Author: Paddy Hirsch
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 076539913X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301

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A riveting historical thriller debut perfect for the fans of Gangs of New York and the works of Caleb Carr.

Author: Paddy Hirsch
Publisher: Corvus
ISBN: 9781786493514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 1531507271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Devil’s Mile tells the rip-roaring story of New York’s oldest and most unique street The Bowery was a synonym for despair throughout most of the 20th century. The very name evoked visuals of drunken bums passed out on the sidewalk, and New Yorkers nicknamed it “Satan’s Highway,” “The Mile of Hell,” and “The Street of Forgotten Men.” For years the little businesses along the Bowery—stationers, dry goods sellers, jewelers, hatters—periodically asked the city to change the street’s name. To have a Bowery address, they claimed, was hurting them; people did not want to venture there. But when New York exploded into real estate frenzy in the 1990s, developers discovered the Bowery. They rushed in and began tearing down. Today, Whole Foods, hipster night spots, and expensive lofts have replaced the old flophouses and dive bars, and the bad old Bowery no longer exists. In Devil’s Mile, Alice Sparberg Alexiou tells the story of the Bowery, starting with its origins, when forests covered the surrounding area, and through the pre–Civil War years, when country estates of wealthy New Yorkers lined this thoroughfare. She then describes the Bowery’s deterioration in stunning detail, starting in the post-bellum years. She ends her historical exploration of this famed street in the present, bearing witness as the old Bowery buildings, and the memories associated with them, are disappearing.

Author: Paddy Hirsch
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 0765399180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Set in 1803 New York, Hudson's Kill is the riveting next historical thriller from NPR reporter and producer Paddy Hirsch, perfect for fans of The Alienist and Gangs of New York. New York in 1803 is rife with tension as the city expands, and whoever knows where the city will build can control it. And violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city’s black and Irish gangs against each other. When a young black girl is found stabbed to death, both Justy Flanagan, now a City Marshal, and Kerry O’Toole, now a school teacher, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy bound up with a criminal enterprise that is stunning in its depravity. Justy and Kerry have to fight to save themselves and the city, and only then can they bring the girl’s killer to justice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author: William Clayton
Publisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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William Clayton's journal; A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original Company of "Mormon" Pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake (1921)

Author: United States. Naval Oceanographic Office
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Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Category : Air-pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 774

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Category : Geodesy
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Languages : en
Pages : 542

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Author: Michael D. Christensen
Publisher: Michael D Christensen
ISBN: 1419619209
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359

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Ninety-five years ago the enormous interplanetary space vehicle, the Pacifica, with a numerous crew, suddenly and inexplicably disappeared as it neared the planet Pluto. None of the probes directed towards the planet after the disaster found any evidence that the vessel and its crew had ever existed. Now, a century later, the wreck of the huge ship has been sighted, lying shrouded in the hazy-black starlight on the Plutonian surface. A shuttle has been fitted for the dangerous journey to the seventh planet, and with three crewmembers aboard, has made the first attempt to reach Pluto since the loss of the Pacifica. As the shuttle approaches the planet, it also 'suddenly and inexplicably' disappears and is lost. Although the crew of three is believed to have perished, they have not, and will carry on with their mission: to determine how the Pacifica met its fate. The truth, however, may be found only beyond reason, or even beyond imagination, and the three astronauts may wish that they never sought answer to this great mystery.