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Inside the helmet Inside the helmet Michael Strahan,Jay Glazer,Michael Strahan Just in time for the 2007 season: One of the finest defensive players ever to wear an NFL uniform delivers the first truly authentic, hard-hitting, revelatory portrait of America's most popular sport… OL12409640W
The New York Colony The New York Colony Dennis B. Fradin Traces the history of the Dutch colony beginning with the years it was inhabited only by Indians to the time it became the eleventh state. Includes biographical sketches on famous New Yorkers such as… OL15050216W
The council of dads The council of dads Bruce Feiler Bestselling author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters' lives would be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would the… OL15111168W
Them Them Francine du Plessix Gray At the height of their fame, Alexander Liberman and Tatiana du Plessix Gray were the grandest power couple in the New York City fashion world, gifted Russian emigres who consorted with Dali and Dietr… OL15858830W
I am not myself these days I am not myself these days Josh Kilmer-Purcell An advertising executive describes how he moonlighted as a drag queen performing in nighclubs, detailing a surreal odyssey into Manhattan's dark underbelly as it chronicles his relationship with his … OL15859512W
Katie up and down the hall Katie up and down the hall Glenn Plaskin "The heartwarming true story of how one special cocker spaniel turned four strangers into family"--Provided by publisher. OL16523408W
The misadventures of Marvin The misadventures of Marvin Marvin Druger xi, 181 p. : 20 cm OL18817374W
Village of immigrants Village of immigrants Diana R. Gordon "Greenport, New York, a village on the North Fork of Long Island, exemplifies a little-noted national trend--that of immigrants spreading beyond the big coastal cities, driving much of rural populati… OL19714635W
The broken and the whole The broken and the whole Charles S. Sherman "A wise, uplifting memoir about a rabbi's search for understanding and his discovery of hope and joy after his young son suffered a catastrophic brain-stem stroke that left him a quadriplegic and dep… OL19976272W
Saving Simon Saving Simon Jon Katz In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call from an animal control officer who had found a neglected donkey on a farm in upstate New York. She hoped that Jon and his wife, Maria, would be w… OL19988376W
Too close to the falls Too close to the falls Catherine Gildiner "Meet Cathy - she started full-time work at four to cure her hyperactivity. Her best friend is 30 years older and obsessed with gambling; her mother looks the part of a perfect 50s housewife but refu… OL221818W
weiter leben weiter leben Ruth Klüger Swept up as a child in the events of Nazi-era Europe, Kluger saw her family's comfortable Vienna existence destroyed. Despite her shattered childhood, Kluger eventually reclaimed her life. A coming-o… OL2442353W
Pagan time Pagan time Micah Perks ""Sometimes it seems like I've spent my life searching for the words that will open my childhood for you. It's always the same - even as I'm trying to use my story to knock down the wall between us, … OL2950597W
The Girl I Left Behind The Girl I Left Behind Judith Nies At the height of the Vietnam War protests, twenty-eight-year-old Judith Nies and her husband lived a seemingly idyllic life. Both were building their respective careers in Washington—Nies as the spee… OL3291910W
Mrs. Harris Mrs. Harris Diana Trilling Chronicles the trial of Jean Harris for the murder of her long-time lover, the author of the Scarsdale diet. OL3924195W
Pied Piper Pied Piper James Gollin "Noah Greenberg's life story reads like a gritty Jack London or Theodore Dreiser romance, set against the backdrop of New York's political and cultural scene. Born and raised in the Bronx, the child … OL4467126W
Number Phonics Number Phonics Karen Louise Davidson Karen Louise Davidson is a public school teacher, a homeschooling mother to her seven children, and a tutor of remedial reading. She searched for many years for a program that would best help her stu… OL6029229W
How Starbucks Saved My Life How Starbucks Saved My Life Michael Gates Gill,Michael Gill In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything… OL7975767W
The Birthday Party The Birthday Party Stanley N. Alpert On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley N. Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting thugs looking to use his … OL8076309W
The Mighty Queens of Freeville The Mighty Queens of Freeville Amy Dickinson Millions of Americans know and love Amy Dickinson from reading her syndicated advice column “Ask Amy” and from hearing her wit and wisdom weekly on National Public Radio. Amy’s audience loves her for… OL8329947W
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