new york

Presents the history and culture of Manhattan's shoreline as seen through a series of exploratory walks.

Provides an account of the author's life growing up in mid-century Brooklyn as the Jewish-Arabic child of an Iraqi father and Syrian mother. Explores his artistic awakening in the context of his Sephardic community. Compares the tension between the Arab and Jewish nations to the tensions in his family and within himself.

A look at how the Wright Brothers became the first celebrities of the twentieth century through their 1909 public flying exhibitions in New York City and Germany.

Contains the true story of how Matteo and Holly Pericoli found a bird, abandoned by its mother, in New York City and cared for it for eight years until she died.