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Half Moon, Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World  •  Douglas Hunter EXPLORATION •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 336 PAGES Just in time for the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's remarkable voyage, sailor, scholar, and storyteller Douglas Hunter explores all the difficulty, personalities, backstage drama and import of the 1609 adventure that put New York on the map. (NYS91, $28.00)
The Island at the Center of the World, The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America  •  Russell Shorto HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES Shorto's popular history of New Amsterdam tells in colorful detail how the short-lived Dutch colony, taken over by the British in 1644, established on Manhattan Island the principles of tolerance, multiculturalism and modern capitalism. A lively book that alters the common perceptions of early America. (NYC153, $16.00)
The Hudson River Valley Reader  •  Edward Goodman ANTHOLOGY •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 415 PAGES With works by John Burroughs, Washington Irving, James Fennimore Cooper and others, this lively literate anthology is also a guide to the nature, history and legends of the Hudson River Valley. It's divided into history, mythology and literature. (NYS93, $19.95)
Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains, An Explorer's Guide, Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany  •  Joanne Michaels GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES The quadricentennial edition of this popular, practical guide to the region, covering everything from historical points of interest and outdoor activities to restaurants and accommodations. (NYS56, $21.95)
Hudson Valley Map  •  JIMAPCO MAP 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. This is the map of the region we keep in the car. Two Sides. 38x25 inches. (USE199, $4.95)

Hudson Valley, Catskills Map  •  Hagstrom    •  This handy, laminated overview map shows the Hudson River, east to the Catskills, at a scale of 1:190,000. (NYS71, $8.95)
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)
AMC's Best Day Hikes in the Catskills & Hudson Valley  •  Peter W. Kick   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Kick chooses 60 favorite hikes from Harriman and the Hudson Highlands to the Shawangunks and Catskills, each with a sketch map, trail description and directions. (NYS104, $16.95)
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)
Moon Handbook Hudson River Valley  •  Nikki Goth Itoi   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the popular series, featuring background on history, culture, nature and attractions. (NYC154, $16.95)
The Hudson Valley, A Cultural Guide  •  Alliance for the Arts   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Featuring 500 performing-arts centers, museums, historic homes, parks, nature sanctuaries, fairs, and festivals. (NYS101, $29.95)
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)
Bond of Union, Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire  •  Gerard Koeppel   • HISTORY  •  Koeppel traces the politics, drama and impact of the building of the Erie Canal in this lively new history of the 1825 waterway that connected the Great lakes to New York City. (NYS80, $27.95)
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, $23.00)
Hudson River Panorama, A Passage Through Time  •  John Stilgoe  •  Christine Miles  •  Tammis K. Groft  •  W. Douglas McCombs  •  Ruth Greene-McNally   • HISTORY  •  The companion book to a 2009 exhibition. (NYS107, $29.95)
Hudson River Valley Farms, The People and the Pride Behind the Produce  •  Joanne Michaels   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Joanne Michaels' illustrated compendium of local farms, apiaries, vineyards, dairies and orchards captures the personality, spirit and beauty of 44 farms on the both sides of the Hudson River Valley Ponticou Hills to Castleton-on-Hudson. (NYS103, $29.95)
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 River, From Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan  •  Jake Rajs  •  Joan K. Davidson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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)
The Hudson, A History  •  Tom Lewis   • HISTORY  •  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)
The Hudson, America's River  •  Frances Dunwell   • HISTORY  •  A richly illustrated, authoritative history from Dutch settlements to modern day issues. (NYS68, $29.95)
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, $55.00)
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)
Glories of the Hudson, Frederic Edwin Church's Views from Olana  •  Evelyn D. Trebilcock   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The companion book to an exhibition a Church's Peesian-inspired estate on the Hudson, features 83 sketches and paintings. (NYS106, $24.95)
FDR  •  Jean Edward Smith   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Half of this blockbuster bio of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is devoted to his presidential years.. (USE409, $20.00)
Henry Hudson, Dreams and Obsession  •  Corey Sandler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Sandler combines travelogue with history as he follows in the footsteps of Henry Hudson, from London to Svalbard and New York City, up the Hudson River and into Churchill and Hudson Bay, comparing his own experiences with excerpts from the explorer's own logbooks. (NYS79, $14.95)
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)
River of Mountains, A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson  •  Peter Lourie   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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 charming descriptions and anecdotes. (USE72, $19.95)
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, $24.00)
My Side of the Mountain and the Pocket Guide to the Outdoors  •  Jean Craighead George   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  This edition of Craighead George's indelible, Newbery Award-winning novel comes with a field guide to the plants and animals of the Catskills. (NYS90, $9.99)
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, $14.99)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories  •  Washington Irving   • LITERATURE  •  Traveling to the Hudson River Valley? Stay awake at night 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  •  Gregg Miller   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  One hundred panoramic photos capture the natural beauty of this majestic river and its attractions through the seasons. Produced in association with Scenic Hudson. (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)
New York State Wildlife, An Introduction to Familiar Species  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This handy plastic card illustrates commonly encountered birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles. (NYS95, $5.95)
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)