A Quiet Walk in Central Park: Exploring the Beauty of a New York Treasure (Quiet Walk Series)

A Quiet Walk in Central Park: Exploring the Beauty of a New York Treasure (Quiet Walk Series)
Fredric Winkowski (Author)

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From its southernmost point--just off the elegant Plaza Hotel--and up through Harlem Meer, Central Park is 843 acres of delight and respite in the midst of the city. Step into New York's heart and soul with an intimate and informative photographic walking tour that spotlights the park's well-known joys (such as Bethesda Fountain and Strawberry Fields) and its hidden glories. Take an incomparable close-up look at the magnificent cherry-blossomed trees, old-fashioned streetlamps, shiny and elaborate bridges, sun-dappled walkways, statues, and lake. Some spots, where soft willows overhang water, make the urban hustle and bustle outside disappear. Elsewhere, you can lie on a blanket of grass and gaze at the skyscape-including some of New York's most famous buildings. The images show Central Park in every season, in morning and evening light, filled with people or empty on a foggy afternoon. A very special view of New York's greatest treasure.

• Rank: #116433 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

East of the Cross Island: Stretch'd and Basking

East of the Cross Island: Stretch'd and Basking
Tom Barnaba (Author)

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WHAT IS EAST OF THE CROSS ISLAND? Long Island, NY is! And that's Walt Whitman, Teddy Roosevelt, the Hamptons, Jackson Pollock, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Donna Karan. There's vineyards, Carl Yastrzemski, Joey Buttafuoco, Roy Campanella, ice cream guys Ben & Jerry, Guy Lombardo, NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown, and mysterious Plum Island. Let's not forget signer of the Declaration of Independence William Floyd, Stanford White, aviation and space pioneers and engineers, piano man Billy Joel, Jerry Seinfeld, William Cullen Bryant, JP Morgan, Leroy Grumman, and the birth of suburbia at Levittown. And what about Boomer Esaison, William Sidney Mount, the legendary Gold Coast mansions, and Mariah Carey? How about Bob Costas, Harry Chapin, Billy Crystal, John Coltrane, Jennifer Capriati, the wonderful Sarah & Emily Hughes, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Edie Falco, Julius (Dr. J) Erving? Rod Steiger, Debbie Gibson, Lindsay Lohan, and Natalie Portman are natives. The Miracle Mile, Tony Danza, Telly Savalas, Rosie O'Donnell, Kevin James, and Roosevelt Field are part of its make up. Howard Stern, the Amityville horror, Michael Crichton, Alan Alda, Isabella Rossellini, and Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony are all part of what is Long Island, and can boast of George M. Cohan, the Shinnecock nation, Perry Como, Alan King, Brian Dennehy, John Philip Sousa, Susan Lucci, George Kennedy, Vinny Testaverde, Otto Kahn, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Victoria Gotti, August Belmont, Jessica Hahn, and William K. Vanderbilt have added to the lore. There's Eisenhower Park, Walter Chrysler, whaling museums, Maude Adams, Fire Island, Linda Lovelace, Dick Cavett, Harry Guggenheim, Christine Jorgensen, Dutch Schultz, and ducks! Eli Wallach & Anne Jackson, Al Oerter, Patti Lupone, Eddie Murphy, Craig Biggio, Ed Begley (Sr. & Jr.), and John L. Sullivan have called it home. Montauk Point Lighthouse is the easternmost spot. Rick Pitino, Thomas (3 Fingers Brown) Luchese, Rupert Murdoch, and

• Rank: #262633 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.83" h x 8.11" w x .43" l, 1.08 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 212 pages

101 Word Games: A Wide Variety Of Games For Puzzlers Who Love A Challenge

101 Word Games: A Wide Variety Of Games For Puzzlers Who Love A Challenge
Mayme Allen (Author), Janine Kelsch (Author)

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"Try to come up with 115 words that use "ert" (but don't turn inert trying!). Which 150 words can you spell using letters from the word `concentration'? (Stuck? A `nice' `cartoon' `actor' `cannot' `interact' with such a `notion.') Also included are unusual puzzles, grids and other quizzes."--Boys' Life.

• Rank: #4409663 in Books
• Published on: 1991-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Long Island: A Guide to New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties

Long Island: A Guide to New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties
Raymond Edward Spinzia (Author), Judith Ader Spinzia (Author), Kathryn Spinzia Rayne (Author)
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Organised by town and then subdivided into the various villages and hamlets, this popular guide provides informative entries for each locale. Going beyond the scope of a typical travel guide, this book includes directions from the Long Island Expressway to places of special interest: federal, state and county parks and preserves; archaeological sites; museums; and nature conservancies.

• Rank: #1196648 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.78" h x 5.83" w x .91" l, 1.15 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

Joints and Jointmaking: (Woodworking Workshops Series) Professional Skills Made Easy--Includes Handy Tools Directory

Joints and Jointmaking: (Woodworking Workshops Series) Professional Skills Made Easy--Includes Handy Tools Directory
Hamlyn (Editor)

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What is the most important key to making your woodworking projects more craftsmanlike, attractive, durable, and valuable? The answer lies in the quality of their joints. Most books assume you know how to make a perfect joint and which one to choose, so they give you minimal information. But you need to make sure the joints do what they're supposed to. The introduction to each style is followed by a checklist of reasons to select it: halving joints; dowel and biscuit joints; mortise-and-tenon joints; miter joints; housing joints; dovetail joints; and others. Once you learn what they look like and what they're used for, you can practice constructing each joint--with close-ups of six tool use techniques you'll apply to hundreds of woodworking projects. Test your skills with four projects where joinery is the star, including a glass-topped table, mirror frame, bookcase, and breakfast tray.

• Rank: #258256 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages