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 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.

Personal accounts celebrating the place of exercise in women’s lives—and as the site of women’s community.

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.

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

The classic autobiography of the famous Indigenous writer and critic Gerald Vizenor

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.

Memoir and meditation on blindness.

A tumultuous year in the life of a young surgeon during the Korean War.

An epic adventure based on the extraordinary historical story of Sir William Johnson and the author's dreams of a Mohawk "woman of power" who lived three centuries ago.

Brings a strikingly original perspective to Johnson’s life, and suggests new ways of thinking about Johnson’s part in creating a nation he did not live to see.

A groundbreaking collection of forty-two Israeli poetic voices protesting the occupation of the West Bank.

The oldest surviving anthology of lyric poems from India, the Sattasai presents the many aspects of love and provides a realistic counterpart to the Kāmasūtra.

The story of a 17th century Mohawk woman's interaction with her land, the Jesuits, and the religion they brought.

Fascinating stories based on the author’s exploration of eight rivers in New York and Québec.

Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time.

Challenges readers to rethink the way we view the nation’s past and race relations in the present.

The story of one African American woman’s decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

A biographical/narrative study of oppression, racism, and resistance in twentieth-century South Africa through the life of Richard Dudley, a teacher/politico.