Supernanny: How to Get the Best From Your Children (Paperback)

Review
For despairing moms and dads everywhere, “Supernanny” Jo Frost may as well be wearing a Wonder Woman costume. Her no-nonsense rules–not tips, not advice, but rules–for consistently managing one’s offspring leave no room for arguments (or wrestling matches). From her arms-akimbo stance on the book’s cover, it’s clear she’s in charge, and ready to instruct all wishy-washy (overworked American) parents how to lay down the law in their own home. She offers her “top ten rules” for setting boundaries, managing mealtimes, even surviving toilet training, and it’s mostly rock-solid, and peppered liberally with British wit. (For parents who obsess over their toddler’s every meal, she warns: “It doesn’t take long for them to work out the obvious: you can’t make them eat.”) Frost may not have a degree in child development, but she was raised in a stable, doting family, and has 15 years’ experience taking care of tots, a combination which puts her way ahead of most parents. S (more…)

Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (No. 18) (Paperback)

No description for this product could be found, but have a look over at Amazon for reviews and other information.

The Best American Travel Writing 2005 (The Best American Series) (Paperback)

From Booklist
Great travel writing feeds our hunger for armchair journeys while somehow making the armchair less comfortable. Series editor Wilson searched for the rare pieces that weren’t “aggressively positive”; Kincaid chose finalists that she says “underline my sense of my displacement.” True enough, whether discussing suburban Florida or the bullet-riddled border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, these essays and articles show us the overlooked and never-seen with curiosity, insight, engagement, and humility; none of these writers brags about being at home in the world. Standouts are many: in “Into the Land of bin Laden,” Robert Young Pelton finds a soldier who says, “I have no idea who we are fighting”; in “Tight-Assed River,” John McPhee sails with the men who pilot aircraft carrier-length barges down Illinois’ narrow waterways; and in “Trying Really Hard to Like India,” Seth Stevenson serves a stern rebuke to travelers who return with praise for a country simply be (more…)

Birding in Central & Western New York : Best Trails & Water Routes for Finding Birds (Paperback)

This guide shows when, where and how to find and enjoy birds that migrate through Central and Western New York as well as ones that take up year-round residence. There are maps and directions for travel on foot, by canoe or kayak, by bicycle and even a few where you don’t have to leave your car. In this guide, you will learn: • Why Central & Western NY is a prime birdwatching area • Where to go to find specific species of birds • When is the best time to look for certain species • Simple keys to bird identification • History of bird development and how it affects where you’re likely to find them today • How to have fun outdoors with minimal environmental impact • Recommendations for selecting binoculars • Tips on photographing, video recording, and sound recording birds for added enjoyment • How to keep a personal birding log Birdwatching is a year-round activity that can be enjoyed by everyone. Join the flock with (more…)

Weird NJ #20 (Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets) (Weird NJ, Volume 20) [LIMITED EDITION] (Pamphlet)

20th volume of Weird NJ Magazine. Explores the legend and lore of New Jersey.

(more…)

Fodor’s Pocket New York City 2000 : The Best of the City (Paperback)

Pocket Guides are designed for leisure and business travelers who want the highlights of a destination.  They contain full, rich descriptions of the best a destination has to offer — the most worthy sights, the best restaurants and lodging in all price ranges, plus shopping, nightlife, and outdoors highlights.All the must-see sights and essential activitiesCaptivating neighborhoods uptown and down — museums and galleries, skyscrapers and landmarks, parks and cathedralsTop shopping, from couture to retro-wear and fashion-wise bargains, from antiques to gourmet groceriesThe latest on the arts scene, from Broadway to BrooklynWhat’s hip after dark, from supper clubs to local barsHow to be streetwise in the Big Apple14 pages of detailed maps pinpointing hotels, restaurants, shops, and sightsThe best dining and lodging in every price rangeDistinctive hotels for every taste, from simple to grandBrasseries and sushi bars, steak houses and fish houses, and the best ethnic eate (more…)

Open Road’S Best Of New York City: Your Passport to the Perfect Trip!” and “Includes One-Day, Weekend, One-Week & Two-Week Trips (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Open Road’s Best of New York City gives readers a small number of great choices and itineraries for one-day, weekend, one-week and two-week trips. Readers are not weighed down with tons of useless information — we cut to the chase and give readers short descriptions. Only the top hotels and restaurants in each price category have been selected for this book. Features Classic New York sights, Great Art excursions, Shop ‘Til You Drop, Broadway shows, Gourmet Getaways, Romantic New York, maximum party ideas, and great ways to fill a week or two in New York with great music, museums, seeing some pro sports games, frolocking in Central Park, and much more. Hotel and restaurant selections have been culled for the best in each price category.

About the Author
Brian Potter is a freelance travel writer who has contributed to both print and electronic media, from the Boston Herald to kayak.com, as well as to various travel guide series.

(more…)

Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Paperback)

From Publishers Weekly
There’s much more to New Jersey than highways and diners, and Sceurman and Moran do their part to exalt the state’s lesser-known virtues in this “journal of strange travels,” which goes far beyond the legend of the Jersey Devil. The book, which sheds light on “slightly offbeat or left of center” oddities of the Garden State, is a kooky compilation of roads less traveled, unexplained phenomenon and unsolved mysteries. The authors divide their work by subject, so there are chapters on strange roads (including Franklin Lakes’s “gravity road,” where cars in neutral travel uphill “as if forced by unseen hands”), local heroes and villains (such as Wyckoff’s Midnight Walker, who’s been scaring Bergen County teenagers for years) and eccentric abodes (like Richie and Leila Zorzi’s Kendall Park home, which boasts a bowling ball collection on the front lawn). In a more serious vein, the book also devotes a good chunk of pages to more unusual aspects of New Jers (more…)