Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning," a paperback guide to environmentally friendly house cleaning.

He found a bookshop and bought two street maps of Amsterdam, a paperback guide in English and a Berlitz phrase book.

The paperback guide, 132 pages, is issued by Morehouse, 78 Danbury Road, Wilton, Conn. 06897.

Here are three quick-witted, anecdotal paperback guides to experiencing and appreciating New York in all its diversity - from the tried-and-true favorites to the weird and wacky.

What follows is an eclectic sorting-through of a one-foot shelf of paperback guides published in the last year or so.

Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning," her paperback guide to environmentally friendly house cleaning, published by Simon & Schuster.

Consider buying the $4 audio guide or $16 paperback guide because much of the collection is unlabeled.

These books range in format from large hardbacks to slim paperback guides.

"Winning Monopoly," based on a computer analysis of 187,000 games, is a paperback guide to improved odds for the popular board game.

For them, there is "Music Festivals From Bach to Blues," a 585-page paperback guide to North American musical celebrations.