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Melissa Romney-Jones went from doormat to diva when she donned a blond wig, became Honey, a no-nonsense bombshell, and set up shop providing London's most clueless men with all the basic girlfriend services -- except, of course, for sex and laundry! Now, her business is booming, but when her flat-mate decides to renovate, she has to temporarily find a new place to live. Then Melissa's dashing American boyfriend (and former client) Jonathan Riley gets a promotion that takes him to New York. There's only one solution: an extended holiday for Melissa in the Big Apple.
Entrusting care of the Little Lady Agency to her tactless best friend and her melodramatic sister, Melissa crosses the pond and finds herself out of her depth among Jonathan's hard-charging friends and his interfering ex-wife. Although Jonathan works all the time, he asks Melissa not to take on any new clients while she's in his hometown. But when she's presented with a tempting new challenge, Melissa decides to put her expertise to use. Then her project lands her in the tabloids, which sets off a hilarious and heartbreaking chain of events that could force her to choose between the man she loves and the unique business into which she has poured her heart and soul.
Irresistibly funny and full of the magic of New York, Little Lady, Big Apple is another triumph that will have you rooting for Melissa all the way!
Customer Reviews:
Not bad...........2007-08-22
If you've read my review of the first book "Little Lady Agency" then you know I was not too fond of it - I had had high hopes for it. I read this one without those high expectations and it was better. I agree with another comment, that there was a little bit missing from the book with Melissa not dressing up as "Honey" - not having the "Honey" interactions - that "Honey"...pizzazz. But it was an amusing read. I did not, however, like the ending all to much. I had hoped that Jonathan would have taken a step back in his career to have just been with her (he did work an awful lot). But I guess at the end they both got what they wanted (it's always a nice scene to see a man grovel). Without my high expectations (like I had of the first book) I enjoyed this one better. Just missed "Honey" a bit. Will be looking for the next one. I will also be looking forward to future works by Hester Browne.
Fun Summer Read.......2007-06-26
Witty and some truly laugh-out loud moments. This is a wonderful summer read with just enough adventure and humor to keep your interest. Romantic, fun, and a quick read. I do love the "British-ness" of it all!
Poorly Researched.......2007-06-17
Browne's editor wasn't asleep at the switch in this sequel to The Little Lady Agency. No, this time the editor must have been in a coma.
How else to explain the glaring plot holes bigger than a subway opening?
For a start, not one single New Yorker depicted in the book sounds like a living, breathing actual New Yorker.
Jonathan "The Boring Man" Riley says he tried to call Melissa, but her phone was engaged. Americans just don't say that. They say the number was busy.
For another, Jonathan picks her up from the airport in a series of limousines and town cars, until one mysterious trip, he's driving a vehicle we never hear of before - or after.
The worst infraction however, is Jonathan and his dog Braveheart flying to London and arriving dewy-eyed on Melissa's doorstep.
How is this possible?
There are strict quarantine laws in England. You CANNOT bring an animal into London. France, oui, London, No.
I know this is fiction but Geez Louise, at least make it semi-believable.
As for leaving her hard-earned business in the hands of two moronic women - her complusively stupid best friend Gabi and her sinister sister Allegra, both of whom possess the common sense of lettuce leaves - please...this Little Lady needs her head examined.
I won't be reading the next book, this one was a painful experience.
Amusing.......2007-04-14
This book is a nice sequel to the Little Lady Agency, though the plot was not quite as interesting. I missed seeing Melissa transform herself into Honey, and the interactions between Honey and her clients were largely missing in this book. That said, it's still a fun read, and I'm interested in seeing what these characters are up to next, now that Melissa's love life seems to be back on track.
A Fish Out of Water.......2007-03-28
Melissa had made a great life and created an enterprising and unique business of her own in London. However, when her American boyfriend asks her to come to New York City with him for a month she faces the classic dilemma of career or relationship. What makes this book particularly entertaining is Melissa's determination to have it all. She morphs her business to fit her new schedule and her new home. At the same time, she maintains her commitment to her own career even if it means giving up her boyfriend. Delightfully written and very entertaining. A great read!
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Welcome to New York City, the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, the crossroads of the world! This city has something to offer everyone, from A to Z. Come visit the American Museum of Natural History and see prehistoric Animals, get a Bird's-eye view of the Brooklyn Bridge, and Check out Central Park in this alphabetical tour from best-selling duo Laura Krauss Melmed and Frané Lessac, who brought us
Capital! Washington D.C. from A to Z.
Fascinating details about the many neighborhoods and historic places of New York City accompany Melmed's lively, informative verse, and Lessac's vibrant folk-art paintings capture the essence of this unique and rich place that was once called the melting pot of America.
