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Unruly Catholic Women Writers

A literary anthology exploring contemporary Catholic women’s experiences.

The Anarchist Bastard

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.

Going the Distance

His major league baseball dreams dashed, a former pitcher returns home to make a life or death family decision.

Up on a Hill and Thereabouts

Childhood recollections of life in the Adirondack Mountains during the Great Depression.

Key to the Northern Country

Offers nearly forty years of interdisciplinary scholarship on the Hudson River Valley’s role in the American Revolution.

Pardee Holler

Follows hapless private eye Easy Taylor as he investigates an eco-terrorist plot to stop development in the Catskill Mountains.

The Kingdom of the Kid

Recalls a childhood on Long Island as the counterculture sixties were sliding into the seventies and the Hamptons were still a middle-class sanctuary.

Opening Statements

Explores the influence of Dutch law and jurisprudence in colonial America.

Running on Empty

Explores how Southampton College went from “the jewel in the university crown” to an “albatross around the university neck. ”

Integral Leadership

A groundbreaking book that brings the insights of Integral Theory to business and organizational development.

20,000 Leagues Under the Seas

The deep-sea exploits of secretive Captain Nemo, embarking on the world's first global vendetta.

Integral Recovery

Brings Integral Theory to addiction treatment, offering a more holistic vision of recovery and powerful practices for achieving it.

Saving Eagle Mitch

When a Navy SEAL and former Army Ranger rescue a wounded eagle in war-torn Afghanistan, a writer learns what it can take to do one good deed in a seemingly wicked world.

Around the World in 80 Days

Literature's classic race against the clock.

Here, Everything Is Dreaming

Poems and stories that stream directly from dreams and shamanic adventures in the world-behind-the-world.

Sustained by Eating, Consumed by Eating Right

Returning to his hometown after a fifteen-year absence, a northern New Yorker confronts his unlikely Mediterranean past.

Life on a Rocky Farm

A folksy look at farm life in rugged Putnam Valley just as it was being transformed by industrialization and mechanization.

Fight All Day, March All Night

By Wayne Mahood
Subjects: History
Series: Excelsior Editions

An inspiring narrative of a young Civil War soldier, as told though his letters from the battlefield.

The Untold Story of Champ

The definitive account of a Lake Champlain legend.

The Gambler's Daughter

In exploring her father's own gambling addiction, the author uncovers a hidden history of gambling in the Jewish community.

The Middle of Everywhere

A young man’s quest to keep his hometown’s paper mill from closing turns into an odyssey across a rural upstate New York county.

An Uncommon Cape

Three mysteries precipitate an investigation into an otherwise ordinary suburban property, revealing a past inextricably woven into four centuries of American history.

John Emmett Connors

An artist’s appreciation of the Collar City, Troy, New York.

Liberty Street

By Peter Josyph
Subjects: History
Series: Excelsior Editions

A haunting record of the destruction and rebirth of the neighborhood surrounding Ground Zero.

Farmingdale State College

Fascinating history of the oldest public college on Long Island.

Water Drops

An introduction to our most precious natural resource.

Still in the Hamptons

More encounters with sometimes rich, sometimes famous, but always quirky residents of the Hamptons, by the editor and publishers of Dan's Papers.

The Sphinx of the Ice Realm

The first complete English translation of Jules Verne's epic fantasy novel.

Dead Woman Hollow

Three generations of Northern Appalachian women confront poverty, violence, and isolation.

Tax Cheating

An examination of the ethical issues surrounding tax cheating and implications for public policy.

Hiding Places

A daughter struggles to get her mother to talk about her Holocaust experiences, and tries to understand how those experiences have shaped her own life.

Grand Isle

A tragedy in early June sets off a cascade of deception for the summer people from Manhattan and the local teens on Grand Isle.

Borderland

Provocative essays on the distinct history and culture of Buffalo and the Canadian border region.

The Interpreter

A visionary journey into the crucible in which America was born, a tale of love and war and of a master shaman who folds time to seek the key to the survival of his people.

Mentors, Muses & Monsters

Thirty writers look back at the the people, events, and books that launched their literary lives.

J'aime New York, 2nd Edition

A guide to the important but half-forgotten chapters of New York State’s French history.

Hudson River Towns

A captivating journey, in words and photographs, through the cities, towns, and villages of the Hudson Valley.

New York in Bloom, 2012 Calendar

Photographs by Ted Spiegel
Subjects: New York/regional
Series: Excelsior Editions

New York blooms year-round in photographs by award-winning National Geographic photographer Ted Spiegel.

A Beautiful and Fruitful Place

Second volume of papers from a well respected annual seminar that showcase the latest research on Dutch colonial history in New York State.

The Stadium

Photographs by Jon Plasse
Subjects: New York/regional
Series: Excelsior Editions

Photographs and recollections of one of baseball’s most storied icons.

Drifting

A two-week canoe trip down the Hudson offers an opportunity to reflect on America’s past, present, and uncertain future.

