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Louise Gluck was born in New York City in 1943 and grew up on Long Island. She was a National Book Award Finalist in Poetry in 2006,and received the Pulitzer Prize for her book "Wild Iris" in 1992. Her latest book "Averno",
was written in 2006.


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Best Places to Raise Your Family: The Top 100 Affordable Communities in the U.S.

by Bert Sperling

Wiley, 2006
306.0973 S

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A Shelter is Not a Home--Or is it?: Lessons from Family Homelessness in New York City

by Ralph da Costa Nunez

White Tiger Press, 2004
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Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home

by Ilona M. Bray

Nolo, 2007
643.12 B

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The New York Co-op Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Co-ops and Condos: Getting In, Staying In, Surviving, Thriving

by Sylvia Shapiro

Thomas Dunne Books, 2005
643.27 S

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