| Date | Title | Author | Rating | Reviewer | Category |
| 8/22/2003 | |
| This book is about a family who has a cat named Chester, two dogs, and a bunny named Bunnicula. Chester and his two dog friends try to stop bunnicula from emptying all of the juice out of their vegetables. One night he escapes and when Chester wakes up he finds that the garage door is open and Bunni...Go to Full Review |
| 2/5/2001 |  |
| Another used book purchased off the internet. This is a sequel to "From Orphans to Champions". It tells more about the legendary Coach Wooten of Dematha High. He was the high school coach current NCAA stats Joseph Forte and Keith Bogans. Forte is at North Carolina and Bogans at Kentucky. Coach ...Go to Full Review |
| 2/26/2001 |  |
| Adolph was a legend at Kentucky. He was there around 40 years and was forced into retirement when he turned 70 years of age. He was not what you call a players coach. He probably would not have survived today's player mentality. He actually had to be forced to join the recruiting battles. Prev...Go to Full Review |
| 3/6/2006 | |
| It's about this kid named Moose who lives on Alcatraz with his Mom, Dad, and sister Natalie. It really should be realistic fiction because it's based on some real stuff. Natalie has problems and some of the biggest criminals are on the same island as him, Machine-Gun Kelly and Al Capone. It's pretty...Go to Full Review |
| 5/1/1999 | |
| Great book on improving public speaking skills. Emphasis of the book is that public speaking is not a performance but an expression of our authentic selves. Effective speakers are real and not perfect. Being perfect and being real are almost always at odds. If we try and be perfect, we can't be ...Go to Full Review |
| 5/20/2001 | |
| I actually listened to this book on CD while driving to and from work. The story is told by Andy Hill who was a sparingly used reserve on one of John Wooden's great UCLA teams of the 1970's. Hill shared in 3 national championships years but left the program somewhat bitter and unsettled because of...Go to Full Review |
| 9/27/2004 | |
| The book is about agirl named Opal who moves to Florida and doesn't have any friends. She meets a dog and names it Winn-Dixie. Winn-Dixie helps her make friends and meet people. Plus, the movie is coming out next year....Go to Full Review |
| 4/12/2001 | |
| This book is about Oscar Robertson and specifically his high school playing days at Crispus Attucks High School in Indiana. Oscar played for Ray Crowe who himself is a high school coaching legend. Oscar and his family had moved from Tennesse to Indiana when he was a young boy. He started playing...Go to Full Review |
| 10/15/1999 | |
| The theme of this book is finding spiritual fulfillment in everyday life. Chop Wood and carrying water being the basic tasks of early humans. We can find the profoundest heights and depths of spirituality in everyday life. This books discusses learning, humility, relationships, death, love, family...Go to Full Review |
| 1/3/2001 | |
| Bought this at borders over the Christmas break. This is the inside story of Dean Smith and his college basketball empire. Dean Smith recently retired after 40+ years in coaching. Most notably, he just broke the record for most career wins surpassing the 876 wins of the legendary Adolph Rupp of ...Go to Full Review |
| 7/20/2004 | |
| Another good book from Lance. He may not be the perfect role model but he is an interesting and very driven person. It's an enjoyable and short read....Go to Full Review |
| 7/14/2002 | |
| dexter the main charectar is being maked fun of and dosent fit in. his fourth grade year and class is going so wrong. there is also a mystery in this book. people have been stealing money and been stealing stuff from the cafeteria. - find out who stole the money and some stuff from the cafate...Go to Full Review |
| 1/20/2001 | |
| Bought this book from www.half.com for just a few dollars as well. Morgan Wooten is the legendary basketball coach of Dematha High. He has been at Dematha for over 40 years and won something like 90% of his games. His most famous victory was in 1965 against Power Memorial and Lew Alcindor (Kareem ...Go to Full Review |
| 8/5/2005 | |
| this book is when harry potter is in his 6th year at hogwarts and its really great and it explains a lot about harrys and voldemorts life which is cool....Go to Full Review |
| 8/21/2003 | |
| Harry Potter is a 15 year old boy who lives with his aunt and uncle Dursley because his parents got killed by lord Voldemort. One night he is walking with his cousin Dudley when it becomes pitch black outside and two dementors come and, well I don't want to give the rest away but during the school...Go to Full Review |
| 4/5/2001 | |
| Great story for those who enjoy basketball history. Coach Haskins nickname is "The Bear" and thus the title of the book. His nickname comes from his physical and emotional stature. The book begins by detailing Haskins playing days for Mr. Hank Iba at Oklahoma A&M. Mr. Iba is a legend today but hi...Go to Full Review |
