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FANG DUFF KAHN PUBLISHERS 611 BROADWAY, FL 4 FANGDUFFKAHN.COM P. 212-473-0098 F. 212-353-1933 THE CITY SECRETS TRAVEL SERIES “The best literary gift to Italian travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James.” —Financial Times “This idiosyncratic guide helps jaded visitors see the Eternal City anew.”—New York Times “The future of guidebooks.”—Good Magazine “City Secrets New York City, the latest installment in architect Robert Kahn’s invaluable series of insider guides for travelers, comprises recommendations from more than 300 writers, artists, historians, gourmands, and other notables . ”—New York Magazine “Escape from the crowds and chaos can be a challenge in Rome, but help comes in the form of City Secrets Rome. Architect and former resident Robert Kahn has collected the wisdom of his artist and writer friends in a guide that peels back the layers of the city’s charms.”—Condé Nast Traveler ARTS & LETTERS SERIES “A wonderfully subjective little guide to the best films of all time.” —Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair “What a superb literary map . within, even the most jaded readers can find marvels.”—Junot Diaz “Movies: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide is an offbeat, expertly curated compendium of hundreds of movies you may have missed.” — Veryshortlist.com “Two new clothbound handbooks, Movies: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide and Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide, are page-turning compendiums of overlooked great works, the latest from the coveted City Secrets series of guidebooks.”—PaperMagazine.com ABOUT CITY SECRETS City Secrets Travel and City Secrets Arts & Letters is based on one concept: each book is a compilation of short essays written by notable contributors about overlooked or underappreciated places, movies, or books. Among many others, contributors include Pulitzer Prize winning authors Oscar Hijuelos and Jane Smiley; award-winning playwright John Guare; filmmakers Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Milos Forman, Barbara Kopple, Sidney Lumet, and Arthur Hiller; actors Alec Baldwin and Anjelica Huston; lead singer of the Counting Crows Adam Duritz; New Yorker columnist Alec Wilkinson; poet laureates Mark Strand and Robert Pinsky; NPR and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan; historian and New Yorker art and culture critic Simon Schama; Village Voice columnist Michael Musto; novelists Michael Cunningham and Rick Moody; journalists Anna Quindlen and Kurt Andersen; neurologist Oliver Sacks; and architect Richard Meier. .