Afield, Forty Years of Birding The American West by Alan Contreras; 2009; 144 pages; Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR; 978-0-87071-420-7; 6/9/09-6/11/09
I knew Alan Contreras in high school and he was big into birding.  This is a great memoir of 40 years of looking for birds from Missouri to Texas, Arizona, Oregon and the rest [...]

The Soldier’s Load and The Mobility of a Nation by Colonel S.L.A. Marshall; 1980; 120 pages; The Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA; Interlibrary Loan from the Foley Center, Gonzaga University; 6/6/09-6/9/09
Another book from the United States Marine Corps professional reading list.  In this essay originally written in 1950, Marshall voices the view that fatigue combines [...]