lights Open Media) - Paperback By Chomsky, Noam - GOOD

$4.20

View Details
Dated Emcees (City Lights/Sister Spit) - Paperback By Hodge, Chinaka - GOOD
Dated Emcees (City Lights/Sister Spit) - Paperback By Hodge, Chinaka - GOOD

$4.36

View Details
Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice - Paperback - VERY GOOD
Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice - Paperback - VERY GOOD

$9.22

View Details
Very very old paper CITY LIGHTS Bookstore bag LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Beatnik poet
Very very old paper CITY LIGHTS Bookstore bag LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Beatnik poet

$15.00

View Details
City Lights (Criterion Collection) [New Blu-ray]
City Lights (Criterion Collection) [New Blu-ray]

$32.79

View Details
Paroles: Selected Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) (Fre - VERY GOOD
Paroles: Selected Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) (Fre - VERY GOOD

$4.87

View Details
Mikasa City Lights Red Votive Candle Holder Heavy Lead Crystal Christmas Decor
Mikasa City Lights Red Votive Candle Holder Heavy Lead Crystal Christmas Decor

$15.00

View Details
San Francisco City Lights Hoodie Top Orange Salmon Size Large Pullover  NEW
San Francisco City Lights Hoodie Top Orange Salmon Size Large Pullover NEW

$14.00

View Details
Charlie Chaplin City Lights CD
Charlie Chaplin City Lights CD

$10.00

View Details