In three simple words, the author beautifully summarizes what many war memoirs stumble over: “Chance dictates everything.” A self-described “bespectacled college boy,”... Read More

Humans were never meant to garden, but rather were meant to roam, to hunt and gather, writes the author, an acclaimed Southern naturalist. Those intentions, however, simply... Read More

The breezes flowing out of the pages of this book are full of the aromas of shrimp grilling, boiling, steaming, and baking. The author, a strong and charming presence, grabs... Read More

“Now that the buffalo’s gone,” the last line of a Buffy Sainte Marie song, is a tragic fact to many Americans, including Native Americans. In Rudner’s book, however, the... Read More

Daunting, almost. Far broader, studied and wittily annotated than one might ever imagine for the subject. No whimsy here. Nor is there a provincial slant betraying the author as... Read More

The Wilderness Notebook is Sierra Club outing leader Gordon’s distillation of outdoor wisdom accrued through his fifty years of hiking, paddling, biking and camping his way... Read More

Golf is a tough game and there have been countless books written on how to improve scores and lower blood pressure after a miserable day on the greens. In this new book, Coles... Read More