Editors' picks

  • Tributes and tears for victims

    Ten years after the attacks, Barack Obama joins thousands of Americans to honour the 2,977 who died
  • Freedom tower

    September 11: ten years on

    A decade after the 9/11 attacks, a towering monument to US resilience is finally joining the Manhattan skyline
  • Interactive

    twin towers 9/11

    Day of terror

    Terrorists hijack four planes, flying three into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. The fourth crashes in a field. Nearly 3,000 die
  • In pictures

    View from a helicopter as smoke and ash engulf lower Manhattan on 9/11.

    Under attack

    New York descends into chaos as the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapse after terrorist fly hijacked planes into the landmark buildings
  • One year on

    9/11 - a survivor

    How we changed

    We talk to a widow, a fire chief, an al-Qaida suspect, and more than 100 others about how their lives were changed by 9/11
  • Five years on

    9/11 - struggling with loss

    A child's grief

    Audio slideshow: Ed Pilkington talks to the son of one the 343 firefighters who died in the attacks about his struggle with loss

Guardian Bookshop

This week's bestsellers

  1. 1.  Bigger Message

    by Martin Gayford £18.95

  2. 2.  Stop What You're Doing and Read This!

    £4.99

  3. 3.  Send Up the Clowns

    by Simon Hoggart £8.99

  4. 4.  Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere

    by Paul Mason £14.99

  5. 5.  100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's

    by Jean Carper £10.99

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