Best Towns In Upstate New York - April 2024

A Northern Light

Carnegie Medal Winner, United KingdomLos Angeles Times Book Prize Winner One of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time Borders 2004 Original Voices Award Winner Named a Best Book of 2003 by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, The Irish Times, The Times (London), The Financial Times and The Albany Times-Union.Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's d... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0152053107
• ASIN: 0152053107
• ISBN: 0152053107
• Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Harcourt Paperbacks

Straight Man: A Novel

Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo.   William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.  Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character--he is a born anarchist--and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans.   In the course of a single week, Devereaux will have his nose mangled by an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375701907
• ASIN: 0375701907
• ISBN: 0375701907
• Brand: Vintage Books
• Manufacturer: Vintage

In the Bleak Midwinter (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)

It's a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church. The ancient regime running the parish covertly demands that she prove herself as a leader. However, her blunt manner, honed by years as an army pilot, is meeting with a chilly reception from some members of her congregation and Chief of Police Russ Van Alystyne, in particular, doesn't know what to make of her, or how to address "a lady priest" for that matter. The last thing she needs is trouble, but that is exactl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250006511
• ASIN: 1250006511
• ISBN: 9781250006516
• Brand: Brand: Minotaur Books
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

Nobody's Fool

This slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York—and in the life of Sully, of one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years—is a classic American story. Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679753338
• ASIN: 0679753338
• ISBN: 9780679753339
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Size: Paperback
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Among the Wicked: A Kate Burkholder Novel

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff's department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation that involves a reclusive Amish settlement and the death of a young girl. Unable to penetrate the wall of silence between the Amish and "English" communities, the sheriff asks Kate to travel to New York, pose as an Amish woman, and infiltrate the community. Kate's long time love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is dead set against her taking on such an unorthodox assignment, knowing she'll have limited communication - and even less in the way of backup... [Read More]

• ASIN: B019N4X1ZE
• ASIN: B019N4X1ZE
• ISBN: 1466867272
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time

Based on a popular New York Times Op-Ed piece, this is the quirky, heartfelt account of one man's quest to meet his neighbors--and find a sense of community. **As seen in Parade, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, and more.**Winner of the Zocalo Square Book Prize, and recently named a first selection by Action Book Club. "It's impossible to read this book without feeling the urge to knock on neighbors' doors." -Chicago Sun-Times Journalist and author Peter Lovenheim lived on the same street in suburban Rochester, NY, most of his life. But it was only after a brutal murder... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399536477
• ASIN: 0399536477
• ISBN: 0399536477
• Manufacturer: TarcherPerigee

The Theory of Death: A Decker/Lazarus Novel (Decker/Lazarus Novels)

Now living in upstate New York, former LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker is plunged into a bizarre web involving academia, underworld crime, and calculating killers in this compulsive novel in New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman's beloved Decker and Lazarus series.Former LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker is relishing the quiet and slow pace of his new job with the Greenbury police department. The work is low stress and engaging, and it’s been almost a year since the last murder in this sleepy upstate New York town.Then the body of a nude man is found deep within the woods, shattering Deck... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00U1SXUBC
• ASIN: B00U1SXUBC
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Walking Shadows: A Decker/Lazarus Novel (Decker/Lazarus Novels)

Detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, risk life and limb to solve a pair of brutal murders that may be tied to a crime from more than twenty years ago in this intense and addictive mystery from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.On a quiet suburban street in upstate Greenbury, New York, the brutally beaten body of a young man is discovered in the woods adjacent to an empty vacation home. Twenty-six-year-old Brady Neil a resident of the neighboring town of Hamilton, had no criminal record, few friends, worked full-time, and attended community college. But as Detective... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006242498X
• ASIN: 006242498X
• ISBN: 9780062424983
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Hope: a Tragedy: A Novel

The bestselling debut novel from Shalom Auslander, the darkly comic author of Foreskin’s Lament and Beware of God.   Hope: A Tragedy is a hilarious and haunting examination of the burdens and abuse of history, propelled with unstoppable rhythm and filled with existential musings and mordant wit. It is a comic and compelling story of the hopeless longing to be free of those pasts that haunt our every present.   The rural town of Stockton, New York, is famous for nothing: no one was born there, no one died there, nothing of any historical import at all has ever happened there, which is why S... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1594486468
• ASIN: 1594486468
• ISBN: 1594486468
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

All Mortal Flesh (Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries)

