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reviewed Dan Rooney: My 75 Years With the Pitt.... April 24
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Dan Rooney is the same age as the Pittsburgh Steelers his father Art started as one of the founding franchises of the NFL, which outgrew its birthplace in a Canton, OH car dealer into a multi billion …
reviewed The World's Worst Cars. April 18
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The World's Worst Cars
We love to make (and read) lists of best things, but the worsts of things--whether books, movies, or cars--are also endlessly fascinating.  who thought these were good ideas, how did they get money …
reviewed Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend. April 15
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Bill Russell (most recently seen as one of quartet of retired NBA Hall of Famers in the hilarious ATT commercials during the 2013 NCAA March Madness coverage) is one of the all time great NBA players …
reviewed In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror.... April 10
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an
Larson turns his story telling skill to an amazing slice of history from a time most Americans, Germans, and citizens of the world would like to forget.  In 1933, as America was still deep in Depression …
reviewed Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair .... April 05
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Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo
Jonnes sums up her history of the Eiffel Tower: "no other man-made artifact has ever rivaled the tower's potent mixture of spare elegance, amazing enormity and complexity when experienced firsthand.". …
reviewed Moral Dilemmas: Biblical Perspectives.... March 11
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When I opened this book to begin to read it this weekend my adult daughter said "Dad you know that was an old freshman-level textbook of mine that we had put out for the yard sale last year?"  …
reviewed Moral Dilemmas: Biblical Perspectives.... March 11
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When I opened this book to begin to read it this weekend my adult daughter said "Dad you know that was an old freshman-level textbook of mine that we had put out for the yard sale last year?"  …
reviewed ARGO: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulle.... March 10
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ARGO: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled off the Most Audacious Rescue in History Author: Antonio Mendez and coauthor Matt Baglio
Tony Mendez tells the story that won the Oscar in this slim volume that became the basis for the movie Argo.  Each is a good companion to the other.  While the movie adds some Hollywood touches …
reviewed Willie's Time: Baseball's Golden Age .... March 07
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I was a boy turning toward teenhood and puberty, and deeply committed to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Willie Mays retired, and I vaguely remember him as too old, feeble, bordering pathetic in his absurd …
reviewed A Brief History of Ireland (Brief His.... March 03
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A Brief History of Ireland (Brief History (Running Press))
In response to my reading of Leon Uris's Trinity, a historical fiction of Ireland's struggle for independence and nationhood, I wanted to learn more about the history without the fiction.  …
reviewed The Everlasting Man. February 26
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The Everlasting Man
Chesterton, in this extended book-length essay telling the story of history with credit to H. G. Wells for his Outline of History, proves within and beyond reason that God is not dead, He is not merely …
reviewed The Five Red Herrings. February 21
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Sayers turns in a tightly twisted plot involving an artist's murder in a coastal Scottish village that is home to a close colony of artists--at least six of whom have a motive for killing the unlikeable …
reviewed Never Again: Securing America and Res.... February 16
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Never Again: Securing America and Restoring
John Ashcroft was Attorney General during the dark days of September 11 and its aftermath, and he takes his autobiography title from the charge given him by President Bush to protect America from a repeat …
reviewed Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guid.... February 14
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I have never been a fan of bike racing--it is a dirty sport, everybody juices, and it holds no interest--so until I read Just ride I didn't realize how much the race game influenced my street ride.  …
reviewed Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of .... February 12
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Amongst the fun facts that enliven this lightweight tabloid-level biography of gangster Cohen I learned that Warren Zevon's father was a lower-level associate of Cohen.  Perhaps Warren wrote …
reviewed Summerall: On and Off the Air. February 08
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Pat Summer all was known for years to millions of NFL fans as the calm and quiet voice sitting beside the boisterous John Madden.  He was considered the consummate professional as a broadcaster and …
reviewed Busman's Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wims.... February 07
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Busman's Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane
My second Sayers Peter Wimsey tale was a delight because of the attribute I called out in the title of my review.  It is a murder mystery so we know there is a murder involved but for the first 100 …
reviewed Trinity. February 06
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Taking on the sweep of the Irish struggle for independence over a three-century span would be a daunting historical task, but attempting to do it as historical fiction is beyond the scope of all but the …
reviewed The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why Du.... January 17
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The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Sci
This old blues line pretty much sums up van Heerden's scientific conclusion about the primary source of the flood's damage. He writes with the passion of an angry man still in the midst of the …
reviewed The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why Du.... January 17
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The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Sci
