https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(NEW%20%2B%20YORK%20%2B%20STATE%20%2B%20BIOGRAPHY)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20New%20York%20(State)%20--%20Biography%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5409708&CF=BIB When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she'd given up as she left New York, her home of thirty years, she tried to knit herself into the fabric of a changed London. The move raised poignant questions about place: What does it mean to leave the place you have adopted as home and country? And what is the value and cost of uprooting yourself? In a deft mix of memoir and reportage, drawing on literature and art, recent and ancient history, and the experience of encounters with individuals, environments and landscapes in New York City and in England, Mead artfully explores themes of identity, nationality and inheritance. When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she'd given up as she left New York, her home of thirty years, she tried to knit herself into the fabric of a changed London. The move raised poignant questions about place: What does it mean to leave the place you have adopted as home and country? And what is the value and cost of uprooting yourself? In a deft mix of memoir and reportage, drawing on literature and art, recent and ancient history, and the experience of encounters with individuals, environments and landscapes in New York City and in England, Mead artfully explores themes of identity, nationality and inheritance.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mead, Rebecca<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Grove Press UK, 2023.<br />240 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Kentish Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 MEAD - Available - 30111069503398<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5172324&CF=BIB With compassion and curiosity, Elliott uses the story of Dasani to make visible the cycles of poverty, inequity, and resilience that plague families across America. This is a remarkable achievement that speaks to the heart and conscience of a nation. With compassion and curiosity, Elliott uses the story of Dasani to make visible the cycles of poverty, inequity, and resilience that plague families across America. This is a remarkable achievement that speaks to the heart and conscience of a nation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Elliott, Andrea<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2022.<br />754 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />St Pancras Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 362.775692097471 - Available - 30111069401999<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5306693&CF=BIB A news-making biography detailing how 'America's Mayor', once beloved around the world, became a tragic figure, and the driving force behind Donald Trump's biggest scandals. A news-making biography detailing how 'America's Mayor', once beloved around the world, became a tragic figure, and the driving force behind Donald Trump's biggest scandals.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kirtzman, Andrew<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.<br />480 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Kilburn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 GIUL - Available - 30111069486727<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4700076&CF=BIB Bill Cunningham's first love was fashion but the big city came a close second. He left for New York aged 19, losing his family's support but enjoying the infinite luxury of freedom. Living on a scoop of Ovaltine a day, he would run down to Fifth Avenue to feed on the spectacular sights of the window displays - then run back to his tiny studio to work all night. Working as 'William J' (to spare his parent's blushes), Bill became one of the most celebrated hat designers of the 1950s, creating elegant town hats for movie stars and playful beach hats for the summer set. 'Fashion Climbing' is the enchanting memoir he left behind, capturing the madcap times of his early career and the fashion scene of the mid-century. Bill Cunningham's first love was fashion but the big city came a close second. He left for New York aged 19, losing his family's support but enjoying the infinite luxury of freedom. Living on a scoop of Ovaltine a day, he would run down to Fifth Avenue to feed on the spectacular sights of the window displays - then run back to his tiny studio to work all night. Working as 'William J' (to spare his parent's blushes), Bill became one of the most celebrated hat designers of the 1950s, creating elegant town hats for movie stars and playful beach hats for the summer set. 'Fashion Climbing' is the enchanting memoir he left behind, capturing the madcap times of his early career and the fashion scene of the mid-century.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cunningham, Bill, 1929-2016<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2019.<br />xii, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 746.92092 - Available - 30111068983195<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4117872&CF=BIB Peter Daly was nineteen when he left Donegal, bound for America. Nine years later, in 1961, following a stint with the US Army, he joined the New York Police Department. His beat was the Lower East Side of Manhattan during one of the worst crime-waves in the city and, determined to make his mark, Daly was quickly earmarked for promotion to the Special Investigating Unit - the Princes of the City. The SIU played by its own rules and answered to nobody and, in 1970, at the pinnacle of his career, Daly made one of the department's biggest drug bust: 105 kilos of pure heroin and cocaine. But only 100 kilos was surrendered. Peter Daly was nineteen when he left Donegal, bound for America. Nine years later, in 1961, following a stint with the US Army, he joined the New York Police Department. His beat was the Lower East Side of Manhattan during one of the worst crime-waves in the city and, determined to make his mark, Daly was quickly earmarked for promotion to the Special Investigating Unit - the Princes of the City. The SIU played by its own rules and answered to nobody and, in 1970, at the pinnacle of his career, Daly made one of the department's biggest drug bust: 105 kilos of pure heroin and cocaine. But only 100 kilos was surrendered.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Durney, James<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Dublin : Hachette Books Ireland, 2016.