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The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. - Norton
Format: Paperback

Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomoc, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its soil. In November 2002 the United...
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16 Acres

Bill Frisell - First Run Features
Format: DVD

"Incisive and absorbing. A fascinating portrait of trying to make headway in the charged atmosphere of devastating personal loss and wounded national pride. Whether it's following the protests of a deceased firefighter's sister or tracing a humanity-restoring biography of vilified...
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A Decade of Hope: Stories of Grief and Endurance from 9/11 Families and Friends

Dennis Smith - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover

On the tenth anniversary of a portrait of tragedy survival and healing from the author of The New York Times bestseller Report from Ground Zero This year marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon an occasion that is sure to be observed around...
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Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back

Jere Longman - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

On the evening of September 14, as the sun set over the flag-draped county courthouse in Somerset, Pennsylvania, fifteen hundred mourners gathered together as Governor Tom Ridge presided over a memorial to the passengers and crew of United Flight 93. In the hushed twilight, amid the toiling...
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Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America's Search and Rescue Dogs

Nona Kilgore Bauer - Kennel Club Books; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

Dog Heroes of September 11th -- A Tribute to America’s Search and Rescue Dogs, now in its Tenth Anniversary second edition, is the first and only major publication to salute the canines that served our nation in the recovery missions following the terrorists’ strikes on America....
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Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11

Mitchell Zuckoff - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of 13 Hours and Lost in Shangri-La delivers his most compelling and vital work yet - a spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative, years in the making, that weaves together myriad stories to create the definitive portrait of 9/11.In...
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LIFE One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001, 10 Years Later

Editors of Life Magazine - Little, Brown and Company; Anv Exp edition
Format: Book

In this expanded tenth-anniversary edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book, LIFE returns to the story that it chronicled with such immediacy following the devastating, heartbreaking, and inspiring events in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. These pages bear witness...
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The Looming Tower: The Complete First Season

Jeff Daniels - WarnerBrothers
Format: DVD

Based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning book by Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. The series...
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The Man I Never Met: A Memoir

ADAM SCHEFTER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A powerful true story of loss and hope by one of the biggest names in sports media.On September 11, 2001, Joe Maio went to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He never returned, leaving behind a wife, Sharri, and 15-month old son, Devon. Five years later, Sharri remarried,...
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

Garrett M. Graff - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This is history at its most immediate and moving ... A marvelous and memorable book." - Jon Meacham "Remarkable ... A priceless civic gift ... On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken."...
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Remembering 9/11: 10 Year Commemorative Collection

- Remembering 9/11: 10 Year Commemorative Collection [DVD]
Format: DVD]

Inside 9/11: The War Continues tells the evolving story of radical Islam's war against the West. Osama bin Laden has finally been brought to justice, but al Qaeda is still going strong.
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September 11th

Arts and Entertainment Network.; History Channel ; New Video Group.
Format: DVD

This stunningly comprehensive presentation of definitive documentaries brings sharp focus to the momentous, incomprehensible events surrounding our national tragedy. Ten years later, History pays tribute to the many heroes who laid down their lives with this exhaustive and exhausting collection...
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The Stories They Tell: Artifacts from the National September 11 Memorial Museum

Alice M. Greenwald - Skira Rizzoli
Format: Paperback

This poignant selection of artifacts—and their stories—from September 11 provides an official, lasting record of that day’s experience. In both text and photography, the story of September 11 is told through a selection of powerfully moving artifacts from the 9/11 museum’s...
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Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero

Michael Hingson - Thomas Nelson; Later Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Faith. Trust. Triumph. I trust Roselle with my life, every day. She trusts me to direct her. And today is no different, except the stakes are higher. Michael Hingson First came the boomthe loud, deep, unapologetic bellow that seemed to erupt from the very core of the earth.Eerily, the majestic...
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Unmeasured Strength

Lauren Manning - Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A survivors awe-inspiring story of how she overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and womanShe was a hardworking business woman, had a loving husband and an infant son, and a confidence born of intelligence and beauty. But on 911, good fortune was no match for catastrophe....
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Wake-Up Call: The Political Education of a 9/11 Widow

Kristen Breitweiser - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

'Sweets, I'm ok. I'm ok. Don't worry. It's not my building,' said Kristen Breitweiser's husband on the phone from his office in the second tower. The call ended abruptly and Kristen stared at the tv in horror as the second plane hit and her life - and her country...
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