Middletown, America: One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope
 Thought Provoking and Moving: Gail Sheehy conducted 900 interviews in order to provide a snapshot of this community and its passage through the trauma of 9/11 and the days, weeks and months that followed. There is a bit of redundancy in the text, which [... more]
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Downtown
Please rebuild the Twin Towers as they were but stronger!: During Pete Hamill's lifetime, he has lived mostly in Manhattan which is usually the priciest and most expensive borough in the city. I live in New Jersey which is considered the poor sibling to [... more]
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The Island at the Center of the World
Reads like a novel: The is one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. Russell Shorto brings to life the history and the characters of the period. I have already given this book to several people as a gift. They have all thanked me for it. A [... more]
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Nine Months at Ground Zero
For All Those Construction Workers Who Were "In The Pit": Thank you Bobby, for imortalizing the experience, and heartache, of us all. We owe a debt of gratitude: The "outside world" owes a debt of gratitude to the men and women who [... more]
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New York Night
A City's Passions: Revealing a city's intrigues is quite a job, and New York's would seem impossible, but Caldwell is plainly up to the job. He makes events( famous and not so) vivid and lyrical, and the people who make those events unforgettable. [... more]
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Closure
Must Read: This is the story that needed to be told of the many courageous, heroic men and women involved in this search and recovery effort. It is also the story of the courageous, heroic families who lived through this effort with their loved ones. It [... more]
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Ghosts of 42nd Street
A Welcome Departure: Let me get my one complaint out of the way. This book should be titled, "Ghosts of WEST 42nd Street" because it just about completely ignores 42nd Street east of 6th Avenue. That said, Anthony Bianco's "Ghosts of 42nd [... more]
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Natural Wonder of NYC: This is an eye-opening book about the bounty that surrounded New York in the early years of the city, amazing for those of us who grew up locally in the pollution and grime of the late 20th century. For oyster lovers, the story [... more]
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The Deathless
Who Can You Trust?: This story is set right after the episode The Zeppo so much of the cast is pretty beaten up. One night on patrol Buffy sees a vampire wig out near a strange house. The last time she saw such a reaction the house held a giant mantis [... more]
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Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville
A Man A Plan- Daleville: "The modest single-family house is the glory of the suburban tradition." "It offers its inhabitants a comprehensible image of independence and privacy while also accepting the responsibility of community."- [... more]
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Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic
Read McCullough's the Great Bridge First: This makes an enjoyable companion/semi-sequel. Having grown up in the NY metro area, I greatly found this book fascinating. I don't know if others would enjoy this as much. But I always appreciate stories that [... more]
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Johnstown Flood
Amazon.com Review: The history of civil engineering may sound boring, but in David McCullough's hands it is, well, riveting. His award-winning histories of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal were preceded by this account of the disastrous dam [... more]
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