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Chronicles the events surrounding the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in March, 1911, and explains how the fire led social reformers and unions to fight for workers' rights.

In Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York, two Jewish girls learn about their heritage from their grandmother, who was born in Lithuania, escaped during World War II, and lived for a while in Israel.

A photo-filled chronicle of the life of New York fire chief Peter J. Ganci, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, written by his son Chris.

A man who calls himself "Cadillac Man," describes his experiences and memories from fourteen years of living on the streets of New York City.

A personal account of inner-city violence and its effect on children.

The author relates his experiences speaking and traveling with an African refugee named Deo, who escaped genocide and earned his doctorate degree in medicine from Columbia University, to Burundi, where Deo built a hospital and reflected on the many deaths in the region.

A history of the New York City Poetry Slam, a performance poetry competition in which participants recite their own, original work before a panel of five judges selected randomly from the audience, discussing its origins in the 1980s, and following the movement's development over the course of twenty years.

Chronicles the events surrounding the 1909 International Ladies Garment Workers Union strike, in which twenty thousand workers from five hundred shirtwaist factories went on strike to demand better hours, higher wages, and safer working conditions.

Photographs and text introduce readers to the New York Police Department, tracing its history from its beginnings in 1844, describing how the officers serve and protect in the five boroughs of the city, and covering accomplishments, notable cases, and crime-fighting techniques and technologies.

Esther and Fanya, twin sisters in a Russian Jewish immigrant family living on New York's Lower East side in the early twentieth century, each find their own path in life from observing the city around them as they grow up.