Nonfiction

May 05 12:55

Nonfiction

Rating: 
4
 

 Brett Favre:  a Packer fan's tribute by Tom Kertscher

Brett Favre and the Packers--comments by Favre and players, media, and others about games.  Great pictures.  Also has records held by Brett and stats for each year.  Good book for all Packers fans.  --Larry 

 

May 05 12:47

Nonfiction

Rating: 
4

Born on the fourth of July by Ron Kovic

An excellent true story of Ron going off to Vietnam with the Marines and coming home paralyzed from the chest down. He tells how he rallies against the war and how he goes through life in the aftermath of Vietnam. --Jane

May 5, 2008 

Apr 28 10:56

Nonfiction

Rating: 
3
 

 Marry me!  Courtships and proposals of legendary couples by Wendy Goldberg

Very interesting seeing how these couples got together; it wasn't always eary.  --Gretchen 

Apr 28 10:46

Nonfiction

Rating: 
3
 

 Men in black:  how the Supreme Court is destroying America by Mark R. Levin

The author examines the U.S. Supreme Court.  Mr. Levin tears the justices apart for the way they vote on issues and how they decide cases.  The Court uses laws from other countries when in their interest to decide a case.  This book opened my eyes to another view on how laws are made.  --Larry 

 

Apr 23 14:37

Nonfiction

Rating: 
5

The Innocent Man: Murder and injustice in a small town by John Grisham

First non-fiction by John Grisham about a killer. I found the book hard to put down and written just as well as all his other books. -Jane


This book was really good for John Grisham's first nonfiction book and I hope he will write another nonfiction book soon. --Scott


For John Grisham's first nonfiction I found this book excellent. I've real every one of his books and love them all. -Toi Marie

 

 

Apr 23 14:29

Nonfiction

Rating: 
4
 

Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a new life by Christopher Reeve

 

Book two for the actor since his accident tells the
struggles that he and his family had.  He
also began as an advocate for the disabled and he writes some rather startling
comments.  --Arlene

 

April 23, 2008 

 

 

Apr 21 15:56

Nonfiction

Rating: 
4
 

 Where have all  the leaders gone?  by Lee Iacocca

Mr. Iacocca believes that the leaders of today cannot deal with a crisis.  He says leaders are made out of a crisis.  Today no one wants to deal with oil, trade crisis.  Has some good ideas for questions for candidates.  --Larry 

 

April 21, 2008 

Mar 17 12:31

Nonfiction

Rating: 
3

Fire Lover:  a True Story by Joseph Wambaugh

John Orr, growing up in Los Angeles, watched with awe the work of firefighters. Wanting to emulate his heroes, he became a fireman. Eventually, he became a fire captain and one of Southern California's most renown serial arson investigators, successfully apprehending a string of petty arsonists. But there was one Orr couldn't seem to track down, although the culprit used a simple device every time, and killed four people. When the fire lover made a mistake and left a fingerprint behind, investigators were stunned to discover that it belonged to none other than investigator John Orr!

Mar 10 12:04

Nonfiction

This is a collection of columns written for Ladies’ Home Journal. They offer a humorous look inside the minds of married men.
Mar 10 09:21

Nonfiction

This is an excellent book that takes you through his
childhood, his high school days, college football and his entry to the
NFL. The best part was being traded from
the Falcons to the Green Bay Packers and going to the Super Bowl in 1997 and
winning.