books about: brooklyn (photographs historical motherless)

books about: brooklyn

books:

Last Exit to Brooklyn (An Evergreen book)

66 reviews
Hubert Selby Jr.

Grove Press, 1994

Brutal and Real
I'll be honest: I was scared to read this book. I swore Selby Jr. off after watching "Requiem for a Dream". I couldn't take anything that brutal ever again. But, I found that Hubert Selby, Jr. is impossible to ignore. Obsessing over this book after hearing so much of its notoriety, I caved. I finished it in a little less than two days. What made this book so amazing to me, was that it worked on ...

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

84 reviews
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 2001

The Great Bridge is a Great Book
The Great Bridge is highly interesting, excellently written, and easy to read story of the engineers, politicians, and workers who willingly sacrificed their health and well-being to design and construct the Brooklyn Bridge as an American Icon. At the time the bridge was built, the danger associated with those who worked inside the pressurized foundation caissons caused an unreconized, ...

Brooklyn: A Novel

107 reviews
Colm Toibin

Scribner, 2009

Toibin at His Best!
"Brooklyn" is an absolutely gorgeous piece of writing, my favorite of all Colm Toibin's books to date. I'll spare you having to read yet another synopsis of the story. Instead, I'll simply concur with what Zoe Heller, author of "Notes on a Scandal" and "The Believers" had to say about the book: "Toibin writes about women more convincingly, I think, than any other living male novelist." ...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)

572 reviews
Betty Smith

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn book
I have been collecting old classics, and found this on Amazon. It is a Harper Perennial Classic, in paperback. This novel was written in 1943, but is enjoying a "re-run".

Walking Brooklyn: 30 Tours Exploring Historical Legacies, Neighborhood Culture, Side Streets and Waterways

4 reviews
Adrienne Onofri

Wilderness Press, 2007

A Must!
A friend turned me onto this book after attending a reading (and a mini-walk) by the author. I thought that I already knew Brooklyn, but -- boy! -- was I surprised! Who knew how much I was missing by not looking upwards (which the author, thankfully, reminds us to do constantly) or the history behind buildings that I constantly dismiss, passing them by without a second look and with hardly a ...

The Brooklyn Nine

5 reviews
Alan M. Gratz

Dial, 2009

The Brooklyn Nine
For a non-baseball fan, I sure do read a lot of baseball books. The latest of these is Alan Gratz's The Brooklyn Nine. In 1845 Felix Schneider is a ten-year-old immigrant from Germany. While working to bring the rest of his family over from Germany, he cheers on the NY Knickerbockers. Over 150 years later his great-great-great-great-great grandson, Snider Flint, tracks down the history of a ...

Brooklyn Noir

7 reviews

Akashic Books, 2004

Enthusiastically recommended compendium of original stories
Expertly compiled and edited by Tim McLoughlin, Brooklyn Noir is an enthusiastically recommended compendium of original stories by twenty of today's best writers against the background of Brooklyn -- one of the toughest borough's of New York City. From Coney Island, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Bay Ridge, To Red Hook, Bushwick, Sheepshead Bay, and Park Slope, these are stories enriched with historical ...

Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges and More Got Their Names

12 reviews
Leonard Benardo, Jennifer Weiss

NYU Press, 2006

Brooklyn By Name
So many memories were relived. Some forgotten and some never known about. Lived on Ovington Ave. for years and never knew how it got its name. This is the Brooklyn of my youth and the one I want to remember. I'll share this book along with my memories with my children of how it was in 'the good old days'. Even if you never lived here or visited Brooklyn this book lets you see its history ...

The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (Neighborhoods of New York City)

12 reviews
Professor Kenneth T. Jackson

Yale University Press, 2004

Brooklyn, NY
One of the most accurate portrayals of Brooklyn ever. Accurate neighborhood borders and fantastic descriptions. I was especially fond of Professor John Manbeck's historic "time line" added to this book. Well worth the price!

Motherless Brooklyn

218 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 2000

"Monks and crooks and mooks"
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN is a riff on the hard-boiled noir detective novel (a la Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald, etc.) as told by a thirty-year-old with Tourette's Syndrome, Lionel Essrog by name. Lionel and three other orphans at the St. Vincent Home for Boys in Brooklyn were commandeered by a petty but charismatic criminal, Frank Minna (thus becoming the Minna Men), to carry out ...