Customer Reviews:
Great "While you're visiting NYC guide" for young visitors.......2007-08-06
I bought this book for a six year old visitor who has the reading skills of an 8 year old. She was visiting Manhattan and used this book as a guide for herself as we took in the sites. The illustrations are charming and she was able to read the text by herself. Nice guide for the child to read while here in NYC!
Very very Nice !.......2007-01-04
We bought this book after our trip in New York.
Our sons love it. They remenbered all they did there.
To buy or to offer.
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Fantastic resource for Green New Yorkers!.......2006-04-03
This book truly is the Bible for "Green" living in New York City. Has info and advice on food, electricty, transportation, waste, workplace and so much more. Also has a great directory of "green" businesses and organizations throughout the city.
What's best: it's not all preachy and bossy. Real nice tone, pleasant, funny and casual. So easy to read and start making your NYC life greener!
great book!.......2006-03-26
I picked up this book about 2 weeks ago and I am halfway through it and I love it.
It explains the details of food labels and outlines little things you can do in NYC to help make the world one step closer to being sustainable.
Check it out, plus its only $10
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A little bite into the big apple .......2006-08-23
I am first of all a bit surprised by how many Amazon readers were so highly enthusiastic about this book. I found it O.K. a kind of mild, and light look at some of the City's great sites, and a kind of informative set of observations about some of the city's denizens.
I did not find in it the drive, the excitement, the power of the City, nor a true reflection of its wild craziness. I think of something like Saul Bellow's meditation near the forty- second street Library on the passing crowd, of every type and kind Mankind has managed to produce. I think of the deli corners of Damon Runyan, or the Upper West Side cafeterias of I.B. Singer.
Hanff knows parts of the city I have never really understood, like Sutton Place and Murry Hill .She does inform and I learned something about the Frick a museum which seems to most fully exemplify the meaning of the word ' quality'. But the City is so vast, so rich, so intricate ( Think of Melville at the Custom 's House, or Whitman's Manhatta, or James' Washington Square) both in Literature and Life that this small taste could not really fully satisfy.
Delicious.......2006-08-01
A pleasant little read providing delicious tidbits of information on the city that never sleeps. A native New Yorker, Helene Hanff sets out to rediscover her city so to write a tour book. Her love for the city is renewed as was mine. Sadly, Helene Hanff passed away in 1997. The book was last updated in 1980 so its still a bit outdated. Nevertheless very lovely, reminiscent, and timeless. It is easy to read and will provide you with a little bit of lore not found in guide books. It is not a comprehensive or indepth look at the city. In fact it is quite fragmented and simplistic. It reads more like an adventure story than a guide book. It is fun to read, full of dry humor, and it gives the reader enough taste of the apple to satisfy. Besides, NY city is much too big of a place to cover it all in one book. For those who are madly in love with NY, whether as a visitor or a native, this book is a must.
A Love Letter to Manhattan.......2005-07-03
In 1976, Hanff got a job to write copy for a book of photographs of New York City. Beginning her research, she made a list of "Must See" sights, and realized that she'd missed most of them! She'd never been to the Statue of Liberty, or Wall Street, or the Stock Exchange. She'd been to the Cloisters once, many years before, never toured Rockefeller Center, never been to Grant's Tomb. So she enlisted her friend, Patsy Gibbs, and the two of them spent two months doing the things tourists do in New York City.
However, this is not a guidebook. It's written from the point of view of a longtime resident, and is as much about the people as the sights. Hanff minces no words when she disapproves of something (the loss of Central Park land for additions to the Metropolitan Museum, the soullessness of theTrump Tower), but you'll be in no doubt about the things she loves, either (the Statue of Liberty, the skyline and so much else). The East Side/West Side split is analyzed and explained ("East Siders are conventional and proper, part of the Establishment and in awe of it -- which God knows, and God be thanked, West Siders are not."). She revels in the city's diversity ("And you won't believe it, but on Allen Street there's a Kosher Chinese restaurant where the Chinese waiters wear yarmulkas.") She acknowledges the bloody history behind the fortunes (Frick, Morgan, Rockefeller) that nevertheless contributed so much to the ordinary people of the city, those whom John D. Rockefeller III called "the many".
Times change and cities change, though, and it's amusing to read about the shocking "suggested contribution" at the Cloisters: $1.75. The Met and the Cloisters are now charging $15 (though one payment will get you in to both if you're crazy enough to try to see them on the same day), and the Museum of Modern Art wants $20 from you if you want to enter its lovely new building. The edition I read is, in fact, a later one, published in 1988, and Hanff notes a number of changes in several "P.S." chapters. (Sadly, Gibbs had died of breast cancer several years before this edition.)
Hanff admits it when she's wrong about something, too. She had gloomily predicted that damage to Central Park from a subway excavation would never be repaired. It was, with no scars.
Even if you can walk to Zabar's in your sleep, you'll find something you didn't know about NYC in Hanff's book.
