Stuart Books

Kallen's book "Beer Here" was one of the first texts to REALLY identify the microbrew/brewpub movement that was underway in the U.S. from the early ninety's to the time of its publishing (1995). His style is humorous, easy going and very readible. Although I am sure this book is now slightly out of date, rest assured it is a great travel reference and a firm background in some of the greatest names in beer. I used this book extensively while on active duty and it has listings for ALMOST all the 50 states. From New Mexico to Maine and beyond I have visited brewpubs and breweries in about 41 states. Don't go on vacation with out this definitive guide to beer. Combine it with a current beer guide, and you will have the most accurate and up to date reference for great beer in the United States. Highly recomended!!

This was one of my first historical romance novels and I read it. The heroinne actually is betrothed and gets in a ship wreck. Some pirates rescue her, and she ends up being kidnapped and forced into marriage. But then she grows to love her "pirate". It has action such as a ship wreck and a few sword fights. Someone attempts to kill her (an ex-lover, very jealous). Including other things. Its been a long time since I read the book, but I think it was very realistic, real character and loved the plot. it will probably remail one of my favorites forever.

If you ever see a copy of this book for sale, snap it up. If you're a BR kind of shooter you can't go wrong. If you're a BR kind of shooter you probably already know that.

Stuart Otteson's Benchrest Actions and Triggers is truly a lost classic. Although the state-of-the-art has advanced substantially in the last 20 years, any action designer will tell you flat out that BAaT has influenced the design of every important modern benchrest action, just as Otteson't The Bolt Action has been the bible for the folks actually involved in designing the the less exotic actions which have appeared since that book's first first printing in 1976. Benchrest Actions and Triggers is a compilation of 17 articles Mr. Otteson wrote. The articles contained are of particular interest to the benchrest crowd -- a very technical and demanding bunch.

To follow up on the advice in the title line, if you're fortunate to own a copy be very careful who you loan it to. Shooters are great folks, but there are limits to temptation. If you don't want your best friend shuffling his feet and saying "um, I don't know *where* I could have left it", just protect your friendship by not loaning it to him in the first place. Let him read it where you can keep an eye on him.

Oh -- Stuart's name is "Otteson", not "Ottenson". Some clerk made a typo years ago, possibly in preparing or filing the ISBN paperwork and this mistake appears everywhere -- not all the time, but often enough to make searching for this book, which is almost impossible to find anyway, even more difficult.

Any parent who is interested in conscious parenting should get this series of books for their little one(s). I have an office which sees many families and everyone LOVES these books!!!

This book gives general information about a various different selections of nuts, seeds, and berries. It is wonderful, my 8 year old sister found it to be quite fun and learned much from it. This book would be great for any child wanting to learn and have fun. I would suggest it for ages 5-11

This is a great book for children who know how to estimate and for those who are just learing. This book is filled with pictures and illistrations on how you would estimate wiht a many number of things. A thing that I liked about this book is that it just wasn't estimating how a many of cars or jellybeans, but it was also prices in a store window. Another thing that I liked about this book is that at the end it give helpful teaching tips on how to read the book to your or any child. This is why I would recommend this book to any parent or teacher with a child who need help estimating or just wants to have a review.

This book should be read just before, or just after Stuart's beloved "The Thread That Runs So True". In it, you discover parts of his life that are only hinted at in "Thread". Like the year he spent in the rough and tumble world of the steel mill, and the time he traveled with a carnival. There are wonderful sections about how he worked his way through Lincoln Memorial, and his time at Vanderbilt, where he wrote the paper that was the original version of this book.

This is a great manual, by Brooks Kubik - the author of the excellent Dinosaur Training book, and published by Brawn series author Stuart McRobert. It lays out a series of progressive, time-proven programs...around six total. Covers sets, reps and exercises, how many times to repeat each program and for how long. Its only 16pgs. but would be a useful addition to every lifter's library as even the 1st program isn't really just for beginners, it's just one the author deemed a good one to build on. You will get big and powerful with these programs if you follow them diligently and eat sufficiently...they are not the usual idiotic "pumping" plans for asthetics only. Incl. 5x5, 5/4/3/2/1, 5x1, and so on to more advanced specialization programs. Check out Crain's Muscle World's online store for it, they usually carry it (and also its companion "Big Arms"), since Amazon never has it and 2nd party sellers ask outragous prices. You shouldn't pay more than maybe $15 tops.

When I picked this book up,I wasn't really expecting much from it.Part way through the election campaign, the Bush camp thought Gore would trounce them in the debates,as they felt Gore had managed to keep"clean" of Clinton's problems as well as being a better debater.Well it didn't turn out that way;did it? In other words Gore blew it big time.He had it in the bag and should have had it won long before Florida;which the Democrats like to blame for Gore's loss.I tend to agree with Stevens in why Gore blew it and Bush won.If you really believe that the counting mess-up in Florida unfairly gave the election to Bush,I suggest this book to you.

One of the great charms of Massachusetts is the abundance of bike paths that were put in during the 1970s and 1980s. Whether you like to bike, use in-line skates, walk, or run, these paths will provide you with much healthy pleasure that you could not easily get otherwise. This guide is remarkably complete and accurate in describing your choices for a fun afternoon in the sun.

I first became interested in bike paths from riding on the famous path in Provincetown as a young man of 20. Having rented a bike there one day, the lady who helped me said that it was one of the things she was proudest of that she could ride the whole cicuit without stopping when she turned 50. I vowed to remember that and be sure to try the path again when I turned 50.

I was fascinated to learn that this route is still considered the state's "most spectacular bike path." Knowing that course well, I was hooked by the book when I realized that it contained good, if brief, descriptions of that wonderful and famous route.

The book opens with a statewide map that locates the 34 paths that are described in the book, so you can see where each one is. Five are on Cape Cod, four in central Massachusetts, one each in Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and the bulk are in the greater Boston area. The Berkshires are bereft.

A lot of these paths follow old railroad lines, and extend for quite a distance. Others circulate within a state park. Some local bike paths are included. The MDC reservations in Boston provide many wonderful routes. My older son favors the long-distance routes on the reservations, and he frequently takes the routes along the Charles River on his in-line skates. One of the joys of these paths throughout the state are the views that are unavailable from other sites.

The book describes the laws about bike riding and the rules of the road on the paths. Children under 12 must wear a helmet, and those under 1 are not permitted on bikes. On a bike path, you need to remember to stay on the right except to pass. When you pass on the left, you need to make an audible sound to alert the person ahead. Also, these are not places for fast bike riding or in-line skating. You need to go to closed courses for those purposes. These paths are for recreation by large numbers of people.

Each path contains information about its length, the difficulty of the slopes, neighborhood you pass through, condition, background of its founding, rules and regulations, orientation of how to find the starting point, a detailed map, well detailed descriptioons of the trail segments, driving and parking directions, the names and relevant information about bike and skate shops that are local (including whether they rent bikes or not), sources of additional information, and a photo of the path.

Considering that some of these paths can be ridden in only a few minutes for one circuit, the material is quite extensive.

This is the revised and expanded second edition of this work. When the third edition comes out, I suggest that it include more specific information about the steepness of the most significant slopes, the elevation of the path, and how it is affected by the spring snow melt. If you are like me, you'd like to get out of the house after this very snowy winter we've just had in Massachusetts.

I suggest that you expand the benefit from your travels by also getting a nature guide for whatever you like to observe, whether plants or animals. That will provide more interesting diversions while you bike. I also find it valuable to set my mind on some important question when I start the ride. Usually, I have many good answers by the time I finish, as well as a healthy feeling of having stretched my legs and lungs.

Get rolling!