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  • BIKEMAN: An Epic Poem. by Flynn, Thomas.
    Flynn, Thomas.
    BIKEMAN: An Epic Poem.

    Edition: First printing.

    Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - "On September 11, 2001, journalist Tom Flynn set off on his bike toward the World Trade Towers not knowing what he was riding into. Bikeman is one man's journey back to the horrors of that day and to the humanity that somehow emerged from the dust and the death." (Meredith Viera) Foreword by Dan Rather. xv, 76 pp. ISBN: 978-0740775598.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85718
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  • SMALL WONDER. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    SMALL WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second collection of essays, on subjects as diverse as Japanese food, the Grand Canyon, the story of a baby rescued by a bear in Iran, environmentalism, and the art of the novel - including some more controversial on the after effects of the 9/11 attack and homelessness as part of the American way of life. SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated with drawings by Paul Mirocha. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0504072.

    Condition: Very good in fine dust jacket (vertical crease near the outer margin on several pages). Bookstore program for an evening with Barbara Kingsolver laid in .

    Book ID: 80916
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  • SMALL WONDER. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    SMALL WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second collection of essays, on subjects as diverse as Japanese food, the Grand Canyon, the story of a baby rescued by a bear in Iran, environmentalism, and the art of the novel - including some more controversial on the after effects of the 9/11 attack and homelessness as part of the American way of life. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with drawings by Paul Mirocha. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0504072.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80915
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  • Kingsolver, Barbara
    SMALL WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second collection of essays, on subjects as diverse as Japanese food, the Grand Canyon, the story of a baby rescued by a bear in Iran, environmentalism, and the art of the novel - including some more controversial on the after effects of the 9/11 attack and homelessness as part of the American way of life. Illustrated with drawings by Paul Mirocha. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0504072.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80914
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  • THE SUGAR MILE. by Maxwell, Glyn.
    Maxwell, Glyn.
    THE SUGAR MILE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's 8th book of poetry, a long narrative poem which "juxtaposes two cities on the brink of irrevocable change. It begins when the poet steps into an uptown Manhattan bar a few days before September 11, 2001. He is confronted by Joseph Stone, a barstool regular and a fellow expatriate.. . It has been almost exactly sixty-one years since London's 'Black Saturday,' the start of the worst of the Blitz during World War II." 140 pp. ISBN: 0-618562435.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80423
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  • THE GOOD LIFE. by McInerney, Jay
    McInerney, Jay
    THE GOOD LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel considered one of his best books, since his first novel. It is story of "two Manhattan couples around the days of the events of September 11th. Luke and Sasha, wealthy Upper-East side socialites, and Russell and Corrine, a downtown literary editor and his wife, who were the subject of the earlier book Brightness Falls, are sleepwalking through their lives.. . Both end up working at a soup-kitchen near Ground Zero in the days immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Centers. They fall in love. They plan a future together. It's a simple story, a basic love story. . . [and] a very subtle, incredibly…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel considered one of his best books, since his first novel. It is story of "two Manhattan couples around the days of the events of September 11th. Luke and Sasha, wealthy Upper-East side socialites, and Russell and Corrine, a downtown literary editor and his wife, who were the subject of the earlier book Brightness Falls, are sleepwalking through their lives.. . Both end up working at a soup-kitchen near Ground Zero in the days immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Centers. They fall in love. They plan a future together. It's a simple story, a basic love story. . . [and] a very subtle, incredibly insightful, heartbreaking story about life in the New York, about marriage, about children and the choices they force us to make, about love and longing, about the search for meaning in our lives." 353 pp. ISBN: 0-375411402.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78812
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  • SURVIVOR CAFE: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory. by Rosner, Elizabeth
    Rosner, Elizabeth
    SURVIVOR CAFE: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which looks at recent history and asks the question "As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental eventsthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsbegin to pass away, how do we carry those stories forward? [She] organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration camp - in 1983, in 1995, and in 2015 - and explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population" Named a Best Book of the Year by…

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    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which looks at recent history and asks the question "As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental eventsthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsbegin to pass away, how do we carry those stories forward? [She] organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration camp - in 1983, in 1995, and in 2015 - and explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population" Named a Best Book of the Year by The San Francisco Chronicle. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an "alphabet of inadequate language", notes. xvii, 268 pp. ISBN: 978-1619029545.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a new, unread copy, but end of spine slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 74371
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  • TOWERS FALLING. by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
    Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
    TOWERS FALLING.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Told from the viewpoint of fifth grader Deja, who is living in a homeless shelter with her family, this is a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this collapse of the Twin Towers, but begin to realize how much this disaster colors their every day lives.SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 232 pp.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy). This advance issue is in yellow covers unile the trade edition which is blue.

