Horn, Stacy

"It's now known as New York City's Roosevelt Island. Originally called Blackwell's Island, it housed a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse and almshouse in the 19th century. This book re-creates what daily life was like on the island, what politics shaped it, and what constituted therapy and charity in the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.

"As Horn relates her funny and profound experiences as a choir member [of the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York], she treats us to an eclectic history of group singing and the music that moves us--whether we're hearing it for the first time or the hundredth--, the dramatic stories of conductors and composers, and discoveries from the new science of singing, including the remarkable physical benefits of song"--Amazon.com.

Discusses the paranormal phenomenon investigated by scientists at the Duke Parapsychology Lab between 1930 and 1980, revealing attempts to prove or disprove the claims while the scientific community, and believers in such occurances in general, attempted to examine the validity of the lab's findings.

Discusses the paranormal phenomenon investigated by scientists at the Duke Parapsychology Lab between 1930 and 1980, revealing attempts to prove or disprove the claims while the scientific community, and believers in such occurences in general, attempted to examine the validity of the lab's findings.

Presents an inside look at the New York City police department's Cold Case Squad, a group of detectives charged with trying to solve murders that are sometimes decades old, and follows them as they work to find answers to four unsolved murder cases going back as far as 1951.