new york

Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett, and Amanda Pressner feel lost. At a crossroads in life they feel the pressure to hit standardized milestones: score a big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids and all before they reach their early thirties. Unable to find perspective in fast-paced Manhattan, the three quit their jobs, leave friends behind, and make a pact to travel the globe together for a year. Journeying 60,000 miles across four continents and more than a dozen countries, they experience every adventure and experience the world has to offer. Along the way they find themselves as well as lifelong friendship.

Robert Sullivan spent a year investigating a rat-infested alley a few blocks from Wall Street. What he saw, night after night, is detailed here and turns out to be funny, wise, and sometimes disgusting.

Michael Gates Gill shares how a job at his local Starbucks helped him rebuild his life after he lost his job and his family, sharing how the job taught him about what was truly important and offering an inside look at life behind the Starbucks' counter.

Fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is African-American, and Ellie, who is white, fall in love after meeting at their private school in New York, and must contend with the reactions of their families, friends, and others at the school.

Felicia Sullivan shares the story of her life growing up with a volatile, drug-addicted mother in Brooklyn in the 1980s, discusses how she reacted to the stresses of her youth by succumbing to drugs and alcohol herself, and tells how she was able to pull herself back from the brink of disaster.

Legendary basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar traces his childhood in Harlem, his professional career, and the influence of the Harlem Renaissance on his life and the African-American culture.

A graphic memoir in which Marisa Acocella Marchetto chronicles her eleven-month battle with breast cancer, from diagnosis to cure.

Two women with very different lives are joined together at a party for an ailing poet, and together they realize that even though their lives are different, they are tied together by a common bond.

Discusses the events surrounding the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and describes the experiences of those involved and the impact of these attacks.