Dobie was a professor at University of Texas for a considerable time. His short stories tell about the Texas and surrounding areas of the late 1800's. As you'd expect given the time frame, they're mostly about dealing with livestock and American Indians.
Although a touch dated, Trust, sub-titled "the social virtues and the creation of prosperity," seemed pretty insightful in its definition of high and low trust cultures and their accompanying social and business traditions.
In the Heathrow airport, between flights, this book was on display in paperback, at half-price. How can you go wrong with a throwaway novel at discount before boarding a nine hour flight?
Your basic action thriller. Good to read on a flight, and that's when I read it.
This terrific book was a gift from mis suegros. The full title is "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." I suppose I expected something goofy, given the title. Instead, I found a really well written, interesting and - to my surprise - even respectful (in its own way) novel.
The same NPR broadcast on books with dogs that led me to the less than fabulous "Foreign Affairs" also pointed me to "Travels with Charley." My good luck to have stuck with the theme long enough to enjoy this book. Yes, great. Yes, what do you expect, it is after all, Steinbeck.
This book provides a taste of Fynman's lecture style. It comprises the six easiest chapters of his "Lectures on Physics."
This was an exhausting book to read. I didn't realize this until I was about 7/8th's through it and wondered, but what's the point?
$1.40 -- that's why I read this book. I had a $5 coupon about to expire, plus a 10% off coupon, similarly about to expire. I was about to leave on a business trip and the nearest bookstore that would take my coupons was a Borders Express with extremely limited selection.
This memoir brought back fond memories of laughing at Don Rickles during one of his TV appearances when I was a child.
Eat mostly vegetarian (with some fish), exercise regularly, meditate, have fun with folks you like. Seems like simple enough advice; according to Dr. Ornish it is also a cost-effective means to long-term good health.
I really don't know where this came from - apparently I had requested it from the local library as a reserve book. It wasn't the legal thriller I'd anticipated from this author. Far from it. But a surprisingly enjoyable light read.
It kept my interest right up to the end. But weird, with a capital W.
Don't make fun: it is a very quick read, a spy thriller, and so what if it turns out to be a "youth market" book at that. Go figure. I'm in the middle of a few other books and just needed the break.
