This book does not discuss hamstring or quadricep injuries. These two muscle groups are by the far two of the most important for runners. Because of this I do not recommend this book!

I've went through about 4 books looking for help with my own running injuries, and this one was BY FAR the best. More information, catagorized wonderfully, and very easy to comprehend and apply to yourself. Even though this book has more info in it than injury-related, at least half of the book is based on injury, and I can't recommend THIS section of the book highly enough. A real winner.

This is an excellent reference.

The chapter on preventing injuries is alone worth the price of the book. The authors clearly explain muscle imbalance and its possible effects on runners. There's even a self-test for muscle imbalance and techniques for establishing proper balance.

Many ex-runners probably would have kept it up, if they had read this book. It helps you diagnose and manage injuries yourself and point you to a doctor when you really need one.

I've shown this to several runners, who immediately want their own copy.

I used to love Spider-Man--and for the same reasons that everyone else did. He was fun, daring, brave and most of all, human. He failed at times, he had doubts--he was just like us. But somewhere along that way, the character changed. I lost that connection that I once felt for Peter Parker and it never seemed to return. Up until ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN was released, I hadn't read a Spidey comic since he was flying around as Captain Universe (I remember the days fondly when the true identity of the Hobgoblin was a predominate concern). But for some reason, the other current Spidey titles didn't seem to interest me.

But that changed with the release of PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN: A DAY IN THE LIFE. Written by Paul Jenkins, this collection of two separate Spidey series (WEBSPINNERS: TALES OF SPIDER-MAN #10-12 and PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN Vol. 2, #20-22 & 26) has rekindled that interest. With the same contemplative and insightful style that made his take on THE INHUMANS such a compelling read, Jenkins manages to inject poignancy and humor into this classic character again. We see the personal struggles that have weighed heavily on Peter's conscience. We relive the tragedies that besieged his life and the events (and the people) that shaped it. And best yet, we see him persevere and continue fighting the good fight.

If you like Spider-Man and would like to maintain a sense of history, especially in the wake of the "Ultimate" Spidey reboot and the film, or just want to read one of the best Spidey stories in years, I strongly suggest you pick up this TPB (trade paperback). And I'm not saying that you should disregard ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN--you shouldn't. It's a great series, too. What I am saying is that this collection is one of THE definite Spidey stories that I've read, and a great way to get back into a character that had seemingly lost his way.

Check it out!

I used to love Spider-Man--and for the same reasons that everyone else did. He was fun, daring, brave and most of all, human. He failed at times, he had doubts--he was just like us. But somewhere along that way, the character changed. I lost that connection that I once felt for Peter Parker and it never seemed to return. Up until ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN was released, I hadn't read a Spidey comic since he was flying around as Captain Universe (I remember the days fondly when the true identity of the Hobgoblin was a predominate concern). But for some reason, the other current Spidey titles didn't seem to interest me.

But that changed with the release of PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN: A DAY IN THE LIFE. Written by Paul Jenkins, this collection of two separate Spidey series (WEBSPINNERS: TALES OF SPIDER-MAN #10-12 and PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN Vol. 2, #20-22 & 26) has rekindled that interest. With the same contemplative and insightful style that made his take on THE INHUMANS such a compelling read, Jenkins manages to inject poignancy and humor into this classic character again. We see the personal struggles that have weighed heavily on Peter's conscience. We relive the tragedies that besieged his life and the events (and the people) that shaped it. And best yet, we see him persevere and continue fighting the good fight.

If you like Spider-Man and would like to maintain a sense of history, especially in the wake of the "Ultimate" Spidey reboot and the film, or just want to read one of the best Spidey stories in years, I strongly suggest you pick up this TPB (trade paperback). And I'm not saying that you should disregard ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN--you shouldn't. It's a great series, too. What I am saying is that this collection is one of THE definite Spidey stories that I've read, and a great way to get back into a character that had seemingly lost his way.

Check it out!

