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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xx, 315 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this first narrative history of Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder from 1844-1846, a constitutional lawyer and crime historian shows how dueling trial lawyers, ruthless newsmen and shameless hucksters turned her case in America's formative tabloid trial.
Author
Publisher
Scribner's
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Returning home from their honeymoon to discover that their neighbor has put his Manhattan apartment up for sale, Regan Reilly and her husband Jack decide to buy it to enlarge their own loft, but the renovation process spawns its own set of problems and an unexpected case.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a legendary moment in Mob history. In the fall of 1941, a momentous trial was set to begin that threatened to end the careers and lives of New York's most brutal mob kingpins. The lead witness, Abe Reles, had been a trusted executioner for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of a coast-to-coast mob network known as the Syndicate....
85) Heat rises
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the third book of the New York Times bestselling Nikki Heat series, following HEAT WAVE and NAKED HEAT, Richard Castle's new thrilling mystery continues the story of NYPD Homicide Detective, Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries apassion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. In what's sure to be another smash sensation by blockbuster author Richard Castle, readers will once again follow Nikki Heat...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
279 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After an illusionist on stage saws into his assistant, Harry Houdini's wife hires Molly Murphy to be part investigator/part bodyguard and uncover whether NYC's masters of illusion are simply up to their tricks or if there truly is something much more treacherous going on.
Author
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A burnt out filmmaker finds new inspiration behind the wheel of an iconic New York City taxi cab, exploring a world where he is the stranger and the city his new workplace. Benoit Cohen dives into his new life as a cab driver with the idea of turning it into a screenplay for a future film, but the material he collects from this social experiment marks him deeply, leading down unsuspected paths. The project transforms into an autobiographical novel...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Margot Sanchez is paying off her debts by working in her family's South Bronx grocery store, but she must make the right choices about her friends, her family, and Moises, the good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood.
89) & sons: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
434 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A famous reclusive writer and his three sons find their bond tested by the weight of long-held secrets and a cumbersome legacy shaped by boarding school, Hollywood, and the elite circles of the publishing world.
90) Pura Belpré
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
69 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring chapter book biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré who brought Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the country, giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before.
91) Made in Brooklyn
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The compelling stories of factories that flourish in Brooklyn, NY, challenge the notion that manufacturing is dead in America. Workers reveal how their jobs bring not only regular pay checks, but meaningful relationships, enhanced self-esteem, and pride in themselves and their products. Made in Brooklyn has lessons about the economy for the entire nation.
92) Clara Lemlich
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
55 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Clara Lemlich, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A powerful memoir by 25-year-old Ly Tran about her immigrant experience and her recent family history in the aftermath of the war that spans from Vietnam to Brooklyn, and ultimately to the Ivy League"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 276 pages : charts ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The black-white educational achievement gap -- so much discussed for so many years -- has already been closed by black students attending New York City's charter schools. This might be expected to be welcome news. But it has been very unwelcome news in traditional public schools whose students are transferring to charter schools. A backlash against charter schools has been led by teachers unions, politicians and others -- not only in New York but...
96) The dead room
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre, gifted with the ability to communicate with ghosts, returns to Manhattan's historic Hastings House, where her fianc p̌erished in an explosion, and stumbles upon a plot that traps her between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpr,̌ a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When they are hired by veteran family court judge Hope Willis to find her missing daughter, Forensic Investigators--a team of renegade investigators comprised of a behavorist, a techno-wizard, an intuitive, and a former Navy SEAL--must race against time to bring Krissy back alive.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1917, on the day before Valentine's Day, eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared. When the police gave up, a mysterious woman in black vowed to find her. Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of Grace Humiston, the detective and lawyer who turned her back on New York society life to become one of the nation's greatest crime fighters during an era when women were rarely involved with investigations....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and...
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