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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Desus & Mero have turned their Bronx-born friendship into a growing brand. And it's no surprise--tuning in to them is like listening to the funniest, smartest people you know dissect a topic and then light it on fire. Now they've written the most entertaining guide to life you'll ever read, in which all the important questions are asked: How do I talk to my kids about drugs if I do them too? How do I bet on sports? How should I behave in jail? How...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando las hermanas García --Carla, Sandra, Yolanda y Sofía-- y sus padres huyen de la República Dominicana buscando refugio de la persecución política, encuentran un nuevo hogar en los Estados Unidos. Pero el Nueva York de los años sesenta es marcadamente diferente de la vida privilegiada, aunque conflictiva, que han dejado atrás. Bajo la presión de asimilarse a una nueva cultura, las muchachas García se alisan el pelo, abandonan la lengua...
4) Concourse
Author
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996, ©1995
Language
English
Description
Hired to investigate the brutal killing of a security guard at the Bronx Home for the Aged, Bill Smith, with the help of investigator Lydia Chen, uncovers corruption and deception in the retirement home.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A novel of psychological suspense, in which a young woman returns to the quirky Bronx riverfront neighborhood where she grew up, only to find that her mother's house has become a hoarder's nest. As Evie digs into the events of the past few months, a bigger, more sinister story begin to unfold.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Emmy Award winner Ted Danson is back as the angry and difficult, talented and dedicated Dr. Becker in the fifth season of the hit series. This season has romance, a patient with multiple personalities, and nurses Linda and Margaret suspect Becker is either taking drugs or having an affair.
12) Charming Billy
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A young woman, cousin to the late Billy Lynch who has just died of alcoholism, traces the story of his lost love, discovering her own father's role in trying to keep Billy from being hurt by the truth about Eva, and contemplating the effect her father's lie had on the rest of the family.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
℗2002
Language
English
Description
Mary Higgins Clark recounts her early life growing up in New York during the Great Depression; her family's struggle to make ends meet; her days as a scholarship student in an academy for girls; the death of a brother during World War II; and her marriage to Warren Clark, whose untimely death prompted her to begin a career as a writer.-- (Source of description not identified).
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
For over a year the Bronx has been plagued by unexplained disappearances. Raquel does her best to ignore it: after all, the police only look for the white kids. Then her crush Charlize's cousin goes...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s he exhorted Columbia students to burn the university to the ground. Today he's chair of their film division. Jamal Joseph's personal odyssey--from the streets of Harlem to Leavenworth to the halls of Columbia--is as gripping as it is inspiring. Eddie Joseph was a high school honor student, slated to graduate early. But this was the late 1960s in Bronx's ghetto, and Eddie was introduced to the Black Panther Party, just gaining a national...
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the same name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A picture-book celebration of the Bronx with nods to the history, landscape, cuisines, cultures, and activities unique to this vibrant part of New York City"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice. But Mami and Papi are more traditional, and they have far more difficulty adjusting to their new country. Making matters worse, the girls--frequently embarrassed by their parents--find ways to rebel against them.
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