Monday, January 18, 2010

David Halberstam - The Breaks of the Game

Follows the 1980-81 Portland Trailblazers through their, eventually disappointing, season. Piercing insight into the lives of uncertainty and strain of professional athletes and the world they inhabit.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons

700+ pages on the history of the NBA - only for the truly dedicated fan.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens

Like much of Dickens work, this humorous story was originally released in serial format and it feels like it as the adventures are pretty disconnected. But, it is also occasionally laugh out loud funny.