good books?

[Gobbla2001]

going to hastings later, what are some good books I may want to read something (and not about self-improvement, makes me feel weird reading that crap)...

[District303aPastPlayer]

Bleachers by John Grisham...

[Gsquared]

Ewww, books?????

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
Bleachers by John Grisham...

have that one, read it over a year ago... pretty good...

I want a book about faries... they're so realll :inlove:

[PPHSfan]

I am reading this cat named Tim Green right now. He writes football books. The one I am reading right now is called "The Ruffians". It's about a NFL expansion team that has an owner who likes to spend lot's of money and win at all costs. Pretty good so far.

[big daddy russ]

Check out "A Confederacy of Silence." It's about a NY journalist who moves down to Mississippi. Has some HS football in it. A real good read.

[Gobbla2001]

hmmm, interesting...

it doesn't have to be football, but I'll take those into consideration...

[District303aPastPlayer]

i want a good football book...

[raider red 2000]

a book called WINNING-

dont know the author. it is about a guy that gets his first head coaching job. and the life that went with it.

good read.


http://www.amazon.ca/Winning-Fictional-Novel-John-Carver/dp/0966357906

[westcoast54]

"Next Man Up," by John Feinstein. Reading it now. Takes you inside the Baltimore Ravens organization for a complete year. Tells you about how cut throat the NFL is. Talks about the T.O. debacle. I'm just to the draft but it's a good read.

[Gsquared]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
i want a good football book...
I want an exotic dancer

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by Gsquared
I want an exotic dancer

I want her sister...

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
I want her sister...

I had her sister, she was aiight.

[Adidas410s]

for sports...anything that Feinstein has written is good IMO. I've read most of his material and haven't really been disappointed. I also enjoyed Rick Reilly's "Who's Your Caddy"...a book about his exploits caddying for many of the biggest names in golf, sports, entertainment...and a few others as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Your-Caddy-Looping-Reprobates/dp/0385488858/sr=8-3/qid=1159472654/ref=pd_bbs_3/104-4011006-5065505?ie=UTF8&s=books

For a non-sports book, right now I am reading "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" and I HIGHLY recommend it!

http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081/sr=8-1/qid=1159472724/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-4011006-5065505?ie=UTF8&s=books

[Adidas410s]

also...this book comes out next week and looks quite interesting. It's by Michael Lewis, the author on Moneyball (another GREAT book if you've never read it).

http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Side-Evolution-Game/dp/039306123X/ref=pd_ts_b_23/104-4011006-5065505?ie=UTF8&s=books

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. As he did so memorably for baseball in Moneyball, Lewis takes a statistical X-ray of the hidden substructure of football, outlining the invisible doings of unsung players that determine the outcome more than the showy exploits of point scorers. In his sketch of the gridiron arms race, first came the modern, meticulously choreographed passing offense, then the ferocious defensive pass rusher whose bone-crunching quarterback sacks demolished the best-laid passing game, and finally the rise of the left tackle—the offensive lineman tasked with protecting the quarterback from the pass rusher—whose presence is felt only through the game-deciding absence of said sacks. A rare creature combining 300 pounds of bulk with "the body control of a ballerina," the anonymous left tackle, Lewis notes, is now often a team's highest-paid player. Lewis fleshes this out with the colorful saga of left tackle prodigy Michael Oher. An intermittently homeless Memphis ghetto kid taken in by a rich white family and a Christian high school, Oher's preternatural size and agility soon has every college coach in the country courting him obsequiously. Combining a tour de force of sports analysis with a piquant ethnography of the South's pigskin mania, Lewis probes the fascinating question of whether football is a matter of brute force or subtle intellect. Photos. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
Bleachers by John Grisham...

Have you read "The Brethren" by John Grisham? Good book.....I like all the Grisham books, but wasn't really crazy about "Bleachers" for some reason...:thinking:

[AggieJohn]

get "Now I can die in peace" from bill simmons

[g$$]

Tim Green is a former NFL defensive end & is now a broadcaster for Fox. I like his stuff too. He brings it to you from the perspective of a former player.

[piratebg]

The Exorcist by Willam Peter Blatty. It's much better than the movie. :thumbsup:

[3afan]

Jubal Sackett, one of the 'Sackett series'

by Louis L'Amour