Books

Speaking of Lance Armstrong - the book "Lance Armstrong's War" is an authorized "profile" of Lance written by a writer given long term, close access to Lance. It is not entirely flattering but is a fascinating portrait of Lance. It shows how ultra-competitive he is and is full of details on how he trained to beat specific cyclists (e.g. Ullrich) and how he trained with Dr. Ferrari. Also - "Shadow Divers" is a great true story about deep water wreck divers who found a U-boat off the Atlantic coast and spent years trying to identify it since all obvious markings on the boat were gone and no military records knew about the sub. "Freakonomics" is a very interesting read too. A rather different approach to explaining a variety of social phenomena by a Harvard economist. Some controversial theories in this book... Obviously I don't read much fiction.

Speaking of Lance Armstrong - the book "Lance Armstrong's War" is an authorized "profile" of Lance written by a writer given long term, close access to Lance. It is not entirely flattering but is a fascinating portrait of Lance. It shows how ultra-competitive he is and is full of details on how he trained to beat specific cyclists (e.g. Ullrich) and how he trained with Dr. Ferrari. Also - "Shadow Divers" is a great true story about deep water wreck divers who found a U-boat off the Atlantic coast and spent years trying to identify it since all obvious markings on the boat were gone and no military records knew about the sub. "Freakonomics" is a very interesting read too. A rather different approach to explaining a variety of social phenomena by a Harvard economist. Some controversial theories in this book... Obviously I don't read much fiction.