inside America's best counterterror force--the NYPD
Dickey, Christopher
2009
Provides an inside look at how the New York Police Department has developed into one of the country's top counterterrorism operations since the 2001 attacks on the U.S., and discusses controversies that have arisen over their methods.
the inside story of its role in the September 11th aftermath
Lioy, Paul J
2010
Paul J. Lioy, an American environmental scientist, discusses the dust that was released from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, describing his scientific findings and the environmental impact of the dust, the government focus on asbestos, and suggestions to prepare for future incidents.
the rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York
Ackerman, Kenneth D
2006
Chronicles the life of Boss Tweed, focusing on his political career and the scandals, corruption, and negative influence he had on American politics in the mid-nineteenth century.
Two women with very different lives are joined together at a party for an ailing poet, and together they realize that even though their lives are different, they are tied together by a common bond.
Phoebe, a slave in the Philipse household in colonial New York, must decide on the right course of action when her friend Cuffee is implicated in a reputed slave uprising.
a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media, and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public
Greenburg, Michael M
2008
An account of the sensational marriage of an aging Manhattan millionare and a fifteen-year-old high school dropout during the 1920s; with a parallel look at the rise of tabloid journalism.
Former Major League Baseball player Joe Torre describes his years of success as manager for the New York Yankees--from 1996 through 2007--and discusses players, the media, scandals, and more.
Three friends, Stingo, a twenty-two-year-old writer; Sophie, a survivor of the Nazi camps; and Nathan, her mercurial lover, share magical, heart-warming times until doom overtakes them as Sophie's and Nathan's darkest secrets are revealed.
A collection of essays written by the author from age fifteen to seventeen in which he shares impressions of school, sports, cool people, boring people, friends, family, money, music, and obsessions.
