Sunday, December 22, 2019

Books Read in 2019 - 79

"Ways of Grace:  Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together" by James Blake with Carol Taylor (Finished January 2)
"Teammate:  My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages" by David Ross with Don Yaeger (Finished January 10)
"I Can Only Imagine" by Bart Millard with Robert Noland (Finished January 10)
"The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback" by Bruce Arians and Lars Anderson (Finished January 16)
"Playing For More:  Trust Beyond What You Can See" by Case Keenum with Andrew Perloff (Finished January 22)

"Baseball Cop:  The Dark Side of America's National Pastime" by Eddie Dominguez with Christian Red and Teri Thompson (Finished January 24)
"Snake:  The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler" by Mike Freeman (Finished February 4)
"The Grind:  Inside Baseball's Endless Season" by Barry Svrluga (Finished February 7)
"Unscripted:  The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary" by Ernie Johnson, Jr. (Finished February 16)
"Sisters First:  Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life" by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush (Finished February 18)

"What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen"
by Kate Fagan (Finished February 18)
"Jesse:  The Man Who Outran Hitler" by Jesse Owens with Paul Neimark (Finished March 3)*
"Track In The Forest:  The Creation of a Legendary 1968 US Olympic Team" by Bob Burns (Finished March 8)
"The 1910 Slocum Massacre:  An Act of Genocide in East Texas" by E.R.Bills (Finished March 10)
"Once Upon A Time:  The Early Years of the New York Mets" by Leonard Shecter (Finished March 15)

"Thirty-One And Six:  The Story of Denny McLain"
by Robert B. Jackson (Finished March 15)*
"A Nice Little Place On The North Side" by George F. Well (Finished March 15)
"Pro Basketball Champions" by George Vecsey (Finished March 21)*
"The Pass Catchers" by Lou Sahadi (Finished March 25)*
"Harlem Globetrotters" by George Vecsey (Finished March 27)*

"Great Quarterbacks #2:  Kilmer - Hadl - Bradshaw - Phipps"
by Bill Gutman (Finished April 7)*
"Dynamite On Ice:  The Bobby Orr Story" by Hal Bock (Finished April 8)
"The Stowaway:  A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica" by Laurie Gwen Shapiro (Finished April 11)
"Just Tell Me I Can't:  How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time" by Jamie Moyer and Larry Platt (Finished April 11)
"The Warner Boys:  Our Family's Story of Autism and Hope" by Ana & Curt Warner with Dave Boling (Finished April 15)

"Commander In Cheat:  How Golf Explains Trump"
by Rick Reilly (Finished April 19)
"Inside The Empire:  The True Power Behind The New York Yankees" by Bob Klapisch and Paul Solotaroff (Finished April 21)
"The Matheny Manifesto:  A Young Manager's Old-School Views On Success In Sports and Life" by Mike Matheny with Jerry B. Jenkins (Finished April 25)
"The Perfect Pass:  American Genius and the Reinvention of Football" by S.C. Gwynne (Finished April 28)
"Ambling into History:  The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush" by Frank Bruni (Finished May 5)

"Raising Cole:  Developing Life's Greatest Relationship, Embracing Life's Greatest Tragedy.  A Father's Story" by Marc Pittman with Mark Wangrin (Finished May 6)
"The Terror Presidency:  Law and Judgment Inside The Bush Administration" by Jack Goldsmith (Finished May 10)
"Shortened Seasons:  The Untimely Deaths of Major League Baseball's Stars And Journeyman" by Fran Zimniuch (Finished May 16)
"Hey Wait A Minute (I Wrote A Book!)" by John Madden with Dave Anderson (Finished May 18)
"Odd Man Out:  A Year On The Mound With A Minor League Misfit" by Matt McCarthy (Finished May 22)

"On The Line:  The New Road to the White House" by Larry King with Mark Stencel (Finished May 26)
"The If In Life:  How to Get Off Life's Sidelines and Become Your Best Self" by Rashad Jennings (Finished June 2)
"Growing Up Gronk:  A Family's Story of Raising Champions" by The Gronkowski Family with Jeff Schober (Finished June 6)
"One Size Doesn't Fit All (and Other Thoughts from the Road)" by John Madden with Dave Anderson (Finished June 10)
"The Seattle Rainiers:  1938-1942" by Gary Waddingham (Finished June 14)

