Read in the race hotel…

  Been killing some books in my downtime lately…Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman.  Why were are soon to be, if not already, screwed over by global warming, globalization, and overpopulation.  And what we need to do about it on a local and global level.  Good read.                   In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan.  How the industrialization and marketing of the food industry has drastically changed our diet                             The Ethics of What We Eat, Peter Singer  Makes you want to be a vegetarian.  For a minute… ha ha.                           The Race of My Life, Hermann MaierChampion ski racer Hermann Maier and his comeback to the top of the sport again after a vicious motorcycle accident almost ripped his leg off.                             Skiing Zen, Rick Phipps. This guy goes to Japan to find “enlightenment” and Zen through the sport of skiing .                                  The Edge of Never, Bill Kerig. The culture of extreme skiing.                                         Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold.  ” A classic statement of the joy and beauty found in a style of life that protects the environment.”