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While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.

Tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat leads the investigation into the death of a New York real estate tycoon who plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest.

Photographs and narratives describe 100 sports events in New York history, including Babe Ruth hitting the first home run in the new Yankee Stadium, the Ali-Frazier fight at Madison Square Garden, and Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball.

Presents a history of the 1741 slave rebellion that nearly destroyed New York City, and describes the conviction of over one hundred men and women who were either burned at the stake, hanged, or imprisoned and the social and political climate of the 1730s and 1740s.

A collection of political cartoons by American illustrator Ward Sutton which includes commentary by the artist.

Catherine Lloyd Burns reflects on her relationship with her mother and the profound impact loss has played on their lives and relationships.

Features a collection of performance pieces based on interviews conducted with people involved in the riots that erupted in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1991.

Describes the labor history of New York City after the Second World War, covering its development of worker benefits and the effects of the 1950s anti-communist hunts and the 1970s fiscal crisis on its working class, among other topics.