Books about Hoboken from Amazon.com

A Newsday Best Cookbook of 2007: can a recipe change your life? A quest for an authentic dish reveals a mythic love story and age-old culinary secrets

James Beard Award-winning author Laura Schenone undertakes a quest to retrieve her great grandmother's ravioli recipe, reuniting with relatives as she goes. In lyrical prose and delicious recipes, Schenone takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from the grit of New Jersey's industrial wastelands and the fast-paced disposable culture of its suburbs to the dramatically beautiful coast of Liguria—the family's homeland—with its pesto, smoked chestnuts, torte, and, most beloved of all, ravioli, the food of celebration and happiness. Schenone discovers the persistent importance of place, while offering a perceptive voice on immigration and ethnicity in its twilight. Along the way, she gives us the comedies and foibles of family life, a story of love and loss, a deeper understanding of the bonds between parents and children, and the mysteries of pasta, rolled into a perfect circle of gossamer dough. 90 illustrations..
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SOMETHING'S FOWL IN HOBOKEN

When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family's Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta -- a 266 pound chicken with a mind of her own. Feathers fly when this colossal clucker descends upon Hoboken, New Jersey. Thus begins the hilarious hen-tastic tall tale that has kept readers in stitches since Henrietta first pecked her way onto the scene in 1977.

Revised with brand new illustrations by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Auth, this new edition of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency will have readers crowing so hard with laughter, they may just lay an egg!.
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If Chrissie Hayward knew that morning she'd be going back in time to rescue her crazy coworker Kat, she'd have worn better shoes. Doubly so if she'd expected to meet her true love. According to the mysterious gypsy, Chrissie was the "gentle soul who would tame an outlaw's thirst for revenge" -- aka the real Robin Hood. So how come the guy was such a dud?

LOST...IN SHERWOOD FOREST?

No, Robin of Locksley was no Prince Charming. And the part about robbing the rich to feed the poor? He didn't get the memo. In fact, all the guy seemed to do was mope. (And he and his not-so-merry men thought Chrissie was a boy. Sure, she wasn't stacked, but still!) Nonetheless, he was loyal and brave and handsome as sin. If Chrissie coudl just get him with the program, she could right his wagon and get these boyz'n the wood to be heroes of the realm instead of twerps in tights. Only then could this prince of thieves become king of her heart..
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LOOKING FOR BOBOWICZ

Daniel Pinkwater

Nick Itch isn't thrilled about having to move from the suburbs to hot, muggy Hoboken

But when he meets Bruno Ugg and Loretta Fischetti, the three become fast friends, bonding over Classics Comics, pirate radio, and a plan to find the legendary Arthur Bobowicz and his 266–pound chicken, Henrietta.

Ages 8+

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In this comical collection of memories, a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered tells how he grew into the beloved figure he is today--a robust genius of the printed page and rotund genie of the radio. 2 cassettes .
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Hoboken New Jersey has, according to author Jim Hans, more Firsts than any other square-mile town in the nation. Since Henry Hudson's navigator described Hoboken's green stone cliffs in 1609, Hoboken has been a special place. Jim Hans, "100% historian and 100% artist," gathers here 100 of his favorite Hoboken Firsts in a quirky and colorful collection of engravings, photos, paintings, maps, scapbooks, antique advertising, and more. Along with 100 Firsts, the book includes an introduction, a history of early Hoboken and the Stevens family (founders), a timeline, and a note on Hoboken landmark "The Clam Broth House." Lavishly designed by Joy Sikorski..
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“Bauman writes with precision, in prose that reverberates . . . strong, compelling work.”—Robert Stone

As the son of a folk singer whose suicide gained him cult status, Thatcher has a leg up on New York’s music scene. Instead, he decides to keep his parentage secret and take his guitar across the river to seedy Hoboken, New Jersey, to form a band.

There, amidst the tenements and dive bars and all-night diners, Thatcher and his friends struggle to make meaningful music in a culture turning away from it.

A wicked sense of humor turns out to be key for the motley crew: manager Marsh, the beloved, polio-stricken local rock-and-roll kingpin; lesbian singer/songwriter Lou, to whom Thatcher is deeply attracted; James, guitar virtuoso and daytime World Trade Center employee, not to mention owner of the floor Thatcher is sleeping on; and locals such as Orris, the overweight, half-blind prophet of Hoboken’s west side and patient at the mental clinic where Thatcher is a clerk.

As in Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments and Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity,the music is at the heart of it all. But in In Hoboken the place and the people turn out to be just as inspiring.

Christian Bauman’sacclaimed debut The Ice Beneath You, and his second novel, Voodoo Lounge,were both based on his experiences as an American soldier in the mid-1990s. He now lives outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Incorporated as a city in 1855, Hoboken’s history as a ferry terminus dates back to the eighteenth century, with the first horse-powered ferries to lower Manhattan. The city’s history is entwined with that of Col. John Stevens and his family. He was the inventor of the t-rail and a pioneer in steam-generated power and navigation. Prior to the city’s growth as a transportation hub, it was a scenic locale favored by city dwellers who could arrive by ferry and enjoy a riverside promenade, partake of water drawn from a natural spring, and watch a cricket or baseball game. Hoboken eventually grew to become a bustling city, with an active waterfront as well as a home and place of work for tens of thousands of immigrants and families. In Hoboken, the pattern of early development is described, giving the reader a sense of the city in the mid-nineteenth century. Landmarks of the terminal area, downtown (Washington Street), and ferry terminals are highlighted in this photographic tour of the city. Chapters are devoted to the great rail, ferry, and trolley terminal at Hudson Place, the commercial center, the waterfront before and after industrialization (including boat and yacht clubs), and the memory of some of Hoboken’s residents. .
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It Happened in Hoboken: Comic Tales from the Waterfront City by Eugene C. Flinn is a collection of 21 short stories that include an actress whose strict mother does not know she is going on stage naked, a kid who has words with Santa Claus, an elderly woman who advises the manager of the New York Giants, a mobster who buys a fashionable magazine to impress his girl friends, school children who steal Montcalm's head, a nun who gives the finger to a rude truck driver, a wedding guest who finds himself at the "Reject Table," horse players who unknowingly stumble on two genuine Monet paintings and try to sell them in a Hoboken alley, a gun fight in a funeral home, and more..
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