Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger is a thriller story about high school football in Texas. Every Friday night, the Texas townspeople gather to watch high school football, which is a huge deal to their lives. Not only about football, but the book also talks about politics, racism, and the ec...
This is a fantastic book. I felt sick to my stomach reading it.I played football in high school in a place where there was much more than high school football for most people to do on a Friday night. I can relate to some aspects of the story: football games were the only sporting events in my ...
If you loved the West Wing TV series, there are good chances that you’ll like this book. The author somehow finagled permission to be a fly on the wall during the Ed Rendell’s first term as Philadelphia’s Mayor (1992 – 1995), embedding himself in the Chief of Staff’s office, sitting in the shadow...