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New York September 11
New York September 11
by Magnum
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The date, September 11, 2001, now has a certain permanence, graven on ourcollective memory, like a very few others December 7, 1941, and November 22, 1963, dates which seem to separate yesterday from today, and then from now. They become the rarest of... (read more)

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September 11: A Testimony
September 11: A Testimony
by Reuters News Service
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Gathers some of the most dramatic and memorable images of the events of September 11, 2001, and the days following, including rescue efforts and reactions around the world.... (read more)

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The September 11 Photo Project
The September 11 Photo Project
by Michael Feldschuh
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“I witnessed the fall of the burning towers and death of thousands of people just blocks from where I live. I had taken my camera with me that morning and in a crowd of people took photos while in deep shock, fearing for the lives of those trapped... (read more)

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Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001
Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001
by Mitchell Fink
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, shock waves rippled through the country as the United States came under terrorist attack. In New York, Washington, D.C., and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, four planes piloted by members of the Al Qaeda terrorist... (read more)

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Why Terrorism Works Understanding The
Why Terrorism Works Understanding The
by Alan M Dershowitz
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The greatest danger facing the world today, says Alan M. Dershowitz, comes from religiously inspired, state sponsored terrorist groups that seek to develop weapons of mass destruction for use against civilian targets. In his newest book, Dershowitz... (read more)

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Longitudes and Attitudes: America in the Age of Terrorism
Longitudes and Attitudes: America in the Age of Terrorism
by Thomas L. Friedman
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America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and after As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the... (read more)

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Covering Catastrophe
Covering Catastrophe
by Allison Gilbert
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Covering Catastrophe tells what it was like for TV and radio journalists to report the most terrifying story of their lives-and our time.... (read more)

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Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
by Dennis Smith
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"The first-person narratives in this account of the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center constitute a tremendously powerful chronicle of September 11th. The language of the firefighters and police officers is blunt and vivid, the details are sharply... (read more)

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War of Words: Language, Politics and 9/11
War of Words: Language, Politics and 9/11
by Sandra Silberstein
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In a media age, wars are waged not only with bombs and planes but also with video and sound bites. War of Words is an incisive report from the linguistic battlefields, probing the tales told about September 11th to show how Americans created consensus in... (read more)

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Understanding September 11: Social Science Knowledge and a New Vision of Things to Come
Understanding September 11: Social Science Knowledge and a New Vision of Things to Come
by Craig Calhoun
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The months since the World Trade Center bombing have seen a tidal wave of quick prognostications and breakneck analysis by instant experts on the payrolls of the major news stations. Yet it is increasingly clear that the World Trade Center and Pentagon... (read more)

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Breakdown How Americas Intelligence Fail
Breakdown How Americas Intelligence Fail
by Bill Gertz
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Bestselling author and award-winning investigative reporter Gertz taps his inside sources in the Pentagon and the CIA to track the path of terrorism and terrorists in the United States. Gertz tells who knew what--and how the military and intelligence... (read more)

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An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism
An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism
by Victor Davis Hanson
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Inviting readers across the spectrum to think about September 11 and its aftermath in new and more complicated ways, this volume is a collection of online essays posted by one of the best-known historians in America.... (read more)

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American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
by William Langewiesche
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Selected as one of the best books of 2002 by The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Sun-Times Within days after September 11, 2001, William Langewiesche had secured unique, unrestricted, round-the-clock... (read more)

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110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11
110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11
by Ulrich Baer
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Visit the 110 Stories web site New York is a city of writers. And when the city was attacked on 9/11, its writers began to do what writers do, they began to look and feel and think and write, began to struggle to process an event unimaginable before, and... (read more)

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How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War (Publicaffairs Reports)
How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War (Publicaffairs Reports)
by James F Jr Hoge
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, one question has been on everyone's mind: "How did this happen?" This book seeks to answer this question in all its critical aspects — the motives and actions of the terrorists, the status... (read more)

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War Against the Terror Masters
War Against the Terror Masters
by Michael A Ledeen
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The War Against the Terror Masters is a must-read guide to the terrorist crisis. Michael A. Ledeen explains in startling detail how and why the United States was so unprepared for the September 11th catastrophe; the nature of the terror network we are... (read more)

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Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 by Photographers of the New York City Police Department
Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 by Photographers of the New York City Police Department
by Christopher Sweet
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On the morning of September 11th, a new kind of horror shook the world. Terrorists crashed two passenger airliners into the World Trade Center in the worst attack on U.S. soil in the nation's history. But at the same time a new generation of heroes rose... (read more)

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Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue
by Richard Bernstein
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Following the lives of heroes, victims, and terrorists of September 11, 2001, Richard Bernstein, one of The New York Times's most skillful journalists, weaves the complex tale of a multitude of lives colliding in conflagration on that fateful morning... (read more)

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The September 11 Syndrome: Seven Steps to Getting a Grip in Uncertain Times
The September 11 Syndrome: Seven Steps to Getting a Grip in Uncertain Times
by Harriet B Braiker
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**A portion of the profits from this book are being donated to 9-11 related charities Proven methods for how to live fully and panic-free in the face of anxiety and stress More than just the World Trade Centers were destroyed on September 11. Also lost... (read more)

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September Eleventh: An Oral History
September Eleventh: An Oral History
by Dean E. Murphy
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About 3,000 people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. Thousands more narrowly escaped, their survival a result of eerily prescient spur-of-the-moment decisions, acts of superhuman... (read more)

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