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This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past.

In the 1970s, Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in over a million dollars a day. He lived a glamorous life, hobnobbing with athletes, musicians, and politicians, but Lucas was a ruthless gangster. He was notorious for using the coffins of dead GIs to smuggle heroin into the United States, and, before being sentenced to 70 years in prison, he played a major role in the near death of New York City.

Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century, and when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and codirector of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.

A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.

The Sun and the Moon tells the delightful and surprisingly true story of how a series of articles in the Sun newspaper in 1835 convinced the citizens of New York that the moon was inhabited. Purporting to reveal discoveries of a famous British astronomer, the series described such moon life as unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and four-foot-tall flying man-bats. It quickly became the most widely circulated newspaper story of the era.

From paddy wagon to rush hour, New York City has given us a number of our popular words and phrases, along the way fashioning a recognizable dialect all its own. Often imitated and just as often ridiculed, New York English has its own identity, imbued with the rich cultural history of (as New Yorkers tell it) the greatest city in the world. In You Talkin' to Me?, E. J. White explores the hidden history of English in New York City - a history that encompasses social class, immigration, culture, economics, and, of course, real estate.

Since its first issue on October 10, 1896, The New York Times Book Review has brought the world of ideas to the reading public. It is the publication where authors have been made, and where readers first encountered the classics that have enriched their lives. Now the editors have curated the Book Review’s dynamic 125-year history, which is essentially the story of modern American letters. Brimming with remarkable reportage, this book collects interesting reviews, never-before-heard anecdotes about famous writers, and spicy letter exchanges.

Mastering the Seven Decisions guides listeners to a profound understanding of how to fully integrate seven life-changing decisions into their daily lives. The responsible decision, the guided decision, the active decision, the certain decision, the joyful decision, the compassionate decision, and the persistent decision.

Drie eeuwen lang spraken overal in de staten New York en New Jersey mensen de Tawl, de Amerikaanse versie van het Nederlands. Het was een overblijfsel van de tijd waarin New York nog Nieuw-Amsterdam heette en je zonder het Nederlands nergens kwam aan de oostkust van Amerika. In De Tawl gaat historicus Philip Dröge al fietsend over Amerikaanse wegen op zoek naar wat er nu nog over is van dat Nederlandstalige verleden. Het resultaat is een opmerkelijk verhaal over de Nederlandse oorsprong van woorden als 'OK' en 'dope' en over gekke rechters, slavernij, komieken en oplichters.

Teaching should never be color-blind. In her compelling and unapologetic memoir, Teaching While Black: A New Voice on Race and Education in New York City, teacher and writer Pamela Lewis urges her fellow educators not only to acknowledge race but to consider both the traumatic and healing impact that curriculum, pedagogical practice, and social interaction can have on students and colleagues of color.

In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a 20-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable to help them. Freddy runs a drug ring for his incarcerated brother; Nee-cole is homeschooled on the subway by her brilliant homeless mother; Byron's Ivy League dream is dashed because he is undocumented. In the end, Boland isn't hoisted on his students' shoulders and no one passes AP anything.

Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, All Day recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and an actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths.

John Jay was a master statesman and strategic diplomat who associated with all the great men of his day in the mid-18th century. However, his contemporaries said that he was modest and humble. They indicated that they could be at a party or gathering and guests had to coax him into discussing his role during the American Revolution or as the first Supreme Court Justice of the new nation.

You are no doubt a busy individual with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to read your New York State Notary Public study materials in preparation for the notary exam. However, the truth is that the New Your State Notary Public Examination is a challenging test. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Given the difficulties of the exam, thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Jorge Miranda developed the New York State Notary Public Exam Test Study Guide!

You are no doubt a busy individual with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to read your New York State Notary Public study materials in preparation for the notary exam. However, the truth is that the New Your State Notary Public Examination is a challenging test. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Given the difficulties of the exam, thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Jorge Miranda developed the New York State Notary Public Exam Test Study Guide!

Given the difficulties of the exam, thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Jorge Miranda developed the New York State Notary Public Exam Test Study Guide! This edition is a complete review & practice questions edition that reviews all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam. It contains hundreds of practice questions! You can listen to it wherever life takes you!

Introducing the definitive guide to conquering the New York Real Estate License Exam, your one-way ticket to a lucrative and fulfilling career in real estate. Whether you're a first-time test-taker or have faced setbacks, this book is your ultimate resource for guaranteed success.

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I’m 34 years old and I still play games. New York Times’daki bu ilginç makalede “hala bilgisayar oyunları oynayan çoluk çocuk sahibi insanlar” anlatılmış ? Sit back and listen up! And then play some Candy Crush.

In dieser Ausgabe 9/24 von Spotlight Audio: Unternehmen Sie eine persönliche Tour durch das Broadway-Theaterviertel in New York City. Treffen Sie eine Hochzeitsplanerin aus Reno, Nevada, die über Herausforderungen und Erfolge bei der Planung der perfekten Hochzeit berichtet. Lernen und üben Sie die Verwendung von Konditionalsätzen im Arbeitsleben.