Ordinary Jews

By Yehoshue Perle
Translated by Shirley Kumove
Introduction by Shirley Kumove
Subjects: General Interest
Series: Excelsior Editions

A new translation of a modern Yiddish masterpiece.

Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King

A lively and entertaining memoir of a life in public service to the city and state of New York.

The Landmarks of New York, Fifth Edition

The definitive resource on the architectural history of New York City.

Truant Pastures

By Harry C. Staley
Introduction by George Drew
Subjects: General Interest
Series: Excelsior Editions

Poems that ponder the conundrums of existence and religious faith in wartime.

Episodes from a Hudson River Town

The story of New Baltimore, New York, a small Hudson River town, and how outside pressures and local hard work have combined to forge a lasting community

The Sadness of Antonioni

An American adventure in the Antonioni vein—visually rich and emotionally mysterious.

When Huai Flowers Bloom

Depicts the Cultural Revolution through stories in a variety of voices.

Shrouds of White Earth

--Pointed, absorbing novel about an indigenous artist’s long journey of creativity and coming-of-awareness from White Earth Reservation to Paris

Lincoln's Veteran Volunteers Win the War

By D. Reid Ross
Foreword by Duane A. Smith
Subjects: History
Series: Excelsior Editions

Chronicles the Civil War experiences of four brothers from New York’s Hudson Valley.

Shame the Devil

The remarkable and true story of the nineteenth-century novelist, journalist, and feminist Fanny Fern.

The Tonawanda Senecas' Heroic Battle Against Removal

The definitive eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history of the Tonawanda Senecas of western New York State.

The Beach Beneath the Streets

Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary U.S.

Body Shots

Combining the analytical tools of cinema studies with insights from clinical practice focused on eating disorders, Body Shots offers a compelling case for widespread media literacy to combat the effects of the “eating disordered culture” represented in Hollywood productions and popular images of celebrity life.

Corbino

A biography of one of America’s neglected grand masters.

Coach

Edited by Andrew Blauner
Preface by David Duchovny
Foreword by Bill Bradley
Subjects: General Interest
Series: Excelsior Editions

Twenty-five celebrated writers share the encouraging words and timeless wisdom of the coaches who influenced their lives.

When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport

A vivid portrayal of the important role of Jews in American boxing history, and vice versa.

Sweet Solitude

New and selected poems on love, faith, and the African American experience.

PhanFood

A cookbook for—and by—fans of the rock band Phish.

A Place in History

A journey into Albany’s historic past and the city’s role in three pivotal historical narratives: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the construction of the Erie Canal.

Cooking with Chef Silvio

A guided tour of the cuisine, culture, and rich culinary history of the Campania region of Italy.

Castles of New York

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

New York in Bloom, 2011 Calendar

Photographs by Ted Spiegel
Subjects: New York/regional
Series: Excelsior Editions

New York blooms year-round in photographs by award-winning National Geographic photographer Ted Spiegel.

Tales from the Sausage Factory

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.

Roman Candle

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

Down from Troy

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

We Used to Own the Bronx

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

The Man Who Saved New York

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.

Bungalow Kid

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

The Hidden Children of France, 1940-1945

Edited by Danielle Bailly
Translated by Betty Becker-Theye
Subjects: History
Series: Excelsior Editions

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

Arsenic and Clam Chowder

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.

In the Hamptons Too

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.

The Smoking Horse

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.

The Smalbanac

A quirky yet practical guide to the Capital Region.

Out in Front

By Jeb Byrne
Subjects: History
Series: Excelsior Editions

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

Making Poems

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

The Old Guard

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

Fire Along the Sky

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

Amazing Journeys

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

But One Race

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

The Italian Actress

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

King of the Bowery

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.

Saving Troy

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

Hudson River Panorama

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

Women Writers of the Provincetown Players

Edited by Judith E. Barlow
Subjects: Literature
Series: Excelsior Editions

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

Summer Pleasures, Winter Pleasures

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

New York in Bloom, 2010 Calendar

Photographs by Ted Spiegel
Subjects: New York/regional
Series: Excelsior Editions

New York blooms year-round in photographs by award-winning photographer Ted Spiegel.

Wine - A Gentleman's Game

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.

Woodstock

The definitive oral history of the Woodstock rock festival.

Knife Song Korea

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

Going Blind

Memoir and meditation on blindness.

Niagara

A sweeping history of this natural wonder, from its geological beginnings to the present.

The Firekeeper

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.

Naked Lives

Looks at the experience of being an exotic dancer in different kinds of strip clubs.

Main Street to Mainframes

Tells the story of Poughkeepsie’s transformation from small city to urban region.

Go, Tell Michelle

Expanded audiobook edition of the widely praised collection of letters to Michelle Obama by African American women

A Family Place

One woman’s journey to uncover her family’s history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place.

When Play Was Play

A celebration of childhood pick-up games.