A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.
For thousands of years the pristine Great Lakes were separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the roaring Niagara Falls and from the Mississippi River basin by a “sub-continental divide.” Beginning in the late 1800s, these barriers were circumvented to attract oceangoing freighters from the Atlantic and to allow Chicago’s sewage to float out to the Mississippi. These were engineering marvels in their time―and the changes in Chicago arrested a deadly cycle of waterborne illnesses―but they have had horrendous unforeseen consequences. Egan provides a chilling account of how sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels and other invaders have made their way into the lakes, decimating native species and largely destroying the age-old ecosystem. And because the lakes are no longer isolated, the invaders now threaten water intake pipes, hydroelectric dams and other infrastructure across the country.
Egan also explores why outbreaks of toxic algae stemming from the overapplication of farm fertilizer have left massive biological “dead zones” that threaten the supply of fresh water. He examines fluctuations in the levels of the lakes caused by manmade climate change and overzealous dredging of shipping channels. And he reports on the chronic threats to siphon off Great Lakes water to slake drier regions of America or to be sold abroad.
In an age when dire problems like the Flint water crisis or the California drought bring ever more attention to the indispensability of safe, clean, easily available water, The Death and the Life of the Great Lakes is a powerful paean to what is arguably our most precious resource, an urgent examination of what threatens it and a convincing call to arms about the relatively simple things we need to do to protect it. 20 illustrations, maps

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

History

Egan, Dan

Americas

W.W.Norton&Company

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." ―Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come. 20 illustrations, maps

The foundation of the All-Terrain Skiing Guide is built on three concepts: The Four Golden Rules of Change- Skiers need to adapt to change in- Terrain, Speed, Conditions, Situations. The five All-Terrain Elements: Balance, Fluidity, Upper Body, Agility, Power. Practice right on the Slopes with the 19 weather proof "Charlift Cards" to make your learning experience easier.

All-Terrain Skiing

Sports & Outdoors

Winter Sports

World Leisure

Courage to Persevere is a true, heroic account of Bill Fallon's battle with a rare birth defect and his recovery. On November 29, 1990 Bill Fallon learned that he had two Arterial Venous Malformations while being checked for persistent headaches he had suffered since childhood. He was a successful real estate broker, professional skier and enjoyed all the creature comforts that accompany life in the fast lane. His material and physical world crashed around him and he had to undergo more than 50 hours of experimental brain surgery. He discovered strength in his family; and skiing provided the goal that helped him focus on recovery. This is a story about facing some of life's toughest challenges and finding a way to rebuild one's life--learning to walk, read and live again. It is a testament to mental focus, hard work and the strength that comes from close friends and family. Bill Fallon, one of America's most successful real estate dealmakers and a former professional ski racer, relates how a strong family and a focus on returning to skiing helped with his physical and psychological healing. With an introduction by Merv Griffin Thousands of people have serious surgery every year; this book is an inspirational tale that can help with any patient's recovery

Courage to Persevere

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Fallon, Bill

Alternative Medicine

The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it's also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and environmental journalism, Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Egan investigates the past, present, and future of what has been called "the oil of our time." The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. First discovered in a seventeenth-century alchemy lab in Hamburg, it soon became a highly sought-after resource. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan harrowingly reports, our overreliance on this vital crop nutrient is today causing toxic algae blooms and "dead zones" in waterways from the coasts of Florida to the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes and beyond. Egan also explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide--which risks rising conflict and even war. With The Devil's Element, Egan has written an essential and eye-opening account that urges us to pay attention to one of the most perilous but little-known environmental issues of our time.

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE NEW YORKER 
“Lively…and thought-provoking.” ―Robert W. Howarth, Science\nThe New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty―and now great peril―all over the world. 
Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and environmental journalism, Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Egan investigates the past, present, and future of what has been called “the oil of our time.” 
The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. First discovered in a seventeenth-century alchemy lab in Hamburg, it soon became a highly sought-after resource. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan harrowingly reports, our overreliance on this vital crop nutrient is today causing toxic algae blooms and “dead zones” in waterways from the coasts of Florida to the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes and beyond. Egan also explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide―which risks rising conflict and even war. 
With The Devil’s Element, Egan has written an essential and eye-opening account that urges us to pay attention to one of the most perilous but little-known environmental issues of our time.

