Books I'm Currently Reading

Actively Reading

• The Professional -- Robert B. Parker
• Dies the Fire -- S.M. Stirling
• Earth -- David Brin
• A Mathematician at the Ballpark: Odds and Probabilities for Baseball Fans -- Ken Ross
• The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond -- Simon Winder
• Squash: A History of the Game -- James Zug
• This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession -- Daniel J. Levitin
• The Baseball Novel: A History and Annotated Bibliography of Adult Fiction -- Noel Schraufnagel
• The Code: Baseball's Unwritten Rules and It's Ignore-at-Your-Own-Risk Code of Conduct -- Ross Bernstein
• The Plutonium Blonde -- John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
• Rainbows End -- Vernor Vinge
• Men's Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Healthy in 12 Weeks -- Jeff Volek & Adam Campbell
• The Secret History of the World: as Laid Down By the Secret Societies -- Mark Booth
• The Psychology of Baseball: Inside the Mental Game of the Major League Player -- Mike Stadler
• Baffling Baseball Trivia -- Dom Forker
• Par Bowling: The Challenge -- Thomas C. Kouros
• Tennis: The Mind Game -- Marlin M. Mackenzie, Ed.D.
• 1001 Stupid Sports Quotes: Jaw-Dropping, Stupefying, and Amazing Expressions from the World's Best Athletes -- Randy Howe
• The Lingerie Handbook -- Rebecca Apsan
• Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior: A Companion to the Book That Changes Lives -- Dan Millman
• The Official Rules of Baseball: An Anecdotal Look at the Rules of Baseball and How they Came To Be -- David Nemec
• Smart Squash -- Austin M. Francis
• A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball Volume 1: The Game on the Field -- Peter Morris
• Using Your Brain--For a Change -- Richard Bandler
• Designing Your Happiness: A Contemporary Look at Feng Shui -- Nancilee Wydra
• Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming -- Joseph O'Connor & John Seymour
• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy -- David D. Burns, MD
• Brain Dancing -- Patrick Magee a
• Baseball Hacks -- Joseph Adler
• The Baseball Uncyclopedia: A Highly Opinionated, Myth-Busting Guide to the Great American Game -- Michael Kun
• The Abs Diet Get Fit Stay Fit Plan: The Exercise Program to Flatten Your Belly, Reshape Your Body, and Give You Abs for Life! -- David Zinczenko
• Fuck, Yes!: A Guide to the Happy Acceptance of Everything -- Reverend Wing F. Fing
• The Book on the Book -- Bill Felber
• Ringalario -- Bob Cork
• Squash: Steps to Success -- Philip Yarrow
• The Squash Workshop: A Complete Game Guid -- Ian McKenzie
• Hitting Secrets of the Pros -- Wayne Stewart
• The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom -- Phil McGraw
• Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box -- Eric Bronson
• It's Your Call: Baseball's Oddest Plays -- Baseball America Editors
• Baseball Strategies -- Jack Stallings, Bob Bennett
• What Color Is Your Parachute 2003 - Richard Nelson Bolles
• The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success - Nicholas Lore
• KISS Guide to Feng Shui - Stephen Skinner

Actively Reading - Technical

• Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam - Kathy Sierra
• Thinking in Java - Bruce Eckel
• SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide -- Kathy Sierra
• Object Thinking -- David West
• Expert C# 2005 Business Objects - Rockford Lhotka
• Head First Design Patterns - Elisabeth Freeman
• Visual Studio Hacks - James Avery
• MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures - Microsoft
• ASP.NET Web Forms Techniques - Alex Homer
• A First Look at ASP.NET v.2.0 - Alex Homer
• Modeling Business Objects with XML Schema - Berthold Daum
• XML Schema - Eric van der Vlist
• XML for ASP.NET Developers - Dan Wahlin
• Inside ASP.NET - Scott Worley
• Resume Magic - Susan Britton Whitcomb
• Learning XML - Erik T. Ray, nf
• Java & XML - Brett McLaughlin, nf

Reading with my son (slowly)

• The Kid from Tomkinsville - John R. Tunis, f/bb
• Play Ball - Dave Dravecky, nf-bb
• Baseball Bafflers - Fastball Makov, nf-bb

Reading Very Slowly

• The Dilbert Future - Scott Adams
• Gordie Gillespie's Baseball Drill Book - Gordie Gillespie, nf/bb
• How You Can Explore Higher Dimensions of Space and Time - T. B. Pawlicki, nf
• Curveballs and Screwballs: Over 1,286 Incredible Baseball Facts, Finds, Flukes, and More - Jeffrey Lyons and Douglas B. Lyons, nf-bb
• The Basketball Player's Bible - Sidney Goldstein
• The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills - Jim Garland
• The Basketball Shooting Guide - Sidney Goldstein, nf
• The Basketball Dribbling Guide - Sidney Goldstein, nf
• Basketball for Dummies - Richard Phelps, et al, nf
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Pilates Method - Karon Karter
• Baseball Stories for the Soul - WC Madden, nf/bb
• Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mark Donnelly, Chrissy Donnelly, Jim Tunney, nf
• Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul - Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mark Donnelly, Chrissy Donnelly, Jim Tunney, nf
• Baseball For Brain Surgeons and Other Fans - Tim McCarver
• The Louisville Slugger Ultimate Book of Hitting - John Monteleone & Mark Gola
• Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are - Bob Frissell, nf
• The Pilates Powerhouse - Mari Winsor
• The Mike Schmidt Study - Mike Schmidt & Rob Ellis
• Making The Team: The Cultural Work of Baseball Fiction - Timothy Morris
• CORE Transformation - Connirae Andreas
• The Game of Singles in Tennis -- William F. Talbert & Bruce S. Old
• How To Date Young Women (for Men Over 35) -- R. Don Steele
• Hotwired Style - Jeffrey Veen
• Creating Killer Web Sites - David Siegel
• Secrets of Successful Web Sites - David Siegel
• CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible - Chris & Margaret Minnick
• Certified Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Developer Study Guide - Ben Forta, Robert Crooks, Sue Hove, Jay Kellett
• CodeNotes for .NET -- Gregory Brill
• Beginning ASP Databases -- John Kaufman
• PHP Essentials -- Julie C. Meloni
• Certified ColdFusion 5 Developer Study Guide - Ben Forta
• Macromedia ColdFusion 5: Training From The Source - Kevin Schmidt
• Sun Certification Training Guide: Java 2 Programmer and Developer - Jamie Jaworski
• Son of Web Pages That Suck - Vincent Flanders & Michael Willis
• How to Use Adobe Photoshop 7: Visually in Full Color - Daniel Giordan
• The Non-Designer's Web Book - Robin Williams and John Tollett
• Web Redesign : Workflow That Works - Kelly Goto and Emily Cotler
• Dreamweaver 4 Magic - Al Sparber
• Robin Williams Web Design Workshop - Robin Williams
• Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide - Simon Roberts, Philip Heller, Michael Ernest
• A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification - Khalid A. Mughal, Rolf W. Rasmussen
• Designing Web Interfaces Interactive Workbook - Michael Rees, Andrew White, Bebo White
• Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design - Eric A. Meyer