Biography and Memoir Books on NYC, New York

Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

by Phil Marcade (Author), Debbie Harry (Preface), Legs McNeil (Foreword)

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Zabar's: A Family Story, with Recipes

by Lori Zabar (Author), Julia Moskin (Foreword)

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Make It Nice

by Dorinda Medley (Author)

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New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond

by Larry Simon (Author), John Broven (Editor), Robert Schaffer (Photographer)

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City on the Edge

by Michael Streissguth (Author)

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Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene

by Kim Reed (Author)

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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York

by C. Alexander Hortis (Author), James B. Jacobs (Foreword)

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Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina

by Georgina Pazcoguin (Author)

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Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City

by Pierre Christin (Author), Olivier Balez (Illustrator)

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In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays

by Rebecca McClanahan (Author)

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The City: A New Yorker's New York

by Chester Kane (Author), Robert Whitman (Photographer)

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Spy Sites of New York City: A Guide to the Region's Secret History

by H. Keith Melton, Robert Wallace (Authors), Joseph Weisberg, Joel Fields (Forewords), Henry R. Schlesinger (Contributor)

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New York City's Italian Neighborhoods

by Raymond Guarini (Author), Cav. John Napoli (With)

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