Customer Reviews:
A real heart's journey........2007-01-10
This book is so very special. It is definitely a wonderful companion prayer book for those who want to be in harmony with all of the elements of creation.
Overkill.......2006-01-25
I was pretty disappointed with this book. I guess I went in with high expectations. In the beginning of the book, I thought it might be worthwhile, but as I read on.......the repetitive nature of the book got old very fast. The book could have gotten its message across with a lot less pages. I found the ceremonies that they had in there useless....I hope they don't recommend this book for someone that is lonely. I think the authors idea for the book was a good one, but the execution of their idea didn't deliver in print.
Prayer .......2006-01-15
I like the concept of viewing life and prayer through the four seasons. I like how the prayers can be used as an individual prays or for group prayer. The words speak to the heart when one does not have the words within. It encourages one to be aware of the presence of God in the day to day ordinary. Simple and direct yet challenging one to move from the head to the heart and be conscious of the movement of prayer. Helps to open our eyes and see life differently. A great addition and help especially when planning for prayer for groups.
A positive Catholic look .......2005-11-27
If you are looking for a stern, in-your-face, pre-Vatican ll book on religion, this is not it! What you will find is a beautiful spiritual companian written by two wise and sensitive nuns and gorgeously illustrated by another talented sister. This is a healing book for many, especially those who feel their Catholic faith has let them down at some point in their life. I think this would also be great for anyone who embraces Waldorf- style education or parenting. I absolutely loved it!!!!!!
Wicca Watch!.......2005-11-18
If you remain at all confused as to the nature of this book, simply try google-ing the names of the authors. We find here a trend in the Wiccan religious tradition being written by purportedly Catholic nuns. Here is a quote by Wiederkehr in one of her other books, "God is Someone who has taken the time to sit on a quilt with me waiting for beauty. She is a Mother of Presence." -- Yes, you heard right, God is a woman; does that make Jesus a woman too? It's all so confusing. Buyer beware! This isn't the placid book it claims to be about happy, let's-hold-hands-in-the-sunshine banal spirituality, it is a quiet indoctrination into Wicca.
Book Description
Creating Circles and Ceremonies is the accumulation of decades of circles, ceremonies, rituals, Mystery plays, initiations, rites of passage, and other magickal workings co-created by the Zell-Ravenhearts, today's foremost Wizard/Witch couple.
For more than 30 years, Oberon and Morning Glory have traveled widely throughout the worldwide magickal community—participating in gatherings, conducting workshops, and creating rituals for groups large and small. They have met and made Magick with the leaders of many traditions: Celtic Shamanism, British Dianic, Italian Strega, Welsh Witchcraft, Faerie Trad, Ceremonial Magick, Ozark Druidry, the New Reformed Order of the Golden Dawn (NROOGD), Hinduism, Native American tribes, Greek and Egyptian mythology, and the futuristic Church of All Worlds.
Here, in one easy-to-read volume, is their collection of chants, invocations, circle-castings, quarter-callings, spells, and ceremonies. It is also a "kit" to use to assemble your own rituals, for any season or reason:
Book I presents a basic ritual outline. Each element is followed by numerous examples which may be "plugged in" to customize your own ceremony.
Book II gives numerous examples of actual ceremonies: Esbats (full Moons) and special occasions; Rites of Passage; Mysteries and Initiations; spells and consecrations. These can be adapted and modified as needed for any size group—from small family gatherings in your living room, to huge outdoor celebrations involving thousands of people.
Book III provides an assortment of full rituals and ritual elements for celebrations of the eight great seasonal festivals called the Wheel of the Year. Versions of these have been commemorated for millennia in most traditional cultures of the Northern Hemisphere; and today are universal throughout the worldwide Pagan community.
Customer Reviews:
If I could have only one..........2007-08-03
If I was going to be stranded on a desert island and the Fates ordained that I could only have one Pagan book there is absolutely no doubt that this would be the ONE. It is so power-packed with information, lots of nifty line drawings, and all is written in such an enjoyable style. It's by far the best Pagan book I own and one that I refuse to be without.
VERY HELPFUL.......2007-07-04
I am really enjoying this book. I wish there were more out there like this. I have several of the authors sculptures and found the same attention to detail within the the pages of the book. I highly reccomend it to anyone interested in Wicca/Witchcraft. It give real information about many subjects that are not often written about. It was a joy to find some of the older and well remembered rites and stories within.
