Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating and Irrepressible City
Sam Roberts, Author, Pete Hamill, Foreword by , foreword by Pete Hamill. St. Martin's $23.99 (280p) ISBN 978-0-312-38777-8
A staple among readers of the New York Times
, urban affairs correspondent Roberts collects 40 of his podcasts for the Times
Web site—savvy snapshots of the city that prides itself on its restless energy. Roberts (Who We Are Now
) pens snappy
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Sam Roberts. Grand Central, $27.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4555-2596-6
Roberts delivers the story of one of the most famous transportation hubs in the world and how it shaped Midtown Manhattan into the bustling, thriving center of commerce and entertainment it is today. This is also a history of railroads in New York,...
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Sam Roberts, Author Crown Publishers $18 (306p) ISBN 978-0-8129-2192-2
This study by the urban affairs columnist of the New York Times interprets the raw data from the Census Bureau's national census of 1990. The book contains much information that will come as no surprise to most readers: the number of teenage...
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Sam Roberts, Author Times Books $27.5 (304p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7555-7
Expanding and updating Who We Are: a Portrait of America Based on the Latest U.S. Census (1994), New York Times editor Roberts interprets demographics from Census 2000. Since the results of the last census have already been widely interpreted and...
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Sam Roberts. Bloomsbury, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-62040-980-0
New York Times urban affairs correspondent Roberts (A History of New York in 101 Objects) delivers a lively history of 27 architectural structures symbolic of New York City’s progression from Dutch colony to urban colossus. Chosen for their...
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Sam Roberts. Bloomsbury, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-1-62040-978-7
New York Times reporter Roberts (A History of New York in 27 Buildings) delivers an entertaining and informative group biography of essential New Yorkers “whose roles were largely overlooked or, at best, survive as a footnote.” His timeline ranges...
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