Tracks Books

A must read for any Coe fan, or those interested in the history of the sport. An intelligent look at track in the early 80s by one of the greats; this book is about the events and the sport, not ego.

This is an excellent, inspirational book for anybody considering getting into running or even for established runners looking for guidance - it covers the complete range from complete beginner to serious athlete. There is sensible, non technical information on health diet, clothing, competing (or not) track running, road running, cross country, marathon as well as a variety of running programmes you can follow. At time of writing, I have been running for 7 months (to get fit) and regularly re-read parts of this book. The book ensures that you avoid "pitfalls" and helps you to make genuine progress. It is one of the best presents my wife has bought me this year.

This book is great if you're looking for detailed workouts overa whole season of training. It really takes the guess work out oftrying to figure out what workouts to do when. Excellent info for all runners up to elite levels. Well detailed...

This book offers comprehensive running information but on the other hand, it offers nothing new. Most runners who've read tons of books already know all the stuff presented in this book. It's a collection of training advice from different experts on the subject.

However, this is book is a very good totality and I personally like the writing style in this book than the writing style of Noakes in the Lore of Running.

Expirienced runners don't necessarily need this book but if you are looking for a "all-in-one" book, this might be your choice.

Quintessential Lydiard. A must have for any serious runner or coach. Great principles that are the backbone to many running programs.

I waited for nearly 10 months before Amazon got this book in stock. It was definitely worth the wait! It contains sheet music for all of the songs from Sakura Taisen 1 except Hanasaku Otome (which is, for some reason, only in the Sakura Taisen 2 sheet music book) and Ai Yueni. A friend of mine, who is far superior in piano skill than I, played some of the music for me. It sounds soooooo good... the arrangements are excellent. The only problem with the book is that it doesn't include the lyrics for the songs that have them, but you can find the lyrics on the Web.

I found this book to be informative and very user friendly, especially since it is hand held size, making easy to take into the field. Halfpenny also gives accurate measurements of track size and gait patterns for each species and a brief description of the animals. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on the scat of each species with very detail drawings. There is also a section on the tracks of various bird species. a must for everyone interested in tracking in the southwest.

Reading other books on the subject, I'm often left with the feeling that the author is a regular patron at the track and knows his horses. However, I don't usually get the feeling that their system is anything more than a series of hunches. Cohen and his co-author look at things from a different angle. While their book came out in the 60's as I recall, many of their ideas show up on today's websites and in handicapping texts from the 90's. Such concepts as a statistical system to compare performances from various tracks are widely used in today's handicapping systems. There may be easier, less time-consuming ways to evaluate the races, but I've yet to find one that gives the user such a feeling of involvement. By making a few calculations and looking for common patterns the reader becomes much more involved in the selections than just spitting numbers into software and having the "winner" be generated. I've used their system for recreational handicapping for 7 years or so, and I rarely lose. I may not go home having doubled my money, but I usually show a profit, and have a lot of fun doing it!

Psillos defends scientific realism along naturalistic lines against many positivist and post-positivist empiricist challenges, e.g as articulated by Duhem, Carnap, Laudan, Worrall, van Fraassen, and Fine. His command of empiricist philosophy is impressive (at least to me) and renders this book an excellent introduction to the current debate. Constructivism, however, is not treated here. The arguments are detailed and plausible and can be reconstructed by philosophically oriented scientists. The focus is on the physical sciences, and I wonder whether Psillos' conception of natural kinds would be all that successful in biological, historical, or social sciences. Nevertheless, the amount of synthesis of arguments in this book makes it a very valuable resource.

I love Scooby and this album. Having all the theme songs is great and I have gotten adicted to "Pretty Mary Sunshine". Keep rocking Scooby-Doo!