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The Boy who fell out of the sky

a true story
2007
A memoir about the close relationship between two brothers describing how the author's life was changed by the death of his older brother David, a writer, who was killed in the bombingof Pan Am's Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Out of the blue

the story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero
2002
Tells the story of the people, forces, and events that led to the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001, looking at the life of Osama bin Laden, the evolution and activities of Al Qaeda, and the training of terrorists, detailing the attacks themselves, and describing some of the human dramas that took place in the midst of the tragedy.

The Lockerbie airline crash

1991
Examines the terrorist incident which caused the explosion and crash of a Pan Am 747 over the Scottish village of Lockerbie in 1988.

America, September 11

the courage to give : the triumph of the human spirit
2001

Bel canto

a novel
2005
A group of international guests, taken hostage by terrorists while attending a birthday party at the home of the vice president of a small South American country, form bonds with their captors and enter into an almost idyllic lifestyle, united by the music of Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano.

Terrorism

2006
Contains fifteen personal narratives on terrorism, including perspectives from victims, families of victims, emergency workers, and terrorists, and includes background on each individual, an annotated list of organizations to contact, and a list of related books and periodicals.

The Oklahoma City bombing

2004
Contains twenty-four articles that present the experiences and opinions of people who were directly involved in or affected by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Portraits 9

the collected "Portraits of grief" from The New York times
2003
An alphabetically arranged collection of photographs and brief biographical sketches from the "Portaits of Grief" feature of the "New York Times, " which for several months profiled men and women who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Also includes lists of all those who were killed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 on that day.

Falling man

2007
Keith Neudecker, a survivor of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, returns home from the ruins to his wife Lianne, from whom he had separated, and his young son Justin, and finds in the aftermath that he has become a very different man.

Bel canto

a novel
2001
A group of international guests, taken hostage by terrorists while attending a birthday party at the home of the vice president of a small South American country, form bonds with their captors and enter into an almost idyllic lifestyle, united by the music of Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano.

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