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I Never Knew That About New York
  • Published: 15 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9781785034688
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $45.00
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I Never Knew That About New York

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New York New York so good they named it twice - find out why in this scintillating new book that gets to the core of the Big Apple

In I Never Knew That About New York Christopher Winn digs beneath the gleaming towers and mean streets of New York and discovers its secrets and its hidden treasures. Learn about the extraordinary people who built New York into one of the world's great cities in just 400 years. New York is one of the most photographed and talked about cities in the world but Winn unearths much that is unexpected and unremembered in this fast moving, ever changing metropolis where history is made on a daily basis!
  • Published: 15 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9781785034688
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

About the author

Christopher Winn

Christopher Winn's first book was the bestselling I Never Knew That About England. Volumes on Ireland, Scotland, Wales and London followed as well as books on the English, Scottish and Irish, alongside an illustrated edition of I Never Knew That About England and London. A freelance writer and collector of trivia for over 20 years, he has worked with Terry Wogan and Jonathan Ross and sets quiz questions for television as well as for the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph. He was also the Associate Producer for a TV series by ITV on Great Britain. He is married to artist Mai Osawa, who illustrates all the books in the series. His website is http://www.i-never-knew-that.com.

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I Never Knew That About Coastal England
Walk Through History
I Never Knew That About England's Country Churches
I Never Knew That About the Scottish
I Never Knew That About London Illustrated
I Never Knew That About the River Thames
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Praise for I Never Knew That About New York

Comprehensive, fascinating, and thoughtfully laid out, this is a great read for the armchair tourist and pavement pounder alike

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