Ron Jaworski is one of the few football analysts I can listen to without wanting to toss pillows at the television screen. He is famous for his game-tape analysis and would make an incredible teacher. He can take what looks like a normal football play and break it down into all the individual battles, mental and physical, which opens new levels of understanding and enjoyment for even the casual NFL fan.
Now, "Jaws" works his magic on seven specific games with THE GAMES THAT CHANGED THE GAME: The Evolution of the NFL in Seven Sundays (ESPN Books). Assisted by Greg Cosell and David Plout, the former NFL quarterback delivers this guide just one quarter of the way into the new pro football season. This is a book for any and every football fan in your life.....The Mental Floss magazine blog is one I visit daily. It provides quirky yet meaningful tidbits of trivia scratch for that curiosity itch. Now the folks at MF do for American History what they previously did for the World: THE MENTAL FLOSS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America (Harper Collins). Always truthful but with their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks, they have supplied the history book we wish we were given in high school.....For fans of 30Rock (or just fans of silly humor) is HOW TO BEAT UP ANYBODY: An Instructional and Inspirational Karate Book by the World Champion (It Books/Harper Collins) by Judah Friedlander. I'd like to say something clever and witty but I haven't read the book so I'll just let the marketing people from Harper Collins tell you about the book: "This book includes chapters on how to beat up Bigfoot, how to beat up someone with one arm, how to beat up someone with three arms, and how to beat up someone on a unicycle. Plus how to beat up street gangs, attackers with weapons, ninjas, dinosaurs, and gangs of street ninjas with weapons riding on dinosaurs!" And whom among us hasn't needed such a book at one time or another?......Changing gears abruptly, out in paperback this week is TRIPLE CROSS: How bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI (Harper Collins) by Peter Lance. If only the good guys were the winners in this one, I could see Hollywood ruining this book with a movie......And finally, just 'cause: JOE BIDEN: A Life of Trial and Redemption (William Morrow/Harper Collins) by Jules Witcover. I have always enjoyed Witcover, especially when he partnered with Jack Germond on so many political books from my formative years. Lots of ink has been spilled on the life of Vice-President Biden, but this one promises to be well-written and insightful, if Witcover's reputation is any guide.
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