New York is the ultimate symbol of the United States boundless energy & creativity. Despite the city`s forthright exuberance, many of its most intriguing places are off the beaten track, behind unmarked doors, in small neighbourhood enclaves. This new edition of Style City New York takes visitors to these magical locations, be they hip-hop bars or private art collections, sexy restaurants or funky shops. There are surprises around every corner in Gotham. Style City leads the way. ...

This is a fully illustrated guide to the glorious riches of New Yorks museums & galleries, drawing on the cream of the city`s collections to create an easily navigable, narrative history of art. The guides unique approach means that you can locate your favourite artist or style of art in any museum & follow this throughout the museums of New York. Do you like, say, French art? This book will show you where to find it in New York, from great masterpieces of the genre on show in world-famous institutions to hidden gems housed in galleries off the beaten track. It helps you visit the Metropolitan Museum to take in Nicolas Poussin, Jacques-Louis David & Courbet; move on to the Frick Collection to see works by the Rococo painters Boucher & Fragonard, or take off to the Dahesh Museum, the only American insitution devoted to the academic tradition in the 19th & 20th centuries. Featuring over 100 destinations, including the Metropolitan Musuem of Modern Art, Neue Galerie, Mo MA, the Guggenheim, Storm King Art Center & the Frick Collection, & works by such artists as Courbet, Pollock, Poussin, Picasso, Warhol & Dali, ” The Art Guide: New York” is the perfect guidebook for all art lovers who visit & live in the city. ...

For the first time in Norton paperback, from ”one of the legends of American comics” (” Financial Times”), here are four extraordinary graphic novels celebrating the Big Apple. Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit & grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers & peeping toms, all recalled here in Eisner`s unforgettable style. ...

Few cities make your heart race faster just by standing on their streets, but New York exerts an influence that stretches far beyond the city`s limits. ” The Story of New York” tells concisely & entertainingly how the city developed from the land inhabited by the Lenape people to the great metropolis it is today. Organized both thematically & chronologically, the book brings the city`s history to life through the inclusion of Approx. 20 facsimile documents
- diary extracts, immigration papers, maps, newspaper clippings, playbills, letters & posters all highlight the ups & downs of the city`s past. As Agatha Christie once said, ” It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City, New York City is itself a detective story.” Now the reader can discover that story in the comfort of his or her own armchair.
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The Shortlist New York 2010 selects the very best of New York's sightseeing, restaurants, shopping, nightlife & entertainment, with Time Out's trademark expertise. &, because it's annual, it also takes you straight to the latest venues, tips you off to the news & fashions & gives the dates that matter. It's the best reference for anyone visiting New York in 2010, in a handy size & easy to use format. ...

New York 2012 in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ...

New York in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

New York 2013 in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ...

New York 2013 in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ...

` Robinson is one of the world`s finest working novelists, in any genre. New York 2140 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation` Guardian The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted & it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an isl&. Through the eyes of the varied inhabitants of one building Kim Stanley Robinson shows us how one of our great cities will change with the rising tides. & how we too will change. ` Robinson is one of our best, bravest, most moral & most hopeful storytellers` New Yorker ` If I had to choose one writer whose work will set the standard for science fiction in the future, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson` New York Times ...