Best Boise Idaho Travel Books
The 17 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please. Look inside for: • Thirty-minute outings to half-day adventures. • Hikes for everyone, including families. • Mile-by-mile directions and clear trail maps. • Trail Finder for best hikes for river lovers, lake lovers, children, dogs, history buffs, or great views. • GPS coordinates.
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Find Best Price at Amazon": Although the book and the posted signs say that dogs must be leashed or within voice control on particular trails, this is a growing problem in Boise."
"Boise has more to offer than just the best college football team in the country; it has outdoor recreation that few urban areas can match, beginning with a green belt system along the entire Boise River. Like other books in this series, this title features detailed directions to trailheads, careful route descriptions with regular point by point trail features to keep you on route. Like all recent Falcon guidebooks, this features GPS coordinates as well and the classic sketch maps continue to be accurate."
"This is a very comprehensive book, great for a beginner hiker or someone new to the Boise area."
"I thought the book would be in color."
"Nice compact guide for the Boise trail areas."
"On time and a good book for planning hikes."
"Not what I thought and I live an hour a way from Boise."
"This book was really cheap, but it also barely has any good hikes in it."
We meet his mother, Hazel, a model of western respectability, who carefully dresses in her finest clothes before walking into a bar and emptying a loaded handgun in the general direction of her husband. We follow his grandmother, Charlotte, as she grows from a live-in servant girl to a fiddle-playing schoolteacher who burns through two marriages before taking up with the iceman. “Shelton is, above all, a poet whose keen observations and eloquent words explore the heart’s twisted paths in ways that speak volumes about the western experience, blood ties, and the power of forgiveness.”— Journal of Arizona History. But there is also the miracle of close observation, of tender feelings, and the poet who grew like an odd flower between the cracks.”—Michael Hogan, Emeritus Humanities Chair, American School Foundation of Guadalajara. “ Nobody Rich or Famous is a beautiful testament to the power of Richard Shelton’s gifts as a writer and human being.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I appreciate Richard Shelton's account of his family and will always remember this book as one of the best I've ever read."
"In spite of their often dysfunctional relationships and behaviors we learn each member of the family also had positive, even likable attributes."
"Richard Shelton is more than just a gifted writer."
"Such a well-written, poignant book."
"It's an unvarnished look at a complicated and fascinating American family."
"A fascinating read of a family with flaws, but with enough love to carry them through."
"my wife learned alot about her relatives."
"Best book I read, all year."
We meet his mother, Hazel, a model of western respectability, who carefully dresses in her finest clothes before walking into a bar and emptying a loaded handgun in the general direction of her husband. We follow his grandmother, Charlotte, as she grows from a live-in servant girl to a fiddle-playing schoolteacher who burns through two marriages before taking up with the iceman. “Shelton is, above all, a poet whose keen observations and eloquent words explore the heart’s twisted paths in ways that speak volumes about the western experience, blood ties, and the power of forgiveness.”— Journal of Arizona History. But there is also the miracle of close observation, of tender feelings, and the poet who grew like an odd flower between the cracks.”—Michael Hogan, Emeritus Humanities Chair, American School Foundation of Guadalajara. “ Nobody Rich or Famous is a beautiful testament to the power of Richard Shelton’s gifts as a writer and human being.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I appreciate Richard Shelton's account of his family and will always remember this book as one of the best I've ever read."
"In spite of their often dysfunctional relationships and behaviors we learn each member of the family also had positive, even likable attributes."
"Richard Shelton is more than just a gifted writer."
"Such a well-written, poignant book."
"It's an unvarnished look at a complicated and fascinating American family."
"A fascinating read of a family with flaws, but with enough love to carry them through."
"my wife learned alot about her relatives."
"Best book I read, all year."
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In her new book Rusch to Glory: Adventure, Risk & Triumph on the Path Less Traveled , Rusch weaves her fascinating life's story among the exotic locales and extreme conditions that forged an extraordinary athlete from ordinary roots. Rusch has run the gauntlet of endurance sports over her career as a professional athlete-- climbing, adventure racing, whitewater rafting, cross-country skiing, and mountain biking--racking up world championships along the way. “ Rusch to Glory tells the story of Rebecca Rusch, a 38-year-old whose sporting career has had more twists and turns than the singletrack upon which she currently dominates the sport of ultra-endurance mountain biking. “ Rusch to Glory is an easy read about the rise of Rebecca Rusch from an average Chicago kid to one of the best known female cyclists in the country and the determination it took to get there.” ― Outside. “Rebecca Rusch turned to the bike to cement her position as one of the best endurance athletes in the world.” ― VeloNews. “You name it, Rebecca Rusch has tried it―get inspired by her adventures mountain biking, white-water rafting and climbing in exotic locations around the world.” ― Triathlete.com. “Written by multi-world and national champion mountain bike racer Rebecca Rusch (with Bicycling’s Selene Yeager), Rusch to Glory contains plenty of tales of riding and racing. “You name it, Rebecca Rusch has tried it―get inspired by her adventures mountain biking, white-water rafting and climbing in exotic locations around the world.” ― Triathlete magazine. “Rebecca Rusch of Ketchum is among the best endurance athletes on the planet, and how that happened is a fascinating story and a great read. She got a taste for adventure as a rock climber, then spun that into an adventure racer and mountain bike racing with lots of detours on the route to becoming a world champion. “Rebecca Rusch [was] not just one of the top female racers out there, she [was] flat-out one of the best all-around [adventure] racers of either sex.” ― Jacques Boutet, professional adventure racer.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Rebecca Rusch is a world-class endurance athlete who reached that status by facing her fears, taking calculated risks, working hard and not giving up. She is honest about the issues she has struggled with, which include an eating disorder and the death of her father in the Vietnam War. I've put sticky notes in the book so I can quickly find helpful passages when my running isn't going well or I need a boost."
"As opposed to Jens Voigt's autobiography, which was my first attempt at a cycling based book, this book is written in a smooth,professional style."
"This is certainly not a 'Christian' book - but it is a great book about a wonderful young woman (young to me:) who doesn't give up - who is a model of the word persevere and who is giving back to her community and to many others (including me) who want to live life to the end with purpose."
"I am an active 46 year old mom who loves to try all sorts of athletic activities, including mountain biking (which I find few women on the trails). Now I know where to look for some fellow biking women."
"If you want to read about someone who is a go-getter and truly lives life to the fullest read this book!"
"She was the featured speaker at a Women's Intersport Network Awards Luncheon in Columbia, Missouri."
"Ms Rusch is a true champion athlete that comes across real and approachable."
"Amazing, that's what this book is."