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David Lurie, a young Jewish boy growing up in the Bronx in the years leading up to World War II, learns to deal with the challenges of neighborhood bullies and his own frail health, which gives him the courage to follow his own personal path of belief in spite of opposition.

Lily Bart, an orphaned child of a New York merchant, calmly prepares a campaign to marry for the power and luxury that money brings.

Provides a detailed picture of what life in the slums of New York was like, how the slums were created, how and why they remained as they were, who was forced to live there, and offers suggestions for easing the lot of the poor.

A collection of poems by Puerto Rican writer Jack Agueros.

Chronicles the life of Joseph Massino, head of the Bonanno crime family, focusing on his illegal activities, criminal empire, and the impact his capture had on the mob.

Presents forty-five poems and excerpts of literature about New York City, accompanied by paintings and photographs of the city's many sides; includes works by Willa Cather, Truman Capote, Margaret Fuller, Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, and many others.

In this account of the 2001 rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, retired New York City firefighter Dennis Smith gives a remarkable eyewitness account of perhaps the most heroic and desperate collaborative disaster effort in recent history.

When Pap goes away to build the New York City subway in 1915, his family sends him Mother's special jam which works magic in returning him home to celebrate Christmas.

Presents side-by-side photographs with text that compares the architecture and aesthetics of New York City between the mid-nineteenth century and the early twenty- first.

Follows an urban park ranger as he tends to the ponds, fountains, plants, and animals in his care and teaches people about the parks that form an exciting outdoor classroom.