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Pat Williams' Recommended Reading

Overview

The average man, upon finishing high school, will not read another book the rest of his life. That's sad because reading is the brain's best exercise. It's apparent that if you want to continue to grow personally and professionally, and if you want your brain to get stronger as you grow, you must read.

My challenge to you is to read one hour a day. I don't care if it's one 60-minute session, two 30-minute sessions, six 10-minute sessions or sixty 1-minute sessions. If you read one hour a day at an average pace, you will have read one book in a week--that's 52 books in one year! And if you read five books on any one subject, you can be considered a world-leading authority on that subject. So if you read one book a week for one year, you would be a world-leading authority on 10 subjects!

The following are books I've recently read and am pleased to recommend to you. I encourage you to read. It's the best thing you can do for your career, your family and yourself.

I'd love to hear what your reading. Send me your reading recommendations so I can pick them up at my neighborhood Barnes and Noble!

Recommended Books for Spring/Summer 2006

Sports

Glory Road by Don Haskins with Dan Wetzel
On Baseball by Jerome Holtzman
The Perfect Team foreword by Chuck Daly
Touchdown Jesus by Scott Eden
Native Athletes in Sport and Society edited by C. Richard King
Breaking the Ice by Angela Ruggiero
The Golfer's Mind by Dr. Bob Rotella
Out of the Shadows by Bill Kirwin
Penn State Nittany Lions...by Ken Rappoport
Tales from the St. Joe's Hardwood by Jack McKinney
The Show by Roland Lazenby
Shooting Star by Kyle Keiderling
Runnin' Rebel by Jerry Tarkanian
Last Dance by John Feinstein
Wedded to the Game by Shannon O'Toole
Crashing the Borders by Harvey Araton
The Boys Who Were Left Behind by John Heidenry
Making Airwaves by Milo Hamilton
Geno by Geno Auriemma
Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot by Mike Greenberg
Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man? by Charles Barkley
How March Became Madness by Eddie Einhorn
Inside the Locker Room by Jerry Kramer
Blood in My Coffee by Ferdie Pacheco
Mike Singletary One-on-One by Mike Singletary
The Mind of Bill James by Scott Gray
Coach Edited by Andrew Blauner
Pedro, Carlos and Omar by Adam Rubin
Bob Knight by Steve Delsohn and Mark Heisler
To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever by Will Blythe
The Only Game in Town by Fay Vincent
Baseball Between the Numbers edited by Jonah Keri
Houston Astros Armed and Dangerous by Jose de Jesus Ortiz Jr.
Game of My Life by Chaz Scoggins
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon by Kenny Moore
Duel in the Sun by John Brant
Every Shot Must Have a Purpose by Pia Nilsson
In the Best Interests of Baseball? by Andy Zimbalist
The Last Nine Innings by Charles Euchner
Clearing the Bases by Mike Schmidt
Built to Win by John Schuerholz
Mad Seasons by Karra Porter
National Pastime by Barry Svrluga
Red Legs and Black Sox by Susan Dellinger
Getting Open by Tom Graham
The Knucklebook by Dave Clark
The Best of Baseball Digest by John Kuenster
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders by Rob Neyer
Chiwalking by Danny Dreyer
Chuck Taylor, All Star by Abraham Aamidor
The Great Match Race by John Eisenberg
Love Me, Hate Me by Jeff Pearlman
Danica by Danica Patrick


History

Dark Bargain by Lawrence Goldstone
The Blitzkrieg Legend by Karl-Heinz Frieser
Manhunt by James L. Swanson
Hershey by Michael D'Antonio
President Reagan by Richard Reeves
Father Abraham by Richard Striner
The Devil's Own Work by Barnet Schecter
Shooting Star by Tom Wicker
First Man by James R. Hansen
An Unplanned Life by George Elsey
Sing Sing by Denis Brian
Walt Disney: Conversations edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson
Ultimate Sacrifice by Lamar Waldron
The Greatest War Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer
The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw
One Christmas in Washington by D. Bercuson & H. Herwig
First Shot by John Craddock
American Gunfight by Stephen Hunter
Warriors by Max Hastings
A Godly Hero by Michael Kazin
The Third Reich in Power by Richard J. Evans
The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
Postwar by Tony Judt
Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B Bosworth
1973 Nervous Breakdown by Andreas Killen
Patton by Alan Axelrod
Washington's God by Michael Novak

Killing Hitler by Roger Moorhouse
Realistic Visionary by Peter R. Henriques
The Cost of Courage by Carl A. Elliott, III
Passionate Nation by James Haley
Laura Bush by Ronald Kessler
Lighting the Way by Karenna Gore Schiff
Impresario by James Maguire
Fever by Peter Richmond
Roosevelt and the Holocaust by Robert Beir
The Most Exclusive Club by Lewis L. Gould
What Would the Founders Do? by Richard Brookhiser
The Mighty and the Almighty by Madeleine Albright
John F. Kennedy on Leadership by John A. Barnes


Self-Improvement

Beyond Code by Rajesh Setty
Choices that Change Lives by Hal Urban
The 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell
Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges
Living without Limits by Judy Siegle
God is My Success by Larry Julian
Faith Begins at Home by Mark Holmen
Super Health by KC Craichy
The Windshield's Bigger than the Rearview Mirror by Jeff Wickwire
To Fly Again by Gracia Burnham
The Forgotten Blessing by Aaron Fruh
Parenting is Heart Work by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
Two Days Longer by Beth Lueders
The Four Seasons of Marriage by Dr. Gary Chapman
The Confidence Plan by Dr. Timothy E. Ursiny
The Samurai Leader by Bill Diffenderffer
Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton
Teaching Your Children the Truth about Sex by Dr. Richard Dobbins
The Master's Grip by Jim Sheard with Scott Lehman
Personal Notes to the Graduate by Laurie Beth Jones
Live, Learn, Lead to Make a Difference by Don Soderquist
The Adventure of Worship by Gerrit Gustafson
American Idols by Bob Hostetler
Divine by Karen Kingsbury
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived by Steven K. Scott
Squeeze the Moment by Karen O'Connor
Look Great, Feel Great by Joyce Meyer
Better Dads, Stronger Sons by Rick Johnson
The Single Mom's Guide...by Elsa Kok Colopy
Better than Good by Zig Ziglar
A Legacy of Faith by Ruth Graham



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