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The Last Bohemia

2012-08-07 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012-08-07
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Book Synopsis The Last Bohemia by : Robert Anasi

Download or read book The Last Bohemia written by Robert Anasi. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former resident describes the transformation of Williamsburg, Brooklyn which went from a gritty industrial district, to an artist's colony, to housing members of the dot-com boom, to an area now known for hipster culture and real-estate development.

The Last Bohemia

2012-08-07 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012-08-07
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Book Synopsis The Last Bohemia by : Robert Anasi

Download or read book The Last Bohemia written by Robert Anasi. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A firsthand account of the swift transformation of Williamsburg, from factory backwater to artists' district to trendy hub and high-rise colony Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is now so synonymous with hipster culture and the very idea of urban revitalization—so well-known from Chicago to Cambodia as the playground for the game of ironized status-seeking and lifestyle one-upmanship—that it's easy to forget how just a few years ago it was a very different neighborhood: a spread of factories, mean streets and ratty apartments that the rest of New York City feared and everyone but artists with nowhere else to go left alone. Robert Anasi hasn't forgotten. He moved to a $300-a-month apartment in Williamsburg in 1994, and watched as the area went through a series of surreal transformations: the warehouses became lofts, secret cocaine bars became sylized absinthe parlors, barrooms became stage sets for inde-rock careers and rents rose and rose—until the local artists found that their ideal of personal creativity had served the aims of global commerce, and that their neighborhood now belonged to someone else. Tight, passionate, and provocative, The Last Bohemia is at once a celebration of the fever dream of bohemia, a lament for what Williamsburg has become and a cautionary tale about the lurching transformations of city neighborhoods throughout the United States.

Hamptons Bohemia

2002-04 Art
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Release : 2002-04
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 769/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Hamptons Bohemia by : Helen Harrison

Download or read book Hamptons Bohemia written by Helen Harrison. This book was released on 2002-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with archival photos and reproductions of the artists' work, "Hamptons Bohemia" chronicles the evolution of a community and the colorful characters who have inhabited it, from Winslow Homer to George Plimpton. 176 full-color and halftone images.

Weird Like Us

2000 Bohemianism
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Release : 2000
Genre : Bohemianism
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Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Weird Like Us by : Ann Powers

Download or read book Weird Like Us written by Ann Powers. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the various subcultures trying to reshape America today, and includes interviews with modern bohemians, who share their views on life.

Spaceman of Bohemia

2017-03-07 Fiction
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Release : 2017-03-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 406/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Spaceman of Bohemia by : Jaroslav Kalfar

Download or read book Spaceman of Bohemia written by Jaroslav Kalfar. This book was released on 2017-03-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery. Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv°zka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he's dreamt of, and a way to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he ventures boldly into the vast unknown. But in so doing, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Lenka, whose love, he realizes too late, he has sacrificed on the altar of his ambitions. Alone in Deep Space, Jakub discovers a possibly imaginary giant alien spider, who becomes his unlikely companion. Over philosophical conversations about the nature of love, life and death, and the deliciousness of bacon, the pair form an intense and emotional bond. Will it be enough to see Jakub through a clash with secret Russian rivals and return him safely to Earth for a second chance with Lenka? Rich with warmth and suspense and surprise, Spaceman of Bohemia is an exuberant delight from start to finish. Very seldom has a novel this profound taken readers on a journey of such boundless entertainment and sheer fun. "A frenetically imaginative first effort, booming with vitality and originality . . . Kalfar's voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks."-Jennifer Senior, New York Times

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