Exploring September 11
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The Aftermath
The Submission
Selected for a jury that must choose an appropriate memorial for September 11 victims, Claire Harwell struggles to navigate a media firestorm when the winning designer is revealed as an enigmatic Muslim-American.
search Novelist® PlusThe Lake Shore Limited
An insightful story examines how Wilhelmina "Billy" Gertz writes a play about the terrorist bombing of a train, how the work is then created anew by the actors and the director, and how the performance itself touches and changes the other characters' lives.
search Novelist® PlusMiddletown, America: One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope
974.71044 S54m
A portrait of Middletown, the New Jersey town that suffered the highest death toll in the World Trade Center terrorist attack, describes how the inhabitants dealt with their grief, anger, and trauma following September 11th.
search Novelist® PlusIn the Shadow of No Towers
741.5973 fS75i
The creator of Maus conveys experience of the September 11th tragedy in a series of drawings and text that capture the horror of the event, its impact on his own life, and the dangerous erosion of American democracy that has occurred in the aftermath of the attack.
search Novelist® PlusThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
A young Muslim American, Changez is living the American dream, with an education at an Ivy League college, high-paying job, and romance with Erica, a member of the elite New York social circles, until the events of September 11th turn his life upside down and force him to confront his personal allegiances.
search Novelist® PlusDouble Vision
Profoundly affected by the events of September 11th and its aftermath, two British journalists return to England to face different fates, in a study of the effects of violence on those who come in contact with it.
search Novelist® PlusLongitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism
973.931 F91Lo
Collects the twice-weekly columns by the foreign affairs writer for the New York Times as published since September 11 to document the nation's emotional and analytical responses of the attacks and their aftermath.
search Novelist® PlusAgainst All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
363.32 C59a
Examines America's war on terror, both before and after September 11th, including what went right or wrong, the operations of al-Qaeda, the Department of Homeland Security, and other crucial actions of the Bush administration.
search Novelist® PlusThe Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
B B612C
This book, published in 2008, traces the Bin Laden family's rise to power and privilege, describes the diverse lifestyles of the generation to which Osama bin Laden belonged, and discusses their attempts to recover from the effects of September 11.
search Novelist® PlusDecision Points
973.931 B97d
George W. Bush offers a candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments. For more political autobiographies from 9/11, try Tony Blair's A Journey: My Political Life and Rudolph Giuliani's Leadership.
search Novelist® PlusThe Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan after the Taliban
958.1047 C51p
Presents an account of the return to the violence and corruption of warlord activity in Afghanistan after the displacement of the Taliban.
search Novelist® PlusLove Is the Higher Law
Three New York City teens express their reactions to the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and its impact on their lives and the world.
search Novelist® PlusTerrorist
Eighteen-year-old Ahmad, the son of an Irish-American mother and long-gone Egyptian father, is contemptuous of the self-indulgent society surrounding him and, devoted to the teachings of Islam, becomes drawn into an insidious terrorist plot.
search Novelist® PlusLittle Brother
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
search Novelist® PlusThe Post-American World: Release 2.0
303.49 Z21p 2011
Explores how the rapid rise of such nations as China, India, and Brazil is countering America's previous dominance over the global economy, geopolitics, and culture, and shares advice on how the United States can thrive in the face of international changes.
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