An architectural and historical tour of twenty-nine of New York State’s finest castles.

A former state legislator and a political scientist team up to show how New York's legislature was once the nation's model professional legislature, and how it might recover from its present dysfunction.

A beautifully crafted memoir by one of America's finest storytellers.

A multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist, whose restless voice and spirit seem as alive today as ever.

An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.

Vividly and lovingly recreates a city kid's summer in the Catskills in the 1950s.

Recounts the sensational 1896 murder trial of Mary Alice Livingston, who was accused of murdering her mother with an arsenic-laced pail of clam chowder and faced the possibility of becoming the first woman to be executed in New York's new-fangled electric chair.

A dramatic and colorful portrait of one of New York’s most remarkable governors, Hugh L. Carey, with emphasis on his leadership during the fiscal crisis of 1975.

Interviews with eighteen Jewish “hidden children” of France and Belgium, telling the story of their survival during World War II.

Tales of the sometimes rich, sometimes famous, but always quirky residents of one of America’s best-known summer colonies, as told by the editor and publisher of Dan’s Papers, the area’s free weekly newspaper.

With an ear for life’s fractured melodies, marine biologist Stephen Spotte recounts his lifelong study of literature and the sea and his search for the mythical place where reason and revelation intersect.

Lively anecdotes retold by an advance man for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Contemporary poets offer behind-the-scenes perspectives on the poetic process.

A brutal and unflinchingly honest portrayal of the effects of concentration camp life on the human psyche.

A wildly entertaining historical adventure, deep inside the crucible in which America was forged.

New, superbly translated omnibus of five of Jules Verne's most renown stories.

Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.

A has-been American filmmaker encounters love, cruelty, and death in Italy.

The first full-length biography of Timothy D. "Big Tim" Sullivan, who dominated New York City politics in the three decades prior to World War I.

A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.

Beautifully illustrated history of the Hudson River and its impact on the peoples and landscape of New York State.

Thirteen short plays by women that were originally produced by the Provincetown Players.

A light-hearted cookbook that reflects the historical and culinary heritage of the Hudson Valley.

How one man and his family made their dream of owning a winery come true--and helped revitalize New York's winemaking industry in the process.

The definitive oral history of the Woodstock rock festival.