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Joey Margolis, a young boy whose father has deserted the family, begins writing baseball player Charlie Banks and forms a relationship with the third baseman that changes both their lives for the better.

Chronicles the life of African-American photographer James Van DerZee, who built a career taking portraits and captured daily life in 1920s and 1930s Harlem on film.

Mark Manship, chief curator of European art at New York's Metropolitan Museum, is mounting a major exhibition of the works of Botticelli, but he is thwarted in his attempts to collect the paintings he needs by a deranged nationalist who has vowed to either recapture or destroy all Italian art treasures.

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.

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

A brief biography of famous New York fashion designer Vera Wang.

Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment to it.

Provides a history of Grand Central Terminal from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including its construction and architecture, the role played by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and facts about railroads in general.

A biography of the son of a convicted felon who grew up to become a tough prosecuting attorney and the mayor of New York City.