Quiet Strength

Tony Dunge's book is more than a coach talking about winning the superbowl. His Christian philosophy and scripture pervades his story from his cornerback days as a player at Michigan State to coaching the DBs for Chuck Noll and the Steelers to his defensive coaching job at San Francisco and ultimately his dream job at Tampa and coming close to winning it all before moving to the Colts and winning his first and only superbowl. How he and his wife handled the death of his 18-year old son is a testament to his faith that "all things work for the glory of God." This is a book about life and Dunge is a great motivator and storyteller.

The Hungry Ocean

Those that enjoyed the book and movie, The Perfect Storm, will enjoy Linda Greenlaw's autobiographical account of her training and experience as Captain of her own swordfishing boat. She contends with weather, equipment failure, sharks, the crew, and 30 days of grueling 21-hour days off the coast of Newfoundland. Her story is a modern day, Moby Dick, where Ahab becomes Linda. The commercial fisherman's life is both exhilarating and laborious where pounds of fish determine your destiny.

The Story of English

Robert McCrum, Robert MacNeil, and William Cran tell the story of the English language from its Anglo-Saxon origins two thousand years ago to the present day. From Cockney, Scouse, and Scots to Gulla, Singlish, Franglais, and the latest African American slang, the book is essential to anyone who wants to know more about our common tongue. (from back cover).

On Golf

The fascination which makes it the game of all games is that the mental and the physical make-up of the player enters into it (by Charles Hanks). The role of a caddy is much like that of a politician: Say all the right things, pretend to care, but in the end just tell other people how to do their jobs.

Tyranny and Liberty: A Conservatist Manifesto

Mark Levin has written the Conservatist Manifesto in his latest book about our Founding Father's principles as encapsulated in our Declaration of Independence and applied under various Presidents from Jefferson to Obama. Suffice it to say the author attacks the statist philosophy that the USA is open to all countries, allies with all, willing to negotiate without preconditions and how Obama embraces the statist values at the expense of our individual liberties. If you're a conservative you will love this book; if not, skip it.

Street Gang

Michael Davis' biographical history of Sesame Street's last forty years from its inception in 1966 to educate children with their iconic characters of Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird. Today's parents grew up with Sesame Street and learned not only their letters and numbers but cooperation, fair play, tolerance and self-repect, values sorely lacking with today's young children.

Grisham's The Associate

Grisham has done it again and crafted a storyline on par with The Firm from ten years ago. Although the characters don't jump off the page like his earlier work, the plot is a good one and designed for a sequel. Despite the bad reviews on Amazon I gave it four stars because the subtext between father and son is subtle but critical and don't be surprised if Grisham's next novel is set in York, PA.