"What I Learned From Jackie Robinson:  A Teammate's Reflections On and Off The Field" by Carl Erskine with Burton Rocks (Finished June 15)
"Team Of Vipers:  My 500 Extraordinary Days In The Trump White House" by Cliff Sims (Finished June 18)
"Firehouse" by David Halberstam (Finished July 3) +
"The Greatest:  Muhammed Ali" by Walter Dean Myers (Finished July 3) +
"Making Airwaves:  60+ Years At Milo's Microphone" by Milo Hamilton and Dan Schlossberg with Bob Ibach (Finished July 4) +

"One Vote:  Make Your Voice Heard" by Ben Carson, MD (Finished July 11)
"Creating An Empire:  ESPN - The No-Holds Barred Story of Power, Ego, Money and Vision that Transformed a Culture" by Stuart Evey (Finished July 15) +
"Defying ISIS: Preserving Christianity in the Place of Its Birth and in Your Own Backyard" by Johnnie Moore (Finished July 21)
"The Zen of Zim:  Baseballs, Beanballs and Bosses" by Don Zimmer with Bill Madden (Finished July 29) +
"The Earl Campbell Story:  A Football Great's Battle with Panic Disorder" by Earl Campbell and John Ruane (Finished August 2)

"The Little League That Could:  A History of the American Football League" by Ken Rappoport (Finished August 8)
"The Case Against Hillary Clinton" by Peggy Noonan (Finished August 12)
"I'd Rather Be Wright" by Steve Wright with William Gildea and Kenneth Turan (Finished August 15)
"A Whole New Ball Game:  The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League" by Sue Macy (Finished August 17)
"Historic Texas Gyms:  A Tribute to Vanishing Traditions" by Jackie McBroom (Finished August 18)

"The Big Scrum:  How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football" by John J. Miller (Finished August 23)
"Cattle to Courts: A History of Tennis in Texas" by Ken McAllister (Finished August 25)
"Wanting to Believe: Faith, Family, and Finding an Exceptional Life" by Ryan Dobson (Finished August 25)
"Baseball In Altoona:  From The Mountain City To The Curve" by David Fanoli (Finished August 26)
"Nolan Ryan:  Texas Fastball to Cooperstown" by Ken Anderson (Finished September 3)

"Our Mickey:  Cherished Memories of an American Icon" by Bill Liederman and Maury Allen (Finished September 5)
"All Madden:  Hey, I'm Talking Pro Football" by John Madden with Dave Anderson (Finished September 11)
"To Stir A Movement:  Life, Justice, and Major League Baseball" by Jeremy Affeldt (Finished September 13)
"Blitzed By Blessings:  A Journey to Strengthening Your Inner Core" by Bill Glass (Finished September 16)
"The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark" by Tom Stanton (Finished September 29)

"Tales From Penn State Football" by Ken Rappoport (Finished October 6)
"Furious George:  My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection" by George Karl with Curt Sampson (Finished October 11)
"The Front Four:  Greene | Reid | Page | Olsen" by Bill Gutman (Finished October 11)
"Northern Lights:  One Woman, Two Teams, and the Football Field That Changed Their Lives" by Cathy Parker with David Thomas (Finished October 16)
"Catcher In The Wry:  Outrageous but True Stories of Baseball" by Bob Uecker and Mickey Herskowitz (Finished October 21)

"Thunder On The Tundra:  Football Above The Arctic Circle" by Lew Freedman (Finished October 31)
"Black Man In The Huddle:  Stories From The Integration of Texas Football" by Robert D. Jacobus (Finished October 31)
"Johnny Unitas" by Joel H. Cohen (Finished October 31)
"Terry Fox:  His Story" by Leslie Scrivener (Finished November 10)
"Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany" by Andrew Maraniss (Finished November 14)

"You Saw Me on the Radio: Recollections and Favorite Calls As the Voice of Aggie Athletics" by Dave South (Finished November 17)
"The Alton Bus Crash" by Juan P. Carmona (Finished November 22)
"Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Running Revolutionary" by Kit Fox and Rachel Slaby (Finished December 6)
"Anything For A T-Shirt:  Fred Lebow and the New York City Marathon, the World's Greatest Footrace" by Ron Rubin (Finished December 22)

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