DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, HENRY AARON AND ANDREW YOUNG

Sometimes you read a review of a book and you say, "Well, I can't do any better than that. There is nothing left unsaid." Such is the case with Mitch Albom's blurb for UNFINISHED BUSINESS: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things by LEE KRAVITZ.

"Everyone complains about not having enough time – but what happens when we get it? Lee Kravitz used losing his job as a springboard to the human things he should have done. In so doing, he turned bad into bountiful. A great lesson for us all."—Mitch Albom, author of Have A Little Faith

Of course I haven't read the book yet, but Albom's quote summed up for me exactly why I really do want to know Kravitz' story.

Oh, the stack gets higher but I do not despair.

http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/books/catalog/unfinished_business_hc_753

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A little while back I posted my review of a recent biography of Willie Mays. I still say that book was astounding in its depth of research. After reading it I agreed with the author that Willie Mays may be the greatest baseball player of all time.

Now comes THE LAST HERO: A Life of Henry Aaron by HOWARD BRYANT. Aaron's career more closely paralleled by childhood so, while I clearly loved the Mays book, I could be more personally invested in this one. Aaron was an enigmatic figure: a black star in the deep south. I also remember he batted cross-handed. I touched his forearm once as a teenager when he made an appearance at a minor league all-star game in my hometown.

The point is, with Mays' story fresh in my mind, perhaps I need to compare and contrast these two men who are forever in the discussion as best ever.

http://www.howardbryant.net/

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And, finally today, in another crossover from recent reading, civil rights leader ANDREW YOUNG and KABIR SEHGAL deliver WALK IN MY SHOES: Conversations Between a Civil Rights Legend and His Godson on the Journey Ahead.

Honestly, I feel a little icky after giving even faint praise to a Buckley yesterday so I have to get Karmic Equality today by promoting something more close to my belief system. :)

http://us.macmillan.com/walkinmyshoes

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