Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Extrait : "En compagnie du chat, j'ai travaillé tout le jour dans la solitude de mon palais de la Rotonde que j'avais déserté hier. A l'heure o le soleil rouge du soir s'enfonce derrière le Lac des Lotus, mes deux serviteurs, comme d'habitude, viennent me chercher. Mais, le Pont de Marbre franchi, nous passons cette fois sans nous arrête devant la brèche qui mène à mon fragile palais du Nord."

The cultural and criminal history of downtown Manhattan comes to life in this far-reaching exploration of a legendary street.
 
Originally a Lenape trail running the length of Manhattan Island, The Bowery has become one of the most notorious streets in America. Developed in stages by the Dutch, the British, and then Americans, this stretch of street has continually risen from its own ashes, experiencing a seemingly endless

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In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident-unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes-have led to decades of speculation over what really happened....

The book that made Mark Twain famous and introduced the world to that obnoxious and ubiquitous character: the American tourist Based on a series of letters first published in American newspapers, The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's hilarious and insightful account of an organized tour of Europe and the Holy Land undertaken in 1867.   With his trademark blend of skepticism and sincerity, Twain casts New World eyes on the people and places of the...