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This guide contains detailed descriptions of 110 New England trips based on activities rather than destinations. It is organized so that readers can decide where to go based on what they want to do, and is cross-indexed by destination. Activities covered include: canoeing; sailing; skiing; snowshoeing; backpacking; hiking; bicycling; rock climbing; fishing; ice climbing; wildlife watching; and hot air ballooning.

An illustrated guide to New York City tailored for the book-obsessed explorer showcasing the city's best bookshops; libraries; homes and haunts of world-famous writers; and scenes from literary classics with charming drawings by the famed New Yorker cover artist Pierre Le-Tan. A Booklover's Guide to New York is a love letter to everything literary in New York City. It is a book all about books. The book is an object in itself, designed as the ultimate little tome any book collector would love t...

Buffalo native Joel A. Dombrowski offers expert tips for visiting the Niagara Falls region, from taking the Maid of the Mist boat tour to watching fireworks soar over the falls. Dombrowski uses his local knowledge to craft unique trip strategies for all interests, such as Day Trips from the Falls and Waves of Fun. Complete with details on touring Fort George, enjoying the National Buffalo Wing Festival, and wine tasting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Moon Niagara Falls gives travellers the tools they...

Containing similar information to the larger Rough Guide, this guide book provides full-colour maps and plans and details of accommodation and eating out.

Long a magnet for creative tupes, New York City offers a cornucopia of art, architecture and design - both contemporary and historical. The new line of AAD pocket guides gives a convenient overview of landmark buildings while showcasing destinations far off the beaten track. These extensively researched books offer an insider perspective indispensable for visitors and locals alike. The places featured span galleries and museums to noteworthy accommodations and shops. Entries include the MoMA, th...

New Jersey offers a wide variety of activities for families, from shoreline boardwalks to woodland walks. With the help of this opinionated guide, residents and visitors to the Garden State can find their way to places that are fun for the whole family. Includes: Mountain Creek; Great Train Robbery on the Black River and Western Railroad; Durand Hedden House and Gardens; Barnegat Lighthouse; Casino Pier and Waterworks.

Special coverage of Free & Dirt Cheap attractions in thecity.Neighborhood walks through Greenwich Village, Harlem, artlovers' Chelsea, Chinatown/Lower East Side, historic downtown, andProspect Park.Specialized tours include NY with Kids, Literary Haunts, NY inFilm & TV, and the most romantic spots for twosomes.This edition features expanded shopping and nightlife options,of-the-moment restaurant coverage, and a full chapter on New York'sworld-renowned museums.

When you look back at its history, you can see a progression in Provincetown, things getting wilder and wilder, the outlaw element becoming the norm.... Provincetown, Cape Cod: This small Massachusetts enclave has long been home to pirates, commune-dwellers, artists, and other noble countrymen who value liberty over law -- from Norman Mailer and Tennessee Williams to John Waters, Robert Motherwell, and former congressman Gerry Studds. With one of the largest homosexual populations per capita o...

Greenwich Village is a collection of short essays and art by the hip and well-known artists, writers, musicians, dancers, actors, restaurateurs, and other neighbourhood habitues who have lived or live in the Village - from Mario Batali to Donna Karan, and John Guare to Sarah Jessica Parker. Every corner of the Village is represented in the book: There are recollections of jazz clubs and existentialism on Bleecker Street, edgy rock music at St. Mark's Place, folk singers and Hootenannies in Wash...

Admire an amazing apocalyptic pillar in a church, relax in secret gardens, view the New York version of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, visit a secret subway tunnel, watch the stars through a university telescope, track down a statue of Lenin, have your skirts billow up at the very same grating as Marilyn Monroe, gaze at a roomful of dirt, discover an oversized Venetian palazzo above a former stables, visit an island that was named a sovereign country by a guy in a rowboat in 2004, play scrabble on...

The Complete Guide to the Big Apple, with Great Walks, Dining, Shopping and Nightlife" Uncomplicated, informative, easy-to-follow...and [full of] descriptions of relatively inexpensive hotels." --" New York Magazine" " Fodor's urban maps are so clearly marked you'll have only yourself to blame if you get lost." -- "The New York Times" The best guide to New York City, updated every yearAll the legendary sights -- from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building, from Central Park to Wall S...