Download or read book Adventures in Brooklyn and Queens of Alfred Hambie and Wife Theresa written by Alfred S. Hamby and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A husband and wife team up to fight crime in four neighborhoods in Manhattan- Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Soho and Tribeca and they organize an investigation group of crime fighters and captains throughout fifteen (15) neighborhoods in Manhattan from Inwood, upper Manhattan to Battery Park in lower Manhattan. The utter destruction of the Statue of Liberty by terrorists was accidentally solved by the group that had brought themselves notoriety and more busy

Download or read book Trouble in Flatbush written by Arthur J. Levy and published by Arthur Levy. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a funny and nostalgic biography of place of 1948-50 Brooklyn in sharp detail through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy whose adventures and schemes invariably lead to intrigue and trouble.

Download or read book Subway Adventure Guide New York City written by Kyle Knoke and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Subway Adventure Guide: New York City, residents and tourists alike gain access to off-the-beaten-path adventures in a compact guidebook format and see the New York City that's not featured on postcards sold all over Manhattan. Each of the roughly three dozen end-of-the-line destinations spread out over New York City's five boroughs included in this easy-to-use guide, from restaurants and bars to landmarks and museums, are highlighted in great detail by authors Kyle Knoke and Amy Plitt—what to order, what to see, and how to get there. For even better exploring, each destination is organized by the more than 30 subway lines that run through the city, including handy maps with street names. From delighting in a little-known ethnic restaurant to admiring a local landmark, each adventure contained in this photo-packed pocket guide reveals a new hidden gem of the city. Van Cortlandt Park. Far Rockaway. Bay Ridge. Flatbush Avenue. Subway Adventure Guide: New York City takes you away from the tourist traps and closer to a genuine New York City experience.

Download or read book Two Wheels South written by Matias Corea and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on the trip of a lifetime. Two Wheels South shows you how to realize your own journey. Two friends take the motorcycle trip of their life--From Brooklyn to Patagonia. Matias Corea shares his insights on how to prepare, choose the right motorcycle, what to pack, how to plan the route, where to camp and last but not least: How to prepare your mind. Setbacks and breaking down are part of the adventure, but preparation and being on the road teach you the confidence to tackle any problem. Follow Matias Corea and his friend Joel through the American South, Central America over the Darien Gap and beyond, over wooden cracking jungle bridges in Colombia and to dry lake high plateaus in Argentina. Feel the character of the roads and the smell of nature: Riding a motorcycle is one of the purest forms of traveling. After 7 months and 13 countries Matias and Joel have learned a lot while riding down south on their trusty BMW air-cooled G / S overland haulers and are ready to share their experience. Two Wheels South invites you on the experience of a lifetime.

Download or read book Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Walking Brooklyn written by Adrienne Onofri and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrienne Onofri has created an exceptional guide to and through Brooklyn’s most interesting and notable neighborhoods, providing a mix of information about culture, history, architecture, places to eat, venues to visit, and more. From a walk through the Russian-influenced Brighton Beach, to the expansive Prospect Park, and out to Red Hook, Walking Brooklyn reveals the many layers and sites of Manhattan’s lesser-known neighbor. This two-color book features 30 routes, a clear neighborhood map for each walk, black-and-white photographs, and critical public transportation information for every trip. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a “Points of Interest” section outlines each walk’s highlights.

Download or read book Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure written by Eva Chen and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instagram superstar Eva Chen is back with Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure, featuring illustrations by Derek Desierto in a story that’s equal parts fashion fairy tale and guide to girl power. This format is designed to be read on color devices and cannot be read on black-and-white e-readers. It’s school picture day and Juno Valentine is having a fashion emergency! Her mom wants her to wear fabulous florals, her dad wants her to wear rainbow ruffles, but Juno’s not sure what to choose. And just when Juno thinks her conundrum couldn’t get any more complicated, her little brother, Finn, disappears into the magical hall of shoes! In an epic chase through time, Juno gets some help from female icons like Simone Biles, Audrey Hepburn, Annie Oakley, and Michelle Obama. Along the way, she discovers the self-confidence she needs to express herself in her own magical way.

