Walter Mandela Lomax served 39 years in the now-closed, violent Maryland State Penitentiary (nicknamed 'The Cut') for a crime he did not commit. Lomax wrote extensively poet ry, fiction, essays and eventually became the editor of the prison's monthly magazine, The Conqueror. Collecting several of Lomax's essays from his seven-year editorship Monster in the Maryland State Penitentiary, his earliest (1972) extant work, a number of short essays ...

Donnellan, a.k.a. "The Fabulous Sports Babe, " host of the #1 nationally syndicated sports radio talk show, offers her unsolicited opinions on such topics as O.J. ...

I can honestly say, " Jim Byford tells us, "I've never met a piece of land I didn't like." In these engaging essays -- drawn from a lifetime of observation and enjoyment of the earth's natural bounty -- Byford shares with us his love of the land. He reminds us of our dependence on the land, how we have drifted away from it, and our need to re-connect to it.<P>Byford opens by entreating us to slow down, to savor and respect the land, and to ...

In 1974 Wallace Kaufman, following the romantic vision of a simpler life in harmony with nature he first glimpsed in Thoreau's Walden, moved on to his own land by a small stream in the North Carolina woods. Now, twenty-five years later, he emerges to tell a tale somewhat different from Thoreau's -- an entertaining, moving, and distinctly late-twentieth-century story of a life lived in the wild as landowner, environmentally conscious developer, ...

The eighth edition of this acclaimed series offers a showcase for contemporary nature writing at the start of the new millennium. With subjects as diverse as the far-flung locations they describe, the twenty writers featured here share one defining objective: to show us that we need only look outdoors to find something worthy of our attention.<P>In these pages, readers encounter a profusion of natural settings: <P>-- Larry Glass ...

"On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always morning", Thoreau wrote. J. Parker Huber is along for the climb, comparing what Thoreau saw in his era to what we can see today. Part of "The Spirit of Thoreau Series". 20-30 drawings by Thoreau. ...

Portions of the proceeds from "Body will be donated to Charity ...

After observing the sexual strategies of garden flowers and insects in Love in the Garden, Jean-Pierre Otte turns his attention to the intimate lives of the creatures he finds at the seashore. He arrives at the shore with a heightened awareness of every dank odor, the rustle of water, and the changing light of the vast sky. Thrusting his hands into a transparent tidal pool, he is off on another round of observations.<P>His interest is very ...

If you have ever lifted a stick, booted a ball, teed it up, or roared the favorite home, you're bound to enjoy Playing the Field. Eleven fine Irish novelists, poets, and other literary types have teamed up in a collection of all new, winningly written, witty and often humorous, highly individual views of the wide world of sports. If you want to know why soccer is better than sex, Joseph O'Connor explains it to you. From Ulick O'Connor's ...

In this remarkable collection of essays and stories, Jerry Dennis demonstrates why he has emerged as one of America's finest writers on nature and the outdoors, drawing such comparisons as John Voelker, Sigurd Olson, and Aldo Leopold. Ranging from northern Michigan to Iceland, Chile, and the fabled rivers of the American West, Dennis explores and celebrates the simple pleasures (and complex challenges) of famiily life, the allure of giant trout, ...