Synopses & Reviews
New York's 50 Best Places to Take Children is the definitive guide to showing kids a good time in the Big Apple. Completely revised and updated for an all-new third edition, this classic City and Company backlist title remains the most comprehensive and accessible book of its kind.
Synopsis
Welcome to the quiet side of New York. Listen to the whisper of a waterfall. Inhale the sweet fragrance of 2,000 prizewinning rosebushes. Meditate in a monastery or during a massage. Commune in a cloister. Rest on a rooftop. Marvel at the leafy loveliness of a tropical rainforest. Or, float weightlessly in your own private sea.
Discover soothing oases of serenity, right in the heart of New York City.
Synopsis
Beyond the surface noise and chaos is a quiet New York of tranquility and blessed silence. NEW YORK'S 50 BEST PLACES TO FIND PEACE AND QUIET, takes the reader to 50 oases of serenity around the city-from gardens to spas, meditation centers to wildlife refuges-each a revitalizing place of calm amidst the daily bustle and grind of urban life. "If you're at wit's end and frantic for tranquility, relax...you can buy [this] sweet little book." The New York Times.
Synopsis
The ultimate guide for parents, grandparents, teachers, and tourists to showing children the very best of New York City.
About the Author
Allan Ishac is the creator of the two-time Telly Award-winning Hard Hat Harry children’s video series. He is also the author of the best-selling guidebook, New York’s 50 Best Places to Find Peace And Quiet, and the editor of New York’s 50 Best Places to Renew Body, Mind, and Spirit. He lives in Manhattan.