New York/Regional
Hudson River Towns
A captivating journey, in words and photographs, through the cities, towns, and villages of the Hudson Valley.
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 and recollections of one of baseball’s most storied icons.
The Landmarks of New York, Fifth Edition
The definitive resource on the architectural history of New York City.
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.
Environmental History of the Hudson River
Biologists, historians, and social scientists explore the reciprocal relationships between humans and the Hudson River.
Drifting
A two-week canoe trip down the Hudson offers an opportunity to reflect on America’s past, present, and uncertain future.
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
Lincoln's Veteran Volunteers Win the War
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.
The Upstate New York Olympics
Offers an ironic, upstate New York take on the Olympics, performance, and the risks and rewards of the creative life.
Pancake Hollow Primer
An insightful and often humorous tale of rural life and how an old house and its land can bring a broken person back to wellness.
Teachers United
The inspiring history of NYSUT, New York State’s largest union, and a powerful progressive force in the state and in the country.
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.
Only the Sound Itself
Poetry that reminds us to think about the experiences that made us who we are.
Castles of New York
An architectural and historical tour of twenty-nine of New York State’s finest castles.
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.
Down from Troy
A beautifully crafted memoir by one of America's finest storytellers.
Roman Candle
A multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist, whose restless voice and spirit seem as alive today as ever.
We Used to Own the Bronx
An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.
Bungalow Kid
Vividly and lovingly recreates a city kid's summer in the Catskills in the 1950s.
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.
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.