An Invaluable Resource.......2007-05-19
This is an incredible resource for anyone who is organizing, conducting or writing a ritual. I had always been a solitaire, but when I was asked to perform a sabbat ritual for a group of beginners, I jumped on the opportunity. Because my own personal rituals were highly impromptu, I knew the group ritual needed more structure. I shopped for a few good books, and I am very glad I bought this one. I highly recommend it for both beginners and those with more experience. It's not a book you would necessarily read from cover to cover (although you could), but is more of a useful collection of writings you can turn to every time you wish to create a ritual.
Great book!.......2007-04-11
This book is the ultimate guide to the solitary. It can be quite difficult to organize your family celebrations without the aid and expertise of a priest/ess. This book helps me to create rituals and circles that the whole family can participate in (children and Christians alike) at a level that everyone is capable and comfortable with. It has also been a great help in organizing my private ceremonies. Even when there is no reason to cast a circle or perform a ceremony the book contains a great deal of daily inspiration. It's truely herbal tea for the pagan soul.
A Compendium of Ritual Lore.......2006-11-10
Creating Circles & Ceremonies
By Oberon & Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart
New Page Books, 2006
Review by Anodea Judith
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and his wife, Morning Glory, have done it at last. Compiling decades of experience in creating rituals and ceremonies for all occasions, from the celebrations of the seasons to blessing your dinner or a new home, this book will provide ideas, information, theory, and practice to bring a sense of the sacred into everyday life.
Author of the acclaimed Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, Oberon has written a Pagan bible that every practitioner of magic and ritual will want to have on a shelf within easy reach. With spells, chants, invocations, herbal recipes, and more, you won't want to go through a moon cycle without using this book.
From my many years of working together with this magical couple in the Church of All Worlds, I am delighted that our vast treasury of Pagan liturgy has finally been written down. Collected from many contributors, this compilation brings together the best of the Pagan community in poetry and song, innovation and invocation, including our Magic 101 class that was offered for many years as a primer in magical training.
The wealth of information herein is divided into three smaller sections. Book I, "The Magic Circle" outlines the basic theory and practice of creating ceremonies, such as creating sacred space, calling the quarters, invoking spirits, deities, or helpers, and basic ritual etiquette. Book II, "Rites and Rituals" describes ceremonies for all occasions, including rites of passage, marriages, and initiations. Book III: "Wheel of the Year" then applies these principles to the eight seasonal holidays that mark the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days of the year. The final Appendices contain information you will use as a reference for years to come.
Lavishly illustrated with Oberon's unique artwork, this book is destined to be as classic a book for ritual recipes as "The Joy of Cooking" was to the culinary world.
Anodea Judith, author of Wheels of Life, and Waking the Global Heart
Average customer rating:
- A great book for ball players and fans
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The Rainbow Circle of Excellence: Lessons from a Championship Season
Riley Wallace , and
Michael D'Andrea
Manufacturer: Watermark Publishing
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Book Description
In this fascinating sports/motivational title, University of Hawaii head basketball coach Riley Wallace recounts how a multicultural group of college players from all over the world earned a bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament. Co-written with team psychologists Michael D'Andrea and Judy Daniels, The Rainbow Circle of Excellence shows how lessons learned on the court can help members of any group lead successful, more satisfying lives.
Customer Reviews:
A great book for ball players and fans.......2003-05-09
Riley Wallace, the long-time head basketbal coach at the University of Hawai'i, is one of college basketball's best. What's more, Wallace is one of the true class acts in sports.
This book is a reflection of all that Wallace is, what he stands for and how he coaches. It is a very valuable tool for communicating to the young ballplayer (middle school and high school players should read this over and over), as well as provides insight for the basketball fan.
Highly recommended.
Amazon.com
Though most men had returned to their hometowns after World War II, few came back to the tiny village of Magrit, Minnesota. Irini, a nineteen year-old woman, works in the Scientific Kitchen at Margaret Mill, a cereal factory, with most of Magrit's other eligible bachelorettes. Hoping to promote his business and attract some suitors for his staff, the owner of the mill forms a women's baseball team called the Sweetwheat Sweethearts. Irini, who wields a fearsome throwing arm, strong from kneading bread dough, is the team's star center fielder and her successes, failures, and revelations on and off the ball field are endearingly recalled by her now grown daughter.
