by Site Owner | Jun 8, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Sports & Recreation
By Lou Sahadi Thomas Dunne Books, $14.99, 280 pages Affirmed is an insider look at the 1978 racing season. This narrative showcases two outstanding horses pitted against each other, Affirmed and Alydar. As two year olds, both established commanding presence in a...
by Site Owner | May 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Sports & Recreation
Edited by Amy Walker New World Library, $16.95, 256 pages If you are looking to take up the sport of biking, beginning to commute to work by biking or have developed an urge to explore your city on a bike, this book gives you a grab-bag of ideas on how to make the...
by Site Owner | Mar 27, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Body, Mind & Spirit, Home & Garden, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Sports & Recreation
By William Powers, New World Library, 278 pages -Don’t Do. Be.- If your house wasn’t much bigger than an average bedroom, what could you live without? Imagine the silence of living without the hum of electricity; the darkness without artificial light. William...
by Site Owner | Mar 23, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Recreation
By John Casey, Alfred A. Knopf, 230 pages Boomer weekend warriors can rejoice. A veteran writer and sports enthusiast, John Casey, has chronicled his decades of running, cross-country skiing, rowing, walking and canoeing in his latest book, Room for Improvement: Notes...
by Site Owner | Mar 23, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Reference, Sports & Recreation
By Henry Gilbey, DK Publishing, 352 pages – Everything Your Father Wanted You To Know About Fishing – When it comes to something with a lot of information, a nice reference book can be great. The Complete Fishing Manual is a one-stop reference manual for...
by Site Owner | Mar 19, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Portland Authors, Sports & Recreation
by Michael Orr The History Press, $19.99, 127 pages In the spirit of full disclosure, I am a Portland Timbers fan, and a member of the Timbers Army 107ist supporters organization. When I root, I root for the Timbers. I am old enough to remember the old Portland...