best part of the book was the pics
358075
this book was ok, mostly just re-hash of things I've heard tons of times about Studio 54 and others.  The pics were good, but I wanted more gossip and strange stories.
3278530
My dad loved this book, especially all the pictures.
2157598
It was so cool to actually see the places described in the "All Creatures Great and Small" series. The pictures were definately worth the price of the book.
687386
Lots and lots of photos,  and  some  super  nuggets  of  this  and  that.
4646893
The book is great. There are many stunning photos. The book is worth every penny for just the photos alone. But after you get past all the eye candy there is a lot of interesting information about Owls. For example he shatters a lot of myths about their sight and hearing. The book has 8 chapters plus an introduction explaining Owl addiction: Anatomy of an Owl which has an identification guide; son et lumiere where he talks about the sight and hearing of these birds; Haunts and Hideaways; The Owlish Appetite, Family LIfe; The Next Generation; Predators, Pirates and Pests and Owls and Humans.
2496615
The pictures alone are stunning! I didn't even read it at first because the pictures were so great! I do love the fact that they were accompanied with some great facts that are not really well known.

Although this was free for Kindle, I was asked to give my unbias review.
4559877
I loved the images to be colored  However I wish the actual pic it was taken from has been included
2643771
i love the pictures in this book and they are very detailed. enjoyed the info along with the pictures too!
4739712
I don't live in New York and I've never read the HONY blog, but I received this book as a gift, and found it a lot of fun to page through. There's 400 photos, all presented nicely on glossy paper. It is the captions that really make it special, and, unfortunately, not that many of the photos have captions that show the conversations Brandon Stanton had with the people he photographed. I suppose that if there'd been more captions, there'd be fewer photos, but I think he missed an opportunity there, to have a really great book.

That said, there is some great stuff here. One picture is of a young adult, gangly in his khaki shorts and school shirt and jacket. The caption quotes him: "A kid wore shorts to school yesterday and the headmaster got really mad. So today the whole class wore them."

It can be true that a photo is worth a thousand words, because it takes longer to describe the impact a photo has than to see it and go "ah". For example, one photo is of a good-looking young couple in very abbreviated swimwear. An ipad is clipped to his swim bottom and each of them has one of the earbuds. They are dancing on the beach with little smiles. Caption: "These two were salsa dancing at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, managing to make everyone else feel simultaneously ugly and uncoordinated."

This book is nice like a coffee-table book. You pick it up and page through it and it cheers you up. It isn't coffee-table sized, though, which is fine, as it fits on the shelf better. I realize that it would be very difficult to compile an index - how would you list each photo?
Boy in shorts
Salsa on beach

But as the pages aren't numbered, either, you'll have to make your own index if you want to revisit a particular photo.

I'll end with Stanton's frontispiece acknowledgement:
"To the City of New York.
I had this crazy, juvenile idea
that you were going to make all my
dreams come true. And you did."

3.6 stars rounded up to 4

Happy Reader
850109
It's a great book if you know in advance that it is a light read and full of pictures mostly.
2730866
The coolest thing in this book is on the cover. Don't expect the rest of the photos to be as interesting.
3091037
This book had both pictures and a large quantity of construction 'how to's', though personally I would have preferred more pictures and ideas pages.
687888
First off, I was very interested in the fact that this is a photobook. Many times, words can come across so jumbled to me when having to visualize such topics as the ills of this nation...which is such a broad topic. But being able to have photos shown in this view point of places that we would normally see so full of life really brings a lot more value, helps you look at things a little differently. I'm impressed.
4539858
This book is full of amazing pictures that illustrate just how awful the 70's were as far as decor.  Some funny dialogue to go along with the visuals.
1686583
I've been reading a bunch of books about photography lately, and I must say the pictures in this one are breathtaking (really, by far this book has the best pictures I've seen). On the downside, text is not very instructive, but it makes a good job on describing the techniques for each picture.
1905997
This is beautiful book with lots of pictures.
It gives a glimpse of Amano's journey over the period of time.
The photographs are too good to be true.
It was really surprising for me that Amano still uses film camera and not digital camera.
The only let down with this book is quality of paper and binding of the book.
My copy was not received in good condition, binding was damaged.
Overall a nice book and I got lots of idea for my planted tank.
1713163
This book has a lot of pictures of some of the author's favorites, but little to be gained unless you are a total rookie.