(4) 4-6 Ultimate Sports Road Trips series. Following a rah-rah introduction about the featured sport, each entertaining, if superficial, volume highlights seven or eight stadiums or sites that would make great road trips for super-fans. The four- or six-page sections provide basic place facts (including name, location, date opened, capacity), overviews of the teams' or participants' histories, and captioned photos. A trip map is appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Ultimate Sports Road Trips titles: Ultimate NHL Road Trip, Ultimate Soccer Road Trip, Ultimate NBA Road Trip, Ultimate MLB Road Trip, Ultimate NASCAR Road Trip, Ultimate College Basketball Road Trip, Ultimate NFL Road Trip, and Ultimate College Football Road Trip.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Europe's Best Soccer Clubs series. These straightforward if cursory introductions to major European soccer clubs highlight the history and development of each team. The last two chapters of every title profile past and present stars and their contributions to that team's success. The well-designed layouts feature "Fast Fact" sidebars, sharp color and archival photographs depicting soccer game action and players, and a statistics page. There are four other fall 2017 books in this series. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Europe's Best Soccer Clubs titles: FC Barcelona, Juventus FC, FC Bayern Munich, and Chelsea FC.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Inside College Football series. This series introduces long-standing college football teams. Each volume begins with the team's recent National Championship then moves to the program's inception and its history, told mostly through the progression of coaches. Uninspired design and small font make for dull-looking packages, but archival photographs add interest. These will be appealing mostly to devout college football fans. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Inside College Football titles: LSU Tigers, Florida Gators, Auburn Tigers, and Alabama Crimson Tide.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan