New York/Regional
Something's Happening Here
The decade comes alive in this whirlwind ride through the Sixties that begins in Brooklyn and ends at Woodstock.
I'll Be Home
Editorials, op-eds, and other writings by a memorable newspaperman.
Forest and Crag
A compelling story of our ever-evolving relationship with mountains and wilderness.
Overcoming Niagara
Analyzes the nineteenth century canal age in the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region as a transnational phenomenon.
Battling Editor
Recounts the transformation of two daily newspapers in the face of economic downturns and sweeping technological change.
Popovers and Candlelight
Recounts the true story of an entrepreneurial woman who succeeded in a male-dominated industry in the twentieth century.
Angry Rain
Reveals the development of Maurice Kenny’s growing artistic consciousness, while attesting to both the beauty and brutality of the world in which he lived.
Hell Gate
Depicts a man's exploration of the landscape, history, and toponymy of Hell Gate, a notorious stretch of water in New York City's East River.
Bootlegger of the Soul
A celebration of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist who put Albany on the world’s literary map.
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.
Reflecting Pool
Both an anthology and an informal textbook that features poetry and essays by twenty-five New York State poets.
Brokering Tareas
Provides concrete examples of homework mentorship and positive academic interventions among immigrant families.
Finding True North
An evocative and personal history of a unique historic place in the Adirondacks.
New York's Grand Emancipation Jubilee
Examines slavery, abolition, and race in the United States with a special focus on New York State.
Adriaen van der Donck
The first comprehensive biography of an important yet understudied figure in the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
The Mystery of the Albany Mummies
From the Nile to the Hudson, the story of how two Egyptian mummies joined an American museum collection.
The History of Here
How the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, New York, changed and grew, as reflected in the history of one house and the lives of its residents.
Radical Imagination, Radical Humanity
Provides firsthand accounts of militant Puerto Rican activists in 1970s New York City.
Over a Barrel
How a small family company in the Finger Lakes became one of the most important wine producers in the United States, only to be taken down by corporate greed and mismanagement.
Set in Stone
Challenges the belief that the Walloons and the Dutch of the Hudson Valley were cultural preservationists who resisted English culture.
Herbert H. Lehman
The definitive biography of New York State's four-term Governor, US Senator, humanitarian, and Jewish liberal political reformer.
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.
Rebels on the Niagara
Offers a detailed account of the political and military history of the Irish American Fenian Brotherhood in the nineteenth century.
Reluctant Reformer
Tells the untold story of the life and career of Nathan Sanford, a New York State lawyer-politician who capitalized on opportunities created by the new politics of the early Republic to achieve social mobility.