Best of Outside : The First 20 Years by Outside Magazine Editors (1998, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375703136
ISBN-139780375703133
eBay Product ID (ePID)555472

Product Key Features

Book TitleBest of Outside : the First 20 Years
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSpecial Interest / Adventure, Outdoor Skills, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year1998
GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation
AuthorOutside Magazine Editors
Book SeriesVintage Departures Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight11 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-231778
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Throughout...[the book], we are forced to focus upon the moment and the way it's constantly moving away from us. The result is a tantalizingly transient piece of Americana and, in fact, the world". --San Francisco Examiner "An engagingly satisfying, thoughtful melange for all who ponder life beyond the confines of home and health." --Alice Joyce, Booklist From the Hardcover edition., "Throughout...[the book], we are forced to focus upon the moment and the way it's constantly moving away from us. The result is a tantalizingly transient piece of Americana and, in fact, the world". -- San Francisco Examiner "An engagingly satisfying, thoughtful melange for all who ponder life beyond the confines of home and health." --Alice Joyce, Booklist From the Hardcover edition., "Throughout...[the book], we are forced to focus upon the moment and the way it's constantly moving away from us. The result is a tantalizingly transient piece of Americana and, in fact, the world". -- San Francisco Examiner "An engagingly satisfying, thoughtful melange for all who ponder life beyond the confines of home and health." --Alice Joyce, Booklist
Dewey Decimal796.5
SynopsisThe man-eating proclivities of Komodo dragons.The complicated art of being a cowgirl. A picaresque ramble with a merry band of tree-cleaners.The big-wave crusaders of the world's best surfers.For the past twenty years, Outside magazine has set the standard for original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment. Along the way, many of America'sbest journalists and storytellers--including such writers as Jon Krakauer, Tim Cahill, E. Annie Proulx, Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, David Quammen, and Jane Smiley--have made the magazine a venue for some of their most compelling work. The Best of Outside represents the finest the award-winning magazine has to offer- thirty stories that range from high action to high comedy.Whether it's Jonathan Raban sailing the open sea, Susan Orlean celebrating Spain's first female bullfighter, or Jim Harrison taking the wheel on a cross-country road trip, each piece can be characterized in a word- unforgettable.Commemorating Outside magazine's twentieth anniversary, The Best of Outside is one of the most entertaining and provocative anthologies of the decade., The man-eating proclivities of Komodo dragons. The complicated art of being a cowgirl. A picaresque ramble with a merry band of tree-cleaners. The big-wave crusaders of the world's best surfers. For the past twenty years, Outside magazine has set the standard for original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment. Along the way, many of America's best journalists and storytellers--including such writers as Jon Krakauer, Tim Cahill, E. Annie Proulx, Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, David Quammen, and Jane Smiley--have made the magazine a venue for some of their most compelling work. The Best of Outside represents the finest the award-winning magazine has to offer: thirty stories that range from high action to high comedy. Whether it's Jonathan Raban sailing the open sea, Susan Orlean celebrating Spain's first female bullfighter, or Jim Harrison taking the wheel on a cross-country road trip, each piece can be characterized in a word: unforgettable. Commemorating Outside magazine's twentieth anniversary, The Best of Outside is one of the most entertaining and provocative anthologies of the decade.
LC Classification NumberGV191.6.B47 1998

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