McGraw-Hill Professional Offers New York City Tours in the Palm of Your Hand

New York City's rich history can now be uncovered in the palm of your hand! The popular New York City guidebook by Gerard R. Wolfe has been adapted for the PDA or Pocket PC -- exclusively by McGraw-Hill Professional, a leading publisher of trade and technical reference material. "New York City Architecture in the Palm of Your Hand" provides 16 enlightening architectural and historical walking tours complete with easy-to-use maps, landmark designations and fascinating historical tidbits and anecdotes.

"This PDA guide is packed with historical details that will intrigue both tourists and native New Yorkers alike," said Scott Grillo, vice president and publisher, McGraw-Hill Professional. "From the site of New York's first skyscraper to the East River panoramas, with almost 100 vintage photos and engravings, this is an interactive guide that documents how New York City has grown from a small community to the most vibrant city on earth."

The interactive guide includes directions via public transportation and features tours of Lower Manhattan and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Gramercy Park, Madison Square, 42nd Street and Times Square, The Lower East Side, Ladies' Mile, The Upper East and West Sides, Roosevelt Island, and Brooklyn Heights, among others.

An easy download onto your computer provides a quick sync to your PDA or Pocket PC. All that is required for use is PalmOS 3.5, Windows CE 3.x, Pocket PC 2002 or later, MacOS (9.x) or Windows (Win98) or higher, for download and installation, and Palm Desktop or ActiveSync 3.1 to manage file synchronization. It is available for $19.95 online or at your local bookseller. For a demo, visit http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/nycpda

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McGraw-Hill Professional, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, is a publishing leader in business and investing, management, careers, self-help, consumer health, language reference, test preparation, sports and recreation, and general interest titles. McGraw-Hill Education is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and Business Week. The corporation has more than 320 offices in 34 countries. Sales in 2002 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.

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