A TRIPLE HEADER!!!

THREE OF MY FAVORITE RECENTLY READ BOOKS!!!

DEWEY, THE SMALL TOWN LIBRARY CAT WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD - BY VICKY MYRON WITH BRETT WITTER. AN ENDEARING, FEEL GOOD BOOK ABOUT A CAT IN THE SPENCER LIBRARY IN IOWA. I LOVED THIS BOOK NOT BECAUSE I AM A CRAZY CAT MAN BUT BECAUSE IT IS A DARN GOOD BOOK!

A LONG WAY GONE - ISHMAEL BEAH. A GRIPPING, CHILLING, HEART WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG CHILD SOLDIER IN AFRICA. THIS BOOK SHOWS HOW INCREDIBLE MAN'S CAPACITY FOR CRUELTY IS AND HOW THERE IS SOME COMPASSION & HOPE IN THE WORLD.

THREE CUPS OF TEA - BY GREG MORTENSON & DAVID RELIN. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY RIVETING BOOK ABOUT A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER WHO HAS A LIFE CHANGING MOMENT, MAKES A PROMISE TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE & POOREST PARTS OF THE WORLD. HE KEEPS HIS PROMISE AND ENDS UP BUILDING MANY SCHOOLS IN PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN. THIS GUY IS A TRUE AMERICAN HERO BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU WOULD THINK. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN. A GREAT & COMPELLING READ.

HONORARY MENTION:

IS THIS A GREAT GAME OR WHAT? - TIM KURKJIAN A PRETTY ENGAGING BASEBALL BOOK FULL OF ANECDOTES STORIES AND NIFTY INSIGHTS ON AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME

LONE SURVIVOR - MARCUS LUTTRELL WITH PATRICK ROBINSON TRUE STORY OF THE LONE SURVIVOR OF A SEAL TEAM'S HARROWING EXPERIENCE IN AFGHANISTAN. THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU SHUDDER!

NEVER SHOWER IN A THUNDERSTORM - ANAHAD OCONNOR AMUSING BOOK THAT RESEARCHES AND ANSWERS ALL THOSE OLD WIVES TALES, MYTHS & FACTS ABOUT OUR HEALTH. EG: DOES EATING CARROTS IMPROVE YOUR EYESIGHT? DO TOILET SEATS SPREAD GERMS? ETC

Nick Cave- Stagger Lee

WALL STREET GREED

WALL STREET GREED HITS A NEW HIGH OR LOW, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE NINE BANKS THAT JUST RECEIVED $125 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AKA YOU AND ME (THE TAXPAYERS) ARE PLANNING TO DOLE OUT BONUSES OF APPROXIMATELY $40 BILLION!!



GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY & MERRILL LYNCH ALONE HAVE SET ASIDE $20 BILLION FOR BONUSES! WHAT? THESE THREE WALL STREET LOSERS CLAIM THAT THEY WILL LOSE THERE TOP TALENT IF THEY DON'T PAY BONUSES! WHAT? WHAT? THEY CLAIM THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE AND START THERE OWN HEDGE FUNDS OR BECOME CEOS! WHAT? WHAT WHAT?



EXXONMOBILE REPORTED THE HIGHEST EARNINGS FOR ANY COMPANY, FOR ANY QUARTER IN THE ENTIRE KNOWN UNIVERSE, OVER $15 BILLION.


THE US GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLARS ON THE WAR IN IRAQ? THAT IS ONE TRILLION IN TAXPAYER MONEY.



THE AVERAGE MIDDLE CLASS US CITIZEN HAS SEEN THEIR PAY/EARNINGS STAGNATE OVER THE PAST 7 YEARS AND THEIR 401K RETIREMENTS SAVINGS REDUCED BY AN AVERAGE OF 30% OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS.


THE CHINESE HAVE A SAYING FOR ALL THIS......


SOM TING WONG!!!!!