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Bull's Birds of New York State
Updates the bible of New York State ornithology, John Bull's 1974 Birds of New York State. The species accounts, contributed by 60-plus individual birders, include information on range, abundance, breeding, occurrence, and remarks about subspecies and records from neighboring states. Several prefatory essays cover New York's physical environment, the role of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs in conservation efforts, and long-term changes in the birdlife of New York State. Includes some bandw drawings, but not for every bird listed, as well as four color maps. Indexed by scientific and English bird names. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Pataki
In his absorbing autobiography, the governor of New York shows that his winning touch and down-home politics spring from same sourceGeorge Pataki is the real McCoy. He's a small-town boy from Peekskill, New York, where his family's immigrant background and farming life shaped his down-to-earth politics. A second-generation American with roots in Hungary, Italy, and Ireland, Pataki has retained a common touch that his Yale and Columbia educations haven't changed. He finally followed a lifelong dream of entering public service when he left a corporate law firm to join a Senate task force on the reorganization of the court system.In 1982 Pataki became mayor of his hometown, and in 1994 he stunned New York's political world by defeating Mario Cuomo in the gubernatorial election. Suddenly "George who?" became a GOP power broker. He'll give readers the inside story of his incredible upset victory and bring us into the governor's mansion to show the day-to-day job of running the diverse state of New York -- the issues it raises, the choices he makes, the beliefs that determine how he governs. Told with warmth and wry humor, the governo
Voting Rights Act
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Natural Power
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New York's Historic Armories
Winner of the 2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award presented by the Preservation League of New York State Winner of the 2007 Building Typology Award presented by the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America New York's Army National Guard armories are among the most imposing monuments to the role of the citizen soldier in American military history. In New York's Historic Armories, Nancy L. Todd draws on archival research as well as historic and contemporary photographs and drawings to trace the evolution of the armory as a specific building type in American architectural and military history. The result of a ten-year collaboration between the New York State Office of...
Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: The Devil's Bridge and Other Swiss Myths -- 1. Justice Denied -- 2. Unfinished Business -- 3. Exposed -- 4. "Bern, We Have a Problem"--5. The Righteous and the Persecuted -- 6. Writing the Check -- 7. We Were Right -- 8. The Lawyers -- 9. Boycotts and Diktats -- 10. History's Vengeance -- Epilogue -- Index
