THE CITY Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York's Place Names

Rebecca Bratspies

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Rebecca Bratspies discusses her book, “Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names,” and dig into what our street names say about who gets to write the city’s history. https://t.co/i30OlrtKFw

Paperback, 2023

$23.99Member price:$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

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General Assembly

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9/ @ShelleyBMayer has represented Westchester in the State Senate since 2018 and before that in the Assembly since 2012. She told the Westchester Journal News that it’s her “life’s dream” to serve as attorney general. https://t.co/4C4tSJqMvo https://t.co/ZItkkjkMaw

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Real Estate: 2 Manuscripts in 1 book - Real Estate Investing (Beginners' and Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing)

John James

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22/ Now, with no Dem challenger in sight, James is up against three Republicans still vying to be top lawyer: commercial litigator Michael Henry, attorney and real estate developer Joseph Holland, and litigator John Sarcone. https://t.co/htlU1iPT7g https://t.co/Y5LIGzVkei

Paperback, 2018

$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor

Andrew Kirtzman

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NEW: Biographer Andrew Kirtzman joins @FAQNYC's Weekend Edition to talk about his quarter-century covering “America’s mayor” and the inevitable question: What happened to Rudy Giuliani? https://t.co/RoX7ZiuQyE

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Port Authority

Conor McPherson

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ALE FAIL: Port Authority review finds customers at LGA, JFK & Newark paid "indefensible prices" on airport beers — including a summer ale listed at $28 — that were called out online and by @THECITYNY. https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/5/13/23071029/27-dollars-airport-beer-port-authority-jfk-laguardia-newark?utm_campaign=thecity.nyc&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://t.co/NevtsBLZUq

Paperback, 2001

$11.95Member price:$5.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Intimate City: Walking New York

Michael Kimmelman

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.@kimmelman, author of The Intimate City: Walking New York, comes on the @FAQNYC podcast in the latest installment of @alykatzz's series that asks the big question: What is New York for? Listen here: https://t.co/pd6WAutjar https://t.co/7CzIFDhEQy

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

Gary Weiss

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Gary Weiss, author of Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie, explains how a Kings Highway sales-tax hustle grew into an era-defining media blitz and nine-figure stock fraud before the whole thing collapsed. https://t.co/AP0UZZBc9y

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Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral

Ben Smith

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Ben Smith, the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral, talks with Azi Paybarah about Silicon Alley, the internet of the early 2000s, and why local politics is less scalable than it used to be. https://t.co/9jCpM7yRvj

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