Janice Erlbaum recounts her experiences working with the residents of a homeless shelter she lived at more than twenty years earlier, reflecting on her friendship with one troubled young woman who reminded Janice of the girl she used to be.
Paul Ross accepts a job working on the legal team for his billionaire father-in-law's hedge fund and must determine where his loyalties lie when a scandal and a regulatory investigation threaten the family business.
A collection of photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, with commentary by the photographers.
An autobiographical comic which chronicles the experiences of Alissa Torres after her husband Eddie was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, leaving her to face a whirlwind of bureaucracy, politics, mourning, and impending childbirth and single motherhood.
the public roles of African American women in 19th-century New York
Dabel, Jane E
2008
Examines the social status, responsibilities, and opportunities available to African-American women in nineteenth-century New York, discussing how male civil rights leaders encouraged women to remain domestic, and describing the Africa-American women who sought employment outside of the home.
Ben Ryder Howe recounts his wife's decision to buy her Korean-American parents a deli in Brooklyn, and describes his experiences helping in the store when it struggled while continuing his job as an editor at the Paris Review.
Lacey Yeager, having arrived on the New York art scene as an intern at Sotheby's, uses her charm, wit, and ambition to move quickly up the cultural ladder, not caring whose heart she breaks and which laws she ignores in the process.
When Hollywood stars get married, they call on Vera Wang to dress them for their big day, because Vera makes the most beautiful wedding gowns in the world!.
