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 2010 New York City Restaurants (ZAGAT Restaurant Guides) $15.95 2010 New York City Restaurants covers over 2,050 restaurants in all five boroughs. This handy guide contains Zagat Survey's trusted ratings and reviews for New York City-area restaurants based on the opinions of 35,000 avid diners like you. The trademark reviews and corresponding ratings for Food, Dªª¢ícor, Service and Cost are organized alphabetically in a user-friendly format. Use the indexes arranged by cuisine, neighborhood and special features like ""In"" Places, Winning Wine Lists, or Romantic Places to find the perfect restaurant for any occasion.  New York Yankees Mr Potato Head $16.00 We used to play with Mr. Potato Head all the time as little kids, so this tickled my die-hard Yankee fan brother to death when I got it for his birthday. Great product!  The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir $25.95 This was a page-turner for me! I found it honest, funny and thought-provoking. The only thing I disliked was that it was over so quickly! I look forward to many more memoirs from this author.  New York: The Novel $30.00 If Edward Rutherfurd's "New York" is not as sweeping as his epic "London", or as historically fascinating as the classic "Sarum", it is a no less enjoyable read: a vibrant, swashbuckling snapshot of New York's City's rich and colorful origins. It has to be impossible to capture New York in a single volume, and despite a full 880 pages in hardcover, the breadth of New York's sometimes sordid, sometimes-noble, and usually triumphant past is reduced to only fleeting snapshots of the actual events. But if the content is light, especially compared to Rutherfurd's massive two-volume "Ireland" saga, he makes up for it with an extraordinarily empathetic cast that is developed more carefully, with greater impact, than in his previous works. This is partially the result of a focus on one fictional family - the Master's - with not much more than cameo appearances from a short list characters whose paths cross the Master clan from generation to generation, bridging all the way from Peter Stuyvesant's 17th century New Amsterdam to the summer of 2009. Rutherfurd - and the Master's - careen through war and peace, crime and corruption, boom and bust - especially boom and bust - painting a vigorous portrait fitting for New York's larger-than-life image. And while the author is faithful to the formulaic approach that has served him so well, I found myself swept up as much with the Master's as with the historical content - a truly gripping and poignant series of tales of love and loss through generations which, if at times melodramatic, was never maudlin. Strong common threads run through this tightly knit chronicle, closing a 300-year loop with a compelling and satisfying payoff. So kudos to Edward Rutherfurd for proving he can tell a story on this side of the Atlantic that is as exciting and historically illuminating as his great tomes of the British Isles. Not that there was much doubt, but "New York" is further proof that Rutherfurd is the reigning master of historical fiction, with every new release an important event. And Oh - a quick plug for Kindle's light weight, gutterless elegance - the perfect venue for "New York's" nearly 900-page mass. |
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