The Devil's Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square 978-0-307-43213-1, 0307432130, 0375759786

As Times Square turns 100, New York Times Magazine contributing writer James Traub tells the story of how this mercurial

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The Devil's Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square
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In the first comprehensive study of the birth of Japanese commercial publishing, Laura Moretti investigates the vibrant

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Poultry are the most benign farm stock; easy to manage, resilient and relatively productive under the most varied condit

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Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit is for anyone who enjoys being and working outdoors and is seeking a profitable

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Twentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibrant but disappearing neighborhood in New York City

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"This book should be required reading for the new or prospective Christmas tree grower." --Journal of Forestry

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The story of Richard Cottingham, the "Times Square Ripper" or "Times Square Torso Killer", one of Am

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The story of Richard Cottingham, the "Times Square Ripper" or "Times Square Torso Killer", one of Am

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For more than a century, Times Square has mesmerized the world with the spectacle of its dazzling supersigns, its theate

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In this book, Susan McClary examines the mechanisms through which seventeenth-century musicians simulated extreme affect

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