Jonathan Scher
Jonathan Scher, M.D., is on the staff of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and has a thriving private practice in Manhattan. With medical writer Carol Dix, he coauthored [... more]
Harper Collins |
Kimberly Williams
One of the most influential American interior designers of the twentieth century, Naomi Leff is best known as the creator of the flagship Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan. There she established the brand image, combining a distinctive ... [... more]
Random House |
Lorna J. Sass
Lorna Sass is an award-winning cook-book author whose groundbreaking Cooking Under Pressure is credited with reviving America's enthusiasm for the pressure cooker. She and her collection of PCs reside on Manhattan's Upper West Side. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg
Jennifer Trachtenberg, M.D., is chief pediatric officer for RealAge.com, an attending physician at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, and the mother of three. In her private practice in Manhattan, Dr. Jen takes care of kids from ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Judith Plaskow
Judith Plaskow is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College. She is cofounder and coeditor of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Linda Amster
Linda Amster is the news research manager of The New York Times. She is also a former contributor to the "Food Chain" column in the newspaper's Dining In/Dining Out section. She lives in Manhattan. [... more]
Harper Collins |
David Klass
Baseball player. Pitcher or first base. Mets. Crime and Punishment. An office in midtown Manhattan. Courage and honesty. Sports -- soccer and basketball. Leonia, New Jersey. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Madge Rosenberg
Madge Rosenberg, owner of Bakery Soutine, a top-rated New York bakery that supplies many of the best restaurants and gourmet shops in Manhattan, has been developing creative ideas for the oven for more than twenty years. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch, a historian of education, is Research Professor at New York University, holds Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution, and is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
L. Jon Wertheim
L. Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a tennis columnist for cnnsi.com. He lives in Manhattan with his wife. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Selected Poems
Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) was one of the most original and influential American poets of the twentieth century. Although he grew up in Grafton, Massachusetts, O'Hara developed into the quintessential poet of mid-century Manhattan; soon after his ... [... more]
Random House |
The Side Effect
It's the night the President has resigned. In a Manhattan town house, the head of Lenox Pharmaceuticals, the world's most powerful drug company, lies dead. Through the morning darkness, security chief Mike Acela drives his BMW to the scene. ... [... more]
Random House |
