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By Randy Cerveny
 This book (June 2009) is a fascinating and informative read for anyone interested in weather and weather-related events. Internationally known climatologist Randy Cerveny takes the reader on a tour of the world's most perplexing climate mysteries, past and present. Through an examination of facts and fictional introductions to each chapter he outlines how climate change might have affected the people and animal life of the times. The author connects weather and climate changes to extinction of dinosaurs, the Mayan civilization, and more. ~ Recommended by Frank Wingerter
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A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen By Chrostopher McDougall
 The
title says it all. This is a fascinating book written by an editor of
Men's Health Magazine. Journalist McDougall begins to search for the
reason he can't run. Why do his feet hurt? Eventually the author is
sent to find out about a largely unknown tribe called Tarahumara
Indians who live in the Copper Canyon area of Mexico. This tribe
contains many ultra-marathoners. McDougall searches for and finds the
one outsider who has befriended and been accepted by the elusive tribe.
Born to Run is a fun
read that is full of interesting--and sometimes rather
unusual--long-distance runners, some dramatic 50-mile races, and
finally the discovery of why some people really are "born to run."
~Reviewed by Sue Domis
Sue
Domis is an avid amateur runner herself; however, she says this book
would appeal to non-runners as well. You can learn more about the
Tarahumara at this web site, as well as numerous others..
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By Gerald Kolpan
If
you like
historical fiction you will enjoy this exciting romp. Etta was the
girl friend of Butch Cassidy, the notorious bank robber. She was a
real person but not very much is know about her so the author has lots
of room to imagine--and imagine he does! This is a fun read.
~ Reviewed by Ann Reierson
Beautiful, elusive, and refined, Etta Place captivated the
nation at the turn of the last century as she dodged the law with the Wild
Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Her true identity and fate
have remained a mystery. Kolpan envisions this remarkable woman's life in a
stunning debut novel. $25.00
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