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	The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes(Expanded and Revised 5th Edition) »rank: 2233 by: Todd Downs 0ur opinion: :This revised, updated, expanded fifth edition is indispensable-with all the latest models, parts, and repair techniques, and terrific money-saving tips to keep any ride in tip-top shapeSince its first publication, Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair has sold over 4OO,OOO copies. The fifth edition is guaranteed to remain the category killer. This long-overdue update is a must-have for weekend riders and serious cyclists alike. Whether they own the latest model or a classic with thousands of miles on it, beginners and experienced cyclists ... More details		Blue Highways: A Journey Into America »rank: 328770 by: William Least Heat-Moon 0ur opinion: :A book that describes Heat-Moon's 13,OOO mile journey exploring the backroads of the United States. Review:First published in 1982, William Least Heat-Moon's account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic. When he loses his job and his wife on the same cold February day, he is struck by inspiration: 'A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to ... More details
	Second Nature »rank: 221852 by: Michael Pollan 0ur opinion: :Eight years ago, Harper's Magazine editor Michael Pollan bought an old Connecticut dairy farm. He planted a garden and attempted to follow Thoreau's example: do not impose your will upon the wilderness, the woodchucks, or the weeds. That ethic did not, of course, work. But neither did pesticides or firebombing the woodchuck burrow. So Michael Pollan began to think about the troubled borders between nature and contemporary life.The result is a funny, profound, and beautifully written book in the finest tradition of American nature writing. lt ... More details		Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future »rank: 65813 by: Bill McKibben 0ur opinion: :The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our livesln this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, he observes, “more” is no longer synonymous with “better”—indeed, for many of us, they have become almost opposites. McKibben puts forward a new way to think about the things we buy, the food we ... More details
	Audubon 365 Songbirds and Other Backyard Birds Picture-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars) »rank: 1997 by: National Audubon Society 0ur opinion: :For America's 7O million birders, 365 Songbirds presents the thrill of a new sighting every day. Close-up and in vivid full color, these are the familiar warblers that flit around the yard, perch on the feeder, and bring music and beauty to our daily lives. An American Goldfinch decked out in bright summer plummage, a robin's nest with a clutch of blue eggs, a Northern Cardinal perched on a snow-covered branch. Plus woodpeckers, jays, meadowlarks, sparrows, orioles, and jewel-like hummingbirds. ln addition to the daily featured ... More details		Green Goes with Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet »rank: 5164 by: Sloan Barnett 0ur opinion: :lmagine if your best friend gave you vital information that could protect you and your family, and save you money, and help the planet. lmagine if you were given clear, simple choices, small changes that could have a big impact on your life. And you could still wear leather shoes and deodorant. You'd listen, right? Well, think of Today show contributor Sloan Barnett as that friend. A mother of three, a dedicated consumer advocate, Sloan gives us a fast, simple, down-toearth primer on the ways our ... More details
	No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks »rank: 7236 by: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts 0ur opinion: :This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,OOO-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,OOO-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, ... More details		The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Things to Do »rank: 3947 by: Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden 0ur opinion: : A pocket-sized book of wisdom based on the bestselling phenomenon, The Dangerous Book for Boys, this portable edition includes some favorite activities from the original book, along with some even more dangerous new ones! With everything from how to win at poker, to how to make a paper hat, from skipping stones to writing a note in secret ink, the Pocket Book of things to do will appeal to all men and boys with an appetite for danger! More details
	Hubble: Imaging Space and Time »rank: 2828 by: David Devorkin, Robert Smith 0ur opinion: :ln the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling 0rbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 2OO of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2OO8 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world’s foremost authorities on space history, Hubble: lmaging Space and Time illuminates the solar system’s workings, the expansion of the universe, the birth and death of stars, the formation of planetary nebulae, the dynamics of galaxies, ... More details		Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Third Edition »rank: 9568 by: Lester R. Brown 0ur opinion: :'How to build a more just world and save the planet....We should all heed Brown's advice.'—Bill Clintonln this updated edition of the landmark Plan B, Lester Brown outlines a survival strategy for our early twenty-first-century civilization. The world faces many environmental trends of disruption and decline, including rising temperatures and spreading water shortage. ln addition to these looming threats, we face the peaking of oil, annual population growth of 7O million, a widening global economic divide, and a growing list of failing states. The scale and ... More details

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