<br />304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 363.2092 - Available - 30111068605178<br />West Hampstead Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 363.2092 - Available - 30111068605616<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3649005&CF=BIB 1996. Joanna Rakoff takes a job at one of New York's oldest literary agencies. On her first day, her boss gives her a stern talk about someone named 'Jerry'. She is never to give out Jerry's address or phone number, or talk to reporters about Jerry, or to call him with questions. It is only then she notices an entire wall of books containing myriad editions of the works of J.D. Salinger. Filled with titanic personalities and legendary authors, 'My Salinger Year' is a vivid, funny and charming coming of age story about a young woman trying to find her feet, and her voice. 1996. Joanna Rakoff takes a job at one of New York's oldest literary agencies. On her first day, her boss gives her a stern talk about someone named 'Jerry'. She is never to give out Jerry's address or phone number, or talk to reporters about Jerry, or to call him with questions. It is only then she notices an entire wall of books containing myriad editions of the works of J.D. Salinger. Filled with titanic personalities and legendary authors, 'My Salinger Year' is a vivid, funny and charming coming of age story about a young woman trying to find her feet, and her voice.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Smith Rakoff, Joanna, 1972-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print, 2014.<br />336 pages (large print)<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Large Print - LP 920 BIO - Available - 30111044354313<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3421105&CF=BIB In December 1992, a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and locked in a secret underground dungeon. She was chained by the neck in a coffin-shaped box. She was regularly raped. She thought she would die in that dank, dark hole. But, somehow, she survived to tell the tale. This is her story. In December 1992, a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and locked in a secret underground dungeon. She was chained by the neck in a coffin-shaped box. She was regularly raped. She thought she would die in that dank, dark hole. But, somehow, she survived to tell the tale. This is her story.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Beers, Katherine, 1982-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[London] : Virgin Books, 2013.<br />316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />St Pancras Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 364.154092 - Available - 30111067402015<br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 364.154092 BEE - Available - 30111067401454<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3484833&CF=BIB 'A Snowflake in My Hand' is Samantha Mooney's heartwarming account of the many years she spent working at New York City's famous Animal Centre. In this unforgettable story, Samantha recalls the work of a dedicated team of professionals who, faced with tragic cases of abandonment and often incurable illness among the animals they cared for, somehow managed to find both companionship and laughter in that caring. As she looks back on how the centre became a sanctuary of hope where miracles sometimes happened, she also remembers one special, tiny black cat called Fledermaus who captured her heart and showed her the risks and the rewards of daring to love again. 'A Snowflake in My Hand' is Samantha Mooney's heartwarming account of the many years she spent working at New York City's famous Animal Centre. In this unforgettable story, Samantha recalls the work of a dedicated team of professionals who, faced with tragic cases of abandonment and often incurable illness among the animals they cared for, somehow managed to find both companionship and laughter in that caring. As she looks back on how the centre became a sanctuary of hope where miracles sometimes happened, she also remembers one special, tiny black cat called Fledermaus who captured her heart and showed her the risks and the rewards of daring to love again.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mooney, Samantha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Corgi Books, 2013.<br />151 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 636.808 - Available - 30111067489855<br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 MOON - Available - 30111067489434<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3323648&CF=BIB This narrative describes the experiences of a prominent heart surgeon who lived a double life working at Mount Sinai Hospital by day and providing illegal medical services to members of the Mafia by night. This narrative describes the experiences of a prominent heart surgeon who lived a double life working at Mount Sinai Hospital by day and providing illegal medical services to members of the Mafia by night.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Felber, Ron<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : The Robson Press, 2013.<br />viii, 263 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 364.1092 - Available - 30111067279611<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3330082&CF=BIB Born into one of the New York Mob's feared Five Families, Polisi ran an illegal after-hours gambling den, The Sinatra Club, that was a hangout for up-and-coming mobsters like John Gotti and the three wiseguys immortalised in Goodfellas: Henry Hill, Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone. Yet for Polisi, the glory days spent robbing banks and pulling heists were fleeting. When he was busted, and already sickened by the bloodbath that had engulfed the Mob as it teetered towards extinction, he flipped and became one of a breed he had loathed all his life: a rat. Here, Polisi tells his story of life inside the New York Mob. Born into one of the New York Mob's feared Five Families, Polisi ran an illegal after-hours gambling den, The Sinatra Club, that was a hangout for up-and-coming mobsters like John Gotti and the three wiseguys immortalised in Goodfellas: Henry Hill, Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone. Yet for Polisi, the glory days spent robbing banks and pulling heists were fleeting. When he was busted, and already sickened by the bloodbath that had engulfed the Mob as it teetered towards extinction, he flipped and became one of a breed he had loathed all his life: a rat. Here, Polisi tells his story of life inside the New York Mob.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Polisi, Salvatore, 1945-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2013.<br />xiv, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Camden Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 364.106092 - Available - 30111067299718<br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 364.106092 POLI - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 30111067299577<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2223240&CF=BIB Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, this book reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, this book reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Angelou, Maya<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : ISIS, 2010, c2008.