Lowlife

Author : Lucy Sante
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466895632
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Low Life written by Lucy Sante and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic social history of corruption and vice in nineteenth-century NYC: “A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves” (John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review). Lucy Sante’s Low Life is a portrait of America’s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city’s slums; the teeming streets—scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape. Low Life voyages through Manhattan from four different directions. Part One examines the actual topography of Manhattan from 1840 to 1919; Part Two, the era’s opportunities for vice and entertainment—theaters and saloons, opium and cocaine dens, gambling and prostitution; Part Three investigates the forces of law and order which did and didn’t work to contain the illegalities; Part Four counterposes the city’s tides of revolt and idealism against the city as it actually was. Low Life is one of the most provocative books about urban life ever written—an evocation of the mythology of the quintessential modern metropolis, which has much to say not only about New York’s past but about the present and future of all cities.

Author : Alexander Baron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lowlife written by Alexander Baron and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Baethan Balor
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663242313
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outbursts of a Professional Lowlife; Thoughts of a Sober Barfly written by Baethan Balor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I observed no human face other than my own and corresponded with no one this Christmas.

Author : Sam Savage
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0307805093
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firmin written by Sam Savage and published by Delta. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy Finnegans Wake, nurtured on a diet of Zane Grey, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Jane Eyre (which tastes a lot like lettuce). While his twelve siblings gnaw these books obliviously, for Firmin the words, thoughts, deeds, and hopes—all the literature he consumes—soon consume him. Emboldened by reading, intoxicated by curiosity, foraging for food, Firmin ventures out of his bookstore sanctuary, carrying with him all the yearnings and failings of humanity itself. It’s a lot to ask of a rat—especially when his home is on the verge of annihilation. A novel that is by turns hilarious, tragic, and hopeful, Firmin is a masterpiece of literary imagination. For here, a tender soul, a vagabond and philosopher, struggles with mortality and meaning—in a tale for anyone who has ever feasted on a book…and then had to turn the final page. NOTE: This edition does not include illustrations.

Author : Ryan David Jahn
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230765394
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Low Life written by Ryan David Jahn and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘This is the first book I’ve read in two years that has caused me to sit up until the early hours to finish it, and the denouement was as satisfying as those in Earthly Powers, Presumed Innocent, The New City, The Bonfire Of The Vanities, The Deptford Trilogy or any of the other novels that have induced me to start drinking coffee after midnight’ Dylan Jones GQ on The Dispatcher A chilling thriller repackaged in the new brand look Promotional campaign in place for a Ryan David Jahn moment in summer 2012

Author : Liam Gildea
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Life Low Life written by Liam Gildea and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are living with bipolar illness or have a family member with the illness, this book may prove to be of some help. Whilst living with a mental health condition can be extremely difficult it can be a great teacher. By the end of the book you will realise that no mental illness defines you as a person. You're on the cusp of a life worth living, it's just a matter of making the next right step.

Author : Charles Farrell
Publisher : Hamilcar Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781949590418
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book (Low)life written by Charles Farrell and published by Hamilcar Publications. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Low)life is a gripping memoir from Charles Farrell, a world-class jazz musician and onetime fight fixer and gangster. A world-class jazz pianist, Charles Farrell made his living working Mob clubs from the time he was a teenager in the 1960s. He later moved from music to the complex world of professional boxing, managing dozens of fighters, including the former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks and the former gang leader Mitch "Blood" Green, who famously went toe-to-toe with Mike Tyson--once in the ring and once in the street. A fight-fixer and gangster, Farrell ran afoul of New York mobsters in the 1990s, and fled to a farm in Puerto Rico, coming home only after an aging boxing legend brokered his safe return. Retired from the fight game, he returned to jazz and, among other collaborators, played frequently with his friend, Ornette Coleman, the godfather of "Free Jazz" and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. (Low)life is a singular book by a singular man.

Author : Jeremy Clarke
Publisher : Short Books
ISBN 13 : 9781907595516
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Low Life written by Jeremy Clarke and published by Short Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy Clarke made his girlfriend pregnant, resigned from his job as a refuse collector, resigned his church membership, sold his house, went to the Democratic Republic of Congo, then came back altered. Now the author of the 'Low Life' column in the Spectater, Clarke tells his story.

Author : Milan Melvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986377006
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Highlights of a Lowlife written by Milan Melvin and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Milan Melvin was one of the most fascinating figures out of the sixties. In fact, a case could be made that he helped to shape the time of our lives. Peter Laufer is one of the sharpest journalists out of the sixties. In one of his last major decisions, Milan asked Peter to help him tell his story. Together they do, and it is one for the ages. Light up, buckle up and enjoy the flight. " -- Ben Fong-Torres "In a world of posers, Milan was the rare real thing. An adventurer and a strong friend. My friend. " -- David Crosby "When Milan Melvin rose point astride his iron palomino Harley, our caravan slept easy in the sixties, knowing he had one eye on the bad guys and heaven in his holster. " -- Wavy Gravy "Lean, lanky, self-contained, charming, and a natural gentleman - one of a dying breed even then. " -- Joan Baez Milan Melvin was a driven, elusive, creative, lovable adventurer who colored the lives of all around him. His many-faceted career started with a stint as an undercover operator for the FBI at UC Berkeley - until he started falsifying reports. He went on to trade Native American jewelry, import marijuana, hang with Hell's Angels, co-found alternative radio - notably the legendary KSAN San Francisco - work on films, produce music, befriend Janis Joplin, and marry Mimi Farina, the sister of Joan Baez, who wrote her very first song about him. Leaving America for 10 years, he lived with Tibetan Khampa guerrillas, funded a daycare center for Tibetan refugee children in Nepal, smuggled gems out of India, Burma and China, and manufactured jewelry in Thailand, before settling in Bali. On his return, Milan worked with film director Carl Gottlieb on "Caveman," appeared on "Saturday Night Live," produced TV shows and managed the acting career of former Oakland Raider John "Tooz" Matuszak. Returning to charitable work, he and his wife Georgeanne raised and funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of medical and material aid to anti-government organizations during El Salvador's civil war. In his last decade Milan lived with his wife in seclusion in Wolf Creek, Oregon, before moving to Mexico for his final adventures.

Author : Ed Brubaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891830204
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Complete Lowlife written by Ed Brubaker and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty and poignant, this collection of semi-autobiographical tales focuses on love, despair, lost friendships, and the murky morality of stealing from work. Known for being one of the funniest series ever published in comics form, Lowlife dissects the Slacker / Generation X lifestyle from the inside out, bringing a great amount of humanity to the process along the way.