| 3/4/2004 | |
| ITS ABOUT A BOY WHO GOES TO CAMP GREENLAKE WHICH IS LIKE A PRISON FOR SOMETHING HE DIDNT DO....Go to Full Review |
| 3/7/2002 | |
| This was a short biography on Dr. King with young readers as a target audience. It was on our bookshelf because Bryant chose this book to report on in grade school. I grabbed it on my way out the door to the 4A state tournament in Tacoma. I was going to be there all day and wanted something to re...Go to Full Review |
| 9/30/2001 | |
| The first time I heard of this book was from my second grade teacher Mrs.Lein. The book is called Island of the Blue Dolphins.It's an amazing book. There is this girl named Karana. She gets left on a Island by herself.[she's twelve years old .] She has to find food and everything by her...Go to Full Review |
| 8/5/2003 | |
| I have never really been a cycling fan but I really found this to be an enjoyable and interesting book. I read it over a period of two days while I was on vacation in Black Butte, Oregon with the rest of my extended family. Once I started it was hard to put down. I read the book on a referral fro...Go to Full Review |
| 10/13/2002 | |
| This book is a biograpgy of a Boy named Mick. His sister is telling it. Mick died on a bike.He died of head injury. His sister tells moments she had with him- her last moments back to when she was little.She tells how she felt and how she feels. It is not just a biography.....she also tells what sh...Go to Full Review |
| 7/14/2002 | |
| germany is taking over denmark. there are two familys and one family is try trying to escape to sweeden on the other side of the ocean. and the other family is helping. find out more from number the stars. -mary...Go to Full Review |
| 6/26/1999 | |
| This book is a long read (600+ pages). It goes into great detail about the day to day terror between the Jews and Arabs in the late 1940's as they fought each other for the city of Jerusalem. The Arabs were twice as numerous as the Jews but the Jews prevailed in establishing the state of Israel. ...Go to Full Review |
| 2/15/2001 | |
| James Naismith invented basketball and Phog was one of the first coaches to turn it into a serious game. He coached for 40 years at the University of Kansas where Dr. Naismith also worked as Athletic Director. Naismith commented to Phog on one occasion, "Why you can't coach basketball, you just pl...Go to Full Review |
| 4/14/2001 | |
| Very interesting insight into Bob Knight and Indiana basketball. Steve Alford was Mr. Indiana Basketball around 1980 and then went on to play 4 years for Bob Knight including one summer on the U.S. Olympic Team. Steve's father was his high school coach and Steve averaged over 30 points a game his...Go to Full Review |
| 3/20/2001 | |
| Very interesting book on successful and retired basketball coach Ralph Miller. Ralph grew up in Chanute, Kansas and ended up playing college basketball for the legendary Phog Allen at the University of Kansas. Ralph got his first coaching job at East High in Kansas and in just a few years took the...Go to Full Review |
| 5/28/2003 | |
| I had unsuccessfully started this book several times over the last few years and never disciplined myself to finish. Finally, my brother Dave gave me the book on CD as I was travelling through Richland on Memorial Day Weekend. I listened to the entire book in the next several hours as I drove thro...Go to Full Review |
| 7/14/2002 | |
| The BfG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly.Its lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off in the middle of the night by a Bloodbottler,the fleshumpeater,the bone crusher or any of the other giants besides the BFG-she soon would have been breakfast.When S...Go to Full Review |
| 7/7/2003 | |
| Should be a very quick read. My mom gave me this book for Christmas and sadly I just finished it this weekend. Takes less than 2 hours to read from front to back. Og Mandino is supposedly the most widely read inspirational and self help author. This book tells the story of a young man embarking o...Go to Full Review |
| 5/29/2003 | |
| Bought this book on CD as I was returning from a basketball camp in Provo. I listened to it on the way home. Tom Brokaw believes one of the greatest generations of people evolved from those that experienced the Great Depression and World War II. He tells many stories of people that turned those d...Go to Full Review |
| 9/15/1999 | |
| This is the story of the Israeli search and capture of WWII Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann. Adolf was in charge of the "Final Solution" and due to his actions and directives millions of people were killed. Shortly after the war he fled to South America and lived under cover with his family for many ye...Go to Full Review |
| 8/1/1999 | |
