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The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006
The Rejection Collection
The Rejection Collection is a must for any book lover's collection. The concept of this book is particularly appealing - a glimpse into a cartoon artist's mind and into the standards of the New Yorker. By reading The Rejection Collection, you will have the rare ...
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Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001
Precision or the Sanctity of Superfluous Civilization
PARIS TO THE MOON is a collection of essays by a NEW YORKER writer. Gopnik and his wife moved to Paris in 1995. When a young teen, he visited Paris in 1773. After the couple's child was born in 1994 they endeavored to fulfill Adam's desire to live in Paris while ...
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The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006
Sophisticated humor at its best
I bought this book because last year I bought a New Yorker cartoons page-a-day calendar and enjoyed all 365 days of thought-provoking, timely humor. When my book arrived, I decided to savor the humor by reading four pages of cartoons every night before bed; sometimes, ...
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Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
Random House, 2007
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
Witty, insightful and you can pick it up anytime for a good read. A must for the beside or a carry-on for that long flight. The best of the New Yorker is simply the best you can get.
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Up in the Old Hotel
Joseph Mitchell
Vintage, 1993
Some of the greatest journalistic writing ever written
This writing puts you right into a time and a place and makes it real.. This is one of the most charming collection of writings I have read so far.. Joseph mitchell's characters of New york are so endearing.. From irish saloon keepers to gypsys to stubborn old men who ...
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The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine (Book & 8 DVD-ROMs)
Random House, 2005
this version is outdated!
Buy the 9 DVD set directly from the New Yorker at half the price. I discovered this AFTER I bought from Amazon and when I pointed this out, they were of no help. Amazon basically told me it was my problem - caveat emptor!
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The Portable Dorothy Parker (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Dorothy Parker
Penguin Classics, 2006
My How You've Groan
Bless you Penquin Books and Marion Meade for rehabilitating this must-own book, and presenting us with such value and quality. I bought two copies, and gifted the second to a friend...he is a virgin to Mrs. Parker, about which if she were still with us would have done ...
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The New Yorker Book of Teacher Cartoons
Bloomberg Press, 2006
GREAT Teacher gift
I gave this book to my kids' teachers as well as to several family members. I have never had such enthusiastic thank you's from not just one, but 4 teachers! The book is clever and thoughtful and appreciated by the profession.
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Let's See: Writings on Art from The New Yorker
Peter Schjeldahl
Thames & Hudson, 2008
The New Yorker art critic
Schjeldahl's accumulation of reviews from the renaissance to recent contemporary art is a fun read once you get past the author's rather pedantic writing style. I don't think I have ever encountered "insouciance" more frequently in my life. His interview with ...
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The Cheap Bastard's Guide to New York City, 4th: A Native New Yorker's Secrets of Living the Good Life--for ...
Rob Grader
Globe Pequot, 2008
A must for any visitor or new resident on a budget.
If ever there was a city where it pays to be cheap, it'd be in New York, one of the most expensive cities in the world - and from a native New Yorker comes a book which packs in over a thousand listings of free opportunities to be found there, from wine tastings and ...
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New Yorker's New York City Five Borough Map
Opus Publishing, New Yorker's Maps
Opus Publishing, 2007
Most detailed map of NYC ever!
Since I moved to NYC, I have never left home without this. It is a real life-saver. You get every street in NYC labeled plus the subway lines that stop there in a clear, colorful map. I spent an hour looking through different maps at a bookstore, and this is the best ...
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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
Marion Meade
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989
Well Researched and Engrossing
This is a big book, and I took it everywhere with me for about a week until I finished it. I couldn't believe the depth of detail the author manages to pull off; the research must have taken years. Although I knew going in that it didn't have a happy ending, I was ...
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A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York (ArtPlace series)
Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
Roaring Forties Press, 2005
A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York
This book provides an armchair walking tour of the meaningful places for the writer Dorothy Parker in NYC. It is also an excellent accompaniment to the Portable Dorothy Parker.
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The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons (New Yorker Book of Cartoons) (New Yorker Book of Cartoons)
Bloomberg Press, 2002
The Perfect Gift!!!
I searched and searched for a present for my golf-mad boyfriend, and this was by far the best golf book I could have bought him. Even I enjoy and can relate to the cartoons, fantastic buy and sits proudly on his bookshelf.
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Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker (Modern Library Paperbacks)
Modern Library, 2001
Delightful and Revealing Profiles
Hemingway, Baryishnikov, and Henry Luce are the subjects of some of my favorite celebrity profiles in this wonderful book. But topping my list is "Man Goes to See a Doctor", the awesome Adam Gopnik's sweet and funny rendering of his shrink. Here's a snippet: "Your ...
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