Download or read book The Beast Side written by D. Watkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Seller! To many, the past 8 years under President Obama were meant to usher in a new post-racial American political era, dissolving the divisions of the past. However, when seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot by a wannabe cop in Florida; and then Ferguson, Missouri, happened; and then South Carolina hit the headlines; and then Baltimore blew up, it was hard to find any evidence of a new post-racial order. Suddenly the entire country seemed to be awakened to a stark fact: African American men are in danger in America. This has only become clearer as groups like Black Lives Matter continue to draw attention to this reality daily not only online but also in the streets of our nation’s embattled cities. Now one of our country’s quintessential urban war zones is brought powerfully to life by a rising young literary talent, D. Watkins. The author fought his way up on the eastside (the “beastside”) of Baltimore, Maryland—or “Bodymore, Murderland,” as his friends call it. He writes openly and unapologetically about what it took to survive life on the streets while the casualties piled up around him, including his own brother. Watkins pushed drugs to pay his way through school, staying one step ahead of murderous business rivals and equally predatory lawmen. When black residents of Baltimore finally decided they had had enough—after the brutal killing of twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody—Watkins was on the streets as the city erupted. He writes about his bleeding city with the razor-sharp insights of someone who bleeds along with it. Here are true dispatches from the other side of America. In this new paperback edition, the author has also added new material responding to the rising tide of racial resentment and hate embodied by political figures like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, and the impact this has had on issues of race in America. This book is essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of the chaos of our current political moment.

Download or read book Witches of Brooklyn written by Sophie Escabasse and published by Random House Graphic. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a new witch in town! Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs in the family. A middle-grade graphic novel adventure filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends. Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?! Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really, really, really WEIRD! The secretly-magic kind of weird and that makes Effie wonder . . . does this mean she can do magic, too? Life in Brooklyn takes a strange twist for Effie as she learns more about her family and herself. With new friends who will do whatever they can to be there for her, a cursed pop-star, and her magically-inclined aunts--Effie's life is about to get interesting.

Download or read book The Supreme Adventure written by Mariah Adin and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adventures of Buddy Luv written by Brooklyn Roller and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a little girl growing up, having a pet of my own was always on my wish list. Christmas of 2012, a four-legged Yorkie named Buddy entered our family. My 10-year-old self was overjoyed and filled with excitement, as Buddy became my closest companion. In April of 2018, I lost Buddy due to an unexpected illness. For days, I found myself sitting in the driveway dreading the thought of walking through the door knowing Buddy would not be there ready to pounce on me. It took weeks to come face to face with the reality that he was gone. I wrote this book not only in remembrance of my dog Buddy, who taught me first-hand to love like there is no tomorrow, but also as a reminder that no matter what, you always have a BUDDY to LUV.

Download or read book Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Frank Einstein series 1 written by Jon Scieszka and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller "I never thought science could be funny . . . until I read Frank Einstein. It will have kids laughing." —Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid "Huge laughs and great science—the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend." —Mac Barnett, author of Battle Bunny and The Terrible Two Clever science experiments, funny jokes, and robot hijinks await readers in the first of six books in the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein chapter book series from the mad scientist team of Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real science facts with adventure and humor, making these books ideal for STEM education. This first installment examines the science of “matter.” Kid-genius and inventor Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. In the series opener, an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm, and a flash of electricity bring Frank’s inventions—the robots Klink and Klank—to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his inventions.. . . until Frank’s archnemesis, T. Edison, steals Klink and Klank for his evil doomsday plan! Integrating real science facts with wacky humor, a silly cast of characters, and science fiction, this uniquely engaging series is an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers. With easy-to-read language and graphic illustrations on almost every page, this chapter book series is a must for reluctant readers. The Frank Einstein series encourages middle-grade readers to question the way things work and to discover how they, too, can experiment with science. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews raves, “This buoyant, tongue-in-cheek celebration of the impulse to ‘keep asking questions and finding your own answers’ fires on all cylinders,” while Publishers Weekly says that the series “proves that science can be as fun as it is important and useful.” Read all the books in the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein series: Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Book 1), Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger (Book 2), Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo (Book 3), and Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt (Book 4). Visit frankeinsteinbooks.com for more information. STARRED REVIEW "In the final analysis, this buoyant, tongue-in-cheek celebration of the impulse to ‘keep asking questions and finding your own answers’ fires on all cylinders." --Booklist, starred review "Scieszka mixes science and silliness again to great effect." —Kirkus Reviews "In refusing to take itself too seriously, it proves that science can be as fun as it is important and useful." —Publishers Weekly "With humor, straightforward writing, tons of illustrations, and a touch of action at the end, this book is accessible and easy to read, making it an appealing choice for reluctant readers. A solid start to the series." --School Library Journal "Kids will love Frank Einstein because even though he is a new character he will be instantly recognizable to the readers...Jon Scieszka is one of the best writers around, and I can't wait to see what he does with these fun and exciting characters." —Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl "Jon Scieszka's new series has the winning ingredients that link his clever brilliance in story telling with his knowledge of real science, while at the same time the content combination of fiction and non fiction appeals to the full range of the market." —Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt

Download or read book The Cook Up written by D. Watkins and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, but told by the man who lived it, The Cook Up is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade portrayed in The Wire and an incredible story of redemption. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore, D. was certain he would escape the life of drugs, decadence, and violence that had surrounded him since birth. But when his brother Devin is shot-only days after D. receives notice that he's been accepted into Georgetown University-the plans for his life are exploded, and he takes up the mantel of his brother's crack empire. D. succeeds in cultivating the family business, but when he meets a woman unlike any he's known before, his priorities are once more put into question. Equally terrifying and hilarious, inspiring and heartbreaking, D.'s story offers a rare glimpse into the mentality of a person who has escaped many hells.

