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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Bill O'Reilly
Broadway, 2008
Entertaining recollections of early phone sex and saying "shut up".
O'Reilly candidly writes about the first time he phoned his beloved teacher, Sister Lurana, and made depraved sexual demands of her. Sister Lurana responded with a loud and angry "Shut up" repeated several times as O'Reilly joyfully continued his perverted sexual ...
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Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life
Tim Russert
Miramax, 2005
Wholesome Reading
A personal story of the relationship between a father and his son. This story personifies what a father/son relationship should be. The values of the father handed down to the son serve to bring that son into manhood and establish his outlook on life, his ethics and ...
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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
Helene Cooper
Simon & Schuster, 2008
The Africa Seldom Portrayed
This tender memoir shows us a side of society that exists in many African countries but is seldom portrayed--the upper middle class. I found it refreshing to read about the lives of Africans of means who aren't embezzlers and tin-pot dictators or blood-crazed war ...
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers
Vintage, 2001
Hyperboles Aside; Read It and See...
"Well they say its kind of frightening how this younger generation swings, You know its more than just some new sensation... At an early age he hits the streets, wind up tied with who he meets / You know its more than just an aggravation." --David Lee Roth, from Van ...
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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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Audition: A Memoir
Barbara Walters
Knopf, 2008
Hats Off to the Incredible Barbara Walters
In the Prologue of this fascinating memoir, Barbara Walters explains that one of her motivations for writing about her life was that young people starting out in television sometimes said to her: "I want to be you." Barbara's stock reply was: "Then you have to take the ...
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The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own
David Carr
Simon & Schuster, 2008
The Night of the Gun
I think this story is a good one about addiction. It doesn't tell all the seedy stuff that could have happened but it shows the life of an addict who is a pretty good guy with a pretty bad addiction. David Carr seems to have really looked at himself so that he could ...
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Dark Light (Ghost Hunters, Book 5)
Jayne Castle
Jove, 2008
Another Great Harmony Novel
Absolutely love the Harmony stories. Somehow, Jayne Castle manages to have fresh, interesting stories each time. Can't wait for the next Harmony story.
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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
Zondervan, 1998
A Journalist's Quest for the Truth
"In light of the convincing facts I had learned during my investigation, in the face of this overwhelming avalanche of evidence in the case for Christ, the great irony was this: it would require much more faith for me to maintain my atheism than to trust in Jesus of ...
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Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
Steven Watts
Wiley, 2008
From his spectacular launch of Playboy magazine to his recent television hit The Girls Next Door, Hugh Hefner has attracted public attention and controversy for decades. But how did a man who is at once socially astute and morally unconventional, part Bill Gates and part Casanova, also evolve into a figure at the forefront of cultural change? ...
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The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir
John Grogan
William Morrow, 2008
Wonderful....heartbreaking, funny and a lovely follow up to Marley & me
After reading Marley & Me...and seeing the unreleased copy of "The was Longest Trip Home"...I was ecstatic! I loved Marley & Me, it was so well written, I could only imagine how great this was going to be. I read this book in 1 day, I couldnt put it down....not only ...
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
Eric Weiner
Twelve, 2008
Excellent described International travel experiences.
Eric Weiner's book is great. It's interesting to read the cultural differences between people all over the world. The world might getting flat, our opinion about the basics of life is not equal at all. The highlights of the book are his stories about his experiences in ...
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
Vintage, 2007
"Let it go."
In "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion chronicles the death of her husband, author and screenwriter John Gregory Dunne. One evening, Dunne died of a severe heart attack while the couple ate dinner. The day had seemed like any other, aside from the fact that ...
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Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World
Sarah Vowell
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Funny, well-written, but a bit short...
I became a fan of Sarah Vowell after reading Assassination Vacation, and decided to go back and read her early works. Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World is very good although a bit short. It's also a bit dated, although that's entirely my fault for taking ...
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Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial ...
Jamie Whyte
McGraw-Hill, 2004
Excellent Book
After reading this book and then noticing some of the negative reviews, I was perplexed as to why. So I clicked on the lower reviews and noticed a common theme; they're all upset about Whyte's attempt to diminish Christianity and religion as a whole. So for readers who ...
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