Book Description
As a rebellious daughter of the sixties recalls the year her mother played baseball in 1947, two luminous stories begin to unfold in America's heartland, one lived and one imagined. . . .
Customer Reviews:
A 1947 larger than life .......2004-08-20
Fowler's delightful second novel is the story of the magical, postwar summer of 1947 when the hometown soldiers never returned to the small town of Magrit and the young women formed a baseball team to find husbands - and prove the efficacy of breakfast cereal. Or is it?
The story is narrated by the now-middle-aged daughter of Irini Doyle, the Sweetwheat Sweetheart's home-run hitter and strong right arm. The narrator tells us right off that she prefers drama to fact and that her mother filtered truth through a generous spirit: " 'I'm just fine. You go and have a nice dinner,' were the last words she ever said to me."
So it's the daughter's story of her mother's youth, written from the vantage point of experience, disillusion, affection and love. "When my mother told it to me, it was a very short story. I have been forced to compensate not only for her gentle outlook, but also for her spare narration."
Magrit is a mill town, dominated since 1898 by Henry Collins, who drowned Upper Magrit (with the connivance of Lower Magrit, forever unforgiven) to build Margaret Mill, home of Sweetwheats breakfast cereal. An earnest, zany Kellogg-type, adhering steadfastly to scientific modernism, but just a beat behind, Henry is devastated when someone invents fishsticks before he thinks of it. "Fish so transformed that even children would eat it."
The idea for the baseball team comes after a Collins dinner party when Henry and his artistic, political wife Ada are waiting with Irini (present as server) for her drunken father to pick her up. The baseball idea is a diversion. Ada is diverting Henry from his enthusiasm for obtaining an ape on which to conduct nutrition studies; Henry is diverting Ada from her enthusiasm for unionizing the mill girls; both are diverting Irini from brooding about her father's undependability.
Not that Irini's father is mean or pathetic. A lonely widower since Irini's birth, he's the voice of caustic reason (very un-1947ish) and Irini is the apple of his eye.
While Irini's father taught her baseball, her spectacular arm was developed in the mill's Scientific Kitchen, kneading bread. Most of the Magrit girls work in the Kitchen where foods are tested to the strict standard of fictional Maggie Collins, the housewife-heroine whose advice goes out to women world-wide in the company magazine "Women At Home."
Fowler peppers her narrative with Maggie's tips. "To prevent snow from sticking, cut an onion in half and run it over the windshield of your car." Women write to her poignantly of war losses and family triumphs. Maggie responds with cheer and practical advice for women heading back into kitchens everywhere.
But something is happening to Maggie. Sabotage in the form of phallic fruit salads, and rebellious encouragement of women who love women, who gain weight with abandon, who lift their eyes beyond the kitchen.
Meanwhile, the Sweethearts are playing baseball, coached by Walter Collins, the patriarch's grandson and Irini's unappreciated beau. They're playing 11-year-olds and drunken louts - and losing. Of course, women should lose at baseball if they want husbands but none of them are pleased.
Their bus passes an old farm truck and the driver yells something. "It was 1947, so it never entered their heads it might be something rude." Along with Maggie's tips this is another Fowler refrain. "It was 1947 so if you caught a fish you could eat it." "It was 1947 so who knew alcoholism was genetic?"
Fowler's characters - her narrator's characters - are small town girls but larger than life. There's Tracey, doggedly average but supremely self-confident; Sissy, sweetly dimwitted but with surprising strength of character; Fanny, the leader and the vamp.
Fowler ("Sarah Canary") has fun with comic stereotypes, creating a starry-eyed nostalgia, gently undercut with loneliness and the turning worm. The narrator's voice is perfect - ironic but affectionate, looking back on a mother's story she can only imagine:
"You would do well therefore to keep always in mind that this is a story told by two liars. It is possible, our fictional impulses being so opposite, that we may arrive together at something clear-eyed and straightforward....If this happens it will be by accident. It is not my intention. I will go so far as to say I would consider it a disappointment."
"The Sweetheart Season" is a grand slam of a novel.