Apple of My Eye...is a wonderful book!.......2004-05-12
This book could be considered out of date in some circles but major landmarks have changed and with all of the changes in NYC since the destruction of the WTC, it is also now a look into NYC's history.
Helene Hanff wrote this book in 1976 when the WTC was still coming up, still being developed. The Top of the Tower Restuarant was "The Talk of the Town!" Over the past 28 years or so it has not only a wonderful tour guide; but for those of us who have never walked the streets of NYC or took the elevator to the 115th floor of the WTC to see the City this a book of pure vision.
Helene Hanff reminds you to never look back at NYC when you are going out to the Statute of Liberty, you'll have plenty enough time to see it on the way back. It seems Her Majesty's beauty should be gazed upon until you etch every detail of her graceful,nurturing, beauty into your mind.
A must read for anyone going to New York City for site seeing, or thinking about writing a book about your own hometown. Helene Hanff's flow of words are perfection and her use of adjectives second to none. A must read for young writers. You are bound to learn something; even if it is where to find the best local hangouts for lunch on a Sunday 12:00 NOON!
Old Favorite.......2001-12-26
I read this book in hardback more than 20 years ago, when I was a wee tot (comparatively speaking). I had spent one day in New York, and I brought the book back as a souvenir. It immediately gave me ideas for what to see when I returned. The book is especially poignant after 9/11, but the city is as great as ever. A great way to taste the excitement of New York--and not just its big public spaces, but its smaller, more intimate ones too.
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We snap to attention when we hear about urban miracles: the designer jacket picked up for a pittance, the killer apartment snagged for next to nothing, swank furnishings found at garage-sale prices. Treasures like these in New York City--where it often seems the best things are reserved for the wealthy--can now be yours, thanks to New York Times House and Home reporter Tracie Rozhon, a bona fide expert on how to live the good life in Gotham.
In
The Cheapskate Millionaire's Guide to Bargain Hunting in the Big Apple, Rozhon shares her most closely held shopping secrets with the reader. She knows New York bargains inside and out, from the Lower East Side to suburban outlet stores, from estate sales to flea markets. Each chapter of her informative book concludes with an extensive listing of sources and services--complete with names, addresses, and phone numbers--and is loaded with great ideas on how you can find deals in
clothes and jewelry (dream coats, designer labels, furs, diamonds, pearls)
home furnishings (couches, chairs, rugs, draperies, fabrics, antiques, lamps, wallpaper)
apartments, co-ops, and condos (buying and renting)
home renovation (paint, lumber, hardware, bathroom fixtures, cabinets, appliances)
food (gourmet groceries, caviar, coffee, wine, restaurant meals)
nightlife (entertainment, clubs, bars)
More than just a bargain hunter's guide, this book is a bargain hunter's dream. Tracie Rozhon shows you how to think like a cheapskate millionaire, so you can apply her shopping know-how to anything you hope to buy. You don't need to be a Rockefeller to grab what the Big Apple has to offer...but you do need this book's inspired advice.
Customer Reviews:
This is the New York guide I've been looking for........2001-03-02
This is a great guide for finding GREAT stuff. It contains some standard information about sample sales, Opera tickets and hair salons. What sets this book apart is the information about finding and furnishing an apartment. The fabric and furniture suggestions are the best I've found in any shopping guide, plus these places do indeed exist AND so do the prices.
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A Look at the Grit Behind the Glamour Moves.......2007-01-09
The Mets have experienced a few great seasons among the 45 in franchise history: 1969, 1973, 1986, 1999 and a few others that could be argued. The 2005 season wouldn't make a lot of people's lists on the surface, but dig underneath, like Adam Rubin has, and you'll see that 2005--starting with the most successful offseason in 20 years--was the year that the building blocks moved into place. Willie Randolph's hiring, the wooing of Pedro Martinez, the signing of Carlos Beltran, created, in Beltran's words, the "New Mets." In one fell swoop the Art Howe Era was shovelled it into the trash can. Just as important was the hiring of Omar Minaya to put all these changes in motion and the realization by the Wilpons that owning a team for a quarter century doesn't mean you essentially know what's best. Adam Rubin, who wrote about all these things deftly removes these facts from the constraints of the daily newspaper and creates a cohensive storyline in a year that may well stand with 1968, 1984, and 1997 as years that signaled sea changes in the club's fortunes. Of course, we all may be wrong about this--Mets fans are, after all, a pessimistic lot--but Adam Rubin's solid book shows what it's like to start from scratch in a town where baseball means so much.
