The New York Times has named Here is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker calls it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.
But we like to call it the Weird State, because there's enough strange stuff going on here to fill an encyclopedia or, better yet, a book appropriately called Weird Pennsylvania.
The book is a comprehensive treatment—if one wants to find out the latest information on any species of shark or ray off California, this is the place to go.
The Reverend Ray Marlbrough guides the reader through a list of 74 saints and their attributes, and shows you how to evoke their powers for practical help through prayer, candle-burning and divination.
$21.95 paperback 1-58685-113-6 August6 x 8/ in, 432 pp, Black & White Photographs, Rights: W, ArchitecturevFrancis Morrone has returned to the buildings of his original guidebook once again to detail additions and changes in name and usage, ...
A summary of the deep history of Tecolote Canyon, a beautiful area of California's Santa Barbara coast that has been occupied by humans for at least 9000 years, using data from archaeology, ecology, geology, and geography.
A physician makes observations on American life for an English audience. A memoir of the doctor, born in New Hampshire, which leads him toward commentary on American politics, slavery, education, and morality.