new york

The true story of how Katie, a cocker spaniel belonging to a journalist living in lower Manhattan, brought love and a sense of family to the residents of their apartment building and to the strangers they met.

Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through, after many setbacks, its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.

Reproduces over 150 black-and-white photographs taken by African-American photographers Morgan and Marvin Smith, recording scenes and personalities in Harlem during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.

Eleven-year-old Irish Catholic Michael Devlin and Rabbi Judah Hirsch form a wonderful, if unlikely, friendship in Brooklyn in 1947, but the actions of a group of anti-Semitic thugs soon have them trapped in a spiral of hate and hoping for a miracle.

Contains three It Girl novels in which high school student Jenny Humphrey will do anything to become the most popular girl at her New York boarding school--Waverly Academy.

Recounts the experiences of the construction workers who spent nine months cleaning up the debris at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The author presents a collection of fifteen short stories about her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood and all the craziness and bumps that go along with growing up.

Feeling a need for stability after her divorce and pursuit by a stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts a job with a Manhattan law firm and buys the former family house in New Jersey. When the house is renovated, the corpse of a missing woman turns up along with evidence linked to a family disappearance in 1892.

Presents photographs and stories of some of the working people responsible for the creation of New York City in the twentieth century, including factory workers, longshoremen, builders, industrialists, typists, and others.