prone to enthusiasms….
Branson Wright, who covered the then-new West Michigan Whitecaps for the Grand Rapids Press, summarizes the first year of the team’s existence. The book’s narrative covers the season’s high and low points, describes perhaps twenty games in some detail, and sketches many of the players and other folks involved with the team.
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Bookworm Alley
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November 29th 2008
I like this book. But it’s reached the point where the main interest in the central Honor Harrington series is seeing how Weber can find a way to make all these story lines cohere. I’m very afraid he’s lost it.
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on November 28th 2008
Tom Simon, veteran showman of the Midwest League’s umpire staff, pulled some new tricks here, August 22.
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on November 25th 2008
Although Vincennes was a contender for the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League pennant for the first time in three years, the attendance was so disappointing that General Manager Bob Rouse decided to transfer the franchise to Canton, Ill., June 6.
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on November 23rd 2008
The book’s great strength is that it puts the sea battles into a strategic context better than any other book I’ve encountered; Woodman’s generally able to tell you both what the British Admiralty expected when they sent a fleet–or an individual frigate–to a specific station, and what the opposing commanders were trying to accomplish as hostilities began. I really like that.
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on November 21st 2008
Then things lighten up and get pretty complicated. There’s enough story here for a much longer novel; rather wish the author’d split things in two. In particular, Renzi goes off on a fully separate adventure around mid-story, which could have been fleshed out better.
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on November 15th 2008
MSU/Detroit College of Law prof Brian Kalt explores the politics of the creation of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the 1960s. This is a well-researched and well-argued book on a subject dear to my heart. While he’s not a stylish writer, the book’s well worth reading if you’re interested in Michigan’s Dunes park.
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Mitten State
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November 10th 2008
A great, great, book. Eight very different stories, apparently built around Australian aboriginal mythologies, but set in a strangely twisted future. Wonderfully imagined and well told.
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on November 7th 2008
Bosco’s claimed intention was an exploration of the reasons players succeed or fail; instead, he’s chronicled the ways coaches teach and motivate players. His book does this better than any other in my library; it’s a fascinating read.
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Bookworm Alley
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November 4th 2008
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