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  • Are They Dead Yet?

    The Art of the Obit

    by Sam Roberts ...
    "Goes down like a dirgeful beach read." -Harper's Magazine"I almost died laughing." -ROZ CHAST"My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" -KAI BIRDFrom celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find the true meaning in a life.After nearly a decade be... ... Read more

    $16.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Only in New York

    An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City

    by Sam Roberts ...
    A "street-smart, informative and occasionally hilarious" look at the places, personalities, and history that make New York one of a kind ( Publishers Weekly).Reporter Sam Roberts has covered the city in all its quirkiness, both in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts. In Only in New York, now updated with new stories, he writes about what makes this city tick and why things are the way ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Tower of the Elephant, The

    Conan

    by Robert E Howard ...
    Narrated by Sam Carnes ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - The Hyborean Project

    Unabridged

    1 hour 8 min

    A full cast Audiobook production of Robert E Howard's classic Conan story The Tower of the Elephant with added sound effects to enhance the story telling.Conan is drinking ale in the Maul (the dangerous side of Zamora) where he hears about the fabulous treasure hidden inside the sorcerer Yara's tower. After a brief scuffle in the tavern he sets out to try to break in and steal this treasure, but ... Read more

    $4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Treasure Island

    by Robert Louis Stevenson ...
    Narrated by Sam Taylor ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    "For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • A History of New York in 27 Buildings

    The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis

    by Sam Roberts ...
    **From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it.As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and mortar, revealing why and how it evolved into the nation's biggest and most influential.From the seven ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of New York in 101 Objects

    by Sam Roberts ...
    “Delightfully surprising….A portable virtual museum…an entertaining stroll through the history of one of the world’s great cities” (Kirkus Reviews), told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, almost all reproduced in luscious, full color.Inspired by A History of the World in 100 Objects, Sam Roberts of The New York Times chose fifty objects that embody the narrative of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The New Yorkers

    31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City

    by Sam Roberts ...
    Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in NonfictionFrom award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world's most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it —now in paperback.In Sam Roberts's pulsating history of the world's most exceptional metropolis, greet the city anew through thirty-one unique New Yorkers ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Brother

    The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case

    by Sam Roberts ...
    “A fresh and fast-paced study of one of the most important crimes of the twentieth century” (The Washington Post), The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003—including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet spy and a confession to the author by the Rosenbergs’ co-defendant.Sixty years after their execution in June 1953 for ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Only in New York

    An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City

    by Sam Roberts ...
    No one denies that New York City is unique—but what makes it sui generis? Sam Roberts, a longtime city reporter, has puzzled over this in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts for years. In Only in New York, updated with new tales and fascinating glimpses into uniquely NYC life, he writes about what makes this city tick and why things are the way they are in the greatest of all ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Defiant Creative Process

    Reclaim Your Vision, Break Through Resistance, and Make Art That Matters

    by Sam Roberts ...
    Reclaim Your Vision, Break Through Resistance, and Make Art That MattersThis book is not about hacks, habits, or hustle.The Defiant Creative Process is a raw and radically honest look at what it means to keep making art in a culture that constantly pulls you away from it. It's for artists, writers, and creative people of all kinds who are tired of the noise, the self-doubt, the shame spirals, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie

    by Sam Roberts ...
    Flying pigs, retro hairstyles and hand grenades are among some of the images found in this new book celebrating the art and craft of Cambodia’s hand-painted advertising. Published in November 2012, the book introduces the signs, the people who paint them and uses them to explore Cambodia’s art, culture and history.Cambodia is a country awash with hand-painted signs, but behind their quirky nature ... Read more

    Free

  • Being Christian in the Twenty-First Century

    by Sam Gould ...
    Being Christian in the Twenty-first Century was written to help struggling and doubting Christians develop an understanding of Christianity that avoids literalism, creeds, and doctrines--all factors which seem to be driving people away from the church. The book is well suited for individual or group study, complete with a study guide and sample lesson plans. It responds to the call for theological ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus