Editors' Picks: Politics & Current EventsPortraits:
9/11/01, the moving collection of the more than 1,800
profiles from The New York Times
's series "Portraits of
Grief," was our favorite book of the year in
Politics & Current Events.
See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our
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Portraits: 9/11/01: The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York Times
The New York Times
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Times Books
May 1, 2002
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From Library Journal
In the days and weeks following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the nation and New York in particular struggled to find normalcy. Yet the city's desire to confront the terror and, in turn, work through its grief was palpable. The Ne...
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American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
William Langewiesche
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North Point Press
October 24, 2002
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From Publishers Weekly
Langewiesche had unrestricted access to Manhattan's Ground Zero during the post-September 11 cleanup, and his triptych of articles (originally published in the Atlantic Monthly) takes readers through what became known to its denizens as the Pile, from the ...
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Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11
Thomas L. Friedman
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 11, 2002
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From Publishers Weekly
"History just took a right turn into a blind alley," comments the New York Times columnist in his latest book, "and something very dear has just been taken away from us." Tackling this observation from many different angles, this lucid book, consisting of ...
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Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs
Gilles Peress
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Scalo Publishers
September 15, 2002
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From Publishers Weekly
On September 25, 2001, an exhibition opened in a previously vacant storefront in SoHo, perhaps 20 blocks from Ground Zero. Photographer Peress, who had been photographing the city for the New Yorker, Michael Shulan (who owned the building where the exhibit...
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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid
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Yale University Press
January 25, 2002
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In the aftermath of September 11, as Americans tried to figure out what they were up against, many of them turned to Ahmed Rashid's masterful book ...
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Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe
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Little, Brown
June 1, 2002
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"...a classic example of what serious, long-form investigative reporting and dedicated community service by the press can accomplish..." -- ...
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The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
Richard Preston
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Random House
October 8, 2002
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On December 9, 1979, smallpox, the most deadly human virus, ceased to exist in nature. After eradication, it was confined to freezers located in just two places on earth: the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Maximum Containment Laboratory in S...
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The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town
Mary Pipher
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Harcourt
March 22, 2002
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Though Lincoln, Nebraska, seems a strange gathering place for refugees from all corners of the globe, it is the setting for Mary Pipher's ...
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Inside 9-11: What Really Happened
Der Spiegel
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St. Martin's Press
March 11, 2002
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From Library Journal
The editors of Der Spiegel magazine have put together a comprehensive account of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The book is divided into several sections, including a chronology of the events of September 11 and background on the terrorists especially...
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Firehouse
David Halberstam
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Hyperion
May 29, 2002
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Thirteen men from Engine 40, Ladder 35 firehouse initially responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; only one survived. Located near Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the firehouse was known for its rich tradition and stro...
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