Brooklyn Modern: Architecture, Interiors & Design

2 reviews
Diana Lind

Rizzoli, 2008

A pleasant book over and over
This is an awesome and colorful architecture book focusing on all types of design in Brooklyn. I find myself picking it up off the book shelf almost weekly. The photos make for great inspiration and work as individual art pieces all by themselves. Pick it up and you won't be able to put it down :-)

The Brooklyn Cookbook (Knopf Cooks American Series)

9 reviews
Lyn Stallworth, Rod Kennedy Jr.

Knopf, 1991

I Want to Relive Brooklyn!
My youth was spent in Cleveland, Ohio with excellent family cooks that made their own noodles, doughnuts, Christmas cookies, and superb roast pork-sauerkraut dinners. When, as a cook book collector, I began reading this book, I was transferred to the melting pot of America, back to my French/German background of cooking traditions. When I would "come up for air", I was almost sad to return to my ...

Half the Blood of Brooklyn: A Novel

27 reviews
Charlie Huston

Del Rey, 2007

The Best
Fabulous!!! Great! Fun! Outrageous! Never a dull moment, Never a not fun moment, Always a wonderful surprise story and ALWAYS incredible dialog. Left Me Wanting MORE!

Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery

37 reviews
Steve Hindy, Tom Potter

Wiley, 2007

A very good read
By nature, I am not a "reader"... I have a large stack of books that I've picked up over the years to pacify me while traveling. Most still have their respective airline ticket stubs safely marking the spot where I left off reading. So yes, it's a tad ironic that I'm now leaving a book review here... However, I read this cover-to-cover in two (long) evenings (that alone will tell anyone that ...

Made in Brooklyn

3 reviews
Jared Flood

Classic Elite Yarns, 2009

Great original knitwear designs
Now that the leaves are falling and we've had our first little bit of snow here in Maine, it's time to settle down to some serious knitting. What a piece of good luck that one of our favorite knitters has made it so very tempting! Jared Flood's knitting blog, Brooklyn Tweed, showcases his love for good yarn and pleasing design, with gorgeous photography and authoritative writing. Jared's own ...

Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865-1929

3 reviews
William Lee Younger

Dover Publications, 1978

A dazzling collection of photos of Brooklyn.
"Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865-1929" is simply a first-rate collection of selected photographs of my home town from just after The Civil War to the Depression. The text surrounding the photos are just enough to be informative without bogging down the pleasure of turning the pages. And like the other Dover compilation, "New York in the Ninenteenth Century", the quality of the printing ...

Through a Blue Lens: The Brooklyn Dodgers Photographs of Barney Stein, 1937-1957

7 reviews
Dennis D'Agostino, Bonnie Crosby

Triumph Books (IL), 2007

The Brooklyn Dodgers Photographs of Barry Stein
Having only been told of the folklore of the Brooklyn Dodgers from my father, it was a real treat to see new photos of a golden age of baseball. This book captures the essense of baseball in Brooklyn and the love affair of the fans and the players. My Dad's favorite player was Don Newcombe, and there he was putting on his uniform at Ebbet's Field with a huge smile. This book gave me a ...

Brooklyn Then and Now (Then and Now)

8 reviews
Marcia Reiss

Thunder Bay Press, 2002

A great look into Brooklyn's past and present.
Wonderful collection of historical photo's alongside a current day view of the same location. A must have for anyone interested in the history of Brooklyn.

The Brooklyn Follies

93 reviews
Paul Auster

Picador USA, 2010

A great read from start to finish
I loved this book. It was my first Paul Auster novel and I think it encompasses all he has to say. It's an easy read, it flows smoothly from one story to the other with that strong sense of humanity lying behind the pages... it's about death, life, love, friendship, sex, the meaning of life, literature, art, writing, fate, ... You'll love it, too!

Brooklyn: A State of Mind

7 reviews
Michael W. Robbins, Wendy Palitz

Workman Publishing Company, 2001

Love This Book!
I grew up in Brooklyn in the 50s/60s. I now live in Los Angeles but I still miss the old neighborhoods. The stories in this book bring me right back. It's a great read for people who want to reminisce or for someone who would like to get a taste of life in a time of innocence in a place of unparalleled sense of community.