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  | | Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others(1st Edition) by Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2018 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-21991-8, ISBN: 0-374-21991-5 "A new collection of immersive essays from the most acclaimed editor of the second half of the twentieth centuryThis new collection from the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb features twenty or so pieces he’s written mostly for The New York Review of Books, ranging from reconsiderations of American writers such as Dorothy Parker, Thornton Wilder, Thomas Wolfe (“genius”), and James Jones, to Leonard Bernstein, Lorenz Hart, Lady Diana Coope ..." |
 | | Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others(Reprint) by Robert Gottlieb Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-14105-7, ISBN: 1-250-14105-2 "Winner of the Anne M. Sperber PrizeA spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his timeAfter editing The Columbia Review, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the greeting-card department of Macy's, Robert Gottlieb stumbled into a job at Simon and Schuster. By the time he left to run Alfred A. Knopf a dozen years later, he was the editor in chief, having discovered and edited Catch-22 and The American Way of D ..." |
 | | Food Justice(1st Edition) (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Robert Gottlieb, Anupama Joshi Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-07291-5, ISBN: 0-262-07291-2 "In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of "globesity." To combat these ..." |
 | | Sarah The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (Jewish Lives) by Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-14127-6, ISBN: 0-300-14127-0 "From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a riveting portrait of the great Sarah Bernhardt from acclaimed writer Robert Gottlieb Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career—redefining the very nature of her art—to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life to her indomitable spirit. Well into her seventies, after the amputation of her leg, she was performing under bombardment for so ..." |
 | | George Balanchine(1st Edition) The Ballet Maker (Eminent Lives) by Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2004 by Harpercollins Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-06-075070-1, ISBN: 0-06-075070-7 "Part of the Eminent Lives Series, this biography, written by the gifted author Robert Gottlieb, will describe the life of the dynamic George Balanchine, the foremost contemporary choreographer in ballet. Timed to coincide with the 2004 centenary of the artist's birth. The life and achievement of the great choreographer who both summed up everything that proceeded him in ballet, and extended the art form into radical yet inevitable new p ..." |
 | | Environmentalism Unbound(Updated) Exploring New Pathways for Change (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Robert Gottlieb Paperback, 414 Pages, Published 2002 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-57166-1, ISBN: 0-262-57166-8 "They include the design and use of the materials and products that also shape the nature of our communities and how we live. ... For if place matters, production does as well. ... When Ken Geiser, the director of the Massachusetts Toxics Reduction Institute (TURI), took the podium at the Greening of Industry conference at ..." |
 | | Food Justice(Reprint) (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Robert Gottlieb, Anupama Joshi, Mun S. Ho Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51866-6, ISBN: 0-262-51866-X "In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of "globesity." To combat these ..." |
 | | Reinventing Los Angeles Nature and Community in the Global City (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Robert Gottlieb Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2007 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-57243-9, ISBN: 0-262-57243-5 "Los Angeles--the place without a sense of place, famous for sprawl and overdevelopment and defined by its car-clogged freeways--might seem inhospitable to ideas about connecting with nature and community. But in Reinventing Los Angeles, educator and activist Robert Gottlieb describes how imaginative and innovative social movements have coalesced around the issues of water d ..." |
 | | Sarah(Reprint) The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (Jewish Lives) by Robert Gottlieb Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-19259-9, ISBN: 0-300-19259-2 "A riveting portrait of the great Sarah Bernhardt from acclaimed writer Robert Gottlieb Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career—redefining the very nature of her art—to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life to her indomitable spirit. Well into her seventies, after the amputation of her leg, she was performing under bombardment for soldiers during World War I, as well as criss ..." |
 | | Great Expectations(1st Edition) The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens by Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-29880-7, ISBN: 0-374-29880-7 "HardCover. Pub Date :2012-11-27 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux The strange and varied lives of the ten children of the world's most beloved novelist.Charles Dickens. famous for the indelible child characters he created- from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield-was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). What happened to those children is the fascinating subject of Robert ..." |
 | | The Next Los Angeles The Struggle for a Livable City by Robert Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, Regina M. Freer, Peter Dreier Paperback, 289 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24000-1, ISBN: 0-520-24000-6 "Los Angeles's history is a story of conflicting visions. Most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on L.A. as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl. The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. The authors chronicle effo ..." |
