Exposing the control grid “You’ll own nothing and be happy” is phrase that you might have heard, but you may not fully recognize the control freaks obsessed with making it a reality. You will be branded a conspiracy theorist if you question anything in today’s society, but the truth is stranger (and scarier) than fiction. […]
A forgotten star from the golden age of baseball I doubt most baseball fans have ever heard the name, Urban Shocker. He is not in the hall of fame, despite winning more games than other pitchers in the early 1920s. Shocker debuted as a New York Yankee, but was traded to the lowly St. Louis
A comprehensive history of the NHL Talented hockey writer Sean McIndoe shares the many upd and downs of the National Hockey League in “Down Goes Brown,” which is an entertaining work for fans of pro pucks. I applaud McIndoe’s outstanding research in clearing up the original six’s origins, the league struggles with geography, and explains
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A MLB record that will never be broken Fanatics of major league baseball often talk about records that may never be broken. Records that seem unattainable include Pete Rose’s 4,256 career hits, Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 consecutive games played, and of course, Cy Young’s 511 career wins. In 1884, Charles “Hoss” Radbourn, the work horse
A countdown of history’s worst figures Nigel Cawthorne takes a brutal survey of world’s leaders and dictators, and exposes their astonishing atrocities. The authors opens with Akhenaten, Pharoah of Egypt, and brings walks us through centuries of the most vile leaders – such as Russia’s Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Filipino politician Ferdinand Marcos, Mussolini, and
Even if you are not a fan of the New England Patriots, and I fall into this category, you will enjoy the “From Darkness to Dynasty,” which chronicles the unlikely path the team traveled from debuting as an original AFL franchise, to turning it around and becoming a NFL dynasty. As Thornton documents, the franchise
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“Bluegrass Baseball” takes a survey on the minor league baseball landscape in 2010. As documented in the book, only a small percentage of baseball hopefuls will earn a call up to the Major League. Minor league baseball survives by selling tickets, and providing fans with an affordable family entertainment option. One of the attractions of
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Convicted hitman turned government witness Frank Cullotta sets the record straight about Tony Spilotro, a Chicago mobster that became a big fish in the Las Vegas underworld. Spilotro, a member of “The Outfit” in the Windy City, became a feared enforcer as he climbed up the criminal ranks. Cullotta grew up with Spilotro, and shares
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From New York Times bestselling author and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and entertaining chronicle of her last decade, tackling not only her explosive career transition but also parenthood, overcoming adversity, and finding meaning in life’s journey. From the moment she burst onto the MMA scene, Ronda Rousey was unbeatable. She repeatedly strung together
In “Bushwhackers,” the author explores the impact guerrilla warfare had on Kansas and Missouri during the civil war. Beilein’s assessment is that the Bushwhackers were murderers first, martyrs second. He contends that journalist John Newman Edwards was a propagandist for the south, and portrayed the Bushwackers as reluctant killers, with heroic virtues. Edwards is commonly
