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A Band of miSFits (2011©) Andrew Baggarly miSFits Thoroughly Enjoyed / Heartily
A Classical Primer: Ancient Knowledge For Modern Minds (2012©) Dan Crompton Early Knowledge Strong to Highly
A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It (2008©) Paul C. Light Ill Executed Three or four useful pieces of information / otherwise fairly useless
A Mathematician’s Apology (1940©) G. H. Hardy Counting Valor Moderate / Interesting, but a bit too much “pity me”
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story Of Risk (1998©) Peter L. Bernstein Risk, Lyrics, Starting Over, And My Trip To The ER Enjoyable and Enlightening / Highly
The Age of Discontinuity (1969©) Peter F. Drucker Fascinating Discontinuity A CLASSIC!! / A must read for anyone interested in business or forecasting the future
The Aims Of Education (1929©) Alfred North Whitehead Of Two Minds Moderate to Strong
Amateur (2018©) Thomas Page McBee Fighting With Oneself Moderate to Strong
American Fascists – The Christian Right And The War On America (2006©) Chris Hedges Tolerating The Intolerant Interesting, but too strident to be convincing
American Shaolin (2007©) Matthew Polly Chasing His Dragon Highly
An Analysis Of The Comic Book Industry’s Business Issues (2011©) Shawn James Nutcracker And Nooks An “eBook” with poor editing; moderate recommendation
An Incomplete Education (2006©) Judy Jones and William Wilson A Little More Progress Highly
The Art Of A Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan’s Tour of the NBA (2009©) Chris Ballard Genes, Desire And Luck Strong
The Art Of Pitching (1984©) Tom Seaver with Lee Lowenfish Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies Highly
The Bed Of Procrustes (2010©) Nassim Nicholas Taleb Delayed Reviews Highly
Blink (2005©) Malcolm Gladwell Home Again, Home Again, Jig-A-De, Jig… Highly
Blood, Sweat and Chalk (2010©) Tim Layden Cleaning the Chalk Board A major disappointment
The Book of War (2008©) Dwight Jon Zimmerman Par-a-diddle Moderate
Born To Run (2009©) Christopher McDougall 55 Highly / A few books can change your view of the world. For me, this is one of the few.
Buffettology (1997©) Mary Buffett and David Clark All In The Family Highly
Casca #1: The Eternal Mercenary (1979©) Barry Sadler That You Shall Remain Highly
Casca #2: God Of Death (1979©) Barry Sadler That’s Gotta Leave A Scar Strong
Casca #3: The War Lord (1980©) Barry Sadler The War Lord Highly
Casca #4: Panzer Soldier (1980©) Barry Sadler Panzer Soldier Strong
Casca #5: The Barbarian (1981©) Barry Sadler Crab Feed Strong
Casca #6: The Persian (1982©) Barry Sadler That Burns Strong
Chasing Perfection: The Principles Behind Winning Football the De La Salle Way (2015©) Bob Ladouceur with Neil Hayes Very Nearly VERY Highly
The China Study (2006©) T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II Studying Chinese Food Interesting But Overbearing
A Christian’s Pocket Guide To Islam (2001©) Patrick Sookhdeo Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies Moderate
Circles (2000©) James Burke Möbius Poor to Moderate
The Complete Book of Running (1977©) James F. Fixx The Church In Crisis… Highly
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers (2009©) David Drake Hammer ‘N Roses Highly
The Complete Maus (2011©) Art Spiegelman A Family Horror Story Highly
Confessions of a Tax Collector (2004©) Richard Yancey Non-Taxing Read Highly
The Conscience Of A Conservative (1960©) Senator Barry Goldwater Graduations And Conservatives Highly / It is difficult to imagine a “serious” opinion book, which history has judged to be so completely wrong.
Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering (1985©) Hal Cannon (Editor) Life On The Range Very good / Recommended

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