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102 Minutes
"New York Times" reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn capture the little-known stories of ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others inside the World Trade Center on September 11--the saga of the nearly 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished.
Subway Lives
On its history and the people that run and ride the trains. A fair mix of technical detail. Fun reading. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Homeschooling
In Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice, James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters examine homeschooling’s history, its methods, and the fundamental questions at the root of the heated debate over whether and how the state should oversee and regulate it. The authors trace the evolution of homeschooling and the law relating to it from before America’s founding to the present day. In the process they analyze the many arguments made for and against it, and set them in the context of larger questions about school and education. They then tackle the question of regulation, and they do so within a rigorous moral framework, one that is constructed from a clear-eyed assessment of what rights and duties children, parents, and the state each possess. Viewing the question through that lens allows Dwyer and Peters to even-handedly evaluate the competing arguments and ultimately generate policy prescriptions. Homeschooling is the definitive study of a vexed question, one that ultimately affects all citizens, regardless of their educational background.
More Awesome Than Money
Can Facebook be trusted with your data? Years ahead of their time, Diaspora tried to do better. This is their David-versus-Goliath effort to build a revolutionary social network that would give us back control of our privacy. In June of 2010, four nerdy NYU undergrads moved to Silicon Valley to save the world from Facebook. Their idea was simple—to build a social network that would allow users to control the information they shared about themselves instead of surrendering it to big business. Their project was called Diaspora, and just weeks after launching it on Kickstarter, the idealistic twenty-year-olds had raised $200,000 from donors around the world. Profiled in the New York Times, wo...
Two Seconds Under the World
"AN IMPORTANT BOOK...[THAT] TELLS US WHY ATTENTION MUST BE PAID." --New York Newsday At 12:17 p.m. on February 26, 1993, a 1,500 pound bomb tore into the underbelly of New York City's World Trade Center. Six people were killed, numerous others injured, the city's economy traumatized. The blast took just two seconds, but in that instant America's sense of security was destroyed forever. Now, for the first time ever, here is the complete, authoritative, inside story of the conspiracy and its origins, the bombing and its aftermath. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke much of the story, TWO SECONDS UNDER THE WORLD reveals, in a vivid and gripping narrative, just how...
The Caged Truth
As modern men, we all hold truths about who we are and who we can become, but most of the time, it's locked up inside. Sometimes we simply forget to give our truth attention, so it fades into the shadows. Other times, we consciously imprison it. Author Jim Dwyer locked up his truth for nine years. It called out to him, first quietly, then raging. With time, Dwyer learned how to recognize his truth and release it from its cage so he could live a fulfilled life balanced across work, family, and self. The Caged Truth teaches us that we are not necessarily living a lie when we don't live our truth; we are simply not being who we are meant to be. Becoming our truth is not always easy. We talk ourselves out of it because we are afraid of failing or looking like a fool. Sometimes we just stop thinking about it, but we always feel that caged animal rustling within. There is a way to unlock that truth-a key to finding the life we are meant to live. The Caged Truth is about each man releasing his truth.
Actual Innocence
Ten true tales of people falsely accused detail the flaws in the criminal justice system that landed these people in prison.
102 Minutes
Of the millions of words written about September 11, 2001, most were told from the outside looking in. "New York Times" reporters Dwyer and Flynn have taken the opposite and far more revealing-approach, capturing the little-known stories of the nearly 12,000 ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others. They tell the dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted. At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers -- reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a ...
Where the Wild Books Are
As interest in environmental issues grows, many writers of fiction have embraced themes that explore the connections between humans and the natural world. Ecologically themed fiction ranges from profound philosophical meditations to action-packed entertainments. Where the Wild Books Are offers an overview of nearly 2,000 works of nature-oriented fiction. The author includes a discussion of the precursors and history of the genre, and of its expansion since the 1970s. He also considers its forms and themes, as well as the subgenres into which it has evolved, such as speculative fiction, ecodefense, animal stories, mysteries, ecofeminist novels, cautionary tales, and others. A brief summary an...
102 Minutes
"102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling."—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn Hailed upon its hardcover publication as an instant classic, the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller 102 Minutes is now available in a revised edition timed to honor the tenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. At 8:46 a.m. that morning, fourteen thouosand people were inside the World Trade Center just starting their workdays, but over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages. Of the millions of wor...
