September 11, 2001: A List of Resources for Adults & Young Adults

THE STORIES OF SEPTEMBER 11

Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back
by Jere Longman 974.879 LON

The Attack on America: the day the Twin Towers collapsed
by Mary Gow YA 973.931 GOW

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

Firehouse by David Halberstam
363.3497 HAL

The heart of a soldier: A story of love, heroism and September 11
by James B. Stewart BIO 92 RESCORLA

Last Man Down: A New York City Fire Chief and the Collapse of the World Trade Center
by Richard Picciotto, Daniel Paisner
363.3497 PIC

Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11
by Thomas L. Friedman

Love, Greg & Lauren
by Greg Manning BIO 92 MANNING

Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 by Mitchell Fink, Lois Mathias

On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal
by Howard Lutnick, Tom Barbash

Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
by Dennis Smith 974.7104 SMI

September 11: An Oral History
by Dean E. Murphy 973.931 SEP

What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001 by CBS News, Dan Rather
973.931 WHA

PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS

Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001
by Photographers of the NYC Police Dept.
973.93 ABO

Brotherhood q363.3709 BRO

In the Line of Duty: A Tribute to New York’s Finest and Bravest PB 363.3497 IN

A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath by Mitchell Levitas
973.931 NAT

New York September 11
by Magnum Photographers q974.7104 NEW

One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001 by Life Magazine q973.931 ONE

Portraits 9/11/01: The Collected “Portraits of Grief” from the New York Times
by Howell Raines BIO q920 POR

September 11, 2001: a collection of newspaper front pages PB q974.7104 SEP

THE WORLD TRADE CENTER

Divided We Stand: A Biography of New City’s World Trade Center by Eric Darton
PB 725.2309 DAR

Twin Towers: the Life of New York City’s World Trade Center by Angus Kress Gillespie
725.2309 GIL

The World Trade Center Remembered
by Sonja Bullaty PB q974.71 BUL
TERRORISM

The Age of Terror: America and the World after September 11 973.931 AGE

Al Qaeda: brotherhood of terror
by Paul Williams PB 303.625 WIL

American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us by Steven Emerson 303.625 EME

Breakdown: How America’s Intelligence Failures Led to September 11 by Bill Gertz

The Cell: The Story the FBI, the CIA and the Terrorists Next Door by John Miller
973.931 MIL

Chemical and biological warfare: a comprehensive survey for the concerned citizen
355.34 CRO

Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists
by Benjamin Netanyahu PB 363.32 NET

Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War by Judith Miller 358.3809 MIL

How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War by Gideon Rose, James F. Hoge Jr.
PB 364.1097 HOW

Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World
by Benjamin Barber, Andrea Schultz
PB 909.829 BAR

The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism
by Simon Reeve 364.1097 REE

9-11 by Noam Chomsky PB 364.1097 CHO

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
by Gore Vidal 814.54 VID

See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
by Robert Baer BIO 92 BAER

Terrorism and the Constitution by David Cole

Terrorism: today’s biggest threat to freedom
by John P. Holms PB 363.32 HOL

Why Terrorism Works by Alan M. Dershowitz
303.625 DER

THE TALIBAN AND BIN LADEN

Afghanistan’s Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban
by Larry P. Goodson 958.1 GOO

Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden by Peter L. Bergen
303.625 BER

In the Name of Osama bin Laden
by Roland Jacquard BIO PB 92 BINLADEN

My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman’s Story
by Latifa BIO 92 LATIFA

Osama bin Laden: A War Against the West
by Elaine Landau BIO YA 92 BINLADEN

Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan by Michael Griffin
958.1046 GRI

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid 958.104 RAS

Veiled Courage: inside the Afghan Women’s Resistance by Cheryl Benard 958.104 BEN

UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong 297.09 ARM

Islam: faith, culture, history by Paul Lunde
PB 297 LUN

Islam: origins, practices, holy texts, sacred persons, sacred places by Matthew Gordon
297 GOR

The Koran 297.1225 KOR

Understanding Islam: An Introduction to the Muslim World by Thomas W. Lippman
PB YA 297 LIP

PERSPECTIVES ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHWEST ASIA

Afghanistan: a short history of its people and politics by Martin Ewans 958.1 EWA

Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan, Jason Epstein
956 KAP

The Handbook of the Middle East
by Michael Kort YA 956 KOR

Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid 958.0429 RAS

The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years by Bernard Lewis 956 LEW

Pakistan: in the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan by Mary Anne Weaver

War without end: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land
by Anton LaGuardia 956.94 LAG

What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response by Bernard Lewis
956.015 LEW

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
by Nhat Hanh 294.3422 NHA

Fear less: real truth about risk, safety and security in a time of terrorism
by Gavin deBecker 363.32 DEB

From the Ashes: A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America 364.1097 FRO

Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss by Granger E. Westberg
248.4 W523g

Let’s Roll: ordinary people, extraordinary courage by Lisa Beamer

An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life by Dalai Lama, Nicholas Vreeland 294.3444 BST

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook
by Glenn R. Schiraldi

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle 291.44 TOL

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
by Harold S. Kushner 296.311 K97w

When God Doesn’t Make Sense
by James C. Dobson 231.8 DOB

MISCELLANEOUS

A just response: The Nation on terrorism, democracy and September 11, 2001
PB 973.931 JUST

Let Freedom ring: winning the war of liberty over liberalism by Sean Hannity

Prisoners of hope by Dayna Curry
BIO 920 CUR

What’s so great about America
by Dinesh D’Souza 973 DSO

Where we stand by Roger Rosenblatt 973 ROS

Why we fight by William J. Bennett
973.931 BEN

Note: Many of these books are in the NEW section. Items without numbers are on order. Please ask the Librarian for assistance in locating any of these materials.

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