Summer Reads

Looking for a new summer read? Browse our titles below to find a new autobiography, biography, memoir or a new great fiction or poetry book. Or read up on New York history or your favorite performing artist. Save 30% with code HERITAGE724 through July 31, 2024.

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A Warm Family

By Kim Hu-Ran
Translated by Cho Young-Shil
Subjects: General Interest

The first collection in English of this renowned Korean poet's work.

Mandalas

Poems that explore our place in the cosmos.

Every Root a Branch

Poems that express the wonder and challenge of being human in a conflicted world.

Stop at the Red Apple

An entertaining inside story of how Reuben Freed's roadside eatery became the famous Red Apple Rest.

From Kristallnacht to Watergate

An insider’s account of how the Washington Post broke the Watergate story, depicting the tensions, challenges, and personal conflicts that were overcome as it laid bare the criminal wrongdoings of the Nixon administration.

How to Escape

Passionate and rollicking personal and intellectual essays by philosopher Crispin Sartwell.

The Last Amateur

The authoritative biography of a nineteenth-century polymath.

The Glory and Other Stories

Eight intimate stories that speak to the spiritual question of what matters in life.

Polio Boulevard

A unique chronicle of childhood polio told with a remarkable blend of provocative reflection, humor, and pluck.

Vanished by the Danube

A story of loss and survival.

L Is for Lion

A 1960s Bronx tomboy learns how to survive her brutal but humorous Italian family and all the rest that life throws her. The harder you hit the pavement, the higher you fly.

Poems of Wine and Tavern Romance

By Hafiz & Martin Bidney
Translated by Martin Bidney
Subjects: General Interest

A selection of poems by one of Islam’s greatest poetic voices.

Mary Barnard, American Imagist

Uncovers a new chapter in the story of American modernist poetry.

Twenty West

Traces the route, history, and geography of US 20, America’s longest road.

Adirondack

Probes deeply into Adirondack Mountain lives, both human and otherwise, bringing the area to vivid and colorful life.

Rain, Sky, Wind, Port

Poems on nature and the human condition.

Black Passports

A resource guide that uses African American memoir to address a variety of issues related to mentoring and curriculum development.

Casual Affairs

Follows the life and career of Sally Benson, acclaimed writer of New Yorker fiction and Hollywood screenplays.

Clear Skies, Deep Water

A memoir about loss, restoration, and finding home on a lake in western New York.

The Truth and Legend of Lily Martindale

The Adirondack hamlet of Winslow Station is transformed by the unexpected return of its solitary prodigal child.

Bitter Greens

Food-based reflections on Italian food, American culture, and globalization.

No Longer and Not Yet

Stories of small-town life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

College Girl

The inspirational memoir of a woman who survived a brutal sexual assault and went on to become a university professor.

Oreos and Dubonnet

A behind-the-scenes look at one of New York's most colorful and influential governors.

Passionate Commitments

A story of two twentieth-century American women whose love for each other fueled their work to create an egalitarian world.