<br />x, 162 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.<br />ISIS large print<br /><br />Kentish Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Large Print - 818.5409 ANGE - Available - 30111042278449<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2128125&CF=BIB Bruce Feiler, bestselling author and award-winning journalist, was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. On learning this, he decided to approach six friends who could each provide advice and support to his young twin daughters through their lives should he die. This book is the inspiring story of what happened next. Bruce Feiler, bestselling author and award-winning journalist, was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. On learning this, he decided to approach six friends who could each provide advice and support to his young twin daughters through their lives should he die. This book is the inspiring story of what happened next.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Feiler, Bruce S.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Sphere, 2010.<br />240 p. : port. ; 21 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 362.19699471 - Available - 30111045194676<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1346544&CF=BIB Lucette Lagnado recreates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Lucette Lagnado recreates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lagnado, Lucette<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : HarperCollins ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2009.<br />368 p. ; 21 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 305.892407471 - Available - 30111045109252<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2074742&CF=BIB This text presents a memoir of the social and sexual lives of New York City's cultural and intellectual elite during the tumultous 1970s. This text presents a memoir of the social and sexual lives of New York City's cultural and intellectual elite during the tumultous 1970s.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>White, Edmund, 1940-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2009.<br />297 p. ; 25 cm.<br /><br />Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WHI - Available - 30111045188678<br />Kentish Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 813.54 GAY - Available - 30111045188686<br />Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 813.54 - Available - 30111042497841<br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 813.54 WHIT - Available - 30111044241239<br />West Hampstead Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 813.54 - Available - 30111045162889<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2109657&CF=BIB Gritty, hard-hitting, and yet so often hilarious, Louis Ferrante's memoir recounts his meteoric rise to the upper echelons of the mafia hierarchy, his time in prison, and his struggle to turn his life around. Gritty, hard-hitting, and yet so often hilarious, Louis Ferrante's memoir recounts his meteoric rise to the upper echelons of the mafia hierarchy, his time in prison, and his struggle to turn his life around.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ferrante, Louis<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print, 2009.<br />432 p. (large print)<br /><br />Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Large Print - 364.1092 FERR - Available - 30111042483676<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1293797&CF=BIB By day Jordan Belfort made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. Here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called 'The Wolf of Wall Street'. By day Jordan Belfort made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. Here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Belfort, Jordan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder, 2008.<br />518 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 332.62092 - Available - 30111045313862<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=149177&CF=BIB A third memoir from the author of the international bestsellers 'Angela's Ashes' and ''Tis', Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City. A third memoir from the author of the international bestsellers 'Angela's Ashes' and ''Tis', Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McCourt, Frank<br />Large print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Bath : Windsor, 2006.<br />336 p. ; 25 cm.<br /><br />Camden Home Library Service - (Camden Libraries) - Large Print - 920 MACC - Available - 30111040505694<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=155741&CF=BIB A third memoir from the author of the international bestsellers 'Angela's Ashes' and ''Tis', Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City. A third memoir from the author of the international bestsellers 'Angela's Ashes' and ''Tis', Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McCourt, Frank<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Bath : Chivers Audio, 2006.<br />8 sound discs (8 hr., 54 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Talking Book - TB - Available - 30111042113786<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=450304&CF=BIB 'The Brotherhoods' is an historic, unprecedented portrait of two brotherhoods - the NYPD and the Mafia - and the two cops who allegedly belonged to both. 'The Brotherhoods' is an historic, unprecedented portrait of two brotherhoods - the NYPD and the Mafia - and the two cops who allegedly belonged to both.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lawson, Guy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York ; London : Scribner, c2006.<br />xiii, 510 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 364.15230922 - Available - 30111042510478<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=244165&CF=BIB 'The Year of Magical Thinking' is an intensely personal and harrowing memoir from revered American essayist and prose stylist Joan Didion. 'The Year of Magical Thinking' is an intensely personal and harrowing memoir from revered American essayist and prose stylist Joan Didion.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Didion, Joan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harper Perennial, 2006.<br />227 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />West Hampstead Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 DIDI - Available - 30111042038850<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=559510&CF=BIB 1966 was the year of Truman Capote. Flush with the success of 'In Cold Blood', he decided to throw a masked ball in honor of 'Washington Post' publisher Katharine Graham at New York's Plaza Hotel. This book chronicles the preparation leading up to the party and, in detail, captures the drama and excitement of the ball itself. 