Newly revised guide to the best paddling trips in Iowa, contains trip ideas, and environmental, geological, and historic points of interest.

Iowa is a verdant land of sinuous streams snaking between the continent's two greatest rivers. Since 2004, this book has helped thousands of new and seasoned paddlers discover new waters, plan trips, avoid hazards, understand fluctuating water levels, navigate shuttles on roads and trails, and find rental boats. Maps and narrative are accurate, and you'll find stories that enrich your understanding of Iowa's rivers. Discover Iowa's rivers, and you are guaranteed to look at Iowa in a whole new light!

Paddling Southern Wisconsin will guide you down some of the state's most alluring rivers, immersing you in its shifting landscape and infinite beauty.

Become a football trivia expert with these tough questions! The Ultimate Football Trivia Book tests and expands your knowledge on the sport of football—covering players’ careers from Draft Day to the rookie season, the Pro Bowl, and beyond! In this collection of six hundred questions, seasoned football writer Chris Price tests your level of expertise on all things football. Some of the many questions that Price poses include: Who was the last player to collect an MVP and Super Bowl trophy in the same season? (Kurt Warner) Which rookie running back set the NFL record for most rushing yards in a season? (Eric Dickerson) Who is the only quarterback in the top 10 in career playoff passing yards NOT to win a Super Bowl? (Dan Marino) What 2010 Pro Bowl quarterback never started a game in college? (Matt Cassel) Football stars and coaches past and present are represented, from Johnny Unitas to Peyton Manning, Randy Moss to Tom Brady, Bart Starr to Aaron Rodgers, Bill Parcells to Bill Belichick and everyone in between. The Ultimate Football Trivia Book is the definitive test for knowledgeable football fans!

Next Level Knifemaking is a collection of essays written by 17 industry experts that cover a range of topics that both novice and expert alike will benefit from when asking the question, "What can I do to take myself to the next level?" With chapters on art, heat treating, selecting machinery, marketing your knives, photography, business development, knifemaking tools, and much more. Next Level Knifemaking provides you with expert guidance that will to help you reach the next level in your pursuit of the knifemaking craft. Essay Contributing authors include: Salem Straub, Tracy Mickley, Geoff Keyes, Larrin Thomas, Brad Stallsmith, Dave Ferry, Tom Lewis, Bob Ohlemann, Mark Bartlett, Ed Braun, Lin Rhea, Erin Healy, Dustin Rhodes, Joshua Swanagon, Jim Cooper, Ed Caffrey, John Gulso, Shanna Jantz-Kemp, and Nathan Carothers.

Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch’s riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch’s work for the first time, featuring 20 of his favorites from the more than 2,000 pieces he has published in the paper. Branch is renowned for covering the offbeat in the sporting world, from alligator hunting to wingsuit flying. Sidecountry features such classic Branch pieces, including “Snow Fall,” about downhill skiers caught in an avalanche in Washington state, and “Dawn Wall,” about rock climbers trying to scale Yosemite’s famed El Capitan. In other articles, Branch introduces people whose dedication and decency transcend their sporting lives, including a revered football coach rebuilding his tornado-devastated town in Iowa and a girls’ basketball team in Tennessee that plays on despite never winning a game. The book culminates with his moving personal pieces, including “Children of the Cube,” about the surprising drama of Rubik’s Cube competitions as seen through the eyes of Branch’s own sports-hating son, and “The Girl in the No. 8 Jersey,” about a mother killed in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting whose daughter happens to play on Branch’s daughter’s soccer team. John Branch has been hailed for writing “American portraiture at its best” (Susan Orlean) and for covering sports “the way Lyle Lovett writes country music—a fresh turn on a time-honored pleasure” (Nicholas Dawidoff). Sidecountry is the work of a master reporter at the top of his game.