9/11 Digital | Wasatch County Library

1) The final year

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A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office.

2) How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11

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Napolitano, Janet

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Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano offers an insightful analysis of American security at home and a prescription for the future. Created in the wake of the greatest tragedy to occur on U.S. soil, the Department of Homeland Security was handed a sweeping mandate: make America safer. It would encompass intelligence and law enforcement agencies, oversee natural disasters, commercial aviation, border security and...

3) Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11

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Zuckoff, Mitchell

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"Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising generations who were too young to remember 9/11, or who weren't yet born, will find it revelatory." —John Farmer, senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission and author of The Ground Truth

"With his rigorous research and moral clarity, Mitchell Zuckoff has provided us with

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4) Mass Government Surveillance: Spying on Citizens

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Coddington, Andrew

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Bookworms. Riding to the rescue!

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The Patriot Act, which was passed shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has allowed the government to monitor communication by phone, email, or social media, to access credit and bank reports, or to track activity on the internet. This book examines the new methods used by the government to spy on citizens, the reasons it became necessary, and the tradeoffs between increased safety and a loss of privacy, and the moral arguments

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5) Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11

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Tuerff, Kevin

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A fully revised and updated paperback edition featuring over twenty colour photographs. When Kevin Tuerff and his partner boarded their flight from France to New York City on September 11, 2001, they had no idea that a few hours later the world - and their lives - would change forever. After U.S. airspace closed following the terrorist attacks, Kevin, who had been experiencing doubts about organized religion, found himself in the small town of...

6) ghost wars the secret history of the cia afghanist

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7) In the shadow of the fallen towers: the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years after the 9/11 attacks

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Brown, Don

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This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to history and the ways it shapes the future.

8) The only plane in the sky: an oral history of 9/11

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Graff, Garrett M

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NEW YORK TIMES 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." —The Wall Street Journal

"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been...

9) Not a good day to die: the untold story of Operation Anaconda

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Naylor, Sean

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After the Al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, America quickly toppled the Taliban regime that had sheltered the terrorist organization in Afghanistan. But, believing the war to be all but over, U.S. Central Command refused to commit the forces required to achieve total victory. Instead, the war's biggest battle--one that could have broken Al Qaeda and captured Osama bin Laden--was waged by a hodge-podge of units thrown together at the last moment....

10) This very tree: a story of 9/11, resilience, and regrowth

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Rubin, Sean

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"A deeply moving nonfiction picture book about the 9/11 Survivor Tree and the spirit of America"--

11) The faithful spy: a novel

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Berenson, Alex

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John Wells novels volume 1

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American CIA agent John Wells has spent years building his cover as a member of al Qaeda in Pakistan, but on his return to America, his conversion to Islam and his disdain for the U.S. makes it difficult for his superiors to trust him, and he must rely on his only supporter, Jennifer Isley, for help to stop a devastating attack on the country.

12) Branches of hope: the 9/11 Survivor Tree

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Magee, Ann

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The journey of the Callery pear tree rescued from Ground Zero and replanted ten years later is presented alongside a wordless story following a girl and her firefighter uncle who is a 9/11 hero. Includes author's notes.

13) Mastermind: The Many Faces of the 9/11 Architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

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Miniter, Richard

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The bestselling author of Shadow War and Losing Bin Laden exposes the sinister Al Qaeda mastermind behind 9/11.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks, has carried out many of the biggest terrorist plots of the past twenty years, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the Millennium Plots, and the beheading of Daniel Pearl. As the world awaits his trial, bestselling author and investigative journalist...

14) Saved by the boats: the heroic sea evacuation of September 11

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Gassman, Julie

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Encounter: Narrative nonfiction picture books

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"Presents the heroic sea evacuation of September 11, 2001 with narrative text and vivid illustrations"--

15) All we have left

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Mills, Wendy

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In interweaving stories of sixteen-year-olds, modern-day Jesse tries to cope with the ramifications of her brother's death on 9/11, while in 2001, Alia, a Muslim, gets trapped in one of the Twin Towers and meets a boy who changes everything for her as flames rage around them.

16) 14 cows for America

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Deedy, Carmen Agra

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Kimeli Naiyomah returned home to his Maasai village from New York City with news of 9/11 terrorist attacks. His story prompted the villagers to give a heartfelt gift to help America heal.

17) Middletown, America: One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope

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Sheehy, Gail

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The single event that we know as 9/11 is over, but the shock waves continue to radiate outward, generated by orange alerts, terrorism lockdowns, and the shrinking of personal liberties we once took for granted. The stories in this book, of real people faced with extraordinary trauma and gradually transcending it, are the best antidote to our fears. Middletown, America is a book of hope.
All Americans were hit with some degree of trauma on...

18) The day the world came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

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DeFede, Jim

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Perfect for fans of the musical Come From Away!

When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill. As the passengers stepped from the

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19) Dark side: the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals

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Mayer, Jane

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In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and...

20) Thunder dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero

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Hingson, Michael

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Faith. Trust. Triumph. "I'm sorry," the doctor said. "He is permanently and totally blind. There is nothing we can do for him." George and Sarah Hingson looked at each other, devastated. Their six-month-old son, Michael was a happy, strawberry blond baby boy, healthy and normal in every way except one. When the Higson's switched on a light or made silly faces, Michael did not react. Ever. "My best suggestion is that you send him to a home for the...