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The New York Times Best Sellers (Non-Fiction) – August 25, 2024


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English | 2024 | 15 Books | EPUB | 360 Mb
The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company.

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Public Housing That Worked New York in the Twentieth Century


Free Download Nicholas Dagen Bloom, "Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century"
English | ISBN: 0812220676 | 2009 | 368 pages | PDF | 20 MB
When it comes to large-scale public housing in the United States, the consensus for the past decades has been to let the wrecking balls fly. The demolition of infamous projects, such as Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis and the towers of Cabrini-Green in Chicago, represents to most Americans the fate of all public housing. Yet one notable exception to this national tragedy remains. The New York City Housing Authority, America’s largest public housing manager, still maintains over 400,000 tenants in its vast and well-run high-rise projects. While by no means utopian, New York City’s public housing remains an acceptable and affordable option.

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Transfigured New York Interviews with Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990


Free Download Brooke Wentz, "Transfigured New York: Interviews with Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990 "
English | ISBN: 0231210884 | 2023 | 400 pages | PDF | 81 MB
Transfigured New York presents conversations with iconic, genre-bending artists who shaped the sounds of experimental movements like no wave, avant-jazz, and electronic music. As an undergrad in the 1980s, Brooke Wentz hosted the show Transfigured Night on Columbia University’s WKCR-FM, discussing art and ideas with avant-garde music luminaries. She unearths these candid interviews―heard before only when first broadcast―from cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes, letting readers today feel the excitement and creative energy of the 1980s New York underground scene.

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Art Monster On the Impossibility of New York


Free Download Marin Kosut, "Art Monster: On the Impossibility of New York"
English | ISBN: 0231186746 | 2024 | 256 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Why do people choose the life of an artist, and what happens when they find themselves barely scraping by? Why does New York City, even in an era of hypergentrification, still beckon to aspiring artists as a place to make art and remake yourself?

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Unknown New York An Artist Uncovers the City’s Hidden Treasures


Free Download Unknown New York: An Artist Uncovers the City’s Hidden Treasures by Jesse Richards
English | September 10th, 2024 | ISBN: 1523524111 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 29.13 MB
An intrepid and gifted artist uncovers and illustrates more than 100 surprising, enchanting, and sometimes downright bizarre nooks and crannies that make New York such a compelling city.

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The New York Times Best Sellers (Non-Fiction) – August 18, 2024


Free Download The New York Times Best Sellers (Non-Fiction) – August 18, 2024 by New York Times
English | 2024 | 15 Books | EPUB | 374 Mb
The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company.

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The New York Times Best Sellers (Fiction) – September 8, 2024


Free Download The New York Times Best Sellers (Fiction) – September 8, 2024 by New York Times
English | 2024 | 15 Books | EPUB | 46 Mb
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication. The best-seller list has been ongoing since April 9, 1942.

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