Deep Storm by Lincoln Child; 2007; Doubleday, New York, NY; 370 pages; 978-0-385-51550-4; 6/25-6/25 Beware of Spoilers Dr. Peter Crane, former Naval medical officer, is chosen to take in a highly classified operation miles beneath the ocean surface. He is told that the project is excavating a former civilization that disappeared a long time ago [...]
Moments in the Sun, Baseball’s Briefly Famous by Mark McGuire and Michael Sean Gormley; 1999; McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, NC; 239 pages; 0-7864-0549-X; 6/20-6/25 Disco Demolition Night, a World Series perfect game, a player killer by a pitch, a tater in play, a real player who became well known through a work of [...]
Good morning, I got up and walked this morning for the first time in a couple of months, I only went a mile, but it’s a start. I saw a cardiologist awhile back and she told me I needed to lose 130 pounds, so I am starting that journey. I must say that the world [...]
Freakonomics, A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner; 2005; William Morrow, New York, NY; 242 pages;0-06073132-X; 6/18-6/20 Parenting doesn’t matter as much as we think, abortion caused the decline in the birth, teachers cheat on student test, sumo wrestlers cheat, drug dealing is a pryamid [...]
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child; 2007; Warner Books, New York, NY; 388 pages; 978-0-446-58028-1; 6/17-6/18 After all the intense books that I have read lately I needed some escapist literature reading. I thought that Preston & Child could provide some escape since I have enjoyed some of their stuff before. [...]
