new york (state)

Provides an introduction to the geography, history, government, economy, and people of the state of New York, and includes maps, sidebars, an almanac, a time line, trivia, and quotes.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

When Kate Winthrop learns that she is ranked seventy-first out of 140 high school senior girls on a popularity scale called the Millbank Social Stock Market, she and her two best friends set out to change her from a "junk bond" to a "blue chip," and win some money in the process.

A guide to reading and understanding "Ragtime," featuring a biographical sketch of author E. L. Doctorow, a list of characters, a summary and analysis of the novel, and a selection of critical views.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Newly ordained Episcopal minister Clare Fergusson must prove herself as a leader to the members of her church, but her blunt manner has earned her a chilly reception and when a newborn baby is abandoned on the church stairs, Clare must find a way to sort through the secrets and silence that surround the town.