One horrible murder. Two people destined for love or tragedy. Emotions explode in Millers Kill, where nothing is as it seems . . . and betrayal twists old friendships and evil waits inside quaint farmhouses.Russ Van Alstyne figures his wife kicking him out of their house is nobody's business but his own. Until a neighbor pays a friendly visit to Linda Van Alstyne and finds the woman's body, gruesomely butchered, on the kitchen floor. To the state police, it's an open-and-shut case of a disaffected husband silencing his wife and putting a stop to the murder investigation he controls. To the tow... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250018552
• UPC: 884179210817
• ASIN: 1250018552
• ISBN: 1250018552
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

The Risk Pool

A wonderfully funny, perceptive novel The Risk Pool is set in Mohawk, New York, where Ned Hall is doing his best to grow up, even though neither of his estranged parents can properly be called adult. His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his auto insurance risk pool. His mother, Jenny, is slowly going crazy from resentment at a husband who refuses either to stay or to stay away. As Ned veers between allegiances to these grossly inadequate role models, Richard Russo gives us a book that overflows with outsized characters and outlandish predicame... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679753834
• ASIN: 0679753834
• ISBN: 0679753834
• Brand: Russo, Richard
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Title Town USA: Boxing in Upstate New York

Canastota, New York, at the epicenter of Upstate New York's rich boxing heritage, is home to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Having produced some of boxing's most prominent pugilists, including Carmen Basilio and Billy Backus, the area has also hosted many legendary fighters, including Jack Britton, Harry Greb, Sam Langford and Tommy Ryan. Many boxing dreams have come true here through title fights and epic ring rivalries. Author Mark Allen Baker tells the story of those "thunder gods of the ring" and the fights that made them famous, finally settling the score: Canastota is "Title Town... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1596297697
• ASIN: 1596297697
• ISBN: 1596297697
• Brand: Brand: The History Press
• Manufacturer: The History Press

One Was a Soldier (Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)

On a warm September evening in the Millers Kill community center, five veterans sit down in rickety chairs to try to make sense of their experiences in Iraq. What they will find is murder, conspiracy, and the unbreakable ties that bind them to one another and their small Adirondack town.The Rev. Clare Fergusson wants to forget the things she saw as a combat helicopter pilot and concentrate on her relationship with Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne. MP Eric McCrea needs to control the explosive anger threatening his job as a police officer. Will Ellis, high school track star, faces the reality o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250003873
• ASIN: 1250003873
• ISBN: 1250003873
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

I Shall Not Want: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries Book 6)

• ASIN: B0010SEOOE
• ASIN: B0010SEOOE
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

Ink and Bone

• ASIN: B0176M3VGO
• ASIN: B0176M3VGO
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

Upstate Uncovered : 100 Unique, Unusual, and Overlooked Destinations in Upstate New York

In Ultimate Upstate! Chuck D'Imperio mines deep into his travel journal and shares an astonishing array of fun and amazing places in Upstate New York that the casual traveler might otherwise miss. As one of

• UPC: 55424230

Applehood & Motherpie : Handpicked Recipes from Upstate New York

This classic award winning community cookbook has a unique 3-ring binder thatconverts to an easel for easy

• UPC: 9250580

Backroads & Byways of Upstate New York

Remarkable tours along the great mountains and rivers of the Empire

• UPC: 55960676

Graves of Upstate New York : A Guide to 100 Notable Resting Places, Second Edition

Graves of Upstate New York presents a fascinating look at the lives and deaths of 100 legendary Americans who are laid to rest in Upstate New York. D'Imperio takes readers on a journey across the

• UPC: 608394301
• Rating: 4.0

Upstate Cauldron : Eccentric Spiritual Movements in Early New York State

Honorable Mention, 2015 Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards in the Religion Category Bronze Medalist, 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the US Northeast-Best Regional Nonfiction Category From 1776 to 1914, an amazing

• UPC: 43582599
• Rating: 5.0

Unknown Museums of Upstate New York : A Guide to 50 Treasures - Paperback

Unknown Museums of Upstate New York is an informative and entertaining guide to the rich resources available at fifty small, often overlooked, regional museums. DImperio tells each museums story, in light of its cultural and

• UPC: 24485788
• Rating: 5.0

Poliomyelitis In Upstate New York 1944-1963 - eBook

Poliomyelitis was a dreaded illness in the 20th century until its eradication thanks to the Salk Vaccine that was introduce in 1954. My book looks at the impact made by infantile paralysis over a single

• UPC: 186542712

A History of Native American Land Rights in Upstate New York

9781626199316

• UPC: 49118363

The Search for the Underground Railroad in Upstate New York

Looks at the history of the Underground Railroad in Upstate New York, discussing notable landmarks as well as some of the methods of communication and tactics used to stay ahead of slave

• UPC: 35570753

Spirits and Cocktails of Upstate New York : A History

9781467137003

• UPC: 56075368