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Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus, Dan Egan stares into the mouth of a storm on the tallest mountain on the European continent, a merciless mountain that claims more lives per year than Everest. In the belly of the beast, Egan takes stock of every moment that brought him here-the life of a Boston boy enthralled with self-determination and adventure. 
 Review \n"From humble Massachusetts hills to the jagged peaks of the Alps, from the looniness of skiing the Berlin Wall to a near-death disaster on Russia's Mount Elbrus, from the rise of hotdogging to the heights of cliff-jumping, Dan Egan has been at the forefront of the wild world of skiing. "White Haze" is a fascinating, rollicking, roller-coaster ride of a book, swinging from joy to heartbreak and back, with danger at every turn."\nMICHAEL FINKEL, 
Long-time ski journalist and New York Times best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods.\n"Rarely if ever has the ski bum life been told as authentically and honestly as in 
Thirty Years in a White Haze. Written with remarkable candor and introspection, the book is a chronicle of his nearly primal pursuit of skiing. From the tension of sibling rivalry to the realities of an athlete getting older, Dan Egan and Eric Wilbur have penned a fearless personal and cultural history of one of the most dynamic eras in skiing. Not only is it a must-read for fans of the sport--especially those whose jackets are patched with duct tape--it's a page-turning confessional of a career spent on multiple edges."\n- 
STEVE CASIMIRO, former Editor of 
Powder Magazine\n"Thirty Years in a White Haze is a new benchmark in the sports literature library... Egan's blunt, hard-won wisdom about the highs, lows, and sometimes personal costs of following your dreams provides a level of insight and humanity seldom found in the heights of the alpine world. This is a must-read account of a sport and a storied skier's intertwined history."\n- PETER KRAY, Author of American Snow and The God of Skiing \n"Dazzling! A fascinating read by one of the world's gutsiest adventurers... It's hard to tell what Dan Egan is better at--exploring the world's most fascinating and dangerous places or putting into words what his adventures mean to him and to the rest of us."\n- PATRICK CREADON, Award-Winning Filmmaker and Director, of SKI BUM: The Warren Miller Story\n"As a kid, I looked up to Dan Egan the pro skier, a pioneer of mind-blowing extreme skiing. As an adult, I looked up to Dan, the entrepreneur, turning his skiing passion into businesses. However, it wasn't until I read this book that I realized how crazy Dan's adventures actually were! If you ever dreamed of becoming a lifelong ski bum, this is your chance to make it happen without leaving your couch...These stories are told as if passed around the bar at the end of a ski day, backed by Dan's infectious sense of humor and first-hand perspective."\n- JASON LEVINTHAL, Entrepreneur and Founder of Line and J skis \nAbout the Author 
Dan Egan is a pioneer of extreme sports, world-renowned for his big mountain skiing on the international stage. He has appeared in more than a dozen Warren Miller ski films and is known for traveling to the most remote regions of the world to ski and chronicle the geopolitical landscape of the late 80s and 90s. In 2001, Powder Magazine named Dan Egan one of the most influential skiers of our time. He was inducted into the US Skiing & Snowboarding Hall of Fame in 2016. Dan Egan is also an award-winning film producer and has been nominated for three New England Emmy Awards and has won three NASJA Harold Hirsch Awards for excellence in journalism. Thirty Years in a White Haze is Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing. Eric Wilbur is a journalist who has been covering the New England sports, travel, and skiing scenes for nearly three decades. His written work has appeared in The Boston Glo

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing

Wilbur, Eric

Biographies

Degan Media, Inc

"Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus in 1990, I stared into the mouth of a storm on the tallest peak on the European continent, a merciless mountain that claims more lives per year than Everest. When I emerged from the white haze of that storm alive, after so many had perished, I had no idea how this event would impact the next 30 years of my life. 
"My brother John and I-known as the Egan Brothers-could be seen on the Discovery Channel, ESPN, and were featured in twelve Warren Miller Ski Films during the 1980s and 1990s. We found our place in history as storytellers and East Coast renegades of skiing, and were inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2017. 
"Thirty Years in a White Haze is a tale of trials, success, and loss told through worldwide adventure and the evolution of extreme skiing as thirty years of haze dissipates to clarity." 
-Dan Egan

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure  and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing

