Book of the Week

caglewis · Post by **caglewis** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:12 am

Since it's basketball season - these are some books I've read with "basketball" as part of the theme.
The Lords of Discipline - Pat Conroy - about a college team [fictionalized Citadel]
One on One - Tabitha King [wife of Stephen] - about a high school team in Maine
A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving
The Last Shot - Darcy Frey - a book about a real high school basketball team on the same order as Friday Night Lights is about a HS football team. This book was written in the '80's - the paperback version was put out a decade later and has a "where are they now" section regarding the players named and followed in the book. There was a recent ESPN movie [can't remember the title] about current players at the same HS, Abraham Lincoln in Coney Island, New York.
I really loved all these books!

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:12 pm

Power,Faith,and Fantasy: America in the Middle East,1776 to Present-----by Michael B. Oren

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:22 pm

American Islam: The struggle for the Soul of a Religion--by Paul M. Barret

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:38 am

The Birthday Party---A Memoir of Survival by Stanley N. Alpert

ManitouDan · Post by **ManitouDan** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:56 pm

three by Ted Dekker MD

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:17 am

The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglas,Abraham Lincoln,and the Triumph of Antislavery.---------by James Oakes

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:31 am

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth......a good read daily.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:23 am

The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural history of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times.--------by Tristram Stuart

NYBuckeye96 · Post by **NYBuckeye96** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:12 pm

"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.

dragon_75 · Post by **dragon_75** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:34 pm

"The Path's We Choose" a memoir by Sully Erna

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:33 pm

Pistol: The life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:13 pm

Supreme Conflicts: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court.

by jan Crawford Greenburg

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:52 pm

Ronald Reagan: Fate,Freedom,and the Making of History--by John Patrick Diggins

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:03 am

Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World--by Margret MacMillan

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:46 am

Unhooked:How Young Women Pursue Sex,Delay Love,and Lose at Both----By Laura Sessions Stepp

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:27 pm

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Set in the 1950s--looks at the disturbing underside of so-called ordinary life,and even more sucessfully than John Cheever exposes the angst and dissatisfaction that teem beneath the placid suburbs.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:49 pm

I have read "The Mayflower" by Nathan Philbrick. I told Kantucky to read it...it is a very good book. I never knew the extent of what the Pilgrims wnet through to come to America!

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:47 pm

Leap: What Will We Do With the Rest of Our Lives-by Sara Davidson

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:26 am

Toussaint Louverture: A Biography--by Madison Smartt Bell