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David Owen is on the staffs of both The New Yorker and Golf Digest. A frequent contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, and the author of nine previous books, he lives in Washington, Connecticut. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Obres de David Owen

My Usual Game (1995) 38 exemplars
The Complete Office Golf (1999) 24 exemplars

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Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Col·laborador — 706 exemplars
The Best American Travel Writing 2010 (2010) — Col·laborador — 100 exemplars
The Best American Sports Writing 2001 (2002) — Col·laborador — 48 exemplars
The Best American Sports Writing 2010 (2010) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars

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Wow what an amazing book.
If you live in the western United States this should be required reading.
Most of what people think and believe about water and it’s use in the west is wrong.
I love this book because the author didn’t just fill it with facts and lead the reader to incorrect conclusions as often happens, just to justify an agenda by the author.
In Where The Water Goes, the author traces the Colorado river from high atop the continental divide all the way to Mexico. Each chapter is dedicated to different sections of the river what other rivers feed into it and how the water is used.
The book tries to explain as clearly as possible
How water rights in the west are completely different than anywhere else.
The Law of The River what it is and what it means.
The Colorado River Compact, the upper and lower basins and states and what they are entitled to.
Where Mexico fits in.
How most of the water used in the Colorado front range originated in the other side of the continental divide and how it gets there.
One of the things I liked best is how the author broke down how there are no easy answers, to even what appear to be simple straight forward situations and questions.
This is a truly fascinating book!

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zmagic69 | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Mar 31, 2023 |
This book club choice was much more wide ranging than I expected and very interesting. I wish I had read the section on hearing aids when I was trying to get my Mom to try hearings aids and she complained that they were way too expensive. As usual, she was completely right! This was a really comprehensive look at the causes of hearing loss and wide variety of ways it is "treated" and so many other angles on hearing loss that I had only marginally considered. It was also well-written and engaging and had a nice balance of personal stories and research. I learned alot and enjoyed learning it!… (més)
 
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amyem58 | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Aug 4, 2022 |
Badly dated. Logical argument is somewhat fascinating.
 
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Bookjoy144 | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Mar 2, 2022 |
I listened to this on audiobook. It was genuinely interesting to hear about the way the river is used, especially since I get my water from it. I just wish the author would have resisted the urge to push an agenda and become politically partisan. It is clear that water problems will have to be solved with bipartisan cooperation and the book would have been better had the author given detailed descriptions of the problems and discussed the various proposed solutions and their issues, but not been so blatantly obvious about his political opinions, since that made me less open to his ideas.… (més)
 
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ComposingComposer | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jan 12, 2021 |

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