mayors

It all begins on a perfect Thanksgiving morning. A gunman takes aim on the crowd gathered for Manhattan's world-famous parade. Only one man in the throng sees it happening. Fortunately for the parade-goers, he's just the right man for the job...Fritz Malone is a P.I. who knows City Hall's power brokers but abhors its politics--a man who knows the rules just well enough to work around them. But when he risks his life and ruins his Thanksgiving morning, Fritz walks right into a whole new game that involves coldhearted criminals, dirty copes, and a long-buried secret that implicates the city's most powerful players.

"In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair. When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard--having gained power and success as the mayor--finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him."--back cover.

A.J. and Andrea run for student council, and Mayor Hubble helps teach the children about politics. Election day is right around the corner, and guess who's running for class president? A.J. and Andrea! Mayor Hubble is going to teach the kids all the ins and outs of politics, and every vote counts. Who's going to win? Who's going to lose? And who's going to kiss a baby? Ew, gross!.

Chronicles Franklin Roosevelt's struggle to expose powerful New York officials with mob ties in 1932.

The authors offer their perspective on New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's role before, during, and after the September 11 attacks, and maintain that his administration was too preoccupied with other pet projects to take the possibility of terrorist activity seriously.

Examines the roles and responsibilities that make a mayor's office and city council important facilities within a community.

A.J. and Andrea run for student council, and Mayor Hubble helps teach the children about politics.