BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Celebrating NYC

NONFICTION

Released: Sept. 1, 2011

A DECADE OF HOPE: STORIES OF GRIEF AND ENDURANCE FROM 9/11 FAMILIES AND FRIENDS

by Dennis Smith

"A stirring tapestry of real-life heroes."

The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is memorialized through 25 heartrending accounts of loss and resilience. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Dec. 2, 2010

A VOICE FROM OLD NEW YORK: A MEMOIR OF MY YOUTH

by Louis Auchincloss

"An anthropological guide to the phantom politesse of Old New York, rendered as neatly as ever."

The prolific author's last book is a farewell to a way of life that was gone before he was. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Aug. 5, 2008

SCHOOLED

by Anisha Lakhani

"A fun read that could use more snap."

A young Manhattan teacher falls in love with all the glitz that other people's money can buy in this debut novel from Lakhani, a one-time teacher at an elite Upper East Side school. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Nov. 3, 2005

GONE TO NEW YORK: ADVENTURES IN THE CITY

by Ian Frazier

"A vivid collection of essays expertly blending reporting, history, humor and one man's abiding affection for a city's quirks. "

Generous slices of New York wry, from humorist/essayist Frazier (The Fish's Eye, 2002, etc.). Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: May 1, 2004

THE PROPHET OF LOVE: AND OTHER TALES OF POWER AND DECEIT

by Elizabeth Kolbert

"Choice political journalism. "

Observant, quicksilver explorations of the Big Apple's political landscape. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 21, 2003

THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK: A CITY IN THIRTEEN PARTS

by Colson Whitehead

"Poetry in paragraphs."

As ebullient as Walt Whitman and as succinct as Emily Dickinson, a young novelist (John Henry Days, 2001, etc.) looses his five senses on his native New York City--and allows the sixth some play, as well. Read full book review >

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