In Jim Lewis’s wondrous novel "Ghosts of New York", encounters among strangers result in unexpected relationships, and a montage that celebrates a city of manifold graces. Lewis’s observant, gradual stories are linked by recurrent... Read More

About a career marked by the willingness to be daring and work hard, "Jump on the Train" is an inspiring entrepreneur’s memoir. Real estate development innovator Gerald Rosengarten’s memoir "Jump on the Train" highlights a multitude... Read More

Peggy Gavan’s atmospheric Cat Men of Gotham retells forty-two true stories of Old New York felines and the men who cared for them. Culled from newspaper and magazine archives from the 1880s to the 1930s, these tales about cat mascots... Read More

This is a travel book for history buffs and those who want to know the story behind the landmark. It’s hard to imagine a more iconic city than New York. Chronicles of Old New York: Exploring Manhattan’s Landmark Neighborhoods, Second... Read More

Alicia Hayes’s elegantly written book contains in-depth characters, mystery, details of detective work, and varying kinds of love. Part mystery, part love story, "Secret Chambers" is a wonderfully written tale that will entertain the... Read More

The author—most well known for playing the first Darrin in the 1960s television series Bewitched—muses about his life in this collection of late-night reminiscences, tape-recorded and transcribed. While readers looking for the... Read More

A Journalist’s Sojourn:[/b] Take a pinch of Mark Twain, add a dash of Studs Terkel, and you’ll have the recipe for Amos Jay Cummings’ westward-ho dispatches for the New York Sun. Cummings was a man of his times: he was awarded the... Read More

Deák’s experience as a writer and picture-researcher in her prize-winning Picturing America (1988) stands her in good stead to this sparkling appraisal of New York. An elegant combination of impressive illustration (including many... Read More