Secret New York: Curious Activities - Softcover

T.M. Rives

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2361950766 ISBN 13: 9782361950767

Publisher: Jonglez, 2014

Synopsis

Shoot a rifle off Fifth Avenue, track the path of an underground river that flows beneath Washington Square, take a trip within yourself in a sensory deprivation chamber, learn to spot fossils in the walls of buildings or collect your own on city beaches, observe bats on the hunt during a night walk, listen to a Stradivarius in a tiny concert hall created by an obsessed luthier, explore forbidden islands in a kayak, prepare for the end of the world at a survival class in Central Park, speed through the bay on the rail of a racing sailboat, climb giant trees in a botanic garden, go on the beat with a pair of NYPD cops, take a puppet-making class from an expert, watch feeding whales lunge from the deep. A continuation of adventures begun in "Secret New York: an Unusual Guide," author T.M. Rives shows you that the town that has everything has more than you ever imagined.

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New York: Curious Activities will show you that the city that has everything has more than you ever imagined. Shoot a rifle off Fifth Avenue, track the path of an underground river that flows beneath Washington Square, take a trip within yourself in a sensory deprivation chamber, learn to spot fossils in the walls of buildings or collect your own on city beaches, observe bats on the hunt during a night walk, listen to a Stradivarius in a tiny concert hall created by an obsessed luthier, explore forbidden islands in a kayak, prepare for the end of the world at a survival class in Central Park, speed through the bay on the rail of a racing sailboat, climb giant trees in a botanic garden, go on the beat with a pair of NYPD cops, take a puppet-making class from an expert, watch feeding whales lunge from the deep...

Review:

The Secret brand is fast becoming a collection of essential books for the discerning traveller who wants to explore the more unusual areas of their destinations. --Caroline Kay, The Burton Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonglez
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 2361950766
• ISBN 13: 9782361950767
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256