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Discusses Minik Wallace, a young Eskimo boy brought to New York in 1897 along with his father, whose skeleton was put on display in the Museum of Natural History; Minik's years as a "specimen"; his displacement both in America and in Greenland upon his return there; Arctic exploration; and early anthropology.

A sequel to "The Relic" which has NYPD Lt. D'Agosta, Natural History Museum curator Margo Green, and a host of returning characters involved in a new investigation spurred by the discovery of the decapitated remains of a New York socialite and a sharp increase in the decapitation rate among the city's underground homeless.

Discusses the author's experience at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Sr. and Jr. were pastors, recounting his efforts, during the Civil Rights Movement, to set up meetings between white and African-American youth groups, which was met with resistance by white clergy.

Martin Dressler rises quickly through the business world of nineteenth-century New York City, going from a helper in his dad's cigar store to owner of the Grand Cosmo hotel, which represents the fulfillment of his dreams, but also leads him to financial ruin.

A graphic novel that chronicles the childhood of Geoffrey Canada, describing how he learned to survive on the violent streets of the South Bronx.

The story of Billy Bathgate, a boy who has insinuated himself into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang to become apprentice and protege to one of the great murdering gangsters.

A New York novelist in search of a story becomes involved in the mystery of who stole the large brass cross that hung behind the altar of St. Timothy's Episcopal church in Manhattan and installed it on the roof of the Synagogue for Evolutionary Judaism on the Upper West Side.

Chronicles the fierce rivalry between two architects, William Van Alen and Craig Severance, who, in the 1920s, set out to make their mark on New York City and build the city's tallest building.

Presents the final volume in a trilogy of memoirs by Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago in which she uses the turmoil of her affair with Ulvi, an older Turkish man, to explore racism, sexism, feminism, and the value of education in her life.

The New York CSI team investigates the slashing death of a young woman in a city park which witnesses believe is the crime of a werewolf. Presented in graphic novel format.