Books of Bronx (New York, N.Y.)

  • Caring for the Developmentally Disabled Child at Home: The Experiences of Low-income Families
    By Michael J. Smith, Francis G. Caro, Kathleen McKaig

    Caring for the Developmentally Disabled Child at Home: The Experiences of Low-income Families

  • Beyond the Threshold: Families Caring for Their Children who Have Significant Developmental Disabilities
    By Michael J. Smith, Francis G. Caro, Kathleen McKaig

    Beyond the Threshold: Families Caring for Their Children who Have Significant Developmental Disabilities

  • The Bronx: In Bits and Pieces
    The Bronx: In Bits and Pieces
    By Bill Twomey

    Shore. Road. (June 22, 1995) Treaty Oak is believed to be the site of the purchase of a large mass of land by Thomas Pell from the Siwanoy sachems on November 14, 1654. The purchase included New Rochelle, the Pelhams, City Island, ...

  • A Wider World: Portraits in an Adolescence
    A Wider World: Portraits in an Adolescence
    By Kate Simon

    I played my stellar achievement — the peak of my capacity in speed , in rubato , in sweet pathos — Chopin's “ Fantaisie Impromptu . ” I had practiced it for many months before I quit practicing altogether , and still played it in ...

  • Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir
    Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir
    By Mary Higgins Clark

    Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir

  • Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
    By Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

    Girls look for excitement and find trouble; boys, searching for adventure, join crews and prison gangs.

  • Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir
    By Mary Higgins Clark

    When Mary's father died during the Depression, her mother decided to open the family home to boarders, and placed a discreet sign next to the front door that read, FURNISHED ROOMS. KITCHEN PRIVILEGES.

  • Any Given Day: A Drama
    Any Given Day: A Drama
    By Frank Daniel Gilroy

    GUS reenters from the kitchen carrying his tea cup , sits ; listens . ) CARMEN . NON TI SCORDAR DI ME LA VITA MIA LEGATAEA TE IO T'AMO SEMPRE PIU NEL SOGNO MIO RIMANI TU NON TI SCORDAR DI ME LA VITA MIA LEGATAEA TE C'E SEMPRE UN NIDO ...

  • Storm of the Soul
    Storm of the Soul
    By Sandy Granato

    Life is tough, but they get by. We follow her and various friends growing up through the years at school, college and the work place; their struggles, sorrows and joys, the schoolgirl crushes, and mainly unreliable boyfriends.

  • In My Father’s Bakery
    In My Father’s Bakery

    this idea that now he is going to be killed in the war, and it will be God's way of punishing her. ... The affair, or whatever you want to call it, passed, and life went on. As far as I knew, ... On the other hand, my sister got lucky.

  • Organizing for Educational Justice: The Campaign for Public School Reform in the South Bronx
    Organizing for Educational Justice: The Campaign for Public School Reform in the South Bronx
    By Michael Fabricant

    As urban parents across America search for ways to hold public schools accountable for their failures, this book shows how the success of the CC9 experience can be replicated elsewhere around the country.

  • Amy and Laura
    Amy and Laura
    By Marilyn Sachs

    "Final book in a series about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940's. Two sisters come to grips with their own envy, resentment and love for each other."--P. [4] of cover.

  • The Bronx Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide
    The Bronx Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide
    By William B. Helmreich

    The Bronx Nobody Knows, like the previous guidebooks, is organized by neighborhood, and Helmreich delivers a personal and entertaining account of his travels as he interacts with locals and captures the heart of the borough"--

  • In-betweens
    In-betweens
    By Bryan Goluboff

    ... please . Thank you ... I'm I'm I'm going through a little bad streak . Yes , a little bad run of luck . I'm in the Bronx ... bitch ... I told you , I told you . ( Peanut holds Ray closely . ) Mommy's here . Don't worry . ( Peanut lies Ray ...

  • Kavanagh Christmas: Kavanagh Legends, #5
    By Sarah Robinson

    "--Library Journal. "This endearing story showcases Keira and Quinn's easy banter, familiar warmth, and unquenchable heat"--Publisher's Weekly Starred Review, on Chasing a Legend.

  • The Story of the Bronx: From the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present...
    The Story of the Bronx: From the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present...
    By Stephen Jenkins

    A fascinating view of early New York history. J2338HB - $41.00

  • Tails of the Bronx: A Tale of the Bronx
    By Jill Pinkwater

    In their search for a group of missing cats, a group of children in the Bronx encounters the problems of homelessness firsthand.