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    Speedology: Speed On New York On Speed by Timothy Speed Levitch

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    • Pub. Date: October 2002
    • 212pp

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      • Pub. Date: October 2002
      • Publisher: Context Books
      • Format: Paperback, 212pp

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      In Speed's New York, readers experience the great city not only as a wondrous place but as a state of mind. Drawing on Buddhism, Baudelaire, Marshall McLuhan, and the Marx Brothers in an erudite, mind-bending journey through the streets of Manhattan, Speed offers the reader a portrait of humanity and a profound opportunity for self-understanding. This tour guide to life is the basis for the critically acclaimed Emmy Award-winning documentary The Cruise.

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      In Speedology: Speed on New York on Speed, journalist Timothy Levitch presents an uncontrolled, sweeping portrait of Manhattan. (Levitch's bus tour of the city was the subject of a 1998 documentary film, The Cruise.) The eclectic mix of historical tidbits, inspirational quotes, guidebook-like descriptions and humorous commentary make for a sometimes frenetic but mostly entertaining book about the city Levitch calls "a great teacher bestowing life lessons upon a mostly slow-learning population." Atypical in format-Levitch uses various font styles and sizes-the book is divided into chapters on New York neighborhoods including SoHo, Midtown and the Lower East Side. While he conspicuously leaves out chapters on Chinatown or Little Italy, Levitch does offer fresh takes on much-written-about places, such as the Chrysler Building ("the semblance of a budding flower and a spaceship preparing for launch"), and other more obscure locales, such as Filene's Basement ("many of the women in Filene's Basement are masochists"). Agent, Jill Grinberg.

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      March 14, 2005: I would love to read this book but cannot get a copy. Is it out of print ?? Having met the author, and as a travel opertor having contracted him to take a tour round Manhattan I was stunned by his enthusiasm and beautiful manner. I know his book will be equally alive, enthusiastic and educating

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      December 23, 2003: Speedology is truly a masterpiece. Levitch transforms his famous Walking Tours of NYC neighborhoods into a brilliantly composed and masterfully engineered work of art. From the first chapter to the last, Levitch breathes life into the existential pages of Speedology that cannot be paralleled. Beware: once you read the first few pages, you will not be able to put it down. It is a must-read for anyone cruising through New York City.


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