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Brooklyn Legacies

2019-12-03 Fiction
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Release : 2019-12-03
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 365/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn Legacies by : Triss Stein

Download or read book Brooklyn Legacies written by Triss Stein. This book was released on 2019-12-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Next in the Erica Donato Mystery Series Murder strikes the neighborhoods of Brooklyn—the hip, the historic, and the hood The search for a lost portrait of Brooklyn's own genius Walt Whitman sends urban historian and curator of mysteries Dr. Erica Donato into Brooklyn Heights, a neighborhood of quaint and charming streets, family names out of history, and spectacular views of the harbor and the world-famous bridge. New York's first suburb has long weathered political battles about neighborhood preservation and destruction. Is a new one shaping up? Erica meets an idol, fiery community activist Louisa Gibbs, now locked in a dispute with the Watch Tower Society. One of Brooklyn's biggest landowners, the Jehovah's Witnesses are selling off their holdings. Then at a glittering party, Erica meets the threatening Prinzig clan who are trying to buy the Witness's property adjoining Louisa's historic home. The discovery of the Society's Daniel Towns' body in the Witnesses' underground tunnels reignites old conflicts. Erica learns Louisa has made bitter enemies in her time while she becomes steadily better acquainted with a collection of characters young and old, sane and not-so-sane, living and dead. They all carry bitter secrets and old enmities. The beautiful setting only hides them. Can Erica use her research expertise to expose a killer? When curator of mysteries Dr. Erica Donato takes on a case in the historical neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, she finds herself facing long-buried, deadly secrets. Can she find answers before more people fall victim to the sins of the past? This intricately woven, Brooklyn-led mystery is: Perfect for fans of Laura Lippman and Reed Farrell Coleman For readers who enjoy New York City based mysteries

Walking Brooklyn

2010-01-01 Travel
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Release : 2010-01-01
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 585/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Walking Brooklyn by : Adrienne Onofri

Download or read book Walking Brooklyn written by Adrienne Onofri. This book was released on 2010-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrienne Onofri has created an exceptional guide to and through Brooklyn’s most interesting and notable neighborhoods, providing a mix of information about culture, history, architecture, places to eat, venues to visit, and more. From a walk through the Russian-influenced Brighton Beach, to the expansive Prospect Park, and out to Red Hook, Walking Brooklyn reveals the many layers and sites of Manhattan’s lesser-known neighbor. This two-color book features 30 routes, a clear neighborhood map for each walk, black-and-white photographs, and critical public transportation information for every trip. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a “Points of Interest” section outlines each walk’s highlights.

Bernie's Brooklyn

2020-05-13 Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Release : 2020-05-13
Genre : Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Book Rating : 405/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Bernie's Brooklyn by : Theodore Hamm

Download or read book Bernie's Brooklyn written by Theodore Hamm. This book was released on 2020-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernie Sanders' tilt at the US presidency has come under fire from an establishment that derides his social democratic policies as alien to the American way. But, as Ted Hamm reveals in this engaging and concise history, the sort of socialism Bernie advocates was commonplace in the Brooklyn where he grew up in the 1940s and 50s. Policies like free college tuition, rent control, and infrastructure projects including extensive public housing, parks and swimming pools were part of the New Deal city run by a progressive Mayor, Fiorello La Guardia, and supported by FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Arthur Miller, resident in Brooklyn Heights, was staging Death of a Salesman, a play with which Bernie's dad closely identified, Woody Guthrie was penning his paeans to the American worker in Coney Island and Jackie Robinson was breaking the color bar on Ebbets Field in a Dodgers team yet to be relocated in California. Drawing deeply on interviews with his brother and friends, and delving skillfully into the history of the borough, Bernie's Brooklyn shows how, far from being an anomaly in US politics, Sanders' 2020 platform is rooted firmly in the progressivism of the New Deal.

Walking Brooklyn

2010-06 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2010-06
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 320/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Walking Brooklyn by : Adrienne Onofri

Download or read book Walking Brooklyn written by Adrienne Onofri. This book was released on 2010-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brooklyn is comprised of dozens of vibrant neighborhoods, each with its own distinctive quality and history. But for most people, New York City is synonymous with Manhattan, and until recently few visitors have ventured beyond the famous Brooklyn ...

Brooklyn Wars

2017-08-01 Fiction
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Release : 2017-08-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 208/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Brooklyn Wars by : Triss Stein

Download or read book Brooklyn Wars written by Triss Stein. This book was released on 2017-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stein's sure hand weaves history and mystery together for a colorful tale of love, loss, greed, and murder." —Publishers Weekly From the earliest days of the Republic until the administration of LBJ, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was, proudly, both an arsenal of democracy, in FDR's words, and the creator of 70,000 local jobs. In time it became best known as the scary place New Yorkers had to locate to rescue their impounded cars. And then it came back to life, but not without a war. A public meeting becomes a battleground over plans to redevelop the once-proud Brooklyn Navy Yard. Local residents clamor for their own agenda in redeveloping 300 acres overlooking a sparkling downtown Manhattan, while business and real estate experts argue and city officials cower. Erica Donato, still writing her PhD dissertation about changes in city neighborhoods, witnesses the shocking murder of a power-broker that night on the Yard's condemned Admirals' Row. Erica uncovers the dead man's complicated history with the Yard, with his road to wealth and a high-flyer lifestyle, and with his wives and mistresses. When her daughter, Chris, visits her father's relatives for a family history project, Erica goes along, and learns that the Donato clan was involved in the Navy Yard's glory days and its slow, politics-ridden death. The story of Aunt Philomena, tall and blond, one of the proud Brooklyn girls who built ships in the Yard during World War II, captivates her. After the U.S. victory these women were told to give their jobs back to the men coming home. Philomena, so strong, so happy, mysteriously faded away and died young. Under pressure to drop her chapter on the Naval Yard and finish her PhD dissertation on a final deadline, as well as from the police to step aside for safety, Erica once again discovers "what's past is prologue" to murder...and to her life.

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