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From Library Journal
This second edition of the 1991 guide Brooklyn: Where To Go, What To Do, How To Get There (St. Martin’s) provides thoroughly annotated descriptions of attractions, shopping, and especially restaurants in New York’s “most interesting, most human-scaled borough.” Organized by neighborhood, it also catalogs events, “Best Bets,” and children’s “Best Bets.” The restaurant listings, while more enthusiastic than critical, do reveal the enormous range of ethnic food in Brooklyn, from Cambodian to Mexican to Turkish. The book has depth: a mini-essay on the “Russian Night Club Experience,” another on the emerging artists’ community in Williamsburg, a list of basement stores run by stay-at-home Orthodox Jewish women i (more…)

400 Questions and Answers to the Big Apple’s oddest mysteries: from the pages of the New York TimesNew York has long held a place as the nation’s most admired and reviled city, provoking more debate, affection, and curiosity than any other. Generations of visitors and residents alike have pondered the city’s enduring quirks and unusual traditions. In the F.Y.I. column in The New York Times, the paper’s reporters and editors turn their talents to answering readers’ most perplexing queries about the city, some of which include:* City with a Past: Where was the World Trade Center originally going to be located? Where was the last opium den in New York?* Underground, Underfoot: Is there a secret tunnel linking Police Headquarters to (more…)

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In the days and weeks following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the nation and New York in particular struggled to find normalcy. Yet the city’s desire to confront the terror and, in turn, work through its grief was palpable. The New York Times’s series “Portraits of Grief” was one response to this need. Described by Times executive editor Howell Raines as “snapshots of lives interrupted as they were being actively lived,” the profiles give a face to a number, a story to a name. By now everyone in the nation has read at least one of these portraits, heard the legacy of a loved one retold by a friend, or remembered the name of just one person who perished. As the series initially serv (more…)

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For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer’s. Small trim size for use on-the-go Focused coverage of only the best hotels and restaurants in all price ranges Tear-out “cheat sheet” with full-color maps or easy reference pointers From soaring skyscrapers to rumbling subways, power shopping to bargain-hunting, world-renowned restaurants to neighborhood delis and pizzerias, majestic cathedrals to Times Square—New York has it all. Chances are you can’t do it all, but this friendly guide helps you take a big bite out of (more…)

This door poster shows Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement holding guitars. In the background is the New York City skyline. At the top it says “Flight of the Conchords”. This poster measures approx. 24″ x 60″ Flight of the Conchords is an American television sitcom that follows the adventures of a folk duo from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show portrays a fictionalized version of the real-life duo, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, who play themselves. Though in reality they are a comedy duo and perform music parodies, their characters within the series take themselves and their music seriously.

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“The Riddler’s got nothing on Will Shortz.” — Time Out New York”The prince of crossword puzzlers.” — Greenwich Magazine”Will Shortz is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham.” — Martin Arnold”[Will Shortz] is the crossword king.” — Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes
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Review”[Will Shortz] is the crossword king.”- Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes”The prince of crossword puzzlers.”- Greenwich Magazine”The Riddler’s got nothing on Will Shortz.”- Time Out New York”Will Shortz is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham.” – Martin Arnold”[Will Shortz] is the crossword king.” (Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes )”The prince of crossword puzzlers.” (Greenwich Magazine )”The R (more…)

From Publishers Weekly
In a delightful foreword, Tom Wolfe hits the ground running with a chronicle of New York Magazine’s humble beginnings, as a supplement to The New York Herald Tribune, and its growth, at the hands of fearless editor Clay Felker, to rival the untouchable New Yorker. For the mag’s 40th anniversary, the editors have collected some of its most memorable essays, including Mark Jacobsen’s 1975 “Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet” (which loosely inspired the television show Taxi, Nik Cohn’s Tribal Rights of the New Saturday Night and, in turn, the film Saturday Night Fever), two Gloria Steinem essays (including her brilliant 1969 manifesto, “After Black Power, Women’s Lib”), and other articles from the likes of Jay (more…)

There’s never been a crossword puzzle book like this one. Simply put, it offers more puzzles, more value, and more enjoyment than any other book on the market. It’s got: -An unbelievable 1,001 crossword puzzles-more than have ever appeared before in a single volume -An eye-catching cover design that stands out from the pack -The New York Times puzzles: the standard by which all others are measured -Hundreds of hours of puzzling fun for even the most accom-plished solver -All difficulty levels-from easy Monday puzzles through the Friday and Saturday end-of-the-week enigmas. ‘Will Shortz, crossword editor of The New York Times, is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham.’ -Martin Arnold, The New York Times

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