Worth the effort?.......2002-11-17
This book was chosen by a member of my book club for its November selection, and we were given the book in ample time. For some reason I found myself delaying getting around to it----the title wasn't particularly appealing, and the cover (on the Ballantine paperback) certainly is not attractive. I made a number of attempts to get into it and found myself falling asleep again and again, each time having to go back and start from scratch. I even made a list of the characters which I reviewed each time I began, but that didn't help much either.
For the most part I found the characters not well-fleshed out, not believable, and not very interesting. Overall, it seems to me written in an unnecessarily confusing way, requiring a lot of work on the reader's part to clarify what the author is really saying. The "conversation with the author" (included in my copy) is more interesting than the book itself.
After finishing the book I went to Amazon.com to check editorial reviews and found that Kirkus expressed my reactions pretty well with the following comment: "sluggish though skillful." Too much so to bother with unless you have a compelling responsibility to bother with it.
Ironic, knowing, thoroughly enjoyable.......2000-08-26
The Sweetheart Season concerns a small town in northern Minnesota, Magrit, home to a grain mill and an associated cereal business. It is set in 1947. The viewpoint character is Irini Doyle, though the story is told in the "voice" of her daughter, retelling Irini's story from a present day perspective. Irini lives with her alcoholic father (her mother is dead), who is a research chemist at the cereal company. Irini works in the Research Kitchen of the cereal company. The other characters are her co-workers (all women) in the Kitchen, as well as the company founder, his wife, and his grandson, and a few other local women.
The main action of the novel revolves somewhat loosely around a promotional scheme of the founder: the girls at the company form a baseball team, which barnstorms through Minnesota and Wisconsin, purportedly demonstrating the nutritive benefits of the company's cereal by their success. Several other narrative threads are woven into the story: the writing of a continuing promotional kitchen/life advice column by the fictional Maggie Collins, a sort of Betty Crocker-type spokesperson for the cereal company; the antagonism between the former residents of Upper Magrit (submerged to make the mill) and Lower Magrit (where everyone now lives); the involvement of the mill owner's wife with Gandhi and the Indian independence movement; the efforts of the local women to find love and husbands in a town left nearly male-free by the war; and a mysterious (young, male) visitor to Magrit. All of these threads are well-integrated with the novel's theme, as I read it: essentially: the nascent "Women's Liberation" movement, though that over-simplifies: but the focus on the "Kitchen", yet in the context of women who are all working, and playing a nominally male sport, combined with the ironic voice of the present day narrator, and the ironic-in-this-context quotes from Maggie Collins' women's magazine advice column, quite nicely merge to make simple, true, statements about the position of women in 1947, and in our time.
The female characters are very well drawn, and almost invariably engaging. A couple of the male characters come off as ciphers, but the portraits of Irini's father, and of old Henry Collins, the mill owner, are very good. Fowler's prose is clean and elegant. Her narrative voice is a delight: ironic, affectionate, knowing, often very funny. One brief quote, from one of Maggie Collins' advice columns, meant to be read in the context of the decision to form a baseball team: "Polls have recently confirmed what has long been suspected; most men do not want brainy women. Stewardesses have turned out to be that occupation blessed most often with marriage. The key elements appear to be uniforms and travel."
I wouldn't rank The Sweetheart Season quite as highly as Fowler's first novel, Sarah Canary. At times the usually wonderfully controlled ironic voice turns a little shrill. At times she drives home a point unnecessarily: it is sufficient to show us the evidence, or to leave an ironic statement alone for the reader to interpret. Also, I was completely unable to believe the resolution of one of the plot threads. However, the book as a whole is thoroughly enjoyable, and says a lot of worthwhile things about the place of women in our society, especially about how (and, I suppose, why) it changed in the years during and after World War II.
Too Clever By Half.......2000-07-16
There's no doubt that Ms. Fowler is a talented writer. Her problem, I think, is that she is so captivated by her own abilities that she scarecely lets the reader appreciate them for himself. I, for one, found the constant interventions of the narrator and her leaning on the reader to be both repetitive and annoying. The story itself is told in about twice the time it should take and with the exception of Irini, her father, and Ruby Redd, none of the characters are fully realized for me. This is particularly and sadly true of Ada who is mostly caricature, but meant -- I think -- to be sympathetic. Keeping the members of the Sweethearts straight was a major task. On the plus side, this is a fine rendering of America just after WWII and is pretty funny in many parts; the humor of the letters and the recipes tucked in between the story is especially fun. A talent at work surely, but too much intent on displaying itself to make the world of the fiction fully realized. One time to pay attention to the narrator: when she tells you to skip the last four pages, do so.
