Summary (from the publisher): Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance [...]
Summary: In this memoir, author Gail Caldwell talks of her deep friendship with Caroline Knapp, her struggle with alcoholism, and her love of dogs. An introvert at heart, Gail had a hard time making close friends, though she did have a number of acquaintances. She preferred the company of dogs because she could get companionship [...]
Summary (from the publisher): In the fall of 2009, with the publication of her #1 national bestselling memoir, Sarah Palin had the privilege of meeting thousands of everyday Americans on her extraordinary 35-city book tour. Inspired by these encounters, her new book, America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, celebrates the enduring strengths [...]
Summary: Stupid Christmas is filled with short anecdotes culled from news stories and other sources about dumb things people have done around Christmastime. Most of the anecdotes involve drunk people acting stupid in Santa suits or criminals acting stupid in Santa suits. (Seriously, how many people have tried robbing houses by climbing down the chimney??? [...]
I used to work in the business world, so every once in a while I’ll pick up a business book just to see what the latest strategies and philosophies are. I’m particularly interested in marketing, which is why Guerilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson sounds good. This book is aimed specifically at small business owners [...]
Summary: In Godless: The Church of Liberalism, conservative writer Ann Coulter once again goes on the warpath to denounce what she sees as the failings of the liberal agenda. She covers a number of different topics in the book, including abortion, crime and punishment, teachers, “sobbing hysterical women”, and evolution. Coulter first explains liberal ideals [...]
Summary: In Outliers: The Story of Success, journalist Malcolm Gladwell contends that many success stories are not due to sheer talent or intelligence alone. Instead, there are usually a multitude of factors that come into play, resulting in a unique opportunity for a few people to rise to the top while those not fortunate enough [...]
Waiter Rant was available via my local library as a free download, so I decided to check it out. The description from the publisher made it sound interesting and funny. I thought I’d be getting tons of anecdotes about how awful some customers could be and how good others were. But while there were a [...]
I just started knitting as a hobby a few weeks ago, and am still trying to get the hang of it. It’s a lot harder than it looks — at least for me — so who knows when I’ll actually be able to make anything useful. I was thinking about buying a few pattern books [...]
Summary: I’m not really a fan of Mental Floss or anything, but I’ve heard the magazine (and website) praised by friends and acquaintances, so when I saw my library had this volume of The Mental Floss History of the World, I decided to check it out. The book is subtitled “An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization’s [...]