Sick Surfers is a must for any Surfer's library. Yes, Surfers can read and write too!, take a look at Chris Carter, fellow surfer and X-Files Creator!

Anyway, this book, written by two doctors and fellow surfers explains in great detail and in plain english different ailments and their relation to surfing. It also covers preventative medicine. It is a must have for anyone that surfs or is involved in any other related watersports.

See You In The Water-anonymous.

For all true sneaker heads: This book is for you. It is even beautifully designed. I guarantee you'll find something new each time you look in this book.

Nate gives you simple things to do to anticipate the changes that will affect you. He lays out simple to follow strategies that work. Easy read, fun and entertaining.

This collection of stories, written mostly in the late 30's for "The New Yorker," describes a motley group of a certain type, what Liebling calls (with his usual dry, inventive humor) "a capitalist...in a state of pre-primary acquisition." Call them what you will-- lowlifes, riff-raff, or con men--Liebling describes them with both humor and humanity. The "Telephone Booth Indian," for example is a man or woman so poor as to not have an office; so poor, in fact, as to not have a "nickel with which to make a telephone call, and so must wait in the booths until another fellow calls him."

Among Leibling's most successful entrepreneurs are the two men who put on shows at Fairs and Exhibitions. They drop an intended religious display because, "Rogers says, without any intended disrespect, 'the nuns would not play ball with us.'" Liebling is attuned to social forces at work in these late depression years; for example, the minority group boxing amateurs fighting for $15 watches, and still having an easier time making a living than the professionals. And, in great detail, Leibling describes the occupants of the composite "Jollity Building," including the telephone booth Indians (those without offices), heels (those who rent offices for $10 to $12.50 a month) and tenants (those who lease offices, but who often rotate back to "Indians" within a short time). "Heels are often, paradoxically, more affluent than the official lessees of larger offices" who often share desk time and name on the office door time, since the manager allows only one official lessee. They get around this by having their names painted and taped to the door during their scheduled time. "One two-desk office ... may serve as headquarters for four theatrical agents, a band leader, a music arranger, a manager of prize fighters, and a dealer in pawn tickets."

Liebling provides a wonderfully rich lexicography here as well, such as the two show producers who explain that they do not provide "hokum" to the masses, but "gonk." "Gonk is hokum with raisins in it...gonk is what we do." Liebling writes with detail, vigor, and affection. This talent, along with his socioeconomic insight, gives dignity to these people and to Liebling's dry wit: These are people doing what they can do in difficult times. I was reminded a bit of Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose" which similarly chronicles those on the fringe. At first, I pitied those people, but Allen, like Liebling, shows that they do not pity themselves (not that there isn't an underlying injustice and inequality portrayed here). Liebling's humorous book shows great insight into their struggles, and an appreciation of how they creatively (and, sometimes, illegally) negotiate their needs both because of, and, in spite of, the American entrepreneurial dream. Definitely worth looking for!

These three books are fabulous!!!! Well worth the money spent. If you always wanted to know how the "other" half live, take a break with these books!!! In no time at all, you will be so into them, you'll hardly know the rest of the world is there. I read these ten years ago when I was working in a public library. They almost fired me for reading on the job! Young as I was, I was totally fascinated with these books. I read them from the start.

Tarkington manages to cram an East of Eden epic into 350 pages. The story begins with the sallow and sickly Bibbs coming home from a sanitarium. He has been placed there because of his nerves. His father, known as Sheridan, is the leading capitalist in the bustling Indiana town and his other two sons are at the helm of his money making machine. Sheridan despises his son for being weak. Bibbs, is a poet and dislikes work. He is very smart and not interested in making money. He'd rather write and think. The primary focus of the story is his rehabilitation. He discovers his next door neighbor, Mary, and falls in love with her (typical Tarkington romance). His father forces him into the company's "inner" works were he is forced to work at a noisy machine all day. He dislikes what capitalism and greed has done, noting the heavy smog in the air (ashes come down like snow) and the problems of capitalism. However he grows stronger and we find him to be a very capable man. The "turmoil" is Bibbs finding a balance between working and "living." Tarkington almost comes off as a Sinclair Lewis or Ellen Glasgow at times, but overall there is a LOT going on in this novel, which carries it along extremely well. I wasn't that happy with the ending, as I didn't think Bibbs had found a compromise but rather an acceptance of his fate. One of the best Tarkington books I've read, though.

If you've been looking for overall happiness, the purpose of your life, or perhaps a way of thinking where the feeling of anxiety is unnecessary, then congratulations, you've just found the book that provides the answer! A refreshing, non-dogmatic and above all a common sense way of thinking is proposed by these two authors. A little heavy going to start with, but soon you will appreciate the hypothesis being presented. It's not really a book you would read cover to cover, you are more likely to jump between different discussion areas within the book, for example love and the need for love, self identity, death, the purpose of your own life and everything you see around you. I've been 'reading' the book for over a year now and have found that not only my anxieties in life have significantly reduced, but also my overall happiness and satisfaction about my life has improved to a point where I now find life, generally very enjoyable and agreeable.

You don't actually need to purchase the book as the entire book is available, free, on the web ... . This is a sign the authors are not interested in making any money out of the ideas being presented, but would prefer the hypothesis to be discussed by everyone from all walks of life. The authors claim these big issues in life should be discussed by everyone and not left to authorities such as religious groups or science to answer and then dictate to us all.

I gave this book to my 10 year-old niece Anna Hole, and she adored it. She especially connected to Seneca, the Indian maiden. What a good book. Anna gave it to her mother and father, who loved it too, and then once I read it I was really filled with admiration. Id love to give it to someone in Hollywood, and just tell them to read the first chapter, and I bet theyd be hooked. We need more entertainment like this. I look forward to reading more books in the series. From Sarah

A hands-on practical book of strategies for winning elected office, written by a long-time political campaign strategist...a real treasure for serious political contenders.

This is surely one of the very few, if not the only, books for which the illustrations existed before the text. David Booth selected the poems to "illustrate" the many beautiful original paintings by Michele Lemieux, an award-winning Canadian artist who is well known in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Japan. David Booth is a famous educator in Canada and a widely sought speaker on preschool learning. The book is an excellent poetry anthology for the young and middle-aged child, as well as a good introudction to poetry for the older child who is unfamiliar or intimated by that literary form. Highly recommended. This book won the IODE Toronto Chapter Award. Frieda Ling