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United States encyclopediasSummary: "Published on the occasion of the US Open's fiftieth anniversary, this richly illustrated book is a celebration of the most electrifying event in tennis, bringing to life all of the key moments and unforgettable personalities from the competition's history. Covering everything from the inaugural tournament in 1968 and the legends of the early years, such as Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2018
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Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASSummary: Offers a photographic chronicle of the destruction of the World Trade Center in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and includes classic photographs of the Twin Towers taken over the twenty-five years of their existence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerHouse Books 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.931 NEWRaab, Scott
Summary: "The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 RAASummary: Presents photographs--both aerial shots and those taken at ground level--of the attack on the World Trade Center, rescue and recovery efforts, the clearing of the site, and memorial observances through April, 2002.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Studio 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974.71 ABOStanton, Brandon
Summary: "In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles on foot, all in his attempt to capture ordinary New Yorkers in the most extraordinary of moments"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 974.70022 STASkinner, Peter.
Summary: A collection of photos and articles about the history and construction of the massive World Trade Center, daily operations, and the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MetroBooks 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 725.23 SKIMurray, James T.
Summary: From tiny stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic avenues, this book presents the individual images and shop owner stories that together make up a collective history. Up until now, there has been little attention paid to New York's storefronts; this book reverses that glaring omission and makes clear that the spirit of New York City is etched in its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gingko 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 MURWithers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WITSummary: "September 11, 2001. A day that shook the world and left thousands dead in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in the Pennsylvania countryside. This book serves as a testament to those who lost their lives, to those who fought to save them, and to those who are endeavoring to rebuild."--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pearson Education 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SEPStanton, Brandon.
Summary: "In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton began an ambitious project--to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. The photos he took and the accompanying interviews became the blog Humans of New York. His audience steadily grew from a few hundred followers to, at present count, over twelve million. In 2013, his book Humans of New York, based on that blog, was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 STAMeyerowitz, Joel
Summary: Joel Meyerowitz, the only photographer allowed access inside the "forbidden city" of Ground Zero, documents the nine-month cleanup process after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.97471 MEYWertz, Julia
Summary: "Here is New York, as you've never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in The New Yorker and Harper's."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974 WERMallis, Fern
Summary: "No topic is off-limits to Fern Mallis, award-winning creator of the Fashion Week in New York, when she hosts 'Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis' at New York's prestigious 92nd Street Y, a series of riveting in-depth interviews with the fashion industry's most talented, successful, and legendary personalities. Featuring nineteen inspiring interviews with American fashion luminaries, this engaging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli International Publicatoins, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 643.9 MALBartoletti, Susan Campbell
Summary: "What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MALSteel, Danielle
Summary: Five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency where newcomer Jane Addison quickly discovers there are damaging secrets hidden behind its doors. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STESmith, Morgan
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974.71 SMIMeisel, Susan Pear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974.1 MEISmilios, Maria
Summary: "During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.72 SMISummary: "As familiar as we are with images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the charming former first lady, fewer know the dynamic woman who called New York City home. Shortly after JFK's assassination in 1963, Jackie moved to Manhattan and lived there for the next three decades. This intimate collection of photographs celebrates her life in the city as a mother, book editor, style icon, and most of all,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY NEWMorales, Areli
Summary: "In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021