| Very interesting book on the 100 most influential Jewish people in history. I was motivated to read this book after recently returning from Israel. The top five listed are as follows: #1-Moses, #2-Jesus Christ, #3-Albert Einstein, #4-Sigmun Freud, and #5-Abraham. Other interesting people include ...Go to Full Review |
| 9/15/2005 | |
| For centuries people have been intrigued by the mysterious objects known as the Holy Grail, the Elixir of Life, and the Philosopher’s Stone. For many of us, these three enigmatic objects have their source in Arthurian legend, or in the curious work of the medieval alchemists who sought to transform ...Go to Full Review |
| 8/15/1999 | |
| This is a great parenting book. The meat is in the details but here are the seven things to avoid.' #1) Baby your child (DONT)- children can only learn to overcome their fears when exposed to them. Children who learn to delay gratification usually turn out to be higher achievers and happier peo...Go to Full Review |
| 4/3/2001 | |
| Pete Carril coached basketball at Princeton University for almost 30 years. He started in the late sixties and retired in 1996 after upsetting UCLA, the defending national champs, in the NCAA tournament. He won 13 Ivy League titles and over 500 games in his tenure. Pete is a no nonsense, very old...Go to Full Review |
| 1/15/2001 | |
| Short and fun read for both adults and children. Keri gave me this book for my birthday. The story details Gordon B. Hinckleys love for trees and how the Walnut tree that he long ago planted in his front yard ended up as the podium in the new convention center. Jamie recently used the book for a s...Go to Full Review |
| 6/20/2002 | |
| Good book on the coaching life of Dale Brown. He started out his life in North Dakota. As a young boy he lived very modestly in a one bedroom apartment with his mom. They were on welfare much of the time and he never knew his dad as a young boy. He did meet up with him later in life but they never...Go to Full Review |
| 3/15/2000 | |
| The book has the subtitle of "The Journey toward comfort, strength, and faith in difficult times." The book is geared towards helping people deal with loss and tragedy. It is written by one of the very first female Rabbi's. She lost her father at age 15 when he was senselessly shot while going fo...Go to Full Review |
| 4/11/2001 | |
| Tex Winter has been coaching basketball for 50+ years. He was the youngest college coach at the time when he started coaching Kansas State at age 28. He quickly game recognition when KSU defeated Kansas and the seemingly unbeatable Wilt Chamberlain. Tex went on to coach at Northwestern, Long Beach...Go to Full Review |
| 4/16/2003 | |
| Winnie Foster lives in a cottage in Treegap.She lives with her mother, father,and grandmother.One day she runs off to the woods and meets Jesse Tuck,and all the other Tucks Angus, Mae, and Miles.They tell her about an enormous ash tree in the center of the woods.They tell her if you drink from it yo...Go to Full Review |
| 4/1/1999 | |
| This book deals with the key topics of friendship, growing old and eventually death. A student looks up an old college professor who happens to be in his last few months of life. He visits him frequently and watches him become lose all of his functions and become totall dependent on others. He sh...Go to Full Review |
| 8/28/2001 | |
| Bryant gave me this book for Father's Day. Its a short book written by Bill Bradley, the former University of Princeton and NY Knicks star and current U.S. Senator. Bill reflects on life's lessons learned from the greatest game on earth. He covers topics like passion, discipline, respect, courage...Go to Full Review |
| 2/10/2001 | |
| Bought this book off Ebay for just a few dollars. It’s a paperback written about the 1956-57 high school basketball season in Kentucky. This year is interesting because it marks the first year of racial integration in Kentucky basketball. It is also the first year the state tournament was played i...Go to Full Review |
| 9/21/2004 | |
| If you love high school football you will love this book. It is about De La Salle football and their infamous winning streak. When coach Bob Ladouceur took over the program in the late 1970's the Catholic high school was fairly young and had never had a winning program. Since then they have neve...Go to Full Review |
| 8/15/2000 | |
| This book is about dealing with change. It is told from a rat's perspective and their affection for cheese. Finding cheese is their life's dream. It details the different ways these animals respond when their cheese is moved. Some pout and complain, others return and return hoping the cheese wil...Go to Full Review |
| 10/12/2002 | |
| This book is about a girl named Mags who wishes she could live ina house with a mama who isnt tired from work all day. Shed like a sister who is norma and a brother who doesnt mooch to much food.Mags also wants some new clothes for school, but she knows better not to wish things she cant have. then ...Go to Full Review |