Experience the best at home and work, and enjoy great savings, with the Westchester Commuter Pack (books sold separately for $29.90 retail value) . This value pack includes 2009/10 Westchester/Hudson Valley Restaurants and 2010 New York City Restaurants. Based on the opinions of restaurant connoisseurs, this pack takes you on an insider s tour of Westchester and New York City, reviewing over 2850 restaurants and offering essential indexes to help you make the right choice for any dining occasion.
Experience the best at home and work, and enjoy great savings, with the Westchester Commuter Pack.This value pack includes 2010/11 Westchester/Hudson Valley Restaurants and 2011 New York City Restaurants. Based on the opinions of restaurant connoisseurs, this pack takes you on an insiders tour of Westchester and New York City, reviewing over 3,000 restaurants and offering essential indexes to help you make the right choice for any dining occasion.
This comprehensive guide to 222 select colleges in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions gives you a thorough look at life at each of the schools. There is no better way to learn about a college than by talking to its students, so we asked thousands of them to speak out about their schools. Complete with student opinion narratives, ratings, and tips for applying, this compact resource also reveals information on: - Quality of life - Academic load - Admissions selectivity - Financial aid process - Accessibility to Professors - Social scene and extracurriculars The Best Northeastern Colleges covers Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Often provocative, sometimes hilarious, and always telling, the students' opinions contained in this book will give you rare insight into each college.
The Wheels That Drove New York tells the fascinating story of how a public transportation system helped transform a small trading community on the southern tip of Manhattan island to a world financial capital that is home to more than 8,000,000 people. From the earliest days of horse-drawn conveyances to the wonders of one of the world's largest and most efficient subways, the story links the developing history of the City itself to the growth and development of its public transit system. Along the way, the key role of played by the inventors, builders, financiers, and managers of the system are highlighted. New York began as a fur trading outpost run by the Dutch West India Company, established after the discovery and exploration of New York Harbor and its great river by Henry Hudson. It was eventually taken over by the British, and the magnificent harbor provided for a growing center of trade. Trade spurred industry, initially those needed to support the shipping industry, later spreading to various products for export. When DeWitt Clinton built the Erie Canal, which linked New York Harbor to the Great Lakes, New York became the center of trade for all products moving into and out of the mid-west. As industry grew, New York became a magnate for immigrants seeking refuge in a new land of opportunity. The City's population continued to expand. Both water and land barriers, however, forced virtually the entire population to live south of what is now 14th Street. Densities grew dangerously, and brought both disease and conflict to the poorer quarters of the Five Towns. To expand, the City needed to conquer land and water barriers, primarily with a public transportation system. By the time of the Civil War, the City was at a breaking point. The horse-drawn public conveyances that had provided all of the public transportation services since the 1820's needed to be replaced with something more effective and efficient. First came the elevated railroads, initially powered by steam engines. With the invention of electricity and the electric traction motor, the elevated's were electrified, and a trolley system emerged. Finally, in 1904, the City opened its first subway. From there, the City's growth to northern Manhattan and to the "outer boroughs" of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx exploded. The Wheels That Drove New York takes us through the present day, and discusses the many challenges that the transit system has had to face over the years. It also traces the conversion of the system from fully private operations (through the elevated railways) to the fully public system that exists today, and the problems that this transformation has created along the way.
Presents brief profiles of over three thousand undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral nursing programs in the U.S. and Canada, listing nursing student resources and activities, degree programs, and full-time, part-time, and distance learning options.
The authority on rail systems around the globe. Track the latest developments in railway systems and equipment manufacturers across the globe with this authoritative industry survey.
Describes points of interest in New York City, including museums, gardens, zoos, historic sites, and seasonal events, and recommends hotels, restaurants, and nightspots
