This book is an excellent tour of over 100 rivers of all difficulties throughout New England and New York. With detailed descriptions of each run, a table listing relevant information (length of shuttle and run, difficulty, water levels, etc), and a simple but helpful map for each river, this is the book that I and my friends go to first when deciding where to paddle.

The only problem with this book is its age; published in 1981, it doesn't reflect changes in river condition, quality, and access. If someone updated this book, I'd buy three copies in an instant -- one for home, one for work, and one for the shuttle vehicle!

Peter Randall is a New Hampshire native whose gift for capturing his local surroundings on film are only enhanced by his use of a panoramic camera. Using a special camera which records onto a 2.5 by 6.5 inch film, the author has collected images of the local scene which stop the casual browser and command close reading of the details within his compositions of farm, forest, and ordinary town scenes. This is a book to spend a quiet evening examining and exploring what someone with love of place and skill with camera can do

New Jersey? What Exit? is a well done, well organized book of common and obscure New Jersey trivia.

If you are looking for a book on the topic, this title won't dissapoint.

I 've had this book since 1995.Using this as my guide, I have walked most of the city from Wall Sreet to Harlem. As you walk along, you are informed about architecture, facinating details you would normally overlook, and wonderful gossipy history. ie "Boss" Tweed, dying in the jail he built, and "the Bloody Angle" on Doyer St. in Chinatown. See Wall Street, Chinatown, Soho, the historic squares, the Lower East Side, the Village, mid-town, Upper East, Upper West, Central Park, Morningside Heights, Harlem, the Cloisters. No matter how well you know Manhattan, this will give you new insight on familiar territory. I'm looking for copies of this book because everyone wants to borrow mine, and I hate to part with it.

Received this as a gift and it is wonderful! Keeps the standard format, but takes it to a next level graphically. Lots of events, festivals and street fairs presented in a wonderful and colorful layout: pretty practical with the event, city and phone # right there. Seems to be enough events listed if you live upstate, in NYC (where we do) or even NJ. Most calendars just use black lines to create the date boxes. Not this one - the format feels larger than the typical format with four-color graphis it's charming and colorful and I love the little graphic items that match the month. The photos are very attractive, fun and match the seasons perfectly (December photo is only *** the rest we really like). The paper really is easy to write on. They used a terrific graphic artist that appears to have had fun with it. If you're looking for a calendar that everyone in the family will enjoy - I'd recommend this one.

There are a great many scenic vistas in New York state that visitors to the more populated areas never see. Hardie Truesdale has managed to capture 12 of these in all their beauty--the sparkling waterways, the lush forests, and the amazing mountainscapes of the Catskills and Adirondacks. And for anyone wishing to actually use this as a calendar, there is plenty of space for writing appointments, etc. If you love New York, nature, or outdoor photography, this calendar is a must have.

Among my four New York City travel guides, this is my favorite. The information is well organized and is presented clearly and concisely in a warm conversational style.

New York City for Families is brimming with practical tips to make your visit to NYC easier, safer, and a lot more fun. Throughout the book you are shown "how to" make sure you enjoy the uniqueness of NYC. Larry Lain colorfully describes many special things and places for you to enjoy about NYC, such as trying Chinatown's luscious lichee nut ice cream, visiting famous NYC presidential places, or buying Broadway tickets at big discounts.

Although there are perspectives tremendously helpful to families with young children, there's also considerable pragmatic info that will be invaluable to persons of any age. Though I've been in NYC dozens of times, I was surprised at Lain's many streetwise insights I didn't know.

From beginning to end, it's loaded with great tips for saving you money. His advice on accommodations is wonderful and can save you many times the cost of the book.

One of the special strengths of New York City for Families is the inclusion of extensive information on all five boroughs, not just Manhattan: "If you insist, like most tourists, to remain in Manhattan, you're going to miss a lot of cool stuff."

Lain's strategic approach for thinking through all the aspects of your trip and skillful advance planning is unique and by far the best of any travel guide.

Just as in Lain's other top-notch travel guides, New York City for Families is continuously updated through the author's web site (listed several places in his book). I checked out the web site. It has a lot of goodies-including extremely detailed info on the latest situations in greater New York City along with updated recommendations.

For my first visit to NYC I wanted a guidebook with a lot of information, easy to use etc. My partner has traveled a lot and wanted something that showed him new places to see. Both of us, of course, were interested in saving $$$.

New York for less saved us a lot - from the hotel (35% off at a lovely place indeed) to the best museums and attractions (even the Empire State Building) to some excellent restaurants (some of which my cosmopolitan, smirking partner recognized).

Because there is a credit-card style discount card, I was not embarrassed to get the discounts as am I sometimes with paper coupons and cut-outs. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to save big in the Big Apple (haha). J. Maria LaValle

Usefulness is the key when it comes to travel books, and I have yet to find a more useful travel guide to any city. When my family and I planned our trip to New York City, we knew we only had a few days to see everything we wanted (not to mention the Broadway shows we had tickets for) but were at a loss as to how to plan our sightseeing. I mean, how many sights can you see in New York? How long can ne spend at the Metropolitan Museum and still have time to see other sights? What other sights are available in the same general area? Too many times on other trips, I'd see one thing and find, to my horror, that the other thing I wanted to see was on the other side of town and would close before I could get there! This book lays out for you in detail several different three-day tours you can take. It includes recommendations for lunch stops and evening activities. The section on the Metropolitan Museum was invaluable, as the museum is so large that, without this book, I never would have been able to see everything I wanted to see, and I would have missed some exhibits with which I fell in love...

I highly recommend this book to everyone who's going to New York City. In fact, I recommended it to a friend of mine who lives in New York. She not only found it useful herself, but she bought the book so she could loan it out to friends who visit and stay with her.

This book was a last-minute buy right before my trip, and I have to thank the travel-guide gods for my good fortune in finding it. The trip wouldn't have been the same without it! Now I'm planning a trip to London and Paris and have been lucky enough to find a book by the same author on London. Unfortunately, I'll have to wing it in Paris, as she doesn't have a book out about that city (too bad).

I had never been to New York, when I went for a visit last week. What would I have done without this book! Paul Wasserman provides clear, short descriptions of all New York sites, restaurants, hotels, theatres, etc. The book gives great advice and ideas without strangling you to remain in a narrow line of destinations. The book gives you the freedom to enjoy the city in whatever manner suits you the best, but it serves as an anchor to put your mind at ease. It is the perfect travel guide for all visitors to New York City.