This old blues line pretty much sums up van Heerden's scientific conclusion about the primary source of the flood's damage. He writes with the passion of an angry man still in the midst of the …
reviewed Pygmalion and Three Other Plays (Barn.... January 13
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Pygmalion and Three Other Plays (Barnes & Noble Classics)
George Bernard Shaw writes with the direct impact of a sledgehammer to the side of the head.   Make no mistake, these aren't cute little social comedies. I read this collection based on …
reviewed Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey My.... January 09
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I added "anything by Dorothy Sayers" to my reading wish list based on my reading of Jacques Barzun's amazing From Dawn to Decadence (my best book of 2012).  Sayers was a multi-path …
reviewed Django Unchained. January 03
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Django Unchained
I am not a Tarentino "fan", having only seen his last two movies, and both are five star classics.  Before I saw these movies, my take on Tarentino based on skimming critical reviews was …
reviewed The Power Elite. January 03
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The "new edition" of this edition of this 1950's social science classic is nothing more than a reprint with a short 15-page critical essay from 2000 tacked on the end.  What it really …
reviewed Ancient Mysteries: Discover the lates.... December 21, 2012
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Ancient Mysteries: Discover the latest intriguiging, Scientifically sound explinations to Age-old puzzles
James and Thorpe have compiled a catalog of compelling conundrums of history and archaeology. While books like this often veer toward naive acceptance or super critical scientific skepticism of these …
reviewed Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel. December 14, 2012
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Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel
Snow falling read like a culture clash wrapped around a courtroom drama, but both qualifiers seem too gentle.  The cultures at war, literally during the war years after Pearl Harbor, are the rockbound …
reviewed Schindler's List (book). December 08, 2012
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Schindler's Ark
Every one who is serious about life and movies has already seen Spielberg's classic film--seemingly every one but me, that is.  I have resisted tearing off the scab of recent history and horror.  …
reviewed John Adams (David McCullough book). November 30, 2012
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John Adams
John Adams was an 80-year-old former President and still constant patriot when his beloved wife wrote these words, as reported in McCullough's masterful biography: "Your father's zeal for …
reviewed Cold Mountain. November 11, 2012
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Cold Mountain
When I started Cold Mountain I wasn't entirely sure how much I might like it (full disclosure:  I have not yet seen the movie version starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellwegger).  …
reviewed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai.... November 02, 2012
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
This Springsteen lyric came to mind when reading Diamond's environmental history of major societal collapses.  From his study of ancient collapses like Easter Island, the Mayan empire of Central …
reviewed "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" (Al.... October 31, 2012
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The previous book I reviewed was J. K. Rowling's first adult fiction.  This week, by the unfortunate event of running out of book before I ran out of airport wait, I picked up Daniel Handler's …
reviewed The Casual Vacancy. October 27, 2012
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"Adult" is a funny adjective.  Does it mean "acting like an adult" or "things that adults do"?  Which definition applies, for example, to the terms "adult …
reviewed The New Answers Book Part 3. October 21, 2012
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The New Answers Book Part 3
This is the third in a series of creationist answers to scientific and religious questions about origins (see Book 1 and Book 2), and by now the format feels old and repetitive.  It is time for Answers …
reviewed The New Answers Book 2 (Answers Book .... October 15, 2012
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The New Answers Book 2 (Answers Book Series)
Two years after the original (The New Answers Book 1) more people had questions on creation, evolution, and the young-earth theory, hence this second volume.  Like the first, the answers are interesting …
reviewed The New Answers Book 1 (Answers Book .... October 12, 2012
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The New Answers Book 1 (Answers Book Series)
Answers in Genesis is an organization dedicated to support and search for scientific evidence in support of the Biblical Genesis account of   creation in a literal six days A "young …
reviewed The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magist.... October 07, 2012
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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox:
Gould, while touching briefly on the more headline-grabbing battle between science and religion (which he has apparently tackled in full elsewhere), takes on the science vs. humanities here.  My …
reviewed The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare. September 30, 2012
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
If you have read Chesterton's stunningly prescient and relevant Heretics (see my review here) first, you might read this novel, as I did, as an extended allegorical example of Heresy in action.     …
reviewed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Ev.... September 27, 2012
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The movie adaption of Berendt's "nonfiction novel", as one back-cover reviewer terms it, is much better known than the original book.  And while I've not yet seen the movie, I can …
reviewed Lord Jim. September 19, 2012
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Lord Jim
On Bob Dylan's latest album, the title track "Tempest" is a relentless narrative of the sinking of the Titanic, the title itself repeating the title of Shakespeare's account of a shipwreck …
reviewed Heretics. September 13, 2012
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In the decades since his death, I imagine Mr. Chesterton has been bounding about Heaven in an unfeigned energy of pure virginal (his term) faith and and delight in its wonders, perhaps trading epigrams …
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