Friday, November 14, 2008

My 48 Book Challenge

1. Bowerman and the Men of Oregon by Kenny Moore.
2. Adios to Tears by Seiichi Higashide and C. Harvey Gardiner.
3. Body for Life by Bill Phillips
4. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
5. Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
6. Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert.
7. Where the Game Matters Most: A Last Championship Season in Indiana High School Basketball Tag: In..by William Gildea
8. 50 Things I Love About Japan
9. Everything I've Learned.
10. Home and Away: Memoir of a Fanby Scott Simon
11. The Complete Persepolisby Marjane Satrapi
12. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Businessby Danny Meyer
13. Rabbit, Run by John Updike.
14. Rabbit Redux by John Updike
15. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre.
16. Chic: The Extraordinary Rise of Ohio State Football and the Tragic Schoolboy Athlete Who Made It Happenby Bob Hunter, John Baskin (Editor)
17. What I Talk About When I Talk About Runningby Haruki Murakami
18. Running Until You're 100by Jeff Galloway
19. It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Lifeby Lance Armstrong
20. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
21. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
22. Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits by Phil & Susan Erschler
23. Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul: Inspirational Stories of Baseball, Big-League Dreams and the Game of Lifeby Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mark Donnelly
24. Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers
25. Esquire The Meaning of Life: Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder from 65 Extraordinary People
26. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson.
27. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountainsby Jon Krakauer
28. Marathon, A Novel by Hal Higdon
29. The Associate by John Grisham.
30. Harrowing Ascent of Half Dome by Mike Graf
31. Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate's Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open by John Feinstien
32. Travels by Michael Crichton
33. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
34. Boots on the Ground by Dusk: The Life and Death of Pat Tillman by Mary Tillman
35. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks.
36. The Bible on the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine and Jacob Waltz: A Pioneer History of the Gold Rush by Helen Corbin
37.Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Visionby Louis P. Masur
38. Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stephan Fatsis
39. Christmas Jars by Jason Wright
40. To the Edge: A Man, Death Valley, and the Mystery of Endurance by Kirk Johnson
41. The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
42. Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life by Ali Vincent.
43. 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
44. Zen in the Art of Archeryby Eugen Herrigel
45. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
46. Master my Metabolism by Jillian Michaels
47. The Routes of Man by Ted Conover
48. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter

The Challenge was started on November 7th, 2008. The goal was to be done by November 7th, 2009. I finished reading book #48 on March 25, 2010.