How to Cheat in Sports, Professional Tricks Exposed by Scott Ostler; 2008, 159 pages; Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA; 978-08118-5853-3; 6/11/09-6/12/09
Scott Ostler says that he interviewed multiple players in various professional leagues to find out how they cheated without getting caught. Several of the players are credited anonymously but several like World B. Free, Kevin [...]
Afield, Forty Years of Birding The American West by Alan Contreras; 2009; 144 pages; Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR; 978-0-87071-420-7; 6/9/09-6/11/09
I knew Alan Contreras in high school and he was big into birding. This is a great memoir of 40 years of looking for birds from Missouri to Texas, Arizona, Oregon and the rest [...]
The Soldier’s Load and The Mobility of a Nation by Colonel S.L.A. Marshall; 1980; 120 pages; The Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA; Interlibrary Loan from the Foley Center, Gonzaga University; 6/6/09-6/9/09
Another book from the United States Marine Corps professional reading list. In this essay originally written in 1950, Marshall voices the view that fatigue combines [...]
Killer View by Ridley Pearson; 2008; 341 pages; G.P. Putnam’s Sons; New York, NY; 978-0-399-15505-5; 6/4/09-6/6/09
This was one of those books that I just kind of cruised through without it or any of it’s characters making any kind of permanent impact.
Sheriff Walt Fleming is a single dad in Sun Valley. He has to contend with [...]
The Ways Toys Work by Ed Sobey and Woody Sobey; 2008; 178 pages; Chicago Review Press, Chicago, IL; 978-1-55652-745-6; 6/3/09-6/4/09
These two guys took apart toys from the Aerobie to a yo-yo to see how they work. They give a little history of the item then explain how it works and then take it apart and [...]