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Al DeMeo tells about his youth as the son of Mafia killer Roy DeMeo, discussing the disparity between what he knew of Roy as a father and what he later learned about his dad's profession, and sharing the effects of that conflict on his adult life.

Tina S. tells about her life as an alcohol and drug-addicted teenage runaway living in the tunnels beneath New York's Grand Central Station for four years.

Chronicles the life and career of Jam Master Jay, one of the first artists to make rap famous, discussing how he brought the street rhythms and hard-rock riffs of rap to the top of the music charts.

When she and her mother move to an apartment in New York City after her parents decide on a trial separation, sixteen-year-old Sammie learns to deal with her mother's fragile mental state, her best friend's self-centeredness, several new friendships, and her own budding sexuality.

The author tells about his experiences as a physician at St. Clare's Spellman Center for HIV Related Diseases in New York, relating patient stories of love, hope, and courage, and discussing the insights he has gained and the lessons he has learned as a result of his work.

Amateur sleuth Alvira has her hands full in the weeks before Christmas when she vows to find out why a friend who had promised to leave her townhouse to an after-school shelter suddenly changed her will, and at the same time attempts to locate a child whose mother left her on the steps of a neighborhood church seven years earlier.

Profiles accredited four-year and private two-year colleges in New York, providing contact information and covering such aspects as academics, the student body, expenses, financial aid, and entrance difficulty.

Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to work for Lewis & Mariah as an au pair for their four children. As Lucy is coming to terms with her employer's lives, she is unraveling the mysteries of her own sexuality.