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Spiritual Places In and Around New York City: UPDATED EDITION

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It's a soft, gentle look into a sub-culture in NYC and its surroundings that gets
overlooked in the material-world overload. Friendly-voice writing and detailed directions. Nice little essences of a visit to each place. Good tips. Makes me want to visit New York knowing I'll be able to find refuge if I want it. These people sound very familiar with how to nourish the spiritual needs in the Big Apple. I enjoyed reading it right through.

I really enjoyed this book. The book is ideal for someone like my wife whose been having a not-so-secret love affair for New York City, revealing special tucked away places. I'd be curious to know what readers think of the book and which places were their favorites. Thanks to the authors for sharing their insight and providing New Yorkers with such a valuable guide.

Perfect gift for those planning to visit NYC or if you know someone moving to the Big Apple.

This is one of those books worth much more than I paid for it. It's kind of like a Rosetta Stone for understanding and enjoying the City. It brings a lot of happiness in its pages, both for me as a long-time (former) New Yorker - and for my friends who are just visiting NYC for the first time.

Among the many unfamiliar & familiar places listed, I was happy to find The Frick included, a refuge I visited often when I went to Birch Wathen H.S., then on E 71st St. This usually missed treasure of the City is perhaps a little TOO AMAZING to be revealed to the public but the Authors are obviously giving away everything! In that spirit, let me recommend sitting by the interior fountain there, beside which one's troubles are revealed for the transient trivialities they usually are.

The book is filled with more places I have never heard of than those I know, demonstrating again that New York City and its environs offer an always-evolving adventure of new experiences. This guide is essential for those visiting New York who are serious about not being "just touristas." With it, one can experience the absolute best The Big Apple usually keeps hidden to all but the oldest, most savvy locals.

Where Spiritual Places in and Around NYC really blasts off is for NYC natives. I never knew about the majority of these wonderful gems. It made me fall in love with New York all over again. Oh, well. Between giving away so many secrets to visitors and drawing me back into the arms of NYC, maybe this book is a little too good.