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Upstate: A Novel
"Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?"

So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, set in the 1990's in New York. Antonio and Natasha's world is turned upside down, and their young love is put to the test, when Antonio finds himself in jail, accused of a shocking crime. Antonio fights to stay alive on the inside, while on the outside, Natasha faces choices that will change her life. Over the course of a decade, they share a desperate correspondence. Often, they have only each other to turn to as life takes them down separate paths and leaves them wondering if they will ever find their way back together.

Startling, real, and filled with raw emotion, Upstate is an unforgettable coming-of-age story with a message of undeniable hope. Brilliant and profoundly felt, it is destined to speak to a new generation of readers.
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Route 22
"This is a haunting and insightful work that transcends the picturesque to approach the profound "—Robert Stone

Route 22 is a 350-mile highway that connects Manhattan and Montreal. One day while driving on it, Benjamin Swett was struck by the contrast between the landscape he could see through his car window and the more romantic one he remembered from his childhood. Without any particular plan, he set out to discover how the upstate New York of James Fenimore Cooper and Thomas Cole became this other place—a seemingly lost, untended region of Off-Track Betting Parlors and Tattoo Emporiums, abandoned diners, and ancient buildings crumbling into forgotten canals. The result of his exploration is this book—an insightful and deeply personal meditation on this complicated and beautiful landscape, accompanied by ninety evocative photographs. 90 duotone photographs..
Price: $21.35 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Upstate New York: Towns That We Love
Upstate New York: Towns That We Love is an illustrated history of the countryside in the Upper Hudson River Valley, including six towns that played an important role in the American Revolution. It is a "travel" book that discusses the life and times of the people who live there now and who lived there in days gone by..
Price: $15.61 [Notify me when price goes down.]


DeVilliers County Blues: 1972
Following the tragic death of his girlfriend, the protagonist returns from North Africa heartbroken and restless He takes to the road but outside of Wheeling, West Virginia is knocked unconscious and kidnapped, awakening days later to find himself in a Texas insane asylum, charged with murder of a police officer.

DeVilliers County Blues is the story of four very different young people, all victimized by a bizarre multimillion dollar Organized Crime human warehouse scheme, banding together against terrible odds to win their freedom and then strike back at their oppressors. It is the story of courage, love and determination...of human beings enduring to the limit of their strength...and then enduring even more..
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