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"Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance..."--Provided by publisher.

When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction.

New York Police Detective Archer Caroll teams up with Securities and Exchange Commission agent Caitlin Dillon in a desperate attempt to stop a group of terrorists called Green Band which has blown up several buildings on Wall Street and thrown the stock market into chaos.

"The cross-dimensional craziness of Spider-Verse is over but that doesn't mean Spider-Man is safe--not even at his own company! Parker Industries' security systems can keep out any living thing...but what about a Ghost? The super-powered saboteur invades Parker Industries and targets the staff! But why? One thing is certain: No secret is safe from the Ghost--and no person is safe either!"--Back cover.

An heiress favored by neither beauty nor brilliance, her proud and pitiless father, and her fortune-hunting suitor are portrayed through shifting relationships and a series of confrontations.

The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and goes to New York, and when her husband loses his job, goes onstage again; and includes historical context, explanatory notes, excerpts of criticism, discussion questions, and other study tools.

In the 1970s, after the death of Dracula, a vampire on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" in Transylvania meets a starving young vampire named Ion Popescu and helps him escape to America to begin a new life, unaware that the boy has been infused with the blood of Dracula himself. Reinventing himself as Johnny Pop, this new incarnation of the King of Vampires gets rich selling an addictive drug that confers vampire powers on its users, and both Johnny and the drug become a hit on the decadent New York art scene, where vampirism is considered chic.

Describes the planning, creation, history, and current renovation of the great statue in New York Harbor celebrating liberty.

Looks at the career of reporter, photographer, and social reformer, Jacob Riis.

Misa Atkinson faces jail time and the loss of her son after confessing that she murdered her son's abuser, while Camille struggles to cope with her pregnancy and her estranged husband's reaction to the news.