Biographies & Memoirs

Dan Egan's latest book and free app All-Terrain Skiing II condense Egan's 40 years of ski experience into an approachable guide to help skiers of all abilities take their skills to the next level. The app features video demonstrations and step-by-step instructions for 31 exercises so skiers can master their body mechanics and balance, from powder to ice and all the conditions and terrain in between. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, these resources will help skiers master the skiing mind, find expression in the mountains, and build confidence. App users can purchase the book All Terrain Skiing II for more detail and description and then carry the AST app to the hill to practice. All-Terrain Skiing II is an integrated, self-contained program for beginning, intermediate, and advanced skiers-in other words, anyone who wants to learn to ski better. Lessons are identified with international trail marking symbols: Green Circle for beginners, Blue Square for intermediate, and Black Diamond for expert. In the ATS app, drills are also categorized to help you organize your lessons for quick access. These drills help you make body alignments while in motion, which ultimately increases your efficiency of motion and allows you to ski longer and with more control. The goal is to develop a new awareness of your relationship to gravity in a variety of ski conditions; to dynamically orient and angulate your body to maximize your control and efficiency; and to achieve constant fluid motion. The goal of this program is for skiers to become aware of every aspect of their body positioning in order to expand where and how they ski the mountain. The app will be available for mobile download on both iOS and Androids as All Terrain Skiing (ATS).

All-Terrain Skiing II: Body Mechanics and Balance from Powder to Ice

All-Terrain Skiing II (ATS2) condenses extreme skiing pioneer Dan Egan’s 40 years of ski experience into an approachable guide to help skiers of all abilities take their skills to the next level. The book and app feature video demonstrations and step-by-step instructions for thirty-two exercises so skiers can master their body mechanics and balance while skiing powder, ice, and all the conditions and terrain in between. The All-Terrain Skiing II (ATS2) program includes a book (also available as an ebook) and a demonstrative app. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, these resources will help you master your skiing mind, find expression in the mountains, and build your confidence. All Terrain Skiing II readers can download the free app for quick in-pocket reference on the hill. 
All-Terrain Skiing II is an integrated, self-contained program for beginning, intermediate, and advanced skiers—in other words, anyone who wants to learn to ski better. Lessons are identified with international trail marking symbols: Green Circle for beginners, Blue Square for intermediate skiers, and Black Diamond for experts. In ATS2, drills are also categorized to help you organize your lessons for quick access. These drills help you make body alignments while in motion, which ultimately increases your efficiency of motion and allows you to ski longer and with more control. The goal is to develop a new awareness of your relationship to gravity in a variety of ski conditions; to dynamically orient and angulate your body to maximize your control and efficiency; and to achieve constant fluid motion. 
Skiing is not an intellectual activity; skiing is a simple physical activity based on good body position. Keep these four principles in mind, and you’ll soon be skiing better than ever: Good balance Powerful stance with shoulders square to the hill Eyes focused up or down the hill Proper hand position 
The goal of this program is for you to become aware of every aspect of your body positioning in order to expand where and how you ski the mountain. The drills are designed to take your mind off performance and focus your body energy on the task at hand. By removing the projected outcome, we can zero in on how to react in each moment to the changing situations, terrain, and conditions. This will enhance our performance overall. 
Every skier should begin with Balance before progressing to Upper Body, Power, Fluidity, and then Agility. Assess your skills and your skill level, then work on mastering one set of drills at a time. Each drill complements every other drill, building competence. Even if some of the drills seem silly or simple at first, as you practice, you’ll see how they progressively require more energy. And as your program builds, so will your confidence and your courage to try high-end maneuvers. 
About Dan Egan: 
Dan Egan is world-renowned for his big mountain skiing on the international stage. He has appeared in more than a dozen Warren Miller ski films and is known for traveling to the most remote regions of the world to ski. In 2001, Powder Magazine named him one of the most influential skiers of our time, and in 2016 he was inducted into the US Skiing & Snowboarding Hall of Fame. Egan guides people of all ages and abilities in all types of terrain from Big Sky, Montana to the slopes of Val D Isere, France, and beyond with his coaching company SkiClinics. For more than 30 years, Dan Egan has inspired and taught generations of skiers with his unparalleled insight, knowledge, and approach. 
Contact: 
Website: https://www.skiclinics.com/ 
Instagram: @danskiegan 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanEganSkiing

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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

All-Terrain Skiing

Courage to Persevere

The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing

All-Terrain Skiing II: Body Mechanics and Balance from Powder to Ice

All-Terrain Skiing II: Body Mechanics and Balance from Powder to Ice

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure  and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing