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A Team to Believe In: Our Journey to the Super Bowl Championship
Tom Coughlin, Brian Curtis
Ballantine Books, 2008
Great sports book
Rather than get the DVDs, I decided to get this book for my wife (we're both Giants fans, but she bleeds blue). She couldn't put it down. I started reading it as well and it's great to get Tom's perspective on the ins and outs of an NFL season. Things that you don't ...
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins
Berkley Trade, 2001
It's Not About the Bike, it's about Living Strong!
The book begins: "I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour." When I first read those words, I found the book impossible to put ...
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Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
Jeffrey Marx
Simon & Schuster, 2004
As It Should Be
Inspiring. Wish it was required reading for every coach. The book describes the world of sports as it should be........encouraging!
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Puffin, 2009
This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and illustrations, as well as a special interview by Greg?s twelve-year-old daughter, Amira, who has ...
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Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom
Jerry Boykin
FaithWords, 2008
A great book!
Written by a man of faith, the book is an in-depth look at one of the most secretive, and effective units in the US Military.
A great book!
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Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
Tim Butcher
Grove Press, 2008
As good as the best suspense novel -- but it's non-fiction...
"In August 2004 I booked a flight from Johannesburg to the Congo, wrote my first will and kissed Jane goodbye."
On that note, Daily Telegraph reporter Tim Butcher set off on what can only be described as one of the most quixotic expeditions imaginable. In the early ...
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Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self
Joyce Rupp
Sorin Books, 2008
Open the Door by Joyce Rupp
I am using this book with a group of 8 women. They pray with the material and then we meet once a week to discuss it and use the group sharing ideas in the back of the book. Would highly recommend it.
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Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression
James S. Gordon M.D.
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
I loved this book
Having been through a depression or two myself, and having had limited results with medication, I love the way this book approaches the subject. I think our society just relies too heavily on medication for an illness that goes so much further beyond creating a cure ...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
Vintage, 1998
A classic
I read this first in college, and then again recently. It's still just as funny and wonderful as ever.
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A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce
Alec Baldwin
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Sad Experience, Good Advice
While Alec Baldwin and I are diametrically opposed politically, we are unfortunately completely aligned in our experience of an outrageously expensive divorce and custody battle (both of us have spent well over a million dollars fighting for our "rights" to be a ...
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Long Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa
Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
Atria, 2008
A travel story
A travel story. Short on drama and suspense but a lot of description of lands and peoples. Little talk about motorcycles even though they had some difficulties that could have added some interest. I enjoyed it for what it is.
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Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
Mariner Books, 1980
A Supplement and an Obituary
"Homage to Catalonia" has long passed from the shelf for current events to the shelf of primary historical sources. No one can study the Spanish Civil War without encountering it. On that basis, it's a five-star book; all primary sources should get five stars. As a ...
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Collage Journeys: A Practical Guide to Creating Personal Artwork
Jane Davies
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Motivating
I have most every collage book out and this by far is one of the very best to come along. Jane organizes her information in a very usable way. Her own art work and that of a few others is fresh and what a nice thing to not see the same old. After feeling stuck in my ...
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We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
Harper, 2008
Excellent Companion Book - Different from Many "War" Books
-This book is very different from "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young" and in doing so is an excellent companion book to it. "We Were Soldiers Once..." is an amazing narrative on the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley and manages to fit a ton of details into a compelling ...
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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
Josh Waitzkin
Free Press, 2008
A Master of "Mastery Learning"
In the subtitle of "The Art of Learning," Josh Waitzkin aptly describes his book as "An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance." It is about his own life's learning processes developed during the mastery of two disciplines. One is intellectual: chess. The other is ...
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