I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author did not shy away
from trying to explain the physics in an understandable way
and succeeded. He also very clearly proved his points with
detailed examples. I did think the book was a little disorganized but overall highly recommend this book.

I was in bliss, paging through these journalism greats when I suddenly realized the author left out Charles Kuralt. As a journalism student, I'd so much rather read about beloved people like Kuralt than 15-minutes of famers like Matt Drudge. The authors even included his replacement, Charles Osgood. What gives, editors? Shunning him because of his affair?

I've been lucky enough to see the uncorrected proof of this work: It's excellent -- by the editor of the Newseum, a truly amazing news museum in the DC area -- his previous work, The News History Gazette, is used by professors in some of the best journalism schools in the country, like Missouri. Includes great essay by Tim Russert. Loads of "corrected history," and "did you know."

Basic Essentials Cross-Country Skiing appears to be geared towards the beginner skier and someone with a limited understanding of the sport. If this is the goal, the book succeeds quite well. This is not 'basic essentials for advanced cross-country skiing.' Accomplished skiers may find the technique more inexact than basic.

This book is ideal for the average beginner to stuff in their back-pack on a weekend ski outing.

My review mirrors the one from Publishers Weekly, but it is necessary for me to use some fo the same information to make my point. This book, was first published in 1959. A revised edition was published in 1961. The book was published again in 1989 with a new introduction by the author, and again in 1993 with a new prologue, and articles the author had written for "The New Statesman," and "The NY Review of Books" between 1955-65. So, since the 1993 edition has the most meat, i would suggest you invest in this one and stay away from the other ones. Eric Hobsbawm was first introduced to jazz in the early 30s and offers a unique viewpoint since he was listening to jazz since its early days hunting for records in his native England. Additionally, as a historian he offers extensive information about the prehistory of jazz. It would have been amazing to read this when it was first published, but it can't help but seem completely outdated nowadays, since the additional writings don't have substantial information about jazz in the 60s and 70s. A good read for someone just getting into jazz, but not much more than that.

Still, i ought to warn that regardless of how much the author seems to have added in consecutive editions,