The Heart Of Yonkers

Author : Patricia Vaccarino
Publisher : Modus Operandi Books
ISBN 13 : 9780996349468
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heart of Yonkers written by Patricia Vaccarino and published by Modus Operandi Books. This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the edge of the Hudson River, we travel with fifteen year old Cookie Colangelo into The Heart of Yonkers. Close to the river's edge, it was hot enough to take your clothes off and think about jumping into the water. Cookie has been slow to mature sexually. When her sexual awakening does occur, it's a huge explosion, all-consuming and emotionally powerful. She desperately wants a boyfriend but will not settle for a dumb Yonkers guy. Then she meets Stanley di Falco and falls hard. This Vietnam War Vet has recently returned home. Stanley is vulnerable and trying to come to terms with his own humanity. While Cookie does everything in her power to seduce him, her age is an obstacle to consummating the relationship. Throughout this story, the presence of the river is a brilliant metaphor providing context for unforgettable characters. Meet Jimmy the Midget who owns the Midget Bar on top of hardscrabble Nodine Hill. This popular watering hole is a refuge for working stiffs to drown themselves in the drink and to get solace from a midget who possesses uncanny insight into people. As a ruse to get close to Stanley di Falco, Cookie befriends his mother Bertha Sokól, who is a refugee and survivor of the slaughter at Nowy Targ in Poland. Many characters from the first Yonkers book are back too. They're older but are they wiser? Black B-boy dancer Herman Lynch and his grandmother Mable Kerry continue to be the ballast in Cookie's unstable world. Cookie's parents are stranger and funnier than ever. The Queen Bee of Italian girls Toni Ferlinghetti embarks on a new reign of terror. Ultimately, The Heart of Yonkers is about kissing...well, learning how to kiss, or maybe, it's about much more than kissing.

Author : Patricia Vaccarino
Publisher : Modus Operandi Books
ISBN 13 : 9780996349413
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yonkers Yonkers! written by Patricia Vaccarino and published by Modus Operandi Books. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YONKERS Yonkers! is for Young Adult readers, yet readers of all ages can learn how our turbulent political times have been shaped by our past. Welcome to working class Yonkers circa 1969-71! This coming-of-age story captures Woodstock, the Vietnam War, a bad President in the the White House, chaos and a fundamental breakdown of social order.

Author : Neil Simon
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573693366
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost in Yonkers written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coming of age tale that focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, left in the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. Their desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife. Grandma is a severe, frightfully intimidating immigrant who terrified her children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum who is on the run, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing problem with causes more psychological than physical problems. Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon's earlier Eugene trilogy, Lost in Yonkers climaxes with a dramatic confrontation between embittered mother and lonely daughter that creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.

Author : Patricia Vaccarino
Publisher : Modus Operandi Books
ISBN 13 : 9781736546260
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of a Library written by Patricia Vaccarino and published by Modus Operandi Books. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yonkers Carnegie Library was commonly held to be the most beautiful building in the city. No one seemed to know for sure why it was destroyed. The circumstances that led to the death of the library are steeped in half-truths, incredible lies, and wild rumors that range from political corruption to bumbling incompetence. One rumor focuses on the true intentions of the Mayor of the time, Angelo Martinelli, and his desire to undo the white flight to the east side of Yonkers. Rumors hinting of racism-the area surrounding the library had become increasingly populated with blacks and Puerto Ricans-is also explored as a reason why the library was destroyed. Corruption in Yonkers city government has also been alleged, and while without having a smoking gun, it's hard to prove people took money under the table, the chronic pattern of cronyism is undeniable. Among the rumor mill, claims persist that Angelo Martinelli wanted to build a sleek high-rise tower to replace both the Yonkers City Hall and the library. Other rumors suggest the library was razed to make room for a bridge to New Jersey. Another allegation accuses Yonkers City Council Member Harry Oxman of sacrificing the library to spare his small-time dry cleaning business. And finally, the library itself has been accused of being its own worst enemy. What really happened?

Author : Bill Hayes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635570867
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How New York Breaks Your Heart written by Bill Hayes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Hayes's critically acclaimed memoir Insomniac City provided a first look at his unique street photography. Now he presents an exquisite collection that captures the full range of his work and the magic of chance encounters in New York City. Hayes's "frank, beautiful, bewitching" street photographs "unmask their subjects' best and truest selves" (Jennifer Senior, New York Times): A policeman pauses at the end of a day. Cooks sneak in cigarette breaks. A pair of movers plays cards on the back of a truck. Friends claim the sidewalk. Lovers embrace. A flame-haired girl gazes mysteriously into the lens. And park benches provide a setting for a couple of hunks, a mom and her baby, a stylish nonagenarian . . . How New York Breaks Your Heart reveals ordinary New Yorkers at their most peaceful, joyful, distracted, anxious, expressive, and at their most fleeting--bringing the texture of the city to vivid life. Woven through with Hayes's lyric reflections, these photos will, like the city itself, break your heart by asking you to fall in love.

Author : Walter Dean Myers
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061975028
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monster written by Walter Dean Myers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives. Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. Monster is now a major motion picture called All Rise and starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky. The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem.

Author : Emilie Harel
Publisher : Fantagraphics-Fu
ISBN 13 : 9781683965008
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through the Very Heart of It written by Emilie Harel and published by Fantagraphics-Fu. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accordion-style book unfolds into a stunning 30-foot-long panoramic travelogue of New York.

Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780061234750
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Weird School #18: Mrs. Yonkers Is Bonkers! written by Dan Gutman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something weird is going on! Mrs. Yonkers, the computer teacher, is the nerdiest teacher in the history of the world. She can type with her feet! She buys foam cheeseheads off eBay! She even puts a Webcam on a turtle! Is she trying to take over the planet?

Author : Patricia Vaccarino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935359234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pr for People written by Patricia Vaccarino and published by . This book was released on 2009-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully thought out and well-crafted PR primer gives people all of the pieces they need to create a solid brand identity that will help them to get hired, develop their careers and increase their business. Now, in order to be seen and heard above the din and to reach the right target audiences, everyone must build a solid brand identity. By following the Ps of PRforPeople, you will increase awareness for who you are and what you do. To promote you, your brand, and your business, you must carefully plan all elements of your promotion, which include the following Ps of PRforPeople: Persona, Positioning, Perception, Platform, Planning, Press, Pitching, Partnering, Performance and Persistence. All of these pieces together help to create a brand identity where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts so that your message about who you are and what you do breaks through the clutter in a way that will help to develop your career and increase your business.

Author : N y Board of Trade Yonkers
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017805925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yonkers Illustrated; Issued by the Department of Publicity of the Yonkers Board of Trade .. written by N y Board of Trade Yonkers and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.