New York (State)
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Auteur:Caunitz, William J.Sommaire:When a young police officer is shot and killed in his girlfriend's apartment in Washington Heights, investigators suspect that he had been taking money from the Dominican drug gangs that rule the neighborhood. An ambitious female deputy...
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Auteur:Robb, J. D.Sommaire:Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. It's a little spooky seeing the actress...
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Auteur:DeMille, NelsonSommaire:St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for a shock. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act: the seizure of...
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Auteur:De Jonge, PeterSommaire:After an elderly man with encroaching Alzheimer's disease confesses to his home attendant that as a long-ago junkie and petty thief he killed his partner in crime, police from the NYPD reluctantly dig up the community garden where the...
- Auteur:Block, LawrenceSommaire:
This first outing for the Greenwich Village burglar finds Bernie set up for a fall when a simple job turns out to involve murder and the conveniently timed arrival of the cops.
- Auteur:Lyons, C.J.Sommaire:
After the deranged lunatic who murdered Sarah Durandt's husband and son is executed, Sarah returns to her home in the Adirondacks in hopes of achieving some measure of closure. But once there, Sarah is forced to face a nightmarish...
- Auteur:Bunkley, Anita R.Sommaire:
This is the tale of Broadway star Niya Londres, who is planning her extravagant Acapulco wedding. But there's one problem. Niya hasn't said "yes" yet--to any of the three men who've popped the question.
- Auteur:Salaam, YusefSommaire:
Yusef Salaam shares his story of growing up Black in central Harlem in the 1980s--being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother--his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories to lessons...
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Auteur:Haff, Stephen, Sierra, SarahSommaire:At an after-school program, a teacher named Stephen and a group of kids push together tables piled high with books so they can reimagine Don Quixote, the story of an idealistic dreamer from Spain who traveled around trying to right the...
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Auteur:Sweet, MelissaSommaire:Presents a tribute to the creator of the giant balloons that fill the sky during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, tracing the work of artist Tony Sarg, whose innovative "upside-down puppet" creations have become the parade's...
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Auteur:Tanenbaum, RobertSommaire:While Butch and Marlene work to convict the parents of a deceased boy whose health was neglected in favor of a charismatic faith healer, Karp struggles to prevent a violent attack on New York City with the help of an imprisoned Russian...
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Auteur:Gaitskill, MarySommaire:These powerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban-fringe generation as it searches for human connection.
- Auteur:Jackson, BrendaSommaire:
In Jamaica for a well-deserved vacation, city planner Darcy Owens is stunned by the sight of a chocolate-skinned god in the distance. Upon closer inspection, however, it turns out this dream man is York Ellis, an arrogant ex-cop--and...
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Auteur:Schreiber, JoeSommaire:Perry's parents insist that he take Gobi, their quiet, Lithuanian exchange student, to senior prom but after an incident at the dance he learns that Gobi is actually a trained assassin who needs him as a henchman, behind the wheel of...
- Auteur:Moser, NancySommaire:
Moser whisks listeners away to 1895 Newport, Rhode Island--summer playground to the elite of the Gilded Age--for a tale of unexpected romance. As the lives of an immigrant dressmaker, her socialite friend, and their unlikely suitors...
- Auteur:Cannato, Vincent J.Sommaire:
Cannato delivers a definitive history of America's landmark port of entry. From eyewitness accounts, Cannato weaves together a poignant testament to the hopes and fears of "huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
- Auteur:Langewiesche, WilliamSommaire:
American Ground is the story - until now untold - of the people who responded to the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Within days, William Langewiesche made his way into the innermost recesses of the collapse...
- Auteur:McSmith, ToblySommaire:
Aspiring actor August Greene just landed a coveted spot at the prestigious School of Performing Arts in New York. There's only one problem: his conservative parents won't accept that he's transgender. And to stay with his...
- Auteur:Begley, LouisSommaire:
Old-school lawyer Albert Schmidt has spent years climbing the ladder of success. But now, at what should be the pinnacle of his career, he is widowed, forcibly retired and harbors mixed feelings about his daughter's impending marriage....
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