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The Lives They Left Behind : Suitcases From A State Hospital Attic

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Darby Penney and Peter Stastny ; with photographs by Lisa Rinzler
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Book, 1st ed, Bellevue Literary Press, 2008
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Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.) · History · Psychiatric hospitals · New York (State) · New York · Psychiatric hospital patients · Biography · Hospitals, Psychiatric · history · History, 20th Century · Mental Disorders · Patients · Penney, Darby · Stastny, Peter
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Strength In What Remains

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Tracy Kidder
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2009
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Niyizonkiza, Deo · Dartmouth Medical School · Biography · Burundian Americans · Immigrants · United States · Genocide · Burundi · History · 20th century · Refugees · New York (State) · New York · Medical students · New York (N.Y.) · Kidder, Tracy
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BROWSING (MAIN) E184.B89 K53 2009 DUE 12-10-09

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Cancer Vixen : A True Story

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Marisa Acocella Marchetto
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Book, 1st ed, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
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?What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds . From raucous New Yorker staff lunches and the star-studded crowd at Silvano?s restaurant to the rainbow pumps Marisa wears to chemotherapy, Cancer Vixen is a total original. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Marchetto, Marisa Acocella · Health · Comic books, strips, etc · Breast · Cancer · Patients · New York (State) · New York · Biography · Comic books, strips, etc · Marchetto, Marisa Acocella
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(UPPER LEVEL) PN6727.A27 C363 2006 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PN6727.A27 C363 2006	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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Lillian Wald : A Biography

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Marjorie N. Feld
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 2008
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Founder of Henry Street Settlement on New York’s Lower East Side as well as the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Lillian Wald (1867-1940) was a remarkable social welfare activist. Challenging the conventional understanding of the Progressive movement as having its origins in Anglo-Protestant teachings, Marjorie Feld offers a critical biography of Wald in which she examines the crucial and complex significance of Wald’s ethnicity to her life’s work. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Wald, Lillian D., · 1867-1940 · Feminists · New York (State) · New York · Biography · Social reformers · Feld, Marjorie N
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(LOWER LEVEL) HQ1413.W34 F45 2008 AVAILABLE

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Pitch Black

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Youme Landowne and Anthony Horton
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Book, 1st ed, Cinco Puntos Press, 2008
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While part of Youme?s art is listening long and hard to the stories of the people she meets, part of Anthony?s is making art out of what most people won?t even look at. With art and words from both of them, they map out Anthony?s world?a tough one from many perspectives, startling and undoing from others, but from Anthony?s point of view, a life lived as art. Youme Landowne (known as Youme) is a painter and book artist who thrives in the context of public art. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Horton, Anthony, · 1968- · Comic books, strips, etc · Homeless persons · New York (State) · New York · Biography · Homeless persons as artists · Homelessness · Comic books, strips, etc · Subways · Social aspects · Youme · Horton, Anthony, 1968-
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) PN6727.Y68 P57 2008 AVAILABLE

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The Cats Of Mirikitani

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a film by Linda Hattendorf ; produced by Lucid Dreaming, Inc. in association with the Independent Television Serivice (ITVS) and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) ; producers, Masa Yoshikawa, Linda Hattendorf ; director, Linda Hattendorf
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Video, Arts Alliance America, 2008
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Mirikitani, Jimmy Tsutomu, · 1920- · Tule Lake Relocation Center · Personal narratives · Homeless men · New York (State) · New York · Biography · Homeless persons as artists · United States · Artists · Art therapy · Japanese Americans · Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 · Psychological aspects · Documentary films · Hattendorf, Linda · Yoshikawa, Masa · Mirikitani, Jimmy Tsutomu, 1920- · Lucid Dreaming (Firm) · Independent Television Service · Arts Alliance America (Firm) · Center for Asian American Media
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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) N6537.M565 C38 2008 AVAILABLE

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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN)	N6537.M565 C38 2008	AVAILABLE

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Banquet At Delmonico’s : How Evolution Conquered Gilded Age America

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Barry Werth
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2009
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As this justification took root as a social, economic, and ethical doctrine, Spencer won numerous influential American disciples and allies, including industrialist Andrew Carnegie, clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and political reformer Carl Schurz. In late 1882, most of the main figures who brought about and popularized these developments gathered at Delmonico?s, New York?s most venerable restaurant, in an exclusive farewell dinner to honor Spencer and to toast the social applications of the theory of evolution. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Spencer, Herbert, · 1820-1903 · Influence · Delmonico’s Restaurant (New York, N.Y.) · History · 19th century · Social Darwinism · United States · 19th century · Human evolution · Social aspects · Social change · Dinners and dining · New York (State) · New York · Intellectuals · Biography · Intellectual life · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Social life and customs · Werth, Barry
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(LOWER LEVEL) HM631 .W47 2009 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HM631 .W47 2009	AVAILABLE

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The Glass Castle : A Memoir

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Jeannette Walls
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Book, 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed, Scribner, 2006
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town — and the family — Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. TO INQUIRE ABOUT SCHEDULING JEANNETTE WALLS FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS PLEASE CONTACT: Keppler Speakers Dustin L. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Walls, Jeannette · Children of alcoholics · United States · Biography · West Virginia · Welch · Problem families · Case studies · Poor · Homeless persons · Family relationships · New York (State) · New York · Walls, Jeannette
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RESERVE BOOK N36-B AVAILABLE

