http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/604890 en-US Tue, 06 May 2008 08:09:51 -0700 60 http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 24216641 Tue, 06 May 2008 08:09:51 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12316103 to: Bicycling Magazine's Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills: Your Guide to Riding Faster, Stronger, Longer, and Safer (Bicyling Magazine)
by Ben Hewitt
Someone else on Goodreads likened this book to religion in an earlier review. I could not agree more. While it does not go into great detail on the topics it covers, it answered all of the burning questions I had, and many of the ones that I did not know I had.

This book covers everything from how to build endurance and speed, to how to avoid icky health issues, to how to peel and eat a banana without stopping to get off your bike. The information ranges from the highly useful (I found some of the hill climbing breathing techniques very helpful) to the moderately interesting (a list healthy emergency food from the most common fast food joints and convenience stores in the US). And most of the "inspirational" interviews are really interesting (particularly the one from Race Across America record holder, Pete Penseyres, who in 1986 biked 3,107 miles in 8 days, 9 hours, and 47 minutes at an average speed of 15.40 mph).

While I would not recommend this as a person's only cycling book, I would definitely say it should be a part of every road cyclists collection. ]]> 24207269 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:08:45 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21689507 Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food (Paperback)
by Susan Albers
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]]> 23548882 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:42:06 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21190296 The Art of Simple Food: Notes and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution (Hardcover)
by Alice Waters
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]]> 23395926 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:41:41 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8751711 to: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic & Madness and the Fair that Changed America (Audio Cassette)
by Erik Larson
All in all, I really enjoyed this one. I have to admit that I was much more interested in the serial killer bits, however, than I was in the trials and tribulations of the Fair. But, in the end it was all very interesting, and well put together.

Larson exemplifies the two traits an author of pop-history needs to be successful. On the one hand his research seems to be well done (I have not investigated his notes thoroughly, but they are well documented), and one the other he builds a narrative drama that pulls the reader along. Though I knew beforehand, for instance, that George Ferris was the man who would eventually "out-Eiffel Eiffel," I was on the edge of my seat waiting for Larson to finally reveal the name.

I would recommend this to period history buffs, folks who dig Chicago, true crime aficionados, and anyone interested in architecture.
]]> 23248632 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:12:59 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20962554 The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (Hardcover)
by David Hajdu
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]]> 23247830 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:06:15 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20961997 Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens and Social Movements (Paperback)
by W. Van De Donk
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]]> 22592858 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:27:55 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20480667 to: D.I.Y. Kids (Paperback)
by Ellen Lupton
]]> 21944800 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:02:26 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19978636 Sound Moves: Ipod Culture and Urban Experience (International Library of Sociology)
by M. Bull
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]]> 21944759 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:01:23 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19978599 to: How to Lie with Maps (Paperback)
by Mark Monmonier
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by Chris Hedges
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