1 comments about Rand McNally 6th Edition New York City 5-Borough street guide.

1. This book covers not only the 5 boroughs but also large parts of Westchester Co. and NE New Jersey. Clear maps with disambiguing colors featuring all of NYC's streets. On-the-street navigation could be difficult because of the high amount of names and information on the maps so plan your trip. This guide will get you anywhere.
   If you still manage to get lost: you'll find every street in the directory.

No comments about Hudson-Mohawk Gateway: An Illustrated History.

3 comments about New York Running Guide (City Running Guides).

1. I concentrated on the Queens section the most and I would like to highlight the inconsistencies I found as well as the mistakes. First, the mileage for Forest Park states it is 3.75 miles, but when you read the description it doesn't add up. They say the first half is .75 and the second half is 2.5 miles. In addition the course isn't totally clear when I ran the first half I came upon what appeared to be a closed road, it was the only way I could run that would bring me back to the main road, so I believe I went the right way. Then I would like to write about Flushing Meadows Park. Try running this course...if you can, there is alot of construction that has changed the second half of this run and I think the authors weren't aware of this. Finally the map of the New York City Marathon in wrong, they put the Bronx where Queens should be. If these major mistakes exist in just the sections of the book I have read, I believe there may be more. I purchased this book because I couldn't find an earlier version of the same book, which I felt was very well done. It contained long runs through the entire borough and I thought this was a great feature. I hope the authors will reissue this book with the corrections and better diagrams of the runs.



2. This book is so great. I never knew there were so many great places to run in ny.



3. I found this book to be very poorly put together. There were countless mistakes about mileage, and the character of the running routes. The maps were terrible, giving no specific details (in fact they re-printed the same terrible map of Central Park about 4 times in 10 pages.) More importantly, I felt that the authors may have never even run the routes they are trying to describe. Although it is obvious that they have a talent for writing, this book is not helpful to runners, and seems to be hastily thrown together in an attempt to sell copies and rip people off.

No comments about Gerrit Engle: Manhattan New York.

No comments about Newsday's Guide to Long Island's Natural World (Falcon Guide).

No comments about New York: The Painted City.

No comments about New York's 50 Best Places to Enjoy Breakfast and Brunch: The Guide to the Best Morning Meals in the Big Apple (City and Company).

No comments about Asia in New York City: A Cultural Travel Guide.

No comments about Rand McNally Fab Map Midtown Manhattan, New York: Featuring the Theater District.

1 comments about Shawangunk: Adventure, Exploration, History and Epiphany from a Mountain Wilderness.

1. I really enjoyed Mr.Fried's latest book, a work of great interest to anyone who has ever visited the mountains he has loved for so many years. His descriptions of the flora, fauna, weather and beauty of the Shawangunks inspire one to visit again--and perhaps spot a mountain lion. He really brings the region home to the reader, with great acumen and imagination.