Books (A – C)

Book Reviews (A to C)
(Backfill will occur as time permits…)
Title	Author	Review Link	Rating
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
The Circle Of Fifths For Guitarists (2017©)	Joseph Alexander	Four Fifths Of Music	Strong
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