What makes Spider-Man a fascinating character is not his great powers, but the man behind the mask, Peter Parker. Spidey has enjoyed tremendous success ever since his conception nearly 40 years ago. Throughout all this time, the most unique thing about him was not the colorful suit he wears while swinging, but the simple average, all-so human Peter Parker. Stan Lee, his creator, knew that a long time ago and what better way to bring this character to life but through mastery of one of the hottest British writers of all time, Paul Jenkins.

Jenkins became a household name with his unbelievable work on the INHUMANS, but it is here in his take on Spidey that he truly does shine. His characterization is par none, he takes you on a trip into the Spider-Man saga and fills in points of history, with original art of that time, but never truly changes anything for the old reader. He makes things come to life with his words. The take on going back and forth in the past sure does display his powers as a writer. This is a man that was set to write any hero and make him out to be more human than the people you see walking the street everyday while going to work.

The whole story delves completely on Peter Parker and how his life as Spider-Man has come to be in the recent years. This is a man who has been through much and still persevered to tell the tale. He is your average guy who you might bump into while playing softball in the park or the guy next to you in the movie theater. He is a living, breathing human being and not a comic book character. At times, a person might think that he's probably too human with all his flaws and gestures. The TPB starts off with how the Chameleon, one of Spidey's first foes views him. This trip goes without saying is an in-depth look at Spidey and Peter Parker that has never been explored before. This culminates in Chapter 3 where Spidey is defined as the true character he really is. The following 4 chapters take you on a ride of how Spidey came to be through the eyes of Peter Parker. Flashbacks on his life as a child help create the man he is now and the hero he then later becomes. Jenkins takes you all the way, with a day in the life. The witty humor and the pretenses don't leave you laughing out loud, but keep giving you that smile that you carry on throughout the story. Anyone could be Spider-Man given the right circumstances, but it is only Peter Parker that makes the character who he really is. You feel the loneliness that he feels and the sadness that he carries each day with him. The loss of his loved ones, his uncle and his wife. You just learn that no matter, to be who you are, you have to learn how to laugh. In the end, that's what helps us being ourselves. That's what makes us appreciate our life for what it is. This is a smart piece of fiction, superbly written by Jenkins and drawn by the industry's top artists.

Spider-Man is a comic character, but Peter Parker is a real man in all sense of the word.

Seems like the author is trying to pretend to be this geat hero riding his iron stallion across the frozen reaches of Siberia.

I found him to be a true bore. Out running and out smarting Soviet KGB agents on a bicycle? Oh please!

If you want to read a true adventure, read Miles From Nowhere by the late Barbara Savage.

Mark Jenkins clearly did not like Russia and the system. I agree on his view of the old system, but my thoughts were again and again: What does he do there. He don't like it at all. In spite of all the trouble of Mark Jenkins, the fact is that a Russian biker crossed Russia one sea to another in 1967, 22 years before Jenkins. The first do cross all of Russia was a Dane, me, who did it in 1997 from Magadan to Kaleningrad (more to the East and more to the West than Jenkins route). The brother of Fjordor Koinikov (who followed Jenkins), Nikolai, tried to do it before me. He failed because of cold. I succeed because I loved Siberia. Jenkins hated it.

Jenkins does an excellent job of conveying the feelings he experienced during this trip. Sometimes spirits were low and sometimes they were high. His writing captures the reality of the trip and reveals the spirit of the Russian people with great emotion. I disagree with the review above that states Jenkins hated Siberia. He clearly had a great appreciation for the people he met there and valued his experience. It was obvious that he had a problem with Communism, and hence did not understand the Soviets. This is a book about people. Who cares whether they were the first group to ride across the country? The objective of the book was to describe a journey, and that has been done very well.

Paul Jenkins presents four storylines in Spiderman: One Small Break...one of them is good. I'm a huge fan of Spidey but he has been portrayed in a much better style (both plotwise and artistically), look no further than J. Michael Straczynski's Spiderman: Homecoming for a perfect example. Jenkins stories seem to slide back-and-forth between serious and cartoonish way too easily, the artwork only emphasizes the cartoonish nature.