Download or read book A Place Called Brooklyn written by Frank Cornacchiulo and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in the 1940's and 50's in a place called Brooklyn, the center of our universe was located deep in the section called Red Hook and Bushwick. At Smith-9th, the old IND Subway is grandly elevated as the highest elevated station in both Brooklyn and the city, conforming to old regulations that allow tall-mast ships to navigate the Gowanus Canal. The metal trestles and pillars are constructed of concrete. Like that grand station, so are our memories casts in a concrete never-dying remembrance of what life was like once upon a time. A generation of very poor children living in Brooklyn, NY post World War II lived in cold water flats. Their immigrant parents arrived here from such places as Ireland, Italy, Germany, Puerto Rico, and were mainly unskilled laborers. They struggled day to-day to support their families with basic needs and an education with a deep God-abiding focus on hope for the future. Out of that setting, we would like to take you by the literary hand and revisit some of the experiences that made Bushwick, and Red Hook, in our lives so memorable. Join us as we document and recall eye-witnessed accounts of some of these experiences. Join us as we view street games we played, many of these games self-taught and many others passed along from one generation to the next. Imagine these children not having electronics with perhaps the exception of a portable radio. Many living in cold-water flats or apartments, with or without an indoor toilet. This meant whoever did not have an indoor toilet, used an outhouse: a narrow shack located outside the building without plumbing! Generally, a flat had two or three rooms, no heat, and no hot water from a sink, no bathtub, maybe a laundry sink, which could double as a bathtub. Some apartments had a coal stove for cooking food and the stove also provided heat. The children lived with their parents, grandparents and in some cases along with aunts and uncles. These children would wake up every morning, to a meager breakfast and either sent off to school or let out of their home to fend for themselves. But the rule was: they were expected to return home for dinner and be on time. These stories are not meant to chronicle pain and suffering that a generation endured, but to document some the experiences growing up on the streets of the densely- populated Brooklyn. Their ingenuity bested boredom through street games and spontaneous adventures. Games like tag, buck/buck, hide & go seek, one and over, ring-a-leavee-o, and others that did not require a ball, rope, skates, bat, baseball cards, marbles, straws etc occupied our time. And, we can add to this mix various adventure games that involved fireworks, chalk, balloons, lumber, sticks, yo-yos, straws, also discarded items (Skates, Gallon Glass Jars, Cans, Carriages, etc.) that could be recycled into a game or new object. These stories feature 'Pepino' a nine-year-old Italian American kid, who lives with his mother, father and teenage sister in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn New York during a summer right after World War II, and told through his eyes.

Download or read book Red Hook Brooklyn written by Ronald Feldman and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan, Richie and Johnny-Boy, ten-years-old all, share friendship, adventures and life in the Red Hook Housing Projects in 1953.The trio enjoy idyllic summer days playing in Coffey Park, (games like Johnny-on-the pony, marbles and more) ¿ working to make enough money to see the Brooklyn, Dodgers ¿ exploring their world ¿ building friendships that will forge a lifetime of memories. Along the way, life's universal lessons of family, friendship, loss and money are learned all wrapped in the joys of growing up Brooklyn.

Download or read book Witches of Brooklyn S More Magic written by Sophie Escabasse and published by Random House Graphic. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can take a witch out of Brooklyn . . . and put her in the woods? As if learning magic wasn’t hard enough, now Effie has to go to SUMMER CAMP! The hit middle-grade graphic novel series continues with this new adventure that's filled to the brim with magic and mayhem! School’s out, and Effie is ready for SUMMER! Too bad she’s being sent off to the wilderness for boring old summer camp. Nothing says “exciting new adventure” like being stuck in nature with mosquitoes. Sure, other witches might be there. And maybe she’ll learn some cool new magic. But Effie would rather spend time with the friends she already has. She’s always relied on them for help. . . . What will happen when she heads off to camp all by herself? Sophie Escabasse brings us more magic in this new volume of Witches of Brooklyn!

Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 2152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: