No comments about Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape: The Remarkable Life of Jacques Anquetil, the First Five-Times Winner of the Tour de France.

5 comments about Inside the Helmet: My Life as a Sunday Afternoon Warrior.

1. This book took several weeks to arrive. I wasn't able to locate the book in area book stores, which was why I chose to order it through amazon. By the time the book arrived I had found it at all the area book stores and could have saved money on shipping. Very disappointing.



2. I really enjoyed this book. Strahan was very honest throughout the whole book as he told about what life is like as a professional football player. Some parts were stunning while other parts were hilarious. If you're a football fan, especially a fan of Michael Strahan, you will enjoy this book.



3. Reasonably well done with not much actual content! Some enlightening viewpoints for a casual observer, but not much "meat" for a real hard-core football fan.



4. This book is for those football fans, especially Giants fans, that want to read what a star football player thinks and what he goes through. It's not a book that you should expect to break any new ground in inside sports writing (like Jim Bouton's Ball Four), or have tremendous insights that knock you off the couch. It shouldn't be. I wanted to read this book because I wanted to know what goes through a football player's mind. All we see and read about in sports is through the eyes of the media. Even if the thoughts Strahan talks about are obvious or sometimes embellished, its nice to know that that is what Strahan really thinks and goes through. I like how each chapter clearly discusses an aspect of his football life, ... like all the things they worry about, all the boring things they go through, all the short and long term health effects, the lack of privacy, the lack of independence, the rookie life, the emotional ups and downs of wins and losses. It was also interesting to read about his thoughs on other players and the player relationships. Not every chapter is great, but I think it's to show that football life is not so glamorous. The chapter on what players go through with the football playbook might be boring, but it's precisely the point.
   
   What I took from this book was that I would never want to be a football player. To go through everything he goes through for the money, the three hours on Sunday and the chance for a ring? No thanks. As I am reading this book while the Giants are losing to Dallas, I can't help but think that Strahan knows he is on the doorsteps of retirement, with mixed feelings.
   
   Read the book for what it's for, a fun read about life in football from a football player's mind. If you go in like that, you'll enjoy the book!
   
   (Background: I'm a huge Giants fan, a Strahan fan, and I usually don't read sports books. But after reading this book, I will definitely be reading more sports books)



5. Its a very revealing book. Gave interesting insight into the life of a football player

5 comments about The Bruce Lee Story.

1. I was surprised at how poor a quality the actual book was. It's large, but the paper that it was printed on just made me think how cheap it was.
   
   The content of the book was alright. It's a nice short read, but there are parts that are kind of slow.



2. The Bruce Lee story is really good! Linda Lee's book about her husband, the legendary Bruce Lee is a great biographical story! Linda Lee shares her private moments and her thoughts about the man she loved so much! Bruce Lee is the Chinese-American who would eventually become the greatest Martial Artist of all time! The photos from Linda Lee's personal collection are great! Bruce Lee is at his best when pictured on the set of his movies, like the Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, Game of Death, and Enter the Dragon! I do recommend this book because Linda lee is the only person who knew Bruce lee better than anyone because she was his wife! their is no information on the death of Brandon Lee because this book was published in 1989. A+



3. Bruce Lee books or papers about him and his success are the best basis for every serious training martial artist. BL & his JKD are open minded, only truth development we can join this world.



4. Bruce Lee was an "original" no doubt..He was an innovative martial artist who created an eclectic style of Gung Fu called Jeet Kune Do, an assimilation of many fighting styles...Bruce didn't believe in systems..he always believed that if you could use something to achieve a result use it! Bruce had many followers and "famous" students..such as Steve McQueen, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, Mike Stone, James Coburn and many others...Bruce would be the first to admit that he was first and foremost a martial artist...He used the movies to bring his "art" to the masses and what an impact he made! His films today are quintessential examples of what a martial arts film should be! This book by his wife Linda Lee is a beautifully written biography that offers worlds of insight into who Bruce Lee was as a person..Linda writes lovingly of their relationship and brings a history of Bruce from a baby to his death at the too young age of 32 to you..Bruce lived his life to the fullest and was not only a great martial artist but a very profound philosopher as well...This is a wonderful book and highly recommended, not only to fans of Bruce but to anyone seeking inspiration in their lives....



5. Bruce Lee. Some things the average reader will not know about this man: Bruce Lee only made four movies in his lifetime. Bruce Lee was an intellectual. Bruce Lee revolutionized the martial arts. Bruce Lee brought the martial arts to the masses.

   This book is written by Bruce Lee's wife. It is a short and loving memory to an extraordianry man who is still famous. Why exactly is a mystery. Perhaps it is the outstanding artistry Bruce Lee brought to the martial arts.

   Bruce Lee had been a child actor in Hong Kong before coming to the United States and studying at the University of Washington. Ironically, he was a philosophy major. However, Lee transformed himself into a tremendous human specimen through his physical discipline, and a intellectual regarding his sport. He introduced "the way of the moving fist," which was a new methodology in the training of martial arts. He also dared to tech the subject to non-Asians, a idea which was tremendously disturbing to many and resulted in a fistfight with a young challenger in Lee's studio in Oakland, California.

   Linda Lee comes across as a traveler who feels luck in being able to travel (for a brief while) on the road with Bruce Lee. He was convinced to move to Hollywood, where he began training stars like James Coburn, and later Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Unfortunnately, Bruce Lee had to fight racism and stereotypes. At home, his wife's family rejected him because of his Asian heritage. Hollywood rejected him because he didn't want to play the 'chop-suey' roles Hollywood routinely put forth in portraying Asians in film and television. However, a searing performance in the late 1960's on a detective show cemented his star quality,and he made some appearences on "the Green Hornet."

   Finally, he made some pictures in the Hollywood system such as "Enter the Dragon."

   Unfortunately, his most interesting and allusionary work, "The Game of Death," which was supposed to be a representation of his philophy of his art was never completed. I believe an assembled film was cobbeld together after his death, but the film was never finished. Interestingly, Kareem Abdul Jabbar played the ultimate obstacle in the movie.

   Linda Lee's book has many interesting pictures, and I think gives an interesting look at Bruce Lee's life and impact that will have even the most casual reader satisfied.

   If you are looking for lurid details, conspiracies and the like this book is not for you. Understandably, Ms. Lee does not cover the topic of Bruce Lee's supposed drug use and the unusual circumstances of his death, but what would you expect, this is a loving portrait by a woman who obviously loved Bruce Lee very much. Cheers for her!

   Interestingly, several weeks ago, I watched a Turkish film in which a charecter kept repeating the line, " I will chop them up like Bruce Lee." In a Turkish film for crying out loud.

   Obviously, Bruce Lee ahd a great impact on the world for his incredible talent which was taken from us before Bruce Lee could intepret it for the rest of us. In this way, he reminds me of Jimi Hendrix; Bruce Lee was a shooting star across the heavens.

   This is a good book, and I believe you will like it as well.

1 comments about My Life and the Beautiful Game: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest Star.

1. Pele is a soccer legend. Even those who don't know the sport, know Pele. This autobiography is a terrific read. You really feel Pele's enthusiasm for soccer, as the writing is so passionate, that you can't help appreciating one of the world's most popular sports.

5 comments about Totch: A Life in the Everglades.

1. My first impression of Totch after only 10 pages wasn't very good. But I gave it a chance and I am glad I did. I have kayaked/camped at most of the places he lived and visited in the book. Reading about his experiences and how life was back when he was growing up and relating to my experiences was wonderful. His easy way of telling stories reminded me of some of the people I've met and camped with down in the Everglades - possibly one of those strangers was him...
   
   I totally related and understood most of his situations with nature, mosquitoes, and the weather. Yes, he did some illegal things but you would have to have been raised in the area or at least know the area and the people to really understand.
   
   Highly recommend for anyone who has explored the area and for those interested in the history and how life was in the area.



2. I received this book after a family member visited Totch country. As an avid historian I immediately dived in to this book and never looked back. It was an honest look at a "time forgotten" by a man who presented his life as it was, the good & the bad portions. Don't hesitate to buy this and take a journey with Touch. This is the real Florida & not the Disney version.
   I am making a special trip to Florida in January of 2008 just to visit this place with my two young boys!



3. This book is a wonderfully informative and touching story of a great and honorable man. Through Totch we learn of a nearly forgotten way of life and we see the Everglades as it used to be. I appreciate his honesty and plainspokeness and I'm thankful Totch made this book to preserve an important history. I also recommend the three movies made about him: Totch Brown's tales of the Everglades and 10,000 islands, The Everglades outlaw Totch Brown, and Yesterday's Everglades.