The storylines presented here cover Peter Parker: Spiderman issues #27-28 and 30-34. They include...

#1 - Spiderman battling his arch-enemy Stromm...and then being placed into a situation where he has to decide, "Is it right to kill someone if thousands of future lives will be saved?" Interesting question but it could have been presented in a much stronger light. The villain of Stromm is also not one of the stronger antagonists that Spidey has battled.

#2 - Spiderman battling a revenge hungry foe called Fusion. This storyline takes several interesting turns, the most interesting being when Spiderman receives that "One Small Break" of the title's name. Overall an average outing but there was plenty of untapped potential.

#3 - The best storyline of the bunch (and the only one worth reading in this collection) is a story dealing with Peter Parker (not Spiderman) and his past relationship with his Uncle Ben. The story focuses around an annual attendance of a Mets game and it works on several levels. Again there is some cartoonish nature that detracts from it and keeps it from reaching a "Best of..." level, but overall this one is a great read.

#4 - A silly and stupid and underdeveloped story about a man cursed with dangerous powers and who is being chased by some friendly monks (in the Monk-Mobile!). UG! Why was this story written in the first place...much less included in a TPB? What a waste of space and it doesn't say much if this is the higher level of story to be included into a mainstream TPB.

If you're "Jones-ing" for a Spiderman read then you may want to pick up One Small Break. But if you want to read Spidey in some of his top storylines then look for other TPB's available such as: The Death of Gwen Stacy, Power and Responsibility, or Untold Tales of Spiderman, you'll have a better time there.

While many people have been dissing Mr. Jenkins in favor of the current "Amazing Spider-Man" team, he actually presents a very good collection of stories. His tale on assisted suicide makes you think, and the baseball story was touchy. I for one also enjoyed the William story, due to it's inspiring ending. However, the highlight of the book is the Fusion saga- Fusion, an cool-looking villian, has a very personal gripe with Spidey, even though they've never met. What's this guy's major malfunction, and why is it driving him to kill hundreds? You'll have to read the book to find out!

Ok, strap on your rose colored, politically tinged, pseudo shining path blinders and delve into the slanted, branded, censored, ivory towered, ignored, unexplored, head-in-the-sand view of "punk" in the nation's capital. Two decades? They got that wrong- should have been "Two Pinhead Views of Punk..."

Anyway, these guys certainly weren't playing the clubs and hanging out with the bands to really know what went down, and what was said, as Ian MacKaye has expressed. As obvious groupies with a few favorite bands, they've left out such a sizable chunk of history- either because they didn't know, or (heh, heh) they couldn't care less, or both- that one cannot take too seriously this "history" of sorts. They've unearthed too few bones and voices to give credence to such a lofty book title. At best it's a molecular thin slice of some of what was going on, thus failing the admirable goals actually educating readers.

For raw objectivisim, this book gets a zero. There are some nice pics and for what they do write about- sans the strained politburo commentary, public policy side-bars, and soap operatic narrative- some of the content is interesting, but way too serious for it's britches. C'mon this is punk history, not Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind.

Now, how about a challenge? For Volume 2, maybe they could dig deep, pull up their pants, roll up their sleeves, get out their trowels and do the hard, sweaty work of an objective historical chronicle which will truly enlighten and educate readers.

Hint: Haggle for it at the yard sale.

Obviously this book took a lot of time and effort. It's just too bad Andersen and Jenkins were so focused on ultra-politically correct Dischord and Positive Force. Anyone who was there between these years can tell you there was a helluva lot more going on than what's in this book. I agree with the reviewer above--so many bands & people are missing and skimmed over, I suspect because they just weren't in the Dischord clique. I'm talking Moss Icon, Images, MFD, DSI records, Outcrowd, Marginal Man, Parasite, Mopagans, Immoral Discipline, Indian Summer, Neverman, Agent 86, Safari Club, Barbecued Iguana shows, Avail (another who fled...to Richmond), the Hated,...SO many others. And whythe hell the chapter on riot grrrl? That was Washington STATE, as far as most DC punks are concerned. There were always women involved in the Washington scene.

