Sam Roberts: 9 books
by Sam Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
“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...
The Brother
The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
“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...
A History of New York in 27 Buildings
The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
**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,...
Grand Central
How a Train Station Transformed America
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary.
In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately...
A Kind of Genius
Herb Sturz and Society's Toughest Problems
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
In A Kind of Genius, Sam Roberts offers a window onto Herb Sturz's extraordinary life's work. Sturz began his long career in social entrepreneurship by reforming the bail system and founding the Vera Institute of Justice. He served as New York City's Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice under Ed Koch...
Who We Are Now
The Changing Face of America in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
A revealing view of America and its citizens at the dawn of a new century, by the author of the New York Times Notable Book Who We Are
For more than two centuries, America has taken stock every decade, producing a statistical self-portrait of our population. In Who We Are Now, Sam Roberts identifies...
Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City
An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Sam writes the Bookshelf column in Sunday Metro section of The New York Times and has covered a lot of our regional books. He plans to write an epilogue to our version to bring it up to date.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 19
November/December 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The November/December 2017 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.
Featuring new fiction by Sam J. Miller & Lara Elena Donnelly, Karin Tidbeck, Sarah Monette, Tina Connolly, Troy L. Wiggins, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, reprinted fiction by Zen Cho and Rachel Swirsky, essays by Dimas...
by Thomas Deja, David Michelinie, Bonnie J. Sterling
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016
They NEVER wrote them like this! Swingin’ Superhero 1968 Special brings together some of the most outlandish send-ups in all of comicdom! The far-out folks Jim Beard (St. Janus Spirit Breaker) and Lee Houston Jr. has assembled a kooky collection of heroes straight from the flip side. It’s going...