Books, Nonfiction, Current Events, September 11

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Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)
by Vintage (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-08-21)

National Book Award FinalistA Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the YearA gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Wright re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from incompetent and idealistic soldiers in Afghanistan to leaders of the most successful terrorist group in history. He follows FBI counterterrorism chief John O’Neill as he uncovers the emerging danger from al-Qaeda in the 1990s and struggles to track this new threat. Packed with new information and a deep historical perspective, The Looming Tower is the definitive history of the long road to September 11.

Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley
Remember (Redemption Series-Baxter 1, Book 2)
by Tyndale House Publishers (Paperback)

Convinced she could make it on her own, Ashley Baxter has kept the most important people in her life at a distance--her family, the man who loves her, and the God she is sure can never forgive her. Now, just as she begins to open her heart, the events of September 11 rip into Ashley's world and she is led to heartbreaking and hope-filled decisions that will forever change her life. This story vividly illustrates that we must value others more than ourselves, and it drives home one of Gary Smalley's key messages: Honor one another. Remember is second in the five-book Redemption series by Gary Smalley and Karen Kingsbury that centers around the Baxter family. As readers follow the hopes and struggles of the family, they will explore key relationship themes as well as the larger theme of redemption, both in characters' spiritual lives and in their relationships. Each book includes study questions for individual and small-group use as well as a "teaser" chapter of the next book ...

Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley
Return (Redemption Series-Baxter 1, Book 3)
by Tyndale House Publishers (Paperback)

This touching novel reunites readers with the Baxter family and focuses on the only Baxter son, Luke. He is determined to leave his faith and his past behind and embrace a new, free-thinking future. But what he doesn't realize is that his past holds a secret even he doesn't know. When Luke finds out, his comfortable new life is turned upside down, and he must turn back to his roots.

Michael Daly
The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge
by Thomas Dunne Books (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-09-02)

His death certificate bears the number one. He was a devout priest with a gift for the gabgregarious yet humble, a healer with the ability to wipe away a widows tears and put a smile on a firemans face.On September 11, 2001, Father Mychal Judge rushed to the fires as quickly as those who fought them, losing his own life while tirelessly ministering to New Yorks bravest.Father Mikerecounts the colorful, astonishing, and at times, troubled life of a priest who was ironically ordained on September 11, 1961. Michael Daly retraces the footsteps of Father Mike as his vocation takes readers inside the firehouse, his friary, and his church, and highlights the chaos that often befalls New York.This is the story of a larger-than-life priest who, in death, became a symbol of how much we truly lost that day.

Bob Woodward
Bush at War
by Simon & Schuster (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-07-01)

Don DeLillo
Falling Man: A Novel
by Scribner (Kindle Edition) (Release Date: 2007-05-15)

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Indexed Hardcover, Authorized Edition)
by W. W. Norton & Company (Hardcover)

Lynn Spencer
Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11
by Free Press (Hardcover)

On the azure blue morning of 9/11 the skies were pronounced "severe clear," in the parlance of airline pilots; a gorgeous day for flying. Nearly 5,000 flights were cruising the skies over America when FAA Operations Manager Ben Sliney arrived at the Command Center for his first day on that job. He could never have anticipated the historic drama that was about to unfold as Americans who found themselves on the front lines of a totally unprecedented attack on our homeland sprang into action to defend our country and save lives. In this gripping moment-to-moment narrative, based on groundbreaking reporting, Lynn Spencer brings the inspiring true drama of their unflinching and heroic response vividly to life for the first time, taking us right inside the airliner cockpits and control towers, the fighter jets and the military battle cabs. She makes vital corrections to the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report, and reveals many startling, utterly unknown elements of the story. As a ...

Karen Kingsbury
Beyond Tuesday Morning (September 11 Series #2)
by Zondervan (Paperback)

In this sequel to the bestselling One Tuesday Morning, to widow Jamie Bryan it is still September 12, 2001. What will move her from living in the past to living the life God has given her today?

Thomas L. Friedman
Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism
by Anchor (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-08-12)

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author of From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree comes this smart, penetrating, brilliantly informed book that is indispensable for understanding today’s radically new world and America’s complex place in it.Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 “for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat.” In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his post–September 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years’ worth of Friedman’s columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene.

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