Taking Manhattan By Russell Shorto Material:Hard Cover She deserted them all―and her

She deserted them all―and her high school sweetheart―five years before with little explanation

But beneath the glamorous surface of this image-obsessed couple's life

A girl has already gone missing in upstate New York when a second one is kidnapped—a blonde

silent as thieves

Brexley’s powers are growing

Taking Manhattan By Russell Shorto Material:Hard Cover She deserted them all―and herThe thrilling narrative of how New York came to be, by the author of the beloved classic The Island at the Center of the World. In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began