Sweetwheats, Sweethearts, Sweet Book.......2000-05-05
I stumbled upon this book quite by accident, but I am glad I did. This was a genuinely sweet coming of age story set just after WWII. The plot centers around a cereal factory in a small Mid-Western town and the girls who work in the company's test kitchens. It reminds us of a simpler time when life moved a good bit slower. The characters are all very well developed and the descriptions are fantastic. This book is a nice way to pass a lazy afternoon.
Customer Reviews:
Seasons turn turn turn.......2007-08-14
The book follows the seasons. It is sweet, the pictures are lovely, the story is simple. My young ones love it!
Heather mama of 5
The wheel keeps on turning.......2004-05-23
As summer moves into fall, fall into winter, winter into spring, and back to summer again, children need to be reassured that the cycle of life continues. Muller's picture book takes children through the seasons of the year with simple text, gentle illustrations, and a comforting tone. Though I wish the Winter section included more holidays (Christmas and Hannukah are represented), overall children will easily relate to the pictures and story. I especially love the two-page spreads devoted only to drawings. My children love to look at these drawings and always find something new.
This book is a gem.......2001-06-16
Okay, I don't have this this book, but I have the set of four from which Seasons was formed. If I can get copies of Seasons (it is listed as unavailable at this time) it will become my favorite gift to new parents. I have four children, and Muller's season books have been favorites of ours for about eight years. Beautiful paintings, children engaged in interesting activities, lots and lots of connections between pages that are revealed to the observant "reader" only after many viewings.
Seasons change, and so do kids.......1997-02-08
I was attracted to this book by the lovely colors of the drawings, but after reading it several times to my children, I appreciate it even more for its interweaving of seasonal changes with children's activities. And I like the homey scenes in which children interact with adults. Children toss leaves in the autumn and make snowmen in the winter in Muller's book, but they also sit in the backyard amid the fireflies after a summer family picnic, help grandmother decorate for the holidays, ride in a horse-drawn farm wagon with dad in the fall. This book marks the seasons the way kids do--by what holiday or special family time comes next. And it does it with lush illustrations that reflect the warm family feelings associated with each individual season of the year
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- Sensitive, insightful, inspiring, loving, singing response
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Circle of Grace: In Praise of Months and Seasons
Charles C. Finn
Manufacturer: Winston-Derek Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1555237029 |
Customer Reviews:
Sensitive, insightful, inspiring, loving, singing response.......1999-06-18
Reading a poem or two a week will take you refreshed and more aware through the year. Lines burst with personified insight: "from my own wintering spirit...new life...as from barren branches living leaves."
Here is an author who enriches with the reading. I want more!
Product Description
The Circle of Life traces the course of the seasons beginning with the first awareness of Spring. Sensitive writings reflect the beauty of nature in a way that will remind us to look for and recognize the many miracles that surround us every day.
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A Circle of Seasons
Myra Cohn Livingston
Manufacturer: Holiday house
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ASIN: 0823406563 |
Customer Reviews:
A Circle of Seasons.......2000-04-10
I have enjoyed many of Mrya Livingston poems, this one A Circle of Seasons takes you on a wondrous journey into the changing of the seasons throug a thirteen stanza poem. It gave me new insight to the seasons. A must read for any peotry lover. I highly recommend all her books, especially this one and Sky Songs.
