The Best American Sports Writing 2006For fans of sports and just plain great writing, this collection of twenty seven of the finest pieces from the past year features \"outstanding sports reporting on a wealth of different topics\" (Booklist). Guest editor Michael Lewis, the best selling author of Moneyball and Coach, has assembled a compelling look at the sports stories and issues that dominated 2005. Pamela Colloff reports from the politically and sexually charged world of competitive

and painful read

It is Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica

the man who taught a nation about the great faiths of the world

Written with warm compassion and profound wisdom

From Dini Klein

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes a book-about-books story of friends who become family

the tension between local traditions and culinary science has defined our national cuisine—a battle that continues today

Students of Bing will be taught how to plan and execute battles that hurt other people a lot

Against the Odds: A gripping account of family

she’s adjusting her attitude and trying to discover what her son sees in the girl

eleven of the Vetaal's stories were adapted to English by the famed scholar-explorer Richard Francis Burton who tailored them to his audience's gothic taste

a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances