Kategoria BISAC: Travel >> United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)

Wild New Jersey invites readers along Wheeler's whirlwind year-long tour of the most ecologically diverse state for its size in America. Along with the expert guidance of charismatic wildlife biologists and local conservationists, he explores...

New Jersey provides some of the most varied and exciting birding in North America, and more than 450 species have been recorded in the state. Yet there has been no comprehensive and readily available guide to the status and distribution of all these species--until now. The Birds of New Jersey is the most up-to-date and succinct guide for the birds of New Jersey and includes all species known to the state from historical times to the present. Featuring over 200 color photos of rarities and regular species, this book authoritatively provides individual entries that include a summary...

National Geographic's Finger Lakes Destination Map strikes the perfect balance between map and guidebook and is an ideal resource for touring this culturally and geographically unique region of New York state.

The front includes a topographic map of the region and an inset about the town of Ithaca, home to Cornell University. The reverse has insets about history, geology, outdoor activities, and places to visit, including historic and cultural attractions as well as farms and wineries.

Key features:

• Double-sided map...

Illustrated with more than 250 images, Rock Creek Park A to Z entertains as it answers questions that arise with every twist and turn of the valley and every entry from A to Z:

• How did the rocks get into Rock Creek?
• In whose famous footsteps might you be walking each time you visit?
• What can be done to preserve the Park in in the face of major threats to its environment?
• Where was Abe Lincoln nearly shot down by a Confederate sniper?
• When is the best time to observe songbirds migrating into the Park?
• Why...

Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. Gleason's has also transformed, opening its doors to new members, particularly women and white-collar men. Come Out Swinging is Lucia Trimbur's nuanced insider's account of a place that was once the domain of poor and working-class men of...

Divided geographically into seven sections--Long Island, Catskills/Hudson Valley, Central/Leatherstocking,...

Edgar Allan Poe was an oddity: his life, literature, and legacy are all, well, odd. In Poe-Land, J. W. Ocker explores the physical aspects of Poe's legacy across the East Coast and beyond, touring Poe's homes, examining artifacts from his life--locks of his hair, pieces of his coffin, original manuscripts, his boyhood bed--and visiting the many memorials dedicated to him.

Along the way, Ocker meets people from a range of backgrounds and professions--actors, museum managers, collectors, historians--who have dedicated some part of their lives to Poe and his legacy....