Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was born, in 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. Raised in a strict Methodist household, he rebelled Openly, developing a strong and lasting attraction to the vices his parents had condemned. He attempted college twice, the second time ... [... more]
Random House |
Pact
 From Amazon.com: As teenagers from a rough part of Newark, New Jersey, Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins had nothing special going for them except loving mothers (one of whom was a drug user) and above-average intelligence. Their first [... more]
CDN$35.99
Amazon CA |
Paterson
Just Read It.: I had forgotten until I finished reading this poem this morning (on a train rolling through Newark, New Jersey) just how great an achievement this is. If you haven't read it. Do it now. If you only read it when you were young, then read it [... more]
CDN$19.00
Amazon CA |
Ghetto Schooling
From Amazon.com: Nobody disputes the fact that inner-city schools are going to the dogs. Poor facilities, shell-shocked teachers, and hostile, apathetic students are frequent topics on the evening news, as are the supposed solutions for these problems: [... more]
CDN$29.95
Amazon CA |
Goodbye columbus
Say Goodbye to Columbus, and hello to a great writer: Not many writers had such a great debut as Philip Roth with his 'Goodbye, Columbus'. His harshest critics may say he has had ups and downs in his career, but no one can say that his first book is not [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
Classic Blue Note Recordings
From Amazon.com: The Newark, New Jersey tenor and soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter is the most evocative composer of the modern jazz era. His urgent, Coltrane-influenced sax sound, his stints with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, and Weather [... more]
CDN$21.99
Amazon CA |
Ong's Hat: The Beginning
Ong's Hat, New Jersey: Revisiting the Mystery: Since before the continents assumed their present shape, countless ages before intelligent proto-hominids walked erect and began using sticks to scratch signs in the mud, immeasurable aeons before alphabets [... more]
CDN$20.79
Amazon CA |
Falling in Love Again
Who knew Truman Capote could sing!: Joe Doggs may be a jazz legend of some kind (in whose mind, by the way?) but frankly, I find his voice incredibly creepy. It's high-pitched and other worldy, the kind of voice one would expect from someone whose [... more]
CDN$19.99
Amazon CA |
The Holy Piby: The Blackman's Bible
a must buy: Puts alot into perspective. allows the mind to think outside of the mold, helped me see life through an african american eyesight and not everyone elses. Crackpot ravings: Before anyone says how good this book is, take time to actually read [... more]
CDN$8.98
Amazon CA |
The Pact
From Amazon.com: As teenagers from a rough part of Newark, New Jersey, Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins had nothing special going for them except loving mothers (one of whom was a drug user) and above-average intelligence. Their first [... more]
CDN$37.95
Amazon CA |
The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City
From Amazon.com: "I like to think of the Meadowlands as an undesignated national park," writes Robert Sullivan in his end-of-the-millennium take on Thoreau. In The Meadowlands, Sullivan does his Thoreauvian bean-counting in one of America's [... more]
CDN$21.00
Amazon CA |
Zarkorr the Invader - DVD
better than everyone thinks: This is a nice movie the effects arent bad,the plots good there's not much monster action but there's a good plot to back it up and zarkorr looks cool.most people hate it even though nothings wrong with it. Zarkorr came, saw, [... more]
CDN$12.99
Amazon CA |