The cheap production values don't help this book's case much, though I heard the authors paid forit themselves due to trouble with the publisher. A sad story and a slanted way of telling it.

Anyone interested in underground music, activism or civil disobedience should buy this book in a flash. It describes how a small clique (in this case a handful of Washington, DC high school kids) united by energy, idealism, and a Do-It-Yourself ethic can spearhead national campaigns to change society.

Step by step it tells the story of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Faith, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and other DC hardcore bands and the social movements (Straight Edge, Positive Force, Revolution Summer, Riot Grrrl...) they inspired. It was exhilarating to see a local phenomenon erupt into international musical trends and activism I read about in such distant papers as the Bangkok Post. And reading the whole, hardscrabble saga is almost as exciting.

The one prior book on DC punk, Sun Dog Propaganda's great "Banned in DC", was more a photo album than a history. In contrast, "Dance of Days" is exhaustively researched, rapidly paced, and full of vivid characters. It's especially brilliant at suggesting the link between punk cultural values and progressive politics, something usually ignored by such books. As well as inspiring newcomers, it will stir up fond memories for scene insiders and even provide them new information.

Admirably, the book is more than a celebration. The authors deal also with the downside of the movement, condemning its violent, bigoted elements. While this face of punk has long been exploited by the mainstream media, "Dance of Days" had to address it to provide a balanced account. Acknowledging that the scene had serious problems just makes its final renaissance seem all the more miraculous.

Like the scene it describes, the book has flaws that prevent it from being the last word on DC punk or the equal of a study like Jon Savage's "England's Dreaming". The section dealing with the scene's most exciting era, pre-1984, has little of the "juice" you'd expect from fans' memories of hardcore. Punks may be reminded of the history books they ditched to hang out at the 9:30 because there are few amusing anecdotes and no real sense of fun or abandon. While authors like Gina Arnold take narrative gusto to mawkish extremes, some enthusiasm would've made these chapters both more fun and evocative of the era.

I applaud the authors for stressing the activism of harDCore, but their earnestness gives some chapters a dark tone. As a casual spectator to the scene I was deeply unsettled by their expose of its fascist and street-gang elements. One detail especially bothered me: A person who was very helpful to me at one of my first gigs is described here as a vicious, gay-bashing neo-Nazi. The book gives little indication that this person had some positive qualities. Similarly, the authors' depiction of the heyday of the Georgetown Punks focuses on violence and elitism rather than the gleefulness of the clique. Insiders may deem this old news, but those less hip should prepare to be disillusioned.

Another drawback is the lack of a coherent timeline. Often the chronology is so confusing that it is hard to tell in what month or even year a particular gig or event took place. For a book called "Dance of Days", and with such a factual tone, this is surprising.

Despite these qualms I was overwhelmed by the book's breadth, detail, and fair-mindedness. As an example of how grassroots art and activism can create a community and even improve society, it is inspiring and unsurpassed.

I ordered this book because, as a person that has hepatitis C, I am desperate for useful information about this confusing disease. There is very little good, practical literature available about hepatitis C. This book might be of some value to a newly diagnosed "hepper", but I found that it focused mainly on the spiritual aspect of healing. It also outlined a "12 step program" for hep sufferers. I personally get my spiritual needs met through prayer and religion. I want facts on nutrition, alternative treatments and other ways to make this disease more bearable. I would not recommend this book to anyone that is seeking to educate themselves about this "mystery" disease in order to improve their quality of health. Get some milk thistle extract, improve your diet, use appropriate supplements and keep on seeking the truth about this insidious disease. This book won't help you with the real burdens of hepatitis C. Honestly, David Highum