The Great Life: A Man's Guide to Sports, Skills, Fitness, and Serious Fun [Paperback]

Men's Journal (Author), Sid Evans (Contributor), Holly George-Warren (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

From the editors of Men's Journal comes a manual for the modern man who believes that life is, or should be, an adventure.

At once entertaining and comprehensive, this book covers Adventure, Competitive Sports, Fitness and Health, Women, Skills, and Vices, with over 150 essays offering the best advice and inspiration from the leading experts in their fields. From learning to skydive to tightening those abs to picking just the right wine--The Great Life is a smart, fast-paced, and user-friendly roadmap to life beyond work and money. Each section is enhanced with sidebars, photos, quotes, charts, quizzes, step-by-step instructions, and pithy cartoons.

The Great Life features some of the smartest and funniest writers to have picked up a pen, including P. J. O'Rourke, George Plimpton, Kurt Vonnegut, and Sebastian Junger, as well as seasoned Men's Journal journalists, such as Jim Thornton and Jim Harrison.

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About the Author

Men's Journal is one of the most successful men's magazines in the country and has received National Magazine awards in 1995 (for General Excellence) and in 1998 (for Personal Service).

Sid Evans is a deputy editor at Men's Journal and a veteran writer for Men's Journal, Sports Afield, and the Oxford American.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140296263
• ISBN-13: 978-0140296266
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,159,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fluff, August 9, 2002

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BRETT ROBSON (Tokyo) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Great Life: A Man's Guide to Sports, Skills, Fitness, and Serious Fun (Paperback)

This is a collection of very easy to read magazine articles.

Some of them are quite good but overall the standard isn't that high - it seems that P.J. O'Rouke's name is being used to sell this book, he is not a major contributor.

With some notable exceptions, there is isn't much depth to most of the articles although some are quite interesting. Most of it is just journalists writing for the sake of writing. Useful in a waiting room, or reading on short train/bus rides.

This book will leave you with a feeling of being unsatisfied.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PJ is great!, November 15, 2002

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D. Ofallon "book" (Kansas City,KA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Life: A Man's Guide to Sports, Skills, Fitness, and Serious Fun (Paperback)

I read PJ O'Rourke monthly column is the Atlantic and find them to be daring, outrageous and insightful. I started subscibing to the Atlanic knowing he would be in there every month. He tavelogues in the Middle East are extremely funny.