Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fitness Clinic

Mirkin, one of the most reliable and highly visible sports doctors in the U.S., scores another hit with this spinoff from his invaluable Sportsmedicine Book and Complete Book of Sportsmedicine for Women. Organized in question-and-answer format, the ""clinic'' is a topically arranged reference that the sports-and-fitness minded will want to keep handy for authoritative, easy-to-find guidance on matters ranging from general health care and nutrition to exercise techniques, muscle structure and sports-related injuries. Readers of Mirkin's New York Times syndicated pieces and columns in Runner's World and Sports Fitness will be pleased to find his crisp, information-packed journalistic style repeated here. (July)