The Code, Baseball’s Unwritten Rules and Its Ignore-at-Your-Own-Risk Code of Conduct by Ross Bernstein; 2008; Triumph Books, Chicago, IL; 240 pages; 978-1-60078-3; 2/8/09-2/11/09 Remember during the first OJ trial, when Marcia Clark or Johnny Cochran would ask for a sidebar, and they got to be a joke. Well that is what this book suffers from [...]
Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor; 2003; 373 pages; Atria Books, New York, NY; 0-7434-3675-X; 2/7/09-2/8/09 Secret Service Special Operative Scot Harvath is on the trail of the terrorist who killed his fellow agents in The Lions of Lucerne he stumbles across a new terrorist plot. Someone is trying to escalate the tensions between [...]
Rome 1960, The Olympics That Changed the World by David Maraniss; 2008; 478 pages; Simon & Schuster, New York, NY; 978-1-4165-3407-5; 1/31/09-2/7/09 Several classic heroes, an evil villian, the rich vs the poor, state sponsored athletes, athletes scrapping by, a few unknown pulling themselves into the spotlight, cold wars and racism all make for a [...]
