Recreation Book Club

Recreation Book Club Review: The Edible Front Yard

Now that we are in the dead of winter, it is time to start thinking spring. If you are like many gardeners, you are not spending your winter months pining away but planning. I find that now is the perfect time to start thinking of what I will plant, how the garden will come together and when I should be starting seedlings. With that in mind, it reviewed the book, "The Edible Front Yard." The book is not your typical raised bed kind of book but rather focuses on giving users the ability to build a garden that has curb appeal.

What's It About?

As a part of the recreation book club review, I decided to give this a chance. Never have I planted vegetables in my front yard (and interestingly, this is where the most space and light exist. In her book, the author, Ivette Soler offers a unique viewpoint about exactly that. The best placement for edibles is not hidden away but right in your gardens for all to see. The book offers some great information as well as useable plans for making edible plants not only attractive but also successful anywhere you want to put them. Read more about Recreation Book Club Review: The Edible Front Yard

Recreational Book Club Review: Start a Hobby that Pays

As the colder winter months approach, it may be time to look for new ways to devote you time. What about spending it doing new recreational activities in your home that could also help you to turn a profit? Read more about Recreational Book Club Review: Start a Hobby that Pays

Winter Camping Book Review: Recreation Outdoors Rules

When it comes to spending time doing something you love, do not let the winter months slow you down. Rather, check out a great recreation book like those about winter camping. Yes, it makes sense to test your skills and to push the limits outdoors and for any true camper, there is nothing better than enjoying nature at its most treacherous level. The book, NOLS Winter Camping, can help. Read more about Winter Camping Book Review: Recreation Outdoors Rules

Gardening Can Be Therapeutic

A great number of people feel limited by what they can do due to disabilities and limitations. However, this does not have to be the case. Rather, it can be more effective to simply find ways to reduce the overall problems or limitations through innovative methods. In short, you find new ways to do fun things. Horticulture, or gardening, is one such tool. Proven to improve overall mental health and to aid in physical fitness improvement, gardening can be one of the best ways to improve your quality of life.

Sports Collecting- How to Grow Your Passion

"In this particular industry, it is incredibly challenging to find rare pieces."

If sports collecting is your thing, or you wish it was, there are a number of guidebooks that can help you to grow this passion even farther. Sports collecting is one of the most common recreational hobbies today because it allows individuals who may no longer be tough enough to hit the court or to handle a few tackles to still experience their favorite sport up close. If you enjoy collecting baseball cards, sports memorabilia or you just love the thought of having a signed jersey, choose a few key books to help you along the way.

A great choice for those who want to build a successful sports collection is the book called, "Collecting Sports Legends: The Ultimate Hobby Guide." The book has received positive reviews on Amazon.com. This guidebook provides a comprehensive look at the sports in the country and helps individuals to learn how to find those treasured collectibles that make all of the difference. With this book, you can start from nowhere and build a successful future for yourself in collecting sports memorabilia.

Bust a Move: Dance Crazes Through the Ages [Paperback]

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Amazon is offering Bust a Move: Dance Crazes Through the Ages [Paperback] for only $3.22 with FREE shipping. This book makes me feel like I gotta dance! ISBN-10: 0061881805. Read more about Bust a Move: Dance Crazes Through the Ages [Paperback]

How Flowers Grow

If raising a little gardener is on your list of things to do in life, you might want to pick him or her up a book called How Flowers Grow from Usborne Books. Though this book may seem like a tiny volume at under 40 pages, don’t let that fool you. Like so many other books from the same publisher, it is full of full-color photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and information that’s perfect for introducing young children to the ins and outs of just what the title says—how flowers grow. Read more about How Flowers Grow

The Disinformation Book of Lists

Let me just preface this by saying I love this book. It’s my first book by the Disinformation folks, so I had no idea what to expect when I ordered it. I do love lists, however (can you tell?), and was very intrigued by the content the book’s synopsis claimed it would contain.

Once I received the book, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it was even better than promised.

The Disinformation Book of Lists by Russ Kick is a 288-page book filled with lists about all kinds of things that you would never learn in school. Some are quite scary. Some make your stomach turn. Some are just plain hilarious. Here are a few things you’ll learn if you read the book… Read more about The Disinformation Book of Lists

The Survivor’s Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life

Ben Sherwood knows survival. The L.A. Times writer and author of the Man Who Ate the 747 has interviewed people from all over the world to find out just how people survived the most harrowing experiences a human can endure—from the Holocaust to mountain lion attacks.

Sherwood uses two important questions to frame each worst-case scenario: What does it really take to survive a catastrophic event? and What kind of survivor are you? He highlights the different types of strategies people have used to survive through life’s toughest (and most bizarre) challenges but also stresses that it’s often pure gut instinct that helps many people make it through these ordeals alive. Read more about The Survivor’s Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life

Have Some Fun in the Dirt

Why are we always under the delusion that we have to have money—or to spend it—to realize our own happiness? It’s true that money might be able to relieve stress through paying off our bills and debt, buying things that make us more comfortable and perhaps even getting a massage now and then—but the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness has always held true for me.

Instead, I’ve always found happiness in gratitude, loving my family, and being in good health. If everyone you love is in decent health today, that’s cause enough to celebrate! The same goes for finding things to do. You always hear of people complaining of how bored they are and if they just had some money they could ease this boredom. Read more about Have Some Fun in the Dirt