The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro (Engli

Description: The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro Tells the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever once being elected to office, he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority, allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description One of the 100 best non-fiction books ever written (Time) now in paperback for the first timeThe Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times)- a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by the greatest political biographer of our times (Sunday Times); chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; a Sunday Times Bestseller; An outright masterpiece (Evening Standard)The Power Broker tells the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever once being elected to office, he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority, allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York, turning it into the city we know today, while at the same time blighting the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one.First published in the USA in 1974, this monumental classic was a Sunday Times bestseller when published in the UK in 2015 and is now widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest books of its kind. Notes Trade paperback. Now a Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller this is a monumental classic telling the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century. Author Biography Robert A. Caro has been described as the greatest political biographer of our times (Sunday Times) and a world authority on the nature of power and how to use it (Guardian). His first book, The Power Broker, won the Pulitzer Prize in biography and the Frances Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians. His subsequent books comprise a multi-volume work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson, regarded by many as the greatest political biography of the modern era (The Times), winning three National Book Critics Circle Awards, the National Book Award and a further Pulitzer Prize. In 2009 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, the highest award in the humanities given in the United States. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ina, an historian and writer. Review Simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the past 40 years ... There has probably never been a better dissection of political power ... From the first page ... you know that you are in the hands of a master ... riveting ... superb ... not just a stunning portrait of perhaps the most influential builder in world history ... but an object lesson in the dangers of power -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *One of the great biographies of all time ... [by] one of the great reporters of our time ... and probably the greatest biographer. He is also an extraordinary writer. After reading page 136 of his book The Power Broker, I gasped and read it again, then again. This, I thought, is how it should be done ... said to be one of the greatest nonfiction works ever written ... Every MP, wonk and would-be wonk in Westminster has read [Robert Caros The Years of Lyndon Johnson], because they think it is the greatest insight into power ever written. Theyre nearly right: its the second greatest after The Power Broker -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *I think about Robert Caro and reading The Power Broker back when I was 22 years old and just being mesmerized, and Im sure it helped to shape how I think about politics -- Barack ObamaThis is irresistibly readable, an outright masterpiece and unparalleled insight into how power works and perhaps the greatest portrait ever of a world city -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *A stupendous achievement ... Caros style is gripping, indeed hypnotic, and he squeezes every ounce of drama from his remarkable story … Can a democracy combine visionary leadership with effective checks and balances to contain the misuse of power? No book illustrates this fundamental dilemma of democracy better than The Power Broker ... Indeed, no student of government can regard his education as complete until he has read it -- Vernon Bogdanor * Independent *Remarkable … we learn as much about the intoxication and addiction of power as we do about the bureaucratic titan whose imprint on New York bears comparison with his only modern equivalent, the smasher and rebuilder of Paris, Baron Haussmann … [with] his detailed reporting and rhythmic prose, his great acuity for understanding and describing the nuances of politics and power … [Robert Caro] has no contemporary rivals -- John R MacArthur * Spectator *Monumental … extraordinary … The writing never flags. The detail is never irrelevant. The sheer relentlessness has a mesmeric quality. The character sketches … are wonderful … the way in which he shows how power is attained and how it can corrupt [is] fascinating … This book has helped change the way history is written -- Daniel Finkelstein * The Times *An epic, meticulously detailed study of power in general: how its acquired, how its used to change history, how it ultimately corrupts those who get it ... Masterfully, Caro shows how Moses transformed New York in ways both progressive and backward, benign and cruel ... as an account of how power and ambition shape the urban environment, The Power Broker has yet to be beaten -- Oliver Burkeman * Guardian *The story of how Robert Moses made and broke people and places is astonishing. It comes so highly recommended that it is unignorable -- Jeremy Paxman * Observer *A truly exceptional achievement … Important, awesome, compelling … extraordinary on many levels and certain to endure * Washington Post *One of the most exciting, un-put-downable books I have ever read. This is definitive biography, urban history, and investigative journalism. This is a study of the corruption which power exerts on those who wield it to set beside Tacitus and his emperors, Shakespeare and his kings * Baltimore Evening Sun *Surely the greatest book ever written about a city -- David HalberstamIrresistible reading. It is like one of the great Russian novels, overflowing with characters and incidents that all fit into a vast mosaic of plot and counterplot. Only this is no novel. This is a college education in power corruption * St. Louis Post-Dispatch *The most absorbing, detailed, instructive, provocative book ever published about the making and raping of modern New York City and environs and the man who did it, about the hidden plumbing of New York City and State politics over the last half-century, about the force of personality and the nature of political power in a democracy. A monumental work, a political biography and political history of the first magnitude * New York *A triumph, brilliant and totally fascinating. A majestic, even Shakespearean, drama about the interplay of power and personality -- Justin KaplanCaro has written one of the finest, best-researched and most analytically informative descriptions of our political and governmental processes to appear in a generation * Washington Post *Caros achievement is staggering … A milestone in literary and publishing history * Houston Post *An extraordinary study of the workings of power, individually, institutionally, politically, and economically * Wall Street Journal *A masterpiece of American reporting. Its more than the story of a tragic figure or the exploration of the unknown politics of our time. Its an elegantly written and enthralling work of art -- Theodore H. WhiteIn the future, the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the twentieth century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort * The New York Times Book Review * Promotional One of the 100 best non-fiction books ever written (Time) now in paperback for the first time Review Text Simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the past 40 years ... There has probably never been a better dissection of political power ... From the first page ... you know that you are in the hands of a master ... riveting ... superb ... not just a stunning portrait of perhaps the most influential builder in world history ... but an object lesson in the dangers of power Review Quote Simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the past 40 years ... There has probably never been a better dissection of political power ... From the first page ... you know that you are in the hands of a master ... riveting ... superb ... not just a stunning portrait of perhaps the most influential builder in world history ... but an object lesson in the dangers of power Promotional "Headline" One of the 100 best non-fiction books ever written ( Time ) now in paperback for the first time Details ISBN1847923658 Author Robert A. Caro Publisher Vintage Publishing ISBN-10 1847923658 ISBN-13 9781847923653 Format Paperback Imprint The Bodley Head Ltd Subtitle Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 974.71042092 Pages 1312 Short Title The Power Broker Language English UK Release Date 2019-02-14 Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-02-14 AU Release Date 2019-02-14 NZ Release Date 2019-02-14 Narrator Susan McInearny Birth 1939 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications Ph.D. Audience General Alternative 9781529958386 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123840842;

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