new york

After only two days in New York, a young Puerto Rican boy who speaks no English loses his dog and sets out to find it.

Martin Greenfield was taken from his Czechoslovakian home in 1944 at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family. There, Greenfield came face to face with 'Angel of Death' Dr. Joseph Mengele and was divided forever from his parents, sisters, and baby brother. Greenfield remembers his desperation and fear as a teenager alone in the death camp--and how an SS soldier's torn shirt dramatically altered the course of his life. He learned how to sew and when he began wearing the shirt under his prisoner uniform, he learned that clothes possess great power and could even help save his life. From sweeping floors at a New York clothing factory, to founding America's premier custom suit company, Greenfield built a fashion empire. Now 86 years old and working with his sons, Greenfield has dressed the famous and powerful of D.C. and Hollywood, including Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, celebrities Paul Newman, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jimmy Fallon, and the stars of Martin Scorsese's films.

A radical reimaging of the immigrant memoir, this is the exhilarating story of every American outsider who finds his/her destiny in the margins.

Midnight, a fierce fighter with heart, is willing to do anything to defend his family, the woman he loves, his business, and his property. Follow Midnight from the wealthy North African estate of his father to the Brooklyn projects where he lives with his mother.

Chronicles the life of African-American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist David Ruggles, discussing his childhood, role in the abolitionist movement, place in the politics and society of New York, career accomplishments, and involvement in the Underground Railroad.

Explores the web of influences that shaped the generation of experimental and outsider artists working in Downtown New York from 1974 to 1984.

Contains color photographs of nearly one hundred of the more than two hundred species of birds that pass through New York's Central Park throughout the seasons, and includes anecdotes in which photographer Cal Vornberger tells about his experiences taking the pictures, as well as tips on photographing birds.

Recreates the daily lives of Carson McCullers, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Briteen, Jane and Paul Bowles, and Gypsy Rose Lee during the year they spent living together in 1940s Brooklyn.

An exploration of art and culture in mid-twentieth-century New York City that profiles the artists and movements that influenced the city's art scene.