by michaeld | Jan 23, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Sports & Recreation
Très Chic! By Mikael Colville-Andersen Thames & Hudson, $19.95, 288 pages Lycra-laden cyclists, with their titanium-frame bikes and their aerodynamic road helmets strapped securely in place, have become a common backdrop to our landscapes and...
by michaeld | Nov 7, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Sports & Recreation
Wildlife Biologists Life on High By George B. Schaller Island Press 29.95 372 pages George Schaller is a field zoologist with a lifelong passion for large animal studies in Alaska, Africa and Asia, especially Tibet. His travels and copious writings...
by Site Owner | Aug 7, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Recreation
By Gary Andrew Poole Da Capo Press, $15.00, 280 pages Go behind the scenes into the life of Manny Pacquiao, one of the world’s most famous boxers. Author Gary Andrew Poole captures the essence of Pacquiao in this biography, Pacman. As the only fighter to capture seven...
by Site Owner | Aug 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Recreation
By Jay Atkinson Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, 325 pages Rugby, a game originating at Rugby College in England, is a violent game played with very little or no pads against fellow players with the same goal of beating each other into submission. As a player for 17 years...
by Site Owner | Jul 23, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Recreation
By Nadia Comaneci Basic Books, $14.99, 180 pages There have been few gymnasts as exhilarating as Nadia Comaneci to watch. Letters to a Young Gymnast tells her story in her own words, from her earliest memories to what she is doing now. It not only includes what she...