4. Any south Florida history buff will want to add "Totch' to their collection.



5. Don't be misled by Peter Matthiessen's forward, this one is not for the ecologically friendly faint-of-heart. Totch was a one man ecological disaster, constantly on the move wrecking havoc on the wildlife wherever he went. His life of slaughtering animals for personal profit was a willful life choice, hardly dictated by the times, as he claims in his self-serving attempts to justify his pogrom against nature. His self-indulgence was carried to the extreme by illegally poaching thousands of alligators in the protected Everglades National Park in defiance of the laws of man and nature. The purpose for his illegal acts was personal profit, to skin the animals, only using their hides. Their dead carcasses, several hundred in a period of a few days, were dumped into the water to rot. This was hardly an act of survival. He did this because he wanted to, not because he had to. There are several other books, more accurate, better written, and less self-centered, that better describe the early pioneers of Southwest Florida. Rather than augment Totch's bloody legacy by buying his book, I encourage readers interested in the Everglades to look elsewhere, and leave Totch's book describing his carnage against nature to rot, like one of his skinned alligator carcasses, on the ash pile of despicable acts by the self-indulgent.

5 comments about View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest.

1. Sir Edmund Hillary was clearly a remarkable man with his life marked particularly by the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest. The descriptions of the climb to the summit of Everest along with Tenzing Norgay are particularly interesting, especially his discussion of the period immediately flowing the first ascent when immense pressure was brought on Tenzing to say that he had reached the summit first. However, Everest was not the only adventure for Hillary. Other trips to the Himalayas and to other parts of the world are described and give you an idea of Hillary's overall achievements.
   The most meaningful parts of the book to me were Hillary's efforts to lead the way in helping the Sherpas by building schools, hospitals, and pipelines. Also, the chapters detailing his upbringing give you a good idea of how far he had come from his early days in a beekeeper's family. The chapter about the plane crash in Nepal that took the lives of his wife and daughter was extremely emotional.
   However, the book does have its slow moments. I found the sections about the journey to the South Pole to be tedious and confusing. A good map would have helped. Hillary's writing style is fairly pedestrian, but he does give a number of examples of where he thought he fell short as a person, husband, and father. His extreme confidence in his own abilities shows through during the book.
   All in all, the book is certainly worth reading if you are interested in Edmund Hillary or mountain climbing.



2. On the plus side, this is indeed a proper 'boys own' story and is very well written. Unfortunately, the reader becomes quickly aware of the arrogance of Hillary. Clearly he is a gifted climber who possesed endurance way beyond that of the average human. However, this is over-shadowed by the authors arrogance as he tells the reader how much better he was than those around him.
   
   In a way i wish i had not read the book as it has shattered a romantic illusion I had of what Hillary was really like. It also made me very sympathetic of those who had to endure him in the ice packs of Antartica and the isolation of the death zone of Everest.



3. I remember how exciting it was for those of us in London for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation (on June 2, 1953) to find out that Mount Everest had been climbed at last! And Sir Edmund Hillary's story of how he and Tenzing Norgay did it is terrific and even to my suspicious eyes seems sincere.
   
   The portion of the book I was most curious about dealt with the Antarctic Expedition of 1957 to 1958. Hillary was the leader of the Ross Sea Party, which was to was to lay provisions between the Ross Sea and the South Pole to support the crossing of Antarctica by the Transpolar Party, starting from the Weddell Sea. The Transpolar Party was led by the overall expedition leader, Dr. Vivian (Bunny) Fuchs. The two parties reached the South Pole in January, 1958 after which they made it to the Ross Sea in less than six weeks. As the two parties neared the Pole, the telegrams between Bunny and Hillary were in all the newspapers. Vivian had told the story from his point of view in his 1958 book, "The Crossing of Antarctica," and even though that book also included eighteen pages written by Hillary, I was glad to see more of what Hillary had to say, especially with his perspective of writing about it so much later.
   
   This entire book is worth reading and tells us plenty about the life of a successful adventurer.



4. I found this book a pleasant surprise, after having read a few mountaineering adventure books. If you are looking for one, look elsewhere; Hillary climbed Everest, but did not have any major mountaineering accomplishments thereafter. Instead, we see the picture of a simple man, a very likeable and sincere one, with flaws and virtues.

   We can see his sneakiness in going for the south pole despite orders not to, we can see his dedication to the people of Nepal, we can see his somewhat estranged relationship with Tenzing and the tensions that arose after Tenzing said he had reached the summit first. The discussion is a futile one, but it seems to put a damper on the relationship.

   In this book we also follow his life, not just his great conquests. We see the backstage of the lecture circuit he went through after Everest, then the honors he received and his attempt to maintain some normalcy in his life. Overall, it is a very good life book, and despite it being filled with adventures, we see the character of a person that is much more than simply an adventurer.




5. Unless Edmund Hillary can produce definitive evidence that A.) George Mallory and Andrew Irvine did not reach the summit of Mt. Everest in 1924 or B.) that Tenzing Norgay was not actually the first to set foot on the summit, he cannot truthfully bill himself as "The First Person to Conquer Everest."

5 comments about You Cannot Be Serious.

1. When McEnroe was a freshman at Stanford, I was in my last year of graduate school there. He joined the top ranked college tennis team and became the star as a freshman. He led Stanford to another national championship and an undefeated season. Then he turned pro after his freshman year. This was disappointing at Stanford but should have been expected. Before arriving on the scene at Stanford he made a miraculous run at Wimbledon reaching the semi-finals as a junior tennis player! All this and more is discussed in detail in this book.
   
   This book basically takes a not too serious look at McEnroe's life, how he was involved in sports at an early age and actually liked team sports such as basketball better than tennis. His natural patriotism explains why he played Davis Cup so much and encouraged others to do the same.
   
   Much of the book deals with his childhood friendships and his ascension in the tennis ranks all the way through his run as the number 1 player in the world. He describes many of his classic matches and you get a glimpse of what was going on in his mind during his great victories at Wimbledon and agonizing defeats (e.g. Lendl at the French Open).
   
   Part of the reason for writing the book was to give the reader an inside look at what was going on during his infamous tirades on the tennis court. He reveals his New York upbringing and his inability to control his temper. Later on in the book we get to see some of the personal side. Inspite of the stormy divorce to Tatum O'Neal, John does not display animosity toward her in this book and he actually accepts part of the blame for the break-up. But he definitely wants to dispell the notion that he tried to hold her back in her acting career in favor of her supporting his tennis.
   
   You also get a glimpse at his second and apparently very successful marriage to the rock star Patty Smyth. You also see how his attempts at leading his own rock group caused some turmoil in that marriage.
   
   McEnroe is a very intelligent and complex person. His intelligence and tennis skills are often overlooked or played down by tennis fans because of his notorious cry baby attitude that he displayed so prominently on the court. His tantrums were accepted and tolerated by tennis officials because of his great success and the interest it brought to tennis. But he was a poor role model that others copied. He was not the first though. Remember Ille Nastase!
   
   McEnroe seems to be much more content these days. He has been a successful tennis commentator and received the honor of being named the US team's Davis Cup captain and was elected into the Tennis Hall of Fame. These were obviously very satisfying achievements. Still it seems that he wrote this book to help change his public personna. He is not happy with his bad boy image and by writing this book and hosting a TV quiz show he hopes to show a different side of him as he reconstructs his image. He has a very good sense of humor that comes through in the book as well as in some of his recent TV commercials.
   
   I also found it interesting to hear about his relaionship with Mary Carillo. They both are tennis commentators now. Also John's brother Patrick has made his mark on the tennis world, not through his mediocre fennis career but for his estute commentator, more insightful than his brother John and his success as a Davis Cup captain who brought the cup back to the USA this year.



2. The greatest asset of Mr. McEnroe's autobiography is the author's (sometimes brutal) honesty regarding both himself and the characters/events surrounding his rise to fame. Sure, it is clear at times that McEnroe is concealing some juicy details about his personal life, but it is not fair to expect admissions about everything! What McEnroe does share proves to be very revealing about both the pro-tennis tour and his celebrity lifestyle.
   
   Ultimately this book will appeal to fans of not just McEnroe, but rather all of his contemporaries, since McEnroe is not afraid to dish the dirt on his colleagues. Although McEnroe is not going to be winning a literary prize anytime soon (some exciting grand slam wins are breezed by in a style that makes them seem almost secondary), his exciting roller coaster life proves amiable reading which most tennis aficionados will enjoy.



3. As a lifelong fan of tennis I was looking forward to this book very much. While it was interesting to hear Mr. McEnroe's story in his own words, I felt like he was VERY selective with regard to what he chose to discuss. He was so brutally honest about all matters tennis and yet offered very little about his personal life. His marriage to Tatum O'Neal was barely even mentioned, which is surprising considering that they had 3 children together. I believe that if you are going to write an autobiography you must be willing to tell the good, the bad and the ugly. In my opinion, Mr. McEnroe told only bits and pieces and left his readers wondering about everything in between.



4. When I picked up the autobiography I only knew of John McEnroe as a star tennis player. The whole story from his meteoric rise to passing his athletic prime is personal, interesting and in many ways suprising. I am a bigger fan having read the book.



5. I really enjoyed this book. The first half focuses on JMacs tennis career and matches and he gives a lot of insight into his key matches and opponents. He definitely gets rather technical here but I find it interesting to read his analysis of Arthur Ashe's backhand, for example. He doesn't shrink away from doing a set by set analysis of his key matches, but again I find it interesting to read a first hand account of a wimbledon final in intricate detail from the perspective of one of the participants... The second half focuses more on his personal life, which was less interesting to me. Mcenroe is remarkably straightforward about his shortcomings on and off the court, which makes this more honest and less self-aggrandizing than most autobiographies. For anyone interested in the game of tennis and the career and opinions of one of the game's greatest players, this is definitely worth picking up.

5 comments about Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story (WWE).

1. Excellent read for any fan of modern day wrestling. The Montreal Screw Job, the birth of Attitude, The Kliq - it's all here - the man who lived through the booming 90's of wrestling. I have read most major wrestling books of the past 10 years and this one is excellent. Shawn Micheals is honest and revealing in this great account of his life. I cannot suggest this high enough. Great book.



2. This book is really amazing. Once I received it, I couldn't let it down. Like honestly, I think that every Shawn Michaels' fan needs to get this book.
   I love Shawn & I am sure you do to. So come on people! Buy the best book ever.
   
   Shaikha =]



3. A very entertaining read! Shawn Michaels is extremely candid about everything in his career. Leaves no stone unturned as he discusses the cliq, the curtain call, Montreal, the whole deal. A very entertaining read, I haven't been able to put it down.



4. SHAWN MICHAELS
   HEARTBREAK & TRIUMPH
   
   I can still remember when I had first seen HBK on TV as I was a kid, back then he was one half of the rockers. It was at that point that I started liking him and he became my favorite wrestler along side Macho Man Randy Savage. Now many, many, many moons later Shawn remains my favorite as I am still able to have the viewing pleasure to see him on Monday nights on Raw. So when I first learned of this book being released I knew right away I was going to buy it the second it hit the shelves. Needless to say I did just that, and I was not disappointed at all.
   
   The book tells all about a young Shawn [find out his real full name in the book] growing up, his fights with his dad, and of course when he first fell into wrestling. As many now know Jose Latherio was the man that trained Shawn, anybody who watched wrestling in 1996 & 97 knows that as he was HBK's manager. But the interesting thing here is Shawn's early days in wrestling, and his first [failed] attempt in the WWF [WWE for those now]. The story some wrestlers told Vince about Shawn and Marty Jannetty that got them fired from the WWF is pretty funny, even though it was not true. Of course his AWA days are told, Curt Henning & Scout Hall are involved in those chapters. But things get real interesting when he & Marty are finally able to come back to the WWF. It is here that most people remember first seeing him as a part of the Rockers, the story of how they won/lost the tag titles is pretty cool [they fought the Hart Foundation {Bret & Anvil}]. But things get real good when Shawn went solo; I still remember that episode of "The Barber's Shop".
   
   It is here that Shawn goes on to tell about his feud with former partner Marty, and how he discovered Kevin Nash for Vince while watching WCW. Of course from there he comes in as Diesel with Shawn and the rest is wrestling history. This was the beginning of the infamous "Click" in the WWF consisting of HBK, Kevin Nash, Scout Hall, and Sean Waltman [X-Pac]. The stories that are told about this group in particular is one of the major reasons I bought this book, it gets even better when Triple H shows up and joins the group, it's cool how he introduces him self to the crew. Of course the incident that happened to Shawn were he got jumped is discussed, as well as the infamous taboo breaking incident in Madison Square Garden when Nash & Hall were leaving to go to WCW.
   
   After that we are treated to the chapters that involve the Monday night wars, and of course DEGENARATION X. I' am more then positive that a lot of people got this book for these sections in particular. It is cool how we find out how the formation of this group really happened, and how much they really got in trouble behind the scenes. But it was cool to relive some of those moments as I was reading all about them, seeing them over again in my head. Also it is cool to learn more about the programs he was involved in [the feuds], like the ones involving the Undertaker were really cool [GROUND ZERO, HELL IN CELL AT BAD BLOOD]. I was really surprised about some of the things said about Sid, and Vader, even though Shawn apologizes for how he acted towards Vader behind the scenes. Of course other feuds are discussed within these pages like ones with Nash, Jarrett, and Hart among others.
   
