RichardCYoung.com » Essential Reading http://www.richardcyoung.com The Insight and Incite Site Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:14:13 +0000 en hourly 1 Grit Magazine http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/grit-magazine/ http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/grit-magazine/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:06:23 +0000 Richard C. Young http://www.richardcyoung.com/?p=2837 GRIT is a bi-monthly magazine distributed throughout the United States and Canada that celebrates country lifestyles of all kinds, while emphasizing the importance of community and stewardship. As North America’s premier rural lifestyle title, GRIT publishes feature-length articles on a broad range of topics that appeal to those already living in the country and those who aspire to get there. Grit readers are well-educated, successful and choose to live on the land for many reasons. Most do not depend on their soil for significant income – some choose not to work their land (in the conventional sense) at all. But all share an appreciation for life out where the pavement ends.

GRIT offers practical advice, product reviews, livestock guides, gardening, cooking and other do-it-yourself information, humor and the inspirational stories of folks who moved to the country and love it. Each issue covers topics related to country living, land management, wildlife, gardening, livestock or pets, skills and techniques, seasonal food, community, machinery or tools, and lifestyle events.

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A progressive company in a reactionary time, King was led by an interracial creative and executive staff that redefined the face and voice of American music as well as the way it was recorded and sold. Drawing on personal interviews, research in newspapers and periodicals, and deep access to the King archives, Jon Hartley Fox weaves together the elements of King’s success, focusing on the dynamic personalities of the artists, producers, and key executives such as Syd Nathan, Henry Glover, and Ralph Bass. The book also includes a foreword by legendary guitarist, singer, and songwriter Dave Alvin.

Author Jon Hartley Fox
Hardcover: 280 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition (September 8, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0252034686
ISBN-13: 978-0252034688

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]]> http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/king-of-the-queen-city-the-story-of-king-records/feed/ 0 The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Manhood http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-ultimate-mans-survival-guide-rediscovering-the-lost-art-of-manhood/ http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-ultimate-mans-survival-guide-rediscovering-the-lost-art-of-manhood/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 18:52:42 +0000 Richard C. Young http://www.richardcyoung.com/?p=2685 The Upper East Side metrosexual may be good at cocktail chat, but a real man knows how to fight off alligators, create a tourniquet out of a t-shirt, and rescue a drowning person. Frank Miniter’s The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide shows men how to do all of these and more, including:

-how to fight off a bear
-how to set a dislocated joint
-how to pick the perfect cigar and bottle of wine

Presented in seven sections–survivor, provider, athlete, hero, romantic, cultured man, and philosopher–Miniter teaches guys the skills, attitudes, and philosophies they need to be the ultimate man. Clearly written and packed with real-life anecdotes, as well as line-drawings and how-to illustrations, The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide teaches men that any guy can be the ultimate man whether he is rescuing a lost hiker, plucking a child from a swift stream, or standing up against injustice.
Author: Frank Miniter
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Regnery Press (April 14, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596985704
ISBN-13: 978-1596985704

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Author: Gene Logsdon
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Chelsea Green (May 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0930031741
ISBN-13: 978-0930031749

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]]> http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-contrary-farmer/feed/ 0 The Milk Book: The Milk of Human Kindness Is Not Pasteurized http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-milk-book-the-milk-of-human-kindness-is-not-pasteurized/ http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-milk-book-the-milk-of-human-kindness-is-not-pasteurized/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 18:58:53 +0000 Richard C. Young http://www.richardcyoung.com/?p=2532 The Milk Book – How Science Is Destroying Nature’s Neatly Perfect Food. Children are denied whole milk because pediatricians are obsessed with the cholesterol myth. These same gutless wonders don’t say anything about children drinking half-a-dozen bottles of Coca-Cola a day, stating before breakfast! But kids can’t get a decent glass of milk. Adding vitamin D to milk is a risky business. The New England Journal of Medicine reported many cases of vitamin D intoxication resulting from excessive fortification of commercial milk. Today, you can’t get a decent glass of milk. Even if you buy whole milk, thinking it is better than that sickly blue stuff called skim, you can’t win, because all of the commercial milk is homogenized. I am convinced that homogenization is even more detrimental to the nutritional quality of milk than the heat processing called pasteurization.

Author Dr. William Campbell Douglass II, MD
Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: Rhino Publishing, S.A. (March 9, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 996263654X
ISBN-13: 978-9962636540

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Author Bruce Fife
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Avery Trade; 4 edition (September 9, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1583332049
ISBN-13: 978-1583332047

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]]> http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-coconut-oil-miracle/feed/ 0 The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-constitution-in-exile-how-the-federal-government-has-seized-power-by-rewriting-the-supreme-law-of-the-land/ http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-constitution-in-exile-how-the-federal-government-has-seized-power-by-rewriting-the-supreme-law-of-the-land/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:58:39 +0000 Richard C. Young http://www.richardcyoung.com/?p=2324 Napolitano, New Jersey Superior Court Judge and analyst for Fox News, explains how the federal government has manipulated the Constitution to take power from the states and the people. Written for a general audience, Napolitano’s book also includes a brief history of the founding of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution and an explanation of relevant legal precedents. Napolitano’s nonpartisan apprehension toward a strong central government is clear as he takes issue with both Democratic and Republican legislative initiatives, including the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992, the Patriot Act, attempted FCC regulation of HDTV sets and the retention of Yasser Hamdi and Jose Padilla. However, the book is disappointingly sparse on ways to fix the problems he decries; after 240 pages of citing issue after shortcoming after perversion of founding fathers’ intents, he hurries through a six point plan (in just over a page) that involves rewriting the Constitution so the preamble begins “We the States,” abolishing the popular election of senators and allowing states to secede from the union and enjoy territory status sans “a federal boot on their throats.” His conversational tone and historical perspective make his argument accessible to general readers who are interested in current events but turned off by wonky pundits. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Author: Andrew P. Napolitano
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 20, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595550704
ASIN: B002N2XHWG

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Author: Clayton E. Cramer
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (August 25, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595552847
ISBN-13: 978-1595552846

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]]> http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/armed-america-the-remarkable-story-of-how-and-why-guns-became-as-american-as-apple-pie/feed/ 0 The Bill James Handbook 2010 http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-bill-james-handbook-2010/ http://www.richardcyoung.com/lifestyle/essential-reading/the-bill-james-handbook-2010/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:58:14 +0000 Richard C. Young http://www.richardcyoung.com/?p=2278 Every year, thousands of avid baseball fans eagerly await The Bill James Handbook the best and most complete annual baseball guide available. Full of exclusive stats, this book is the most comprehensive resource of every hit, pitch and catch in Major League Baseball’s 2009 season.

Author: Bill James
Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: ACTA Publications (November 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0879464070
ISBN-13: 978-0879464073

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Author: Tommy James
Contributor: Martin Fitzpatrick
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Scribner (February 16, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439128650
ISBN-13: 978-1439128657

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