 | | Dance in America A Reader's Anthology: A Library of America Special Publication by Robert Gottlieb, Mindy Aloff Hardcover, 650 Pages, Published 2018 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-584-6, ISBN: 1-59853-584-6 "From ballet and Balanchine to tap and swing, a treasury of unforgettable writing about the beauty and magic of American dance.From the beginning, American dance has been an exciting fusion of many disparate influences, with European traditions of ballet and social dancing encountering Native American rituals and African American improvisations to create something new and extraordinary. In this landmark collection, dance critic Mindy Alo ..." |
 | | Thirst for Growth Water Agencies as Hidden Government in California by Mr. Robert Gottlieb, Margaret Fitzsimmons Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Arizona Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-1418-2, ISBN: 0-8165-1418-6 "An overview of the key issues of public accountability and water policy innovation that confront urban and agricultural water agencies throughout the country--notably in California where the prospects for future water development have become especially problematic. Focusing on six agencies in the Southern California region, they offer a series of case studies analyzing the issues of water quality, including groundwater contamination and ..." |
 | | Global Cities Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Robert Gottlieb, Simon Ng Hardcover, 472 Pages, Published 2017 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-03591-0, ISBN: 0-262-03591-X "How Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China deal with such urban environmental issues as ports, goods movement, air pollution, water quality, transportation, and public space.Over the past four decades, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and key urban regions of China have emerged as global cities -- in financial, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic terms. In this book, Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng trace the global emergence of these urb ..." |
 | | Great Expectations(Reprint) The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens by Robert Gottlieb Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-03946-0, ISBN: 1-250-03946-0 "THE STRANGE AND VARIED LIVES OF THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD'S MOST BELOVED NOVELISTCharles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created―from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield―was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). Who those children were and what happened to them is the fascinating subject of Robert Gottlieb's Great Expectations.With sympathy and understanding, Gottlieb narrates the ..." |
 | | Reading Dance(1st Edition) A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras by Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 1,360 Pages, Published 2008 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0-375-42122-8, ISBN: 0-375-42122-X "Robert Gottlieb's immense sampling of the dance literature-by far the largest such project ever attempted-is both inclusive, to the extent that inclusivity is possible when dealing with so vast a field, and personal: the result of decades of reading. It limits itself of material within the experience of today's general readers, avoiding, for instance, academic historical writing and treatises on technique, its earliest subjects are thos ..." |
 | | Reading Lyrics(1st Edition) More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics--a Celebration of Our Greatest Songwriters, a Rediscovery of Forgotten Masters, and an Appreciation of an by Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball, J.K.Rowling, Anne Caldwell, Otto Harbach, George M. Cohan, Henry Creamer, P. G. Wodehouse, Cecil Mack, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Joseph Mccarthy, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Edgar Leslie, Shelton Brooks, Gus Kahn, Clifford Grey Hardcover, 736 Pages, Published 2000 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0-375-40081-0, ISBN: 0-375-40081-8 "A vast anthology bringing together more than one thousand of the best American and English lyrics of the twentieth century, this is an extraordinary celebration of a unique art form. Reading Lyrics begins with the first masters of the colloquial phrase, including George M. Cohan (“Give My Regards to Broadway”), P. G. Wodehouse (“Till the Clouds Roll By”), and Irving Berlin, whose versatility and career span the period from “Alexander’s ..." |
 | | Urban and Industrial Environments The Global Cities : Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China by Robert Gottlieb, Simon Ng 472 Pages, Published 2017 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-33887-5, ISBN: 0-262-33887-4 "Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2011. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/12/ entertainment/la-et-carmageddon -20110712. Henstell, Bruce. Sunshine and Wealth: Los Angeles in the Twenties and Thirties. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984. ... “Improving Access for Guangzhou's Urban Villages.” Blog, August 24, 2015. https://www.itdp.org/improving -access-for-guangzhous-urban- villages/. Jeff, Gloria J., General Manager, Department of Tra ..." |
 | | Sarah The Life of Sarah Bernhardt by Robert Gottlieb 233 Pages, Published 2010 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-16879-2, ISBN: 0-300-16879-9 "SARAH DEVOTED as much as fifteen percent of her memoirs to her war experiences. There were countless dramatic scenes to narrate ... She was in the south of France on a rest cure in July 1870 when the emperor went to war, and along with thousands of others she was frantic to get back to Paris. Arriving home , she was soon faced with the disaster of ... to get her entire family out of the city and to safety. Having bullied their way o ..." |
 | | Reinventing Los Angeles(1st Edition) Nature and Community in the Global City (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 2007 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-07287-8, ISBN: 0-262-07287-4 "Los Angeles--the place without a sense of place, famous for sprawl and overdevelopment and defined by its car-clogged freeways--might seem inhospitable to ideas about connecting with nature and community. But in Reinventing Los Angeles, educator and activist Robert Gottlieb describes how imaginative and innovative social movements have coalesced around the issues of water development, cars and freeways, and land use, to create a more li ..." |
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