Daniel Okrent – författare
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13 produkter
Stephen Sondheim
Art Isn’t Easy
Inbunden, 2026
246 kr
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A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century’s most beloved theatrical composers“A superb biography of the musical master. Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius.”—Guardian“[An] illuminating consideration of …
Nine Innings
The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
E-bok, 2000
103 kr
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Brewers-Orioles, 6/10/82: "An astounding piece of sports journalism . . . the best book about the best game there is." —St. Louis Post-DispatchA timeless baseball classic, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982—inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, New York …
Last Call
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Ljudbok, 2010
221 kr
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A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that …
Great Fortune
The Epic of Rockefeller Center
E-bok, 2004
177 kr
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In this hugely appealing book, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, acclaimed author and journalist Daniel Okrent weaves together themes of money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society to tell the story of the majestic suite of buildings that came to dominate the heart of midtown …
Last Call
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
E-bok, 2010
226 kr
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A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that …
Last Call
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Ljudbok, 2011
441 kr
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A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that …
Guarded Gate
Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America
E-bok, 2019
195 kr
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“An extraordinary book, I can’t recommend it highly enough.” –Whoopi Goldberg, The View By the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call —the powerful, definitive, and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America close the immigration door to “inferiors” in the …
Guarded Gate
Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America
Ljudbok, 2019
441 kr
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NAMED ONE OF THE “100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR” BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW From the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call —this “rigorously historical” ( The Washington Post ) and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America keep out “inferiors” in …
American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith
E-bok, 2013
393 kr
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Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith was the most widely read sportswriter of the last century and the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. From the 1940s to the 1980s, his nationally syndicated columns for the New York Herald Tribune and later for The New York Times traversed the world of …
Baseball Anecdotes
E-bok, 2014
121 kr
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From its winners to its sinners, two bestselling sportswriters chronicle a dizzying trip through more than a century of baseball lore and legend. Some of the stories are celebrated—from Ruth''s called shot to DiMaggio''s streak to Mays''s catch. Some of the men are titans of the game—Mantle, …
