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These 5 items are available for $82, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNYS7)

Moon Handbook Hudson River Valley  •  Nikki Goth Itoi GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES A practical guide in the popular series, featuring background on history, culture, nature and attractions. (NYC154, $16.95)
The Hudson, A History  •  Tom Lewis HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES This scholarly, illustrated history of the Hudson River traces its course through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers, artists, industrialists and ecologists--those who have been shaped by the river as well as those who have helped shape it. (NYS46, $17.00)
River of Mountains, A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson  •  Peter Lourie TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 327 PAGES A detailed account of Lourie's three-week journey along the entire length of the Hudson River in a canoe from headwaters to the Statue of Liberty. Lourie interweaves history of the river with descriptions of the changing landscapes and anecdotes of the people he met. (USE72, $19.95)
The Hudson River, From Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan  •  Jake Rajs  •  Joan K. Davidson CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES This lush, visual celebration of the Hudson River Valley's historic towns, mansions and wilderness includes color photos paired with the writings of luminaries including Washington Irving, Charles Dickens and Robert Caro. (NYS44, $25.00)
Hudson Valley, Catskills Map  •  Hagstrom 2005 •  MAP This handy, laminated overview map shows the Hudson River, east to the Catskills, at a scale of 1:190,000. (NYS71, $8.95)

East Hudson Trails Map  •  New York-New Jersey Trail Conferenc    •  A three map set covering hikes and trails in the Hudson Highland and Fahnestock State Parks. (NYC142, $9.95)
Hudson Valley Atlas  •  Hagstrom   • REFERENCE  •  Detailed maps and sites in Orange, Sullivan, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster, Greene and Columbia counties. (NYS67, $24.95)
Hudson Valley Map  •  JIMAPCO   • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  A road map of the Hudson River Valley from Albany to New York City, at a scale of 1:270,000. With a detailed view of the Catskills, much of Dutchess County, Hudson and other areas of interest. (USE199, $4.95)
50 Hikes in the Lower Hudson Valley, Hikes and Walks from Westchester County to Albany  •  Stella Green  •  Neil Zimmerman   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An expert, up-to-date guide to exploring parks and reserves, most close to New York City. (NYC90, $16.95)
Backroads of New York, Your Guide to New York's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures  •  Kim Knox Beckius   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Get out of town with this handy guide, featuring two dozen trips along the backroads and byways of rural and wild New York. With maps and photographs. (NYS66, $21.95)
Catskill Mountain Guide, Hiking Trails in the Catskills  •  Peter Kick   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An authoritative, pocket guide to walks and hikes throughout the Catskills. (NYC91, $19.95)
Fodor's New York City's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide to New York City, featuring a detailed, fold-out map centered on Midtown. With suggested itineraries, walks and top 25 sights. (USE36, $11.95)
Hudson River Journey  •  Joanne Michaels  •  Hardie Truesdale   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A photo-essay on suggested places to visit in the Hudson River Valley. (NYC98, $29.95)
Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains, An Explorer's Guide, Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany  •  Joanne Michaels   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A popular, practical guide. (NYS56, $19.95)
Insiders' Guide to the Hudson River Valley  •  Sheila Buff   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN DECEMBER  •  A comprehensive guide to the history, art and architecture, farms and towns of the Hudson River Valley, geared for visitors and residents. (NYS72, $17.95)
The Traveler's Guide to the Hudson River Valley  •  Tim Mulligan  •  Stan Skardinski   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An insightful, well informed guide to where to go and what to do along both sides of the Hudson from Saratoga Springs to New York City. (USE197, $17.95)
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point  •  Stephen Ambrose  •  Dwight D. Eisenhower  •  Andrew J. Goodpaster   • HISTORY  •  Starting with its formation during the Revolutionary War, renowned historian Ambrose follows the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point. First published in 1966, this updated edition brings the story of the academy into the present. (USE71, $20.95)
Life Along the Hudson  •  Allan Keller  •  Alfred Marks   • HISTORY  •  A brief, lively portrait of the Hudson from its discovery through modern times, with illustrations and tours through the region's stately mansions. (USE196, $26.95)
The House the Rockefellers Built, A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America  •  Robert F., Jr. Dalzell   • HISTORY  •  A cultural history of Kykuit, the dynastic seat built high above the Hudson River, home to three generations of the Rockefeller family. (NYS75, $18.00)
The Hudson, America's River  •  Frances Dunwell   • HISTORY  •  A richly illustrated, authoritative history from Dutch settlements to modern day issues. (NYS68, $29.95)
The Island at the Center of the World, The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America  •  Russell Shorto   • HISTORY  •  Shorto's popular history of New Amsterdam tells in colorful detail how the short-lived Dutch colony established the principles of tolerance, multiculturalism and modern capitalism (NYC153, $15.95)
All That is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School  •  John Driscoll   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A collection of 78 full-page color reproductions of paintings from the Hudson River School, along with short introductory essays. (NYS33, $45.00)
Frederic Church  •  John K. Howat   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated study of landscape painter Frederic Church of the Hudson River School. John K. Howat is Curator Emeritus at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (NYS45, $50.00)
Frederic Church's Olana: Architecture and Landscape as Art  •  Franklin Kelly  •  James Anthony Ryan   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Mr. Ryan tells how Church, a famous and talented artist of the Hudson River School, built his home, Olana. That home is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Hudson River Valley; Mr. Ryan is eminently qualified to chronicle it inasmuch as he was the site manager for twenty years. (NYS38, $21.95)
Knights of the Brush, The Hudson River School and the Moral Landscape  •  James F. Cooper   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A critical study of the Hudson River School, looking at the moral obligations and concerns of artists such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Church. (USE198, $39.95)
O Albany!  •  William Kennedy   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A spirited history, street guide and memoir, subtitled "Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels." (NYS15, $16.00)
The Hudson River in Literature, An Anthology  •  Arthur G. Adams   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A collection of poems and excerpts from novels and essays about life, work and travel on and near the Hudson before the 20th century. With 65 period illustrations of sites and homes. (NYC20, $21.95)
North River  •  Pete Hamill   • LITERATURE  •  Wounded in the war, abandoned by his wife and daughter, threatened by the mob, Dr. James Finbar Delanay improbably finds love in Hamill's rich tale, evocatively set in the 1930s West Village. (NYS57, $25.99)
The Last of the Mohicans  •  James Fenimore Cooper   • LITERATURE  •  The first of the Leatherstocking Tales, ames Fenimore Cooper's racially complex, anti-nationalist 1826 novel was set in rural New York State during the French and Indian War. (NYC24, $4.95)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories  •  Washington Irving   • LITERATURE  •  Traveling to the Hudson River Valley? Stay awake nights with this great, suspenseful yarn -- or rest easy and read some of the American master's gentler short works. (NYC23, $8.95)
The Hudson River  •  Scenic Hudson   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN NOVEMBER  •  Covering the Hudon's entire length in all four seasons, 100 gorgeous panoramas capture the natural beauty of this majestic river. (NYS73, $50.00)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States  •  Peter Alden  •  Brian Cassie   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Mid-Atlantic States. (USE73, $19.95)
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)