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RESERVE BOOK	N36-B	AVAILABLE

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An Illuminated Life : Belle Da Costa Greene’s Journey From Prejudice To Privilege

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Heidi Ardizzone
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Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton & Co, 2007
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The secret life of the sensational woman behind the Morgan masterpieces, who lit up New York society. Ten years later, she had shaped the famous Pierpont Morgan Library collection and was a proto-celebrity in New York and the art world, renowned for her self-made expertise, her acerbic wit, and her flirtatious relationships. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Greene, Belle da Costa · Berenson, Bernard, · 1865-1959 · Friends and associates · Pierpont Morgan Library · History · African American librarians · New York (State) · New York · Biography · Women library administrators · Manuscripts · Collectors and collecting · Art · Passing (Identity) · United States · Case studies · New York (N.Y.) · Intellectual life · 20th century · Ardizzone, Heidi
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z720.G83 A89 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z720.G83 A89 2007	AVAILABLE

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Identical Strangers : A Memoir Of Twins Separated And Reunited

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Elyse Schein, Paula Bernstein
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2007
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Elyse Schein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn?t until her mid-thirties while living in Paris that she searched for her biological mother. In alternating voices, Paula and Elyse write with emotional honesty about the immediate intimacy they share as twins and the wide chasm that divides them as two complete strangers. Identical Strangers is the amazing story of two women coming to terms with the strange and unbelievable hand fate has dealt them, an account that broadens the definition of family and provides insight into our own DNA and the singularly exceptional imprint it leaves on our lives. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Bernstein, Paula, · 1968- · Schein, Elyse, · Twins · New York (State) · New York · Biography · Sisters · Family relationships · Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) · Paris (France) · Oklahoma · Schein, Elyse, 1968- · Bernstein, Paula, 1968-
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(LOWER LEVEL) CT275.B56545 A3 2007 AVAILABLE

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See You In A Hundred Years : Four Seasons In Forgotten America

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Logan Ward
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Book, BenBella Books, 2007
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To save their marriage and their sanity, the author (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Ward, Logan · Homes and haunts · Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) · Family · Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) · Country life · Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) · Farm life · Virginia · Charlottesville Region · Social life and customs · Biography · New York · Ward, Logan
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(LOWER LEVEL) F232.S5 W27 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F232.S5 W27 2007	AVAILABLE

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Journeys In The Night : Creating A New American Theatre With Circle In The Square : A Memoir

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Theodore Mann
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Book, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2007
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Scott, Vanessa Redgrave, Colleen Dewhurst, James Earl Jones, and Mann himself talking about their experiences at the theatre and includes excerpts of such noted Circle in the Square productions as Death of a Salesman, Mourning Becomes Electra, and The Lady from the Sea. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Mann, Theodore · Circle in the Square (Theater) · Theatrical producers and directors · United States · Biography · Theater · New York (State) · New York · History · Interviews · Mann, Theodore · Musilli, John · Croyden, Margaret
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(UPPER LEVEL) PN2287.M298 A3 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PN2287.M298 A3 2007	AVAILABLE

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Legends Of The Chelsea Hotel : Living With The Artists And Outlaws Of New York’s Rebel Mecca

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Ed Hamilton
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Book, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2007
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Other Chelsea residents past and present who will be included: Ryan Adams, club kid/murderer Michael Alig, Sarah Bernhardt, the Warhol Factory’s Richard Bernstein, Victor Bockris, Charles Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, Lesbian activist Storme DeLarverie, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Janis Joplin, Jack Kerouac, Madonna, Edgar Lee Masters, Arthur Miller, Edie Sedgwick, Sam Shepard, Patti Smith, Dylan Thomas, and Rufus Wainwright. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Hamilton, Ed, · 1968- · Chelsea Hotel · Biography · Artists · New York (State) · New York · Authors · Musicians · Dissenters · Eccentrics and eccentricities · New York (N.Y.) · Intellectual life · Social life and customs · Hamilton, Ed, 1968-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F128.55 .H357 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F128.55 .H357 2007	AVAILABLE

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Dry

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Augusten Burroughs
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Book, 1st ed, St. Martin’s Press, 2003
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when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. At the request (well, it wasn?t really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click and that?s when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Burroughs, Augusten · Alcohol use · Advertising agencies · New York (State) · New York · Novelists, American · 20th century · Biography · Copy writers · United States · Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) · Social life and customs · Burroughs, Augusten
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3552.U745 Z465 2003 AVAILABLE

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Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect : Beaux-arts To Modernism In New York

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Jewel Stern and John A. Stuart
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Book, 1st ed, Norton, 2006
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One of the fabled “three Napoleons” of New York (with Raymond Hood and Ralph Walker) yet almost unknown today, Ely Jacques Kahn had a nearly half-century career, and approximately three dozen of his buildings still grace the New York cityscape. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Kahn, Ely Jacques, · 1884-1972 · Architects · United States · Biography · Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 20th century · Stern, Jewel, 1934- · Stuart, John A
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(UPPER LEVEL) NA737.K3 S74 2006 AVAILABLE

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