User:A Quest For Knowledge/September 11 attacks - Books

=September 11 attacks - Books=

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

 * Amazon page. ($11.56)
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 * Pages: 553
 * Wikipedia article about book: The Looming Tower
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Lawrence Wright
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * New York Times - Sunday Book Review - The Plot Against America
 * The Guardian - The Guardian and Observer books season - The spectacle is all
 * The Guardian - The Guardian and Observer books season - The road that led to 9/11
 * Time magazine - All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books - The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
 * Houston Chronicle - The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
 * The Christian Science Monitor - The who and why of 9/11
 * The Economist - The Q&A: Lawrence Wright, journalist
 * CBC News - Road to 9/11 book wins Lionel Gelber Prize
 * Los Angeles Times - Five essential books about 9/11
 * FOX News - Wright Wins Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize for 'Looming Tower,' McCarthy Earns Fiction Prize for 'The Road'
 * Austin Chronicle - Eve of Destruction
 * The San Diego Union-Tribune - Publishers low-key for 9/11 anniversary
 * The Pulitzer Prizes - The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners - General Nonfiction
 * Bloomberg - `Looming Tower' Goes Deep Inside Al-Qaeda Network: Book Review
 * Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11' (interview)
 * London Review of Books - The Original Targets
 * Conversations with History (interview)
 * Columbia Graduate School of Journalism - 2007 Lukas Prize Winners

The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden

 * Amazon page. ($17.86)
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 * Pages: 624
 * Wikipedia article about book: The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Ballantine Books
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * The Globe and Mail - The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden, by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
 * Yahoo News - Anniversary brings avalanche of 9/11 books
 * The Telegraph - The Eleventh Day: The Ultimate Account of 9/11 by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan: review
 * The Guardian - 9/11 books round-up – review
 * The Scottsman - Book review: The 9/11 Wars by Jason Burke | The Eleventh Day: The Ultimate Account of 9/11 by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan | The 9/11 Commission Report
 * The Spectator - Book Club - Book Review - Day of reckoning
 * New York Times - 9/11 Books Released Into a Sea of Others

Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Terrorist Attack the World Has Ever Seen

 * Amazon page.
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 * Pages: 208
 * Wikipedia article about book: Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Terrorist Attack the World Has Ever Seen
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Nick Fielding and Yosri Fouda.
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Arcade Publishing
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * The Guardian - The fatal formula
 * Transnational Broadcasting Studies - Fouda, Yosri and Nick Fielding Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind The Most Devastating Terrorist Attack The World Has Ever Seen. Mainstream Publishing Ltd: Edinburgh. 2003. 208 pages. ISBN 1 84018 724 7.

Why America Slept : The Failure to Prevent 9/11

 * Amazon page.
 * Pages: 256
 * Wikipedia article about book: Why America Slept : The Failure to Prevent 9/11
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Gerald Posner
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Random House
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * Time magazine - Confessions of a Terrorist
 * Time magazine - New Book Says Abu Zubaydah Has Made Startling Revelations About Secret Connections Linking Saudi Arabia, Pakistan And Osama Bin Laden
 * New York Times - Notable Books 2003

Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It

 * Amazon page. ($5.98)
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 * Pages: 368
 * Wikipedia article about book: Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Terry McDermott (journalist)
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Harper (publisher)
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * Washington Post - The 9/11 Hijackers
 * The New York Times - Ordinary but for the Evil They Wrought
 * Seattle Times - "Perfect Soldiers": Profile of hijackers lacks drama, personality
 * New Statesman - Suicide Bombers Are Often Portrayed As Demoniacal Psychopaths, But The Perpetrators Of Both 9/11 And 7 July Appear To Have Been Remarkably Normal. Were Such Men Attracted To Jihadism Because It Helped Give Meaning To Their Otherwise Aimless Lives?
 * Washington Post - Experts' Picks
 * New York Times - Perfect Soldiers
 * Deseret News - 9/11 killers led ho-hum, banal lives
 * NPR - Journalist Terry McDermott
 * Houston Chronicle - Perfect Soldiers by Terry McDermott
 * Financial Times - Point of no return
 * Front Page Magazine - Perfect Soldiers (interview)

Inside 9-11: What Really Happened

 * Amazon page. ($6.99 - only Kindle Edition is available)
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 * Pages: 336
 * Wikipedia article about book: Inside 9-11: What Really Happened
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Der Spiegel
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Der Spiegel
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * Christian Science Monitor - A Monitor Guide to Books of September 11

The 9/11 Wars

 * Amazon page. ($13.32)
 * Pages: 500
 * Wikipedia article about book: The 9/11 Wars
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): Jason Burke
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: Penguin Group
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * The Scottsman - Book review: The 9/11 Wars by Jason Burke | The Eleventh Day: The Ultimate Account of 9/11 by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan | The 9/11 Commission Report
 * The Telegraph - The 9/11 Wars by Jason Burke: review
 * The Telegraph - 9/11 by Jason Burke and Countering Al-Qaeda in London by Robert Lambert: review
 * New Statesman - The Books Interview: Jason Burke
 * 9/11 books round-up - review
 * The Economist - Learning the hard way
 * The Guardian - After 9/11: our own low, dishonest decade
 * Financial - Times Enduring freedom
 * Irish Times - War stories: 10 years after September 11th
 * Main and Guardian - Counting the cost of the 9/11 wars (book extract)
 * Sunday Herald - Jason Burke: The 9/11 Wars (Allen Lane)

American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center

 * Amazon page. ($13.70)
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 * Pages: 240
 * Wikipedia article about book: American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
 * Wikipedia articles about author(s): William Langewiesche
 * Wikipedia article about publisher: North Point Press
 * Secondary sources about book:
 * The Guardian - Air and angles
 * New York Times - Reverse Engineering
 * Los Angeles Times - Heroes are in the details
 * PBS - William Langewiesche, Journalist
 * New York Times - Rebutting a Claim of Tarnished Valor; Research Challenges Account of 9/11 Looting by Firefighters
 * American Journalism Review - Ground for Contention
 * Los Angeles Times - Five essential books about 9/11
 * The Telegraph - Fireman protest over looting claim
 * The New York Times - Book Critics' Group Names Finalists for Its Awards
 * New York Observer - Gould’s Wife Takes On Atlantic Scribe
 * St. Petersburg Times - Must-reads of a fateful day: some of Sept. 11's most notable books
 * American Journalism Review - 'We Had Never Seen Anything Like This'
 * The Ottawa Citizen - Five essential books about 9/11
 * The Independent - A Week In Books: The literature of ruins has acquired a fresh landmark
 * USA Today - Author defends FDNY looting claim
 * Los Angeles Times - Journalist Documents Journey From Ruin to Recovery at Ground Zero
 * The Atlantic - Excerpts From "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center"
 * January Magazine - After the Fall

Links to useful Wikipedia policies, guidelines and other good stuff

 * WP:WikiProject Books
 * WP:WikiProject Books/Non-fiction article
 * Naming conventions (books)
 * Good article criteria
 * Featured article criteria

List of featured articles on books

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 * Cousin Bette
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 * The Fox and the Hound (novel)
 * The General in His Labyrinth
 * The Green Child
 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * The Historian
 * I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
 * The Log from the Sea of Cortez
 * Louis Lambert (novel)
 * Mary: A Fiction
 * Night (book)
 * Original Stories from Real Life
 * Raptor Red
 * The Red Badge of Courage
 * El Señor Presidente
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 * Starship Troopers
 * The Sun Also Rises
 * The Time Traveler's Wife
 * To Kill a Mockingbird
 * True at First Light
 * The Well of Loneliness
 * The World Without Us