1966 was the year of Truman Capote. Flush with the success of 'In Cold Blood', he decided to throw a masked ball in honor of 'Washington Post' publisher Katharine Graham at New York's Plaza Hotel. This book chronicles the preparation leading up to the party and, in detail, captures the drama and excitement of the ball itself.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Davis, Deborah, 1952-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.<br />x, 293 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 CAPO - Available - 30111041908723<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=200350&CF=BIB Against a backdrop of soda shops, skyscrapers and subways, acclaimed author Livia Bitton-Jackson concludes her autobiographical journey from concentration camp survivor to immigrant teen with her future ahead of her. Against a backdrop of soda shops, skyscrapers and subways, acclaimed author Livia Bitton-Jackson concludes her autobiographical journey from concentration camp survivor to immigrant teen with her future ahead of her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jackson, Livia Bitton<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2005.<br />230 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - Y 974.710049186 - Available - 30111041646422<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2610215&CF=BIB 'The Year of Magical Thinking' is an intensely personal and harrowing memoir from revered American essayist and prose stylist Joan Didion. 'The Year of Magical Thinking' is an intensely personal and harrowing memoir from revered American essayist and prose stylist Joan Didion.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Didion, Joan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Fourth Estate, 2005.<br />227 p. ; 23 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Kentish Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 DIDI - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - 30111041565127<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2994221&CF=BIB In 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the Twin Towers. He made eight crossings in an hour, while 100,000 people watched in the streets of New York. Here, Petit recreates his six-and-a-half-year quest to realize his dream. In 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the Twin Towers. He made eight crossings in an hour, while 100,000 people watched in the streets of New York. Here, Petit recreates his six-and-a-half-year quest to realize his dream.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Petit, Philippe<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber, 2003.<br />xi, 227 p. : ill., facsims., plans, ports. ; 21 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 791.34092 PETI - In-transit from Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock to Swiss Cottage Library (Set: 18 Dec 2015) - 30111039899017<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1707164&CF=BIB An A to Z encyclopedia of Broadway, this volume covers producers, writers, composers, lyricists, set designers, theaters, performers & landmarks. An A to Z encyclopedia of Broadway, this volume covers producers, writers, composers, lyricists, set designers, theaters, performers & landmarks.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bloom, Ken<br />2nd ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York ; London : Routledge, 2003.<br />512 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Reference use only - 792.097471 - Available - 30111040350091<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1215771&CF=BIB When Rick Marin's wife leaves him, the result is a descent into a rakish existence of sexual manoeuvring. This is his memoir about being newly single in New York. When Rick Marin's wife leaves him, the result is a descent into a rakish existence of sexual manoeuvring. This is his memoir about being newly single in New York.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Marin, Rick<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Ebury, 2003.<br />x, 284 p. ; 22 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 MARI - Available - 30111040639600<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=482377&CF=BIB This title evokes everyday life in a New York Jewish family and what it was like to grow up around an old-fashioned family-run restaurant. There are stories about eccentric uncles, gorgeous aunts and millionaire grandfathers. This title evokes everyday life in a New York Jewish family and what it was like to grow up around an old-fashioned family-run restaurant. There are stories about eccentric uncles, gorgeous aunts and millionaire grandfathers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Volk, Patricia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2002.<br />242 p. : ports. ; 21 cm.<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 VOLK - Available - 30111039995377<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2614449&CF=BIB Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy, and it is told here by Eric Homberger. Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy, and it is told here by Eric Homberger.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Homberger, Eric<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2002.<br />336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 974.71041 - Available - 30111040606419<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=658009&CF=BIB Mary Cantwell arrives in Manhattan one summer in the early 1950s with no idea how to live on her own. In this evocative, unflinching book, she recalls the city she knew by revisiting five apartments in which she lived. Mary Cantwell arrives in Manhattan one summer in the early 1950s with no idea how to live on her own. In this evocative, unflinching book, she recalls the city she knew by revisiting five apartments in which she lived.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cantwell, Mary<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Virago, 2001.<br />241p. ; 20 cm.<br />Virago modern classics<br /><br />Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 CANT - Available - 30111040002973<br /> https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1431597&CF=BIB This work is a tribute to the unique character of Quentin Crisp, a flamboyant, gifted and genuine British eccentric and artist. A number of well-known contributors explore Quentin Crisp's life from a variety of angles. This work is a tribute to the unique character of Quentin Crisp, a flamboyant, gifted and genuine British eccentric and artist. A number of well-known contributors explore Quentin Crisp's life from a variety of angles.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bantam, 2000.<br />251p., [8]p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.<br /><br />Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 CRI - Available - 30111038287297<br />