“The Thanksgiving Day game between New Dorp and Curtis high schools was part rivalry, part high school reunion, part block party, as much a part of life on Staten Island as its namesake ferry,” author Jay Price writes. As the book... Read More

For some people, golf is merely an occasional early-morning excuse to walk around beautifully landscaped grounds, chatting with friends. But for James Dodson, the sport assumes a much higher level of importance. In fact, it becomes a... Read More

Profiles of eighty top snow-skiing destinations is the thrust behind Ski Atlas of the World: The Complete Reference to the Best Resorts (Abbeville Press 978-0-7892-0986-3) a beautifully photographed coffee table-worthy project certain to... Read More

Planet Backpacker: Across Europe on a Mountain Bike & Backpacking on Through Egypt, India & Southeast Asia-Around the World (The Wandering Press, 978-0-9821344-0-5) details the four-continent, twenty-country, five-month-long... Read More

Two middle-aged guys decide to go ice fishing; they set up their jigs and wait, and wait, but have no luck. Not even ten feet away from them a boy catches fish after fish from his hole. One of the men asks the boy his secret. The boy... Read More

During the 2007 US Naval Academy’s football season Presbyterian minister John Owen served as the team’s chaplain—a position he sometimes found ambiguous and challenging but always memorable and rewarding. His concisely written book... Read More

Golfers of the world will be heartened to learn that a cure has been found for the common malady “the yips.” The condition according to golf aficionado Kurt Pugh consists of “involuntary motions of the hands or wrists that can make... Read More

Many writers dream of swapping lives, at least for a little while, with their subjects. This is especially true in the sports field, where writers are surrounded by men and women who are admired for their athletic prowess. George... Read More