The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King (2005)
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King is written by Michael Craig. It is a non-fiction book about Andy Beal, a Texas banker and billionaire, who takes his heads-up poker prowess to Vegas, specifically the Bellagio, where he competes against a consortium of poker professionals at the highest stakes of all time. Each side [...]
Read moreThe Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Just finished “The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger”. The Gunslinger is a novel by Stephen King, and is the first volume in the Dark Tower series. It took King over 12 years to finish this book, the story was inspired by the poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” by Robert Browning. The book is [...]
Read moreBorn to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Yesterday I finished “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall. The whole book is a giant build to a race in the wilds of the Copper Canyons in Mexico with the Tarahumara. The Tarahumara are a lost tribe of super runners, that run the trails in harsh badlands. Through out the book McDougall makes the case [...]
Read moreThe Day After Roswell
I’ve started reading “The Day After Roswell” and it’s really got me thinking. Is this book a hoax or was Col Corso telling the truth. Here is the wikpedia page on Corso. I’ve always thought the Roswell UFO was just a balloon used to collect information on radiation from the atomic bombs. Now I’m not [...]
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