Not All-Star Material.......2006-11-04
The story of how Omar Minaya refashioned the Mets - from perennial bottom feeders into genuine contenders, in two short seasons - is indeed an appropiately Amazin' tale. In fact, Minaya is not finished yet, and there is still work to be done. However, Adam Rubin has taken the first two of Minaya's moves - the enlistment of Pedro and Carlos Beltran in the winter of 2004/5 - as the basis for his book. Alas, his writing neither matches nor illuminates any of the very distinctive characters involved, nor does it shed any particular light on the sea-change that Minaya has instituted within the Mets organization. The book is enjoyable enough, at least for most Mets fans, simply because it replays two very enjoyable events - but it lacks depth. I know - it's only baseball - but still, more is required. The best of sports books have it - but this one doesn't.
Pedro, Carlos, Omar, Willie, Marlon Anderson and Mike DeJean.......2006-09-22
"Pedro, Carlos and Omar" is essentially an extended compilation of Daily News articles about the 2005 Mets. The book is edited well and tells a coherent story about how Omar Minaya was lured back into the Mets' fold by an ownership group tired of three straight losing season, with the promise of complete autonomy over the roster. The Wilpons fired two managers, Bobby Valentine and Art Howe -- each of whom had recent playoff experience, Valentine in the World Series -- and replaced him with Willie Randolph, who'd never managed in the big leagues before but who did have four Series rings as a Yankees coach. What contributions could Minaya and Randolph bring to the team?
Plenty, as it turns out. The Mets went out and did something they'd never done before -- signed a high-profile slugger under the age of 30 to a long-term, multi-million dollar contract. Say farewell to the shameful days of George Foster and Mo Vaughn. Along with Carlos Beltran came Pedro Martinez, fresh off his shutout in Game 3 of the World Series, with the hopes of getting Manny Ramirez right behind. Could Beltran bear up under big-market pressure? Could Pedro keep his sometimes whimsical, sometimes antagonistic attitude in check for a full year? Could he beat the Yankees?
The Mets don't make the playoffs in 2005. That has to wait for a thus-far glorious 2006 campaign that will probably be summarized in an afterword to the paperback edition of this book. However, they did finish third, at four games over .500 -- their best finish since the 2000 World Series season. They re-energized the fan base, capitalized on Fred Wilpon's promise to play "meaningful games in September", and gave a full year's experience to two youngsters who'd energize Queens in '06: David Wright and Jose Reyes. Best of all, they got rid of Braden Looper.
One caution: this is not hard-hitting investigative journalism. Apart from a few glimpses into the future, "Pedro, Carlos and Omar" is told one day at a time, in straight chronological order, and only with quotes taken from game-day articles. No-one is interviewed after the end of the season to provide perspective or commentary. This is not so much the untold story of the 2005 Mets, as a retelling of what we already knew from Rubin's Daily News articles from that year.
However, read in the run-up to the '06 playoffs, this book is a nice training montage showing how the Mets started to put it all together a year ago.
A Quick and "Amazin" read.......2006-08-21
I am a huge Mets fan, have been since I was old enough to understand baseball. I got this book from the library to read while I was on vacation this summer. I am not an avid book reader by any stretch. The most I read is either SI or the newspaper. But I read this book in just two nights. I couldn't put it down.
Rubin really takes you behind the scenes of what was going on from the Winter of 2003 until the Spring of 2005. I was stunned to learn some of the things in this book. For example, the Mets thought they had a 0% chance of landing Pedro, so they were content with going after Ramon Ortiz and Odalis Perez.
This book is a must-read for any NY Mets fan, or baseball fan for that matter.
Pedro,Carlos and Omar * * * Great Book* * *.......2006-08-03
I was very impressed with Adam Rubin's portrayal of the NY Mets in his new book, "Pedro, Carlos and Omar". Although his newspaper writing is excellent, he takes a different approach and gives a superb accounting of the behind the scenes look at the team. This book is packed with information that cannot be gotten from any other type of publication. You do not have to be a Mets fan to enjoy this book. I highly recommend "Pedro, Carlos and Omar" not only to all Mets fans, but to all fans of baseball.
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Another 13 walking tours, illustrated as before with movie stills and photographs of the actual sites. Chuck Katz ends his book with a walking tour of Lower Manhattan and Ground Zero which he calls "America's heart."
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Volunteering in New York City: Your Guide to Working Small Miracles in the Big Apple
Richard Mintzer
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With more than 300 listings in all five boroughs, Volunteering in New York City is the only guide of its kind for the Big Apple. Whether you can give an hour a week or an hour a day, volunteering is a great way to meet people, gain experience in a new field, feel good about yourself, and, most of all, make a difference.
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Here's a great introduction to Manhattan for youngsters. Scenes depicting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the ships at South Street Seaport, mummies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History, and 21 other popular New York City attractions. Each carefully rendered illustration is accompanied by an informative caption.
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Meander through classic New England towns, enjoy fresh salt air and peaceful beaches in the Hamptons, visit family-owned Amish shops in Pennsylvania, or select from twenty-eight other itineraries for two- or three-day getaways from New York City.
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