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When Misty moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, she was not expecting to discover she is a moko jumbie spirit, that she and her cousins all have magic, and she certainly did not expect to discover a plot to capture magical power during the annual West Indian Labor Day parade.

Text and photographs look at some of the different players who have played for the New York Knicks basketball team.

Text and photographs look at some of the different players who have played for the Brooklyn Nets basketball team.

Profiles the New York Mets professional baseball team, with information on influential players and the team's history.

An overview of the Harlem Renaissance, chronicling its history, and discussing the lives and accomplishments of African American authors, artists, and leaders of the era. Includes a time line, glossary, and other resources.

In early twentieth-century New York, Sacha Kessler's ability to see witches earns him an apprenticeship to the police department's star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf, to help stop magical crime and, with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, Sacha investigates who is trying to kill Thomas Edison, whose mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history.

As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?".

Tells the story of Lewis Michaux who built a bookstore in Harlem despite widespread opposition.

A play performed by a full cast in which a juror in a murder trial holds out on a guilty verdict and tries to get the other jurors to look at the situation without being swayed by their personal prejudices or biases.

"Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband T.J. and their toddler Daniel holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation--performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives"--Provided by publisher.