   But I' am sure most people bought this book to hear Shawn's side of the story about "THE MONTREAL INCEDENT". Ah yes the infamous day on Canadian land that saw the "screw job" of Bret "The Hitman" Hart. This topic is discussed in full detail which I' am sure people loved, it was real interesting to finally learn who the whole thing came together and how it was plotted out, and then executed. The aftermath is discussed also in this book, but I found something else involving these two to be more interesting. That would be the real life animosity between the two; it is discussed all through out this book in great detail. But if some one was to ask about my take on the whole thing I would say this, "I WAS NOT THERE, I WAS NOT INVOLVED, SO IT IS NOT MY PLACE TO TAKE SIDES".
   
   Things get a little worse for Shawn after that, next we go into the whole HBK vs. Shamrock [Owen's return {R.I.P.}], vs. Taker, and finally Steve Austin. It is here that we learn the New Age Outlawz [Road Dogg & Billy Gunn], and X-Pac were going to join DX anyways after Wrestlemainia, Shawn's being injured had nothing to do with them coming aboard. But after the whole Mike Tyson thing Shawn retires and goes home because of injuries. But Shawn discusses his many on air appearances refereeing, broadcast commentator, and his role as the commissioner of the WWF, and not to mention the short lived NWO. The ladder in particular is cool because that's when he joined the corporation. But things get better for old HBK when he returns for one match only against Triple H in a street fight at Summerslam. It was that match that showed Shawn he could come back, and come back he did. He goes on to talk about him winning the Championship inside the first Elimination Chamber. Of course all matches after that are discussed like his feud with Triple H, and his classics with Kurt Angle.
   
   This book was more than worth the price of getting it, it is a must have for any fan out there. Whether you love or hate The Heartbreak Kid, The Showstopper, The Icon [who can still go], The Main Event you have to respect what the man has accomplished in his life. He is with out a doubt one of [if not the] greatest of all time.



5. Shawn Michaels sucks,Bret Hart(The best there is,the best there was,and the best there ever will be) rules!Shawn Michaels is just a fag and will never ever amount to the Hitman in form of talent.I really cant belive how naive some of you can be.Shawn Michaels being a changed man and having faith?Everyone knows thats a cover up so people will like him and he wont be hated as bad.Also is wife is an cover up for being gay which he is.Anyways Bret rules,Michaels suck and thats the way it will always be!

2 comments about Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty.

1. A great baseball book. Very well written. This is a must for baseball fans who enjoy the history of the game.



2. Many people think that by just purchasing Babe Ruth from the Red Sox that created the Yankee Dynasty. This book is a great history of the man who really created the Yankee Dynasty. The first 50 years of his life he was not involved with the Yankees but was involved with other teams as a manager and also served as the President of a minor league struggling against the odds of survival. Until Terry Francona, Ed Barrow was the last manager of the Red Sox who won a World Series with Babe Ruth as one of its stars. This is a must read of a tough man who built the first of many Yankees dynasties. The Red Sox fans curse the day the Red Sox owner sold the Babe to the Yankees, but they should be aware the most damaging blow was losing their manager, Ed Barrow to the Yankees. For the students of the game, this is a must read. Even the Red Sox Nation should read this book to understand more of their history.

3 comments about Duel in the Sun: The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America's Greatest Marathon.

1. This is a great book on a true duel in the sun. The re-telling of the race which weaves the runners' stories, both pre-race and post-race, works well, and is highly readable. If you've ever run a marathon, or love running, this book is for you.



2. I really loved this book. Opposed to the previous reviewer, I liked the way that the author told the story by alternating between the race, and interspersing the runners background between chapters. I felt like it gave the story pace and allowed the race to unfold.
   
   Reading this book gave me the inspiration to train for a marathon which I actually completed last year. It's an exciting book and I have recommended it to many of my friends. I hope you enjoy it too.



3. I enjoyed the book, despite jumping among 4 stories (past and race from each runner's perspective). I would have preferred a more traditional approach; i.e., a little history of each, the race, and the aftermath. But the author chooses. The unique approach somewhat detracted, but I'm glad I got the full story.