new york (state)

When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City.

A history of the people and places of Central New York and the Finger Lakes Region, recounting the exploits of Red McCarthy, the creation myths of the Iroquois Indians, tales of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, and more.

A guide to year-round gardening in New York and New Jersey, describing in detail planning, planting, caring for plants, watering, fertilizing, and problem solving for both decorative and edible plants for each month of the year.

A guide to 1250 insects found in New England and New York that provides information on appearance and biology and includes more than one thousand color photographs.

"This . . . guide to growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across New York. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region"--Back cover.

"Indigenous nations have always been political bodies. In this book, readers will learn how the longhouse form of government worked, the peoples that used it, and the influence it had on U.S history and politics. Through these influences, readers are invited to celebrate Indigenous achievements and excellence in governing"--Provided by publisher.

By looking at clothing that was bought, created, and remade, Maeve Kane brings to life how Haudenosaunee women used access to global trade to maintain a distinct and enduring Haudenosaunee identity in the face of colonial pressures to assimilate and disappear. Drawing on rich oral, archival, material, visual, and quantitative evidence, Shirts Powdered Red tells the story of how Haudenosaunee people worked to maintain their nations' cultural and political sovereignty through selective engagement with trade and the rhetoric of civility, even as Haudenosaunee clothing and gendered labor increasingly became the focus of colonial conversion efforts throughout the upheavals and dispossession of the nineteenth century. Shirts Powdered Red offers a sweeping, detailed cultural history of three centuries of Haudenosaunee women's labor and their agency to shape their nations' future.

Basketball has always come easily to twelve-year-old Devon Rosario of the Bronx, but it has been a long time since he actually enjoyed playing because Devon's father sees him as the family's second chance at basketball glory, and the pressure of that expectation is ruining the game for Devon; but then he sees Jamal, a Yemeni refugee, doing BMX tricks on his bike and suddenly Devon sees a way to put fun back into sports--provided he can keep his new passion secret from his father.

"A nonfiction picture book about runners [from all over the world] preparing for, and racing in, the New York City Marathon"--Provided by publisher.

" With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich state of New York, from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the states' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs in the state. Rockhounding New York offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook"--.