    Book ID: 68883
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  • TOWERS FALLING. by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
    Rhodes, Jewell Parker.
    TOWERS FALLING.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Told from the viewpoint of fifth grader Deja, who is living in a homeless shelter with her family, this is a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this collapse of the Twin Towers, but begin to realize how much this disaster colors their every day lives. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 228 pp. . ISBN: 978-0316262224.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 68543
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  • 3 MPH: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World. by Letofsky, Polly.
    Letofsky, Polly.
    3 MPH: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Denver: Tendril Press, )2010). SIGNED first edition - "Pursuing the spirit of adventure and an altruistic goal of raising global awareness and funds for breast cancer, Polly Letofsky broke down barriers and walked across four continents, 22 countries, and covered over 14,000 miles in five years to be the first American woman to successfully walk around the world." INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. 423 pp plus 3 pp ads. ISBN: 978-0984154326.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers ("Merry Christmas" on same page as author's inscription) .

    Book ID: 67722
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  • LEADERSHIP. by Giuliani, Rudolph W. with Ken Kurson.
    Giuliani, Rudolph W. with Ken Kurson.
    LEADERSHIP.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Book by the mayor of New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 407 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-68414.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 64907
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  • ABSENT FRIENDS. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    ABSENT FRIENDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The suicide of a reporter and a colleague's search for answers in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers uncover secrets hidden for years. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-385-338031.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62117
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  • THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN. by Messud, Claire.
    Messud, Claire.
    THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third novel, fourth book, a "richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune . . . about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way - and not - in New York City" in the years just before 9/11. SIGNED on the title page. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-307-26419X.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (bottom edge of 2 leaves bumped, price-clipped).

    Book ID: 59390
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  • THE WRITING ON THE WALL. by Schwartz, Lynne Sharon.
    Schwartz, Lynne Sharon.
    THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Counterpoint, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel about the effects of Sept 11 even on those not directly affected by the tragedy - in this case, a librarian, a young woman who has learned to keep the world - and men - at bay. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp. ISBN: 1582432996.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57728
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  • FALLING MAN. by DeLillo, Don.
    DeLillo, Don.
    FALLING MAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about September 11, and the days and years after it. 246 pp. ISBN: 1416546022.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 57675
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  • ABSENT FRIENDS. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    ABSENT FRIENDS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - The suicide of a reporter and a colleague's search for answers in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers uncover secrets hidden for years. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (toning to the pages, some wear to the covers.).

    Book ID: 55125
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  • ABSENT FRIENDS. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    ABSENT FRIENDS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Delta, (2005.). SIGNED - The suicide of a reporter and a colleague's search for answers in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers uncover secrets hidden for years. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp plus a sneak preview of Rozan's next novel, 'In This Rain.'. ISBN: 0-385-339232.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54663
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  • SMALL WONDER. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    SMALL WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second collection of essays, on subjects as diverse as Japanese food, the Grand Canyon, the story of a baby rescued by a bear in Iran, environmentalism, and the art of the novel - including some more controversial on the after effects of the 9/11 attack and homelessness as part of the American way of life. Illustrated with drawings by Paul Mirocha. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0504072.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52954
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  • A DISORDER PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY. by Kalfus, Ken.
    Kalfus, Ken.
    A DISORDER PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His fourth book and second novel, a very black comedy: a couple in the midst of an acrimonious divorce secretly rejoice at the thought that he was killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11 and she was on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania - only to discover that she had missed her flight, he had been late for work, The stock market crash, the anthrax scare, the invasion of Iraq all become part of the marital battlefield. Nominated for the National Book Award. 237 pp,. ISBN: 0-06-0501405.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (short scratch on front cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 51892
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  • REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO. by Smith, Dennis.
    Smith, Dennis.
    REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the heroic rescue efforts at the World Trade Center on 9/11 by a writer who was a himself a New York City firefighter. Photographs. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-670-03116X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46193
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