Hudson News sells: books titled Sudoku, Easy Sudoku, Extreme Sudoku, and Sudoku To Go; books titled Word Search, All-Star Word Seeks, Garfield Word Seeks, Word Finder, and Jumbo Circle-a-Word; five "trade fiction" paperback bestsellers; thirty-two "mass market" paperback bestsellers; Guns & Ammo Magazine; Rifle-Shooter Magazine; Shoot! Magazine; Handgun Magazine; Combat Handgun Magazine; and a magazine called Guns of the Old West.

Hudson News carries "Combos" in the following snack varieties and snack flavors: Zesty Salsa Tortilla, Pepperoni Pizza Cracker, Pizzeria Pretzel, Cheddar Cheese Cracker, Cheddar Cheese Pretzel, Nacho Cheese Pretzel. Hudson News carries "Snak Club" in the following mixes and types: Raw Almonds, Smoked Almonds, Vanilla Almonds, Salted Cashews, Honey Cashews, Tropical Mix, Yogurt Nut Mix, California Fruit Mix, Cajun Savory Mix, Cranberry Trail Mix, Fancy Trail Mix, Honey Delight Mix, Mango con Chile, Boston Baked Beans.

There is a line of gums called Orbit, and a line of gums called Eclipse.

As the stars are visible even at noon when you gaze upward from the bottom of a dry water well, so too, from here, in the depths of Port Authority, is the dazzling breadth of America's ambition apparent: America will provide for your every desire, no matter how specialized, how superfluous, how base; and then America will put you on a bus out of town.

Hudson News sells spider-monkey dolls sewn from pink and blue and green fabric with Velcro on their paws so you can wear them over your chest. These monkeys wear tiny New York City tee-shirts over their wee monkey chests.

Hudson News sells: New York City coffee mugs and New York City shot-glasses; NYPD coffee mugs and NYPD shot-glasses; New York Taxi coffee mugs and—though for some reason no New York Taxi shot-glasses—New York Taxi snow-globes and New York Taxi piggy-banks. Also Statue of Liberty snow-globes, and I Love New York piggy-banks.

You decide to leave Hudson News.

If you now follow the sign posted overhead, indicating that there is an information booth located to the west, further into the mall, click here.

If you now rush through the crowds toward the door to 41st Street, which you now see is right across from you, because that is where the information booth attendant said the Newark Shuttle was, click here.

If you rush through the crowds toward the door to 8th Avenue—because 8th Avenue is familiar— because you need some familiarity—because Port Authority is beginning to feel vexing and vertiginous—click here.