Book Description
Sports/Bicycling
Customer Reviews:
Out of date and overly opinionated........2006-10-14
This book deserves a star for containing some useful information, although it doesn't seem to be aimed at any particular audience (i.e. too technical for the casual rider, and too general for the expert). However, it is quite out of date and the many photos and illustrations are poorly reproduced. For all practical purposes, this book is completely useless. What annoyed me most about it, however, is the author's pompous and extraordinarily ignorant opinions about bicycle helmets and mandatory bicycle helmet laws. Sloane tells us that he is "as an expert witness on bicycle accidents" and that "had the bicyclist been wearing a helmet, many of the fatalities and serious head injuries in these accidents would not have occurred". How can this be, when study after study have shown that bicycle helmets have a statistically insignificant impact on injuries and are actually correlated with a slight increase in fatalities? [...]. In fact, in the US, an increase in bicycle helmet use is actually strongly correlated with an increase in head injuries [...]. Sloane sinks lowest, however, when he suggest that the Bicycle Federation of Oregon opposes mandatory helmet laws simply because it means they will sell fewer bikes. (It should be noted that the only statistically proven effect of mandatory helmet laws is that they discourage bicycling, a fact which Sloane tells us doesn't bother him in the slightest: "if it's a choice between having to wear a helmet and riding a bicycle, my vote goes to the helmet law"). In reality, it is Sloane who makes money promoting MHL's by working as an expert witness, likely against injured bicyclists (the idea being that injured bicyclists who were not wearing a helmet don't deserve to be compensated since it "was their fault" they were injured). Frederick Robertson commented that "there are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny." Eugene A. Sloane exhibits all 3 of these traits in his support for MHL's. He informs us that "that's what laws are for, to protect people despite themselves". Mr. Sloane, how about I worry about my personal safety, and you worry about yours; particularly when the data suggests that I know what I'm talking about and you don't? In particular, how about you keep your laws off my body? To the reader looking for books on bicycling, if you're looking for a great book of bicycling advice, try "The Art of Urban Cycling" by Robert Hurst. If you want to understand more about the science, try "Bicycling Science" by David Wilson, and if you're interested in the technicalities, there are a number of good books on bicycle repair. Sloane's book is a waste of a tree, and he's a despicable scoundrel for taking money to appear in court to argue against bicyclist's seeking compensation when they have been injured.
Good book, but inevitably too general for some.......2006-02-06
I found this book to be very useful, don't get me wrong, but I found that it was a little bit too general. For instance, when I was curious about what a "fixed gear" (single speed, no freewheel) bicycle was, I found nothing, not one word, about this type of bicycle. This may be a little bit extreme of a case, since fixed gear bicycles seem to be a bit of a cult thing, but the book is definitely a general reference. A good start, but not the last book I'll buy on bicycles.
Good Starter Book.......2005-08-05
Gene Sloane has wrote some great repair books and all of his books are packed with history, practical advice, and personal andecdotes.
This book is a good all around introduction to cycling that will last you for several years. It is NOT the Last or Only book you will ever need (or want) on Cycling, but it is better than most. I have a collection of Gene's books and they are easily superior to Rob VanDerPlas's series (RVP tends to miss a few things in his books and can be too general in his coverage). Having copies of Gene's books over the years is like having a private library of the history of modern (1960s-2000s) bikes and the evolution of their design.
He also tends to include gearing tables, sizing recommendations, metrics to english conversion charts, etc.
PURE BIKE PORN.......2004-08-23
This is the book that turned me from a casual commuter into a cycling NUTCASE. i've never looked back. In one book, sloan covers everything you need to know to buy a bike, fix a bike, tour on a bike, and race on a bike. Sloan's original book had the audacity to discuss brands and parts and who makes the best stuff any WHY. No other author at the time was willing to delve into these issues. He does it with so much ENTHUSIASM and INSIGHT that his love of the subject is INFECTIOUS. You should think of Eugene Sloane in the same terms as your favorite high school teachers. Sloan is from a suburb of Chicago, Illinois which is a BIKE MECCA because everywhere it's FLAT. One of the things that makes this a cyclist's cycling book is that in the illustrations he always depicts professional parts and also many of the most unusual parts of the 1970's and 1980's. The earlier editions had a racing bicycle on the front, and on the binding, switched to a touring bicycle on the back, if you happen to see it used. Very distinctive cover on those editions.
BUY IT AND CATCH THE FEVER.
Sloane on cycling.......2000-07-21
Thank you, Mr. Sloane, for another great text. As has been the case for twenty some years now, Sloane's dialogue is relevant, funny, highly knowledgeable and infinitely useful. After reading Sloane, I know what makes the best bikes the best and, more importantly, what makes the best bike for me. Mr. Sloane's books have always been THE reference source for me as I purchase and maintain my bikes.
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