If I Don't Six: A Novel18 reviews Elwood Reid Anchor, 1999 introspective, muckraking expose of "big-time" football This is a disturbing, unsettling novel, one which will not make friends with those who believe in the myth of the All-American boy and the notion that collegiate athletics are populated by "student-athletes." Indeed, If I Don't Six compels the reader to examine not only the financial corruption ...             It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium: Football and the Game of Life26 reviews John Ed Bradley ESPN, 2007 Wonderful! + Nothing like LSU Football + The best reading material for any Tiger fan! A great read for LSU fans or college football fans in general. Great insight and also very well written. As close as most of us will ever get to Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.             Miracle on 49th Street27 reviews Mike Lupica Puffin, 2007 Riley from Lake Tapps says," This book is awesome. + Heartwarming and Humorous + The Most Heart-Warming Book Ever! + Lupica did it again!!             He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer5 reviews Mark Ribowsky Da Capo Press, 2007 Crazy in Cookstown + Rebel he is ! + Truth Stranger than Life + Rock's dreaded Spector             Powder Burn2 reviews Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano Vintage, 1998 Drugs and Murder in Miami A shadowy figure with immense power and money decides to take over the cocaine trade in Miami. It requires, of course, killing his rivals. Chris Meadows, a young, Miami architect, is only dimly aware of the drug trade until an old girlfriend and her child are accidentally killed before his eyes by ...             It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff103 reviews Peter Walsh Free Press, 2006 It's All too much + Buy This Book + It's All Too Much + Good plan! + Great Book!             Sink Reflections343 reviews Marla Cilley Bantam, 2002 sink reflections + This is THE BEST + Flylady's easy house & home organizing + Wonderful Book + A simple plan based on good sound information.             Just Checking39 reviews Emily Colas Washington Square Press, 1999 Great Read + Just Checking + Yes, This Odd Book IS Worth Reading. Emily Colas writes truthfully and with quite a bit of humor thrown in about her battle with OCD. This book is a must read for anyone dealing with OCD either mild or severe. She is very serious at times but makes light of her own situation throughout the book, making it a very good book to read.             Full Court Press9 reviews Mike Lupica Jove, 2002 Lupica: SMARTEST SPORTSMEN TO EVER LIVE + Once upon a time there was a girl who had game... If you want to read a book from an extremely bright, informative, and seasoned sports journalist, read Full Court Press. Lupica is at his best in this epic basketball drama. Not only does he accuratley portray NBA life and off the court hardships, but he also portrays this from a woman's point of ...             Deck the Halls (Holiday Classics)51 reviews Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark Pocket, 2002 A fast, fun read! + A Charming Holiday Read Believe it or not, I had never read a Mary Higgins Clark book before. It's only recently that I started branching out into this lite-mystery genre. The style of writing and cadence of the story was highly enjoyable, and the colorful characters where so likeable. As a New Yorker, I appreciated the ...             Heat65 reviews Mike Lupica Puffin, 2007 An Awesome Baseball Book! + G.Brickley's Book Review + HEAT + The Big Heater + Fun and thrilling             The Fight (Penguin Modern Classics)22 reviews Norman Mailer Penguin Classics, 2000 My first influence as a writer; I'm sad as I write this. + Ali vs. Mailer - A great read! + Mailer At His Self-Indulgent Best + Right Hand Jab...             The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America36 reviews Joe Posnanski William Morrow, 2007 Wonderful book about a great man! + Great Gift From Son To Father + A Worthy Life Written Well + The Soul of Baseball + Outstanding             Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home45 reviews David Shipley, Will Schwalbe Knopf, 2007 A Must-Own for both the Savvy and the Clueless + Don't give it away, you'll never get it back! + Short and sweet + Should be Required Reading! + Mind your language             The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat12 reviews Edna Buchanan Pocket, 2004 A fast paced book + HARD TO PUT DOWN! + Truly Enjoyable + Interesting book, fast read + Pick of the Litter             Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports110 reviews Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams Gotham, 2006 The Changing Face (and Body) of Sports + Great, Great, Book. 'nuff said. + Well written + The Authority in the topic of steroids + BALCO + BARRY = Baseball's Beguiled Bondage             Physical: An American Checkup16 reviews James McManus Picador, 2006 Hard to categorize, but incredibly funny... + Great Writer - But Lacks Focus This was an "I need something to read" library pickup, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect... Physical: An American Checkup by James McManus. It's a personal story of a typical middle-aged man facing his mortality and deciding to get "the full physical". Mixed in with his experience, he also ...             Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball59 reviews Dan Shaughnessy Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Insightful and encouraging! + Excellent Book + accurately captures parenting in 2006 This true account of how young Sam Shaughnessy and his father, Dan, handled the ups and downs of his senior year while pursuing a baseball scholarship is very enjoyable and a book I will read over again. Mr. Shaughnessy put together the entire senior year in pieces, detailing his son's teenage ...             The Undefeated: The Oklahoma Sooners and the Greatest Winning Streak in College Football13 reviews Jim Dent St. Martin's Griffin, 2002 Unforgettable, and not to be missed. I wish every football fan would read this book, but I am willing to bet that a majority of it's readership is full of people like me. Oklahomans who are fans and supporters of our Sooners. I have to admit, I doubt many Texas fans are going to rush out and buy this book, hell, they probably ...             The Columnist20 reviews Jeffrey Frank Harvest Books, 2002 Great Tale of a Man's Faustian Bargain + Very Insider, Very Funny The unreliable first-person narrator of this novel of blind ambition tries to ingratiate himself with the reader with the "gentle" means he used to become one of the top news columnists in the country. We travel with him during his ascent to political and social power as he tries to downplay all ...