Need a holiday gift for the book lover in your life? From fiction, poetry, and New York history we have you covered. Browse our titles below for the perfect gift.
Holiday Gift Picks 2023
Restless Spirits
A collection of plays by American Indian playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
Fearless
Biography of the early years of A. Bartlett Giamatti, who would become Yale University’s first non-Anglo-Saxon Protestant president and commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Doghiker
A comprehensive guidebook for dog owners that includes seventy-seven great hikes from the Adirondacks through the Catskills.
Enterprising Waters
Chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today.
The Architecture of Downtown Troy
Tells the forgotten but surprising stories of the many handsome and significant buildings in downtown Troy, New York.
Something's Happening Here
The decade comes alive in this whirlwind ride through the Sixties that begins in Brooklyn and ends at Woodstock.
Forest and Crag
A compelling story of our ever-evolving relationship with mountains and wilderness.
Bootlegger of the Soul
A celebration of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist who put Albany on the world’s literary map.
Enticement
Short stories that reflect the complexities of contemporary Tibetan life, written by Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden.
The Moving of the Water
Stories anchored in the Welsh American immigrant experience.
We Are Going to Be Lucky
Tells the story of a young couple in love during World War II, and the difficulties they faced both at war and on the home front.
Finding True North
An evocative and personal history of a unique historic place in the Adirondacks.
The Mystery of the Albany Mummies
From the Nile to the Hudson, the story of how two Egyptian mummies joined an American museum collection.
A Spirit of Sacrifice
Focuses on the posters of World War I as a medium to interpret the tremendous role played by New York State and its citizens in the war effort.
Votes for Women
Chronicles the history of the women’s rights and suffrage movements in New York State and examines the important role the state played in the national suffrage movement.
An Extraordinary Ordinary Woman
A rare nineteenth-century journal of an everyday woman richly infused with the minutiae of antebellum daily life and work.
New York Art Deco
The first guidebook devoted exclusively to New York City’s Art Deco treasures.
Upstate Uncovered
An exciting travel guide for Upstate New York road warriors, history lovers, and tourists.
The Best of New York Archives
Tales of New York State history from the pages of the award-winning publication New York Archives.
Running the Long Path
An ultrarunner’s fast-paced narrative into the wilds of New York’s Hudson Valley, as he attempts to set a new record for completing the Long Path, a 350-mile hiking trail that links New York City and Albany.
FDR on His Houseboat
Presents and expands upon Roosevelt’s daily nautical log as he was trying to regain the use of his polio-damaged legs.
Knickerbocker Commodore
Explores the life and times of John Drake Sloat, the US Navy Pacific Squadron commander who occupied Monterey and declared the annexation of California at the beginning of the war with Mexico.
Beer of Broadway Fame
Explores the hundred-year history of Piel Bros. , one of the prominent German American brands that once made New York City the brewing capital of America.
Preaching in My Yes Dress
The frank and funny story of a church-geek girl who spent twenty years in the ecclesiastical trenches as a Lutheran pastor, preaching weekly words of hope she wasn’t sure she even believed.
Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island
A collection of Colette's best writings that have never before appeared in English.