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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

    $21.89 CAD

    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

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Are They Dead Yet?

    The Art of the Obit

    by Sam Roberts ...
    Narrated by Nathan Osgood ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    Bloomsbury presents Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit by Sam Roberts, read by Nathan Osgood"Mordantly wonderful." —CARL HIAASEN"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 th... ... Read more

    $20.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • 51 Amazing Sci-Fi Short Stories

    by Lester Del Rey, L. Ron Hubbard, Murray Leinster, Keith Laumer, Hal Clement, Ray Cummings, Nelson S. Bond, Carl Selwyn, Harry Walton, Ray King, George Danzell, Donald Wollheim, Sam Carson, Robert Moore Williams, Fremont Dodge, Mary Carlson, Colin Keith, E. A. Proulx ...
    Rayguns, aliens, gorgeous women and unsavory evil-doers: 51 Amazing Science Fiction Short Stories collects some of the finest short sci-fi ever written, from masters such as L. Ron Hubbard, Ray Cummings, Lester Del Rey and more! ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Kind of Genius

    Herb Sturz and Society's Toughest Problems

    by Sam Roberts ...
    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 and then as Chairman of the City Planning Commision. He moved on to establish affordable inner-city ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • 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

    $24.99 CAD

  • 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

    $11.99 CAD

  • 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

    $34.99 CAD

  • Seven Steps for Building Social Skills in Your Child

    A Family Guide

    by Kristy Hagar, Sam Goldstein, Robert Brooks ...
    Series series Seven Steps Family Guides
    Teaching children how to navigate the complex social universe, this everyday strategy guide helps them to develop healthy social skills. Informed by current research on character development, this handbook helps parents, educators, and health-care workers understand which critical social skills determine future success and how to incorporate the teaching of those skills into everyday life. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • 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

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus