Praise for City Secrets:
"Is there any more heavenly pleasure than the anticipation of pleasure?So much concise and persuasive passion by such smart and interestingpeople about so many intriguing and unfamiliar works! My next severalyears are hereby, um, booked."
--Kurt Andersen, author, journalist and NPR radio host of Studio 360
"What a superb literary map . . . within, even the most jaded readers can find marvels."
--Junot Diaz, author
"These short essays are a rich and lucid reminder of the books thathave moved us and should not be forgotten. It is a great gift--awonderful reading list, a literary road trip."
--A.M. Homes, author
"Think you've seen or readall the great books and films there are to digest? Think again. City SecretsBooks& Moviesare your guide to gems of cinema and literature that are mostly overlooked,compiled from recommendations given by some of the world's most well-respectedminds on either subject."
--Uncrate.com
Movies: The UltimateInsider's Guide is an offbeat,expertly curated compendium of hundreds of movies you may have missed.Assembled by the author of the City Secrets series of urban guidebooks,this 304-page handbook offers quick, informal movie recommendations from filmstars, bit players, and everyday film buffs."
--Veryshortlist.com
Richly eclectic and wildly browsable is the book CitySecrets Movies: The Essential Insider's Guide, from the City Secrets Arts& Letters series. . . . Surprising and revealing, City Secrets Movies isthe instant response to the lament "There's nothing to watch."
--Town& Country
Before Idie, I want to spend a weekend hidden away in some idyllic place, watching allthe wonderful movies I have never heard of. To prepare for this weekend, I havethis book."
--Mary-Louise Parker
Awonderfully subjective little guide to the best films of all time."
--GraydonCarter, Editor, Vanity Fair
"The bestliterary gift to Italian travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James."
--FinancialTimes
"City Secrets Rome is always filled withthe kind of information you would get from a friend who had spent years livingin the Italian capital . . . After using City Secrets Rome, you'll never want to go back to the standardguidebook."
--GQ
"This idiosyncratic guide helps jadedvisitors see the Eternal City anew."
--The New York Times
"Escapefrom the crowds and chaos can be a challenge in Rome, but help comes in theform of City Secrets Rome. Architectand former resident Robert Kahn has collected the wisdom of his artist andwriter friends in a guide that peels back the layers of the city's charms."
--CondéNast Traveler
"City Secrets Rome is aguidebook in disguise . . . a lovely, unobtrusive little book, obviouslydesigned by and for people who love books. . . . you'd never want to go to Romewithout it."
--The Toronto Star
"Does the world needanother guide book? The answer, strange as it may seem to those who haveagonized over just which ones to buy and carry abroad, is maybe yes . . . City Secrets Rome is not only slim,small and light but also packed with information not easily availableelsewhere. It should be everyone's pick to supplement any guide more devoted tothe travel basics"
--Barron's
"To my mind,the most cultured and imaginative travel guide to be published in the recentpast has been City Secrets Rome . . .Highly recommended."
--A Common Reader
"This insider's guide tothe Eternal City is petite and wrapped in a tasteful cloth cover that doesn'tscream ‘naïve foreigner.'"
--Los Angeles Times Magazine
"Today'sproliferating travel journalists and guidebook writers seem to be portrayingthe world with an increasing uniformity of approach. It is thus with enormousrelief that one comes across guidebooks written from an unusual and at timescommercially foolhardy perspective. The crisply designed City Secrets Rome is one such guidebook with difference."
--Quarterly(London)
"Withentries by poets, architects, and historians, Robert Kahn's guide reveals thepleasures of the Eternal City through the words of those who love it."
--House& Garden
"Reading this book is like attending a reception at the academyand listening to academy residents offer glowing accounts [of] some of Rome'smany treasures . . . it could serve as a delightful viaticum for tourists inRome and provide them with an artful insight into Rome's familiar of not sofamiliar attractions."
--Library Journal
"This isthe other side of the moon from most city guides."
--The Irish Times
" . . .passionate pearls of advice . . . from those who know."
--Sky Magazine
"This new series shows each city through the eyes of those whoknow it best . . . taken together, their recommendations provide travelerswith the ultimate insider's tour. They are the hot guide . . . Wonderful keepsakes."
--Savvy Traveler, Public RadioInternational
"City Secrets New York City, the latest installment in architectRobert Kahn's invaluable series of insider guides for travelers, comprisesrecommendations from more than 300 writers, artists, historians, gourmands, andother notables . . . who live and work in New York. Entries in the form ofpersonal vignettes explore everything from art to food, architecture toshopping, and music to landmarks, in all five boroughs."
--New York Magazine
" . . . an extraordinaryresource . . ."
--Travel + Leisure
"In-the-know BigApple-ites such as John Guare, Oliver Sacks, and Kate Spade share their citysecrets . . . "
--Vanity Fair
" The future ofguidebooks."
--Good Magazine
"City Secrets New York City, the just-out guide with totallysubjective suggestions from architects, writers, and other cultural figuresabout their favorite places."
--Gourmet Magazine
"CitySecrets New York City is a subjective collection of suggestions from people wholove the city, who know the nooks and crannies. . . . Every neighborhood andborough is covered. It might be a quiet little park, a Russian Turkish bath, aneye-popping candy store or a hundred-year-old place to find heavenly focacciain Brooklyn."
--Kurt Andersen, WNYC NationalPublic Radio
"Guideswith tips from inhabitants such as Laura Linney and Kate Spade for NYC."
--InStyleMagazine
"Compileslittle gems from an enviable list of writers, musicians, archeologists, artists. . . who share their favorite corners of New York and its boroughs."
--Departures
" . . . a highly personalized, elegant-and vividlywritten-offering of ‘bests.'"
--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Afantastic read, whether you pick it up and go headlong cover to cover, or stickit in your pocket and head out the door for a stroll around town, these make agreat gift for local and visitor alike."
--Dan's Papers
"The information isalways highly personal and never veers into typical guidebook fare."
--Avenue
"CitySecrets guides are unlike any others on the market . . . in this case, aformidable cross section of London's intelligentsia . . . share their insideinformation on the parts of London they know best, the sorts of places thatthey might reveal to visiting friends, the keys that might unlock some of thecity's meaning."
--The Sunday Times (London)
"Endlessly fascinating, a miscellany which yields somethingextraordinary almost every time you dip into it."
--Independent on Sunday
"Thereare enough discoveries and insights to keep a native, let alone a visitor,tramping the streets for years."
--Daily Telegraph
" . . . awonderful collection of guides that take you into the heart of some of theworld's most famous cities. Its real strength lies in its wealth of localknowledge and great writing."
--Sainbury's Magazine
"This isone of the most unique travel guides on the market."
--TNT Magazine (London)
"Nilesand Frasier Crane would love this book . . . crammed with tips . . . Full marksfor letting words do the work."
--The Observer (London)
"The next time I go to London, this book goes with me."
--SanFrancisco Chronicle
"Architect Robert Kahn'sCity Secrets Rome and City Secrets Florence, Venice and the Townsof Italy are full of interesting finds, even for those who know Italywell."
--Town & Country
"Another inthe series of little gems."
--RTE
"Like last year's indispensable Romeguide, [City Secrets Florence, Venice& the Towns of Italy] offers insider tips from artists, writers,historians and architects."
--New York Magazine
"The impassioned descriptions and informed perspectives of thissophisticated guide book form an inspired tour of Florence, Venice, and thetowns of this most inspiring of countries."
--Powell's
