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  • The Great Miscalculation

    The Race to Save New York City's Citicorp Tower

    by Michael M. Greenburg ...
    Distinguished Favorite, 2025 NYC Big Book Award: NonfictionHow an engineering crisis threatened a career, a building, and the lives of countless New YorkersThe Citicorp Center, a fifty-nine-story skyscraper built in 1977, immediately became one of the most recognizable features on the New York City skyline with its distinctive inclined roof and oddly placed support columns. Designed by one of the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Peaches & Daddy

    A Story of the Roaring 20s, the Birth of Tabloid Media, & the Courtship that Captured the Heart and Imagination of the American Public

    by Michael M. Greenburg ...
    A "lively, intelligently rendered account" of a tabloid romance, scandalous divorce and the rise of yellow journalism in Gilded Age New York ( Kirkus Reviews).Edward "Daddy" Browning was a famously eccentric millionaire when he crossed paths with fifteen-year-old shop clerk and aspiring flapper Frances Heenan at the Hotel McAlpin. Frances reminded Daddy of peaches and cream—and a scandalous ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Great Miscalculation

    The Race to Save New York City's Citicorp Tower

    by Michael M. Greenburg ...
    Narrated by Mitch Crawford ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 59 min

    The Citicorp Center, a fifty-nine-story skyscraper built in 1977, immediately became one of the most recognizable features on the New York City skyline with its distinctive inclined roof and oddly placed support columns. Designed by one of the top structural engineers in the field, William LeMessurier, the tower would become the crown jewel of his professional career; In essence, he created a ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Golf's Ultimate Guide to Respectable Cheating

    by Michael Greenburg, Mark Goldman, Ross Greenburg ...
    Golf is difficult enough without allowing the scorecard to ruin a perfectly good afternoon. Golf's Ultimate Guide to Respectable Cheating is an illustrated satirical field guide for recreational golfers who love the game but cannot always live with the reality of their score.Mark Goldman, Ross Greenburg, and Michael Greenburg transform the unofficial habits of friendly golf into a complete comic ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • This Noble Woman

    Myrtilla Miner and Her Fight to Establish a School for African American Girls in the Slaveholding South

    by Michael M. Greenburg ...
    Series Book 22 - Women of Action
    A courageous woman's fight for education in a divided nation.This Noble Woman tells the inspiring story of Myrtilla Miner, a 19th-century educator who defied societal norms to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South. Facing immense opposition and personal hardship, Miner's unwavering commitment to social justice paved the way for future generations.For young adults ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mad Bomber of New York

    The Extraordinary True Story of the Manhunt That Paralyzed a City

    by Michael M. Greenburg ...
    Between 1940 and 1957, 33 bombs--strategically placed in Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall, Macys and other populous areas of New York--paralyzed the city, sending shockwaves of fear through an unsuspecting public.George Metesky, the “Mad Bomber,” unleashed a reign of terror that reverberated through Americas social, legal, and political landscape, ultimately spurring the birth of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ethnographies of Power

    Working Radical Concepts with Gillian Hart

    by Sharad Chari, Mark Hunter, Melanie Samson, Jennifer A Devine, Michael Ekers, Jennifer Greenburg, Bridget Kenny, Stefan Kipfer0, Zachary Levenson1, Alex Loftus2, Ahmed Veriava3 ...
    Working with key concepts from theorist and human geographer Gillian Hart, this book argues for an ethnographic and geographic approach to critically engage contemporary political-economic processes in the context of real world struggles. ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • How Big Things Get Done

    The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

    by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner ...
    “Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen? Bent Flyvbjerg is the ‘megaproject’ expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to How Big Things Get Done, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House.”—Financial Times“Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes.”—The ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Paved Paradise

    How Parking Explains the World

    by Henry Grabar ...
    **Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Globalization: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:homogenizationneo ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Triumph of the City

    How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

    by Edward Glaeser ...
    **Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Best Book of the Year Award in 2011“A masterpiece.” —Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics“Bursting with insights.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities**America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

    Edited by Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, Alan Scott ...
    Series Book 39 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
    The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology is a complete reference guide, reflecting the scope and quality of the discipline, and highlighting emerging topics in the field.Global in focus, offering up-to-date topics from an interdisciplinary, international set of scholars addressing key issues concerning globalization, social movements, and citizenshipThe majority of chapters are new, ... Read more

    $46.00 USD