Book Reveiws

The Weekender Effect: Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns Robert W. Sandford, Rocky Mountain Books, 2008, 115 pages From the opening paragraphs to the closing sentence, The ...

GRIZZLY WARS: THE PUBLIC FIGHT OVER THE GREAT BEAR David Knibb Eastern Washington University Press, 2008, 284 pages CLEARLY, NATIONWIDE, THE PUBLIC has strong feelings ...

THE CHAINBREAKER BIKE BOOK: A ROUGH GUIDE TO BICYCLE MAINTENANCE Shelley Lynn Jackson and Ethan Clark Microcosm Publishing, 2008, 256 pages DESPITE BEING WRITTEN FOR ...

Personal Record Rachel Toor University of Nebraska Press, 2008, 164 pages I readily admit I’m a sucker for great books about running, and I confess ...

Fallen Giants: The History Of Himalayan Mountaineering From The Age Of Empire To The Age Of Extremes Maurice Issleman and Stewart Weaver, Yale University Press, ...

High Crimes: The Fate Of Everest In An Age Of Greed Michael Kodas Hyperion Books, 2008, 357 pages Michael Kodas draws on his experiences during ...

From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at The Tour de France David Walsh Ballantine Books, 2007, 334 pages Seven time Tour de ...

BOTTOMFEEDER: HOW TO EAT ETHICALLY IN A WORLD OF VANISHING SEAFOODS  Taras Grescoe Bloomsbury Press, 2008, 326 pages TARAS GRESCOE IS A WEST COAST transplant ...

Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest Lincoln Hall Tarcher/Penguin, 2008, 294 pages While not quite Lazarus, Lincoln Hall is a “resurrected” veteran mountain ...