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"... Follows a young woman striving to create the perfect life--husband, home, career--until a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret of all"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of photographs from Life Magazine that chronicles the September 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath; and includes portraits of firefighters, volunteers, and survivors, articles on the events, and the reaction of Americans to the tragedy.

Chronicles the life of Horace Greeley, discussing his childhood, love of learning, years as a printer in New York City, presidential campaign against General Ulysses S. Grant, and other related topics.

Four friends from New York's Hell's Kitchen suffer a year of humiliation, beatings, and sexual abuse at the hands of Sean Nokes and his flunkies at the Wilkinson Boy's Home, leaving lasting scars that haunt them into adulthood. When Nokes is murdered by two of the group, the other two enact aplot to twist the legal system to their advantage and not only free their friends, but get revenge on the men who had tortured them when they were helpless prisoners.

The author recalls his early experiences with poverty and discrimination, his involvement with drugs and gangs, and his prison sentence for armed robbery which led to his rehabilitation and work with street gangs and drug addicts.

Using the trial of Herbert Weinstein, a sixty-five year old man who murdered his wife and was later found to have a cyst on his brain, the author discusses the use of neuroscience in the courtroom as a defense.

Examines the remarkable life of reality television personality Tim Gunn, his family background, childhood, education, as well as his work as a creative force behind Project Runway.

"Documents the nearly two-decade manhunt for a serial bomber in mid-twentieth-century New York, citing the contributions of police captain Howard Finney and psychiatrist James Brussel in developing investigative techniques that would shape new approaches in American law enforcement"--OCLC.

Essays explore the five boroughs of New York City through thirteen defining dishes, and recount the author's culinary journey of the area over three decades.

Discusses the history of the greater New York area.