READ THIS: THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF NEW YORK WISDOM Edited by Former Mayor Ed Koch With Gregg Stebben and Jason Katzman

We are absolutely thrilled to review the latest and greatest by Mover and Shaker Ed Koch!  We think he is simply fantastic and a quintessential New Yorker obviously!  Who could be better to edit such a great work?  The total quality of this book is evident from the great content to the fantastic photography.  This makes a great book for anyone that lives in Manhattan or to anyone on their way here who can learn something.  

From Woody Allen to Bette Midler, Spike Lee to Anaïs Nin—here are hundreds of quotes, observations, musings, and cracks about the greatest city in the world. New York City has a seemingly limitless capacity to spark both refreshingly blunt observations and eloquent descriptions of its daily life. The Little Red Book of New York Wisdom (November 2011) is a collection of the greatest recorded quotes and literary excerpts about New York, from a plethora of noteworthy New Yorkers and writers. With sections such as “Only in New York,” “Street Scenes,” and “Spoken Like a True New Yorker,” there’s no end to the variety of emotions that living in New York inspires: 

· “The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. Yesterday the Statue of Liberty had both hands up.”—Jay Leno 

· “In New York, boy, money really talks—I’m not kidding.” Holden, The Catcher in the Rye 

· “My favorite city in the world is New York. Sure it’s dirty—but like a beautiful lady smoking a cigar.”—Joan Rivers 

· “When you leave New York, you are astounded by how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.”—Fran Lebowitz 

· “Everybody in New York City knows there’s way more cars than parking spaces. It’s like musical chairs except everybody sat down around 1964.”—Jerry Seinfeld 

· “It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York. New York itself is a detective story.”—Agatha Christie 

· “If I’d lived in Roman times, I’d have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself.”—John Lennon 

· “Very little happens anywhere unless someone in New York presses the button.”—Duke Ellington 

· “The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”—John Updike 

· And much more! 

Whom You Know Highly Recommends The Little Red Book of New York Wisdom.

The Little Red Book of New York Wisdom also includes a section with quotes from Mayor Giuliani, firefighters, and residents who were in New York or lost loved ones on 9/11. Hate it or love it, this is the complete reflection of the real New York! 

About the Editors 

Ed Koch was mayor of New York City for three terms from 1978 to 1989, and also served for nine years as a congressman and two years as a member of the New York City Council. Koch is the author of numerous books, including Citizen Koch and Mayor. He was born, raised, and lives in New York City. 

Gregg Stebben is the author of eleven books, including The Man’s Manual. A writer for Men’s Health, Esquire, and other magazines, and he has interviewed everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Katie Couric. He now lives in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. 

Jason Katzman is an editor and writer. He lives in New York City.