The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance Enhancing Drugs by Andrew Tilin Journalist and cyclist Andrew Tilin goes in search of normal people who take performance-enhancing drugs. As a cyclist, he’s familiar with the pros who test positive for these substances, and the shame and scorn that goes with doping. But [...] The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance Enhancing Drugs
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The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance Enhancing Drugs by Andrew Tilin Journalist and cyclist Andrew Tilin goes in search of normal people who take performance-enhancing drugs. As a cyclist, he’s familiar with the pros who test positive for these substances, and the shame and scorn that goes with doping. But [...] The White Tiger
December 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Aravind Adiga Balram Halwai is the son of a rickshaw puller, born in a village in rural India. He dreams of success and fortune while wiping tables in the local teashop where his family forces him to work. Through a strange quirk of fate he ends up in the big city working as the [...] The Diva Doctrine
May 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Patricia V. Davis Author of the acclaimed memoir, Harlot’s Sauce, Patricia V. Davis posted 16 bits of advice for her young female readers in hopes that her life experience might save them from endless self-inflicted torture. What began with “The only thing you should be faking is confidence” went viral in a flash, and [...] Stones Into Schools
April 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Greg Mortenson “The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger,” a villager tells Greg Mortenson. “The second time, you are an honored guest. The third time you become family.” This book continues the story of “Three Cups of Tea” and how the Central Asia Institute (CAI) built schools in [...] The Art of Racing in the Rain
March 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Garth Stein “In Mongolia, when a dog dies, he is buried high in the hills so people cannot walk on his grave. The dog’s master whispers into the dog’s ear his wishes that the dog will return as a man in his next life. Then his tail is cut off and put beneath his [...] Decoded
February 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Jay-Z Born Shawn Carter in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn housing project, Jay-Z spent his teen years as a street hustler, who turned his life around through talent, hard work and much determination. Today he’s a world-famous rapper, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. He’s the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and the [...] Cleopatra – A Life
January 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Stacy Schiff It’s 69 BC and Rome is the super-power of the known world. At a time when the value of a mule is more than that of a woman, what’s an Egyptian queen to do? Forget the Cleopatra as portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, this is the story of one shrewd, politically astute, survivor. Product [...] Life
December 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Keith Richards It’s hard to believe that given the madness of life on the road, Keith Richards survived to the ripe age of 66, and still had enough brain cells left to pull together this memoir. But with candid recollections served up that cut and sting much as his guitar riffs do, it’s clear [...] The 4-Hour Work Week
November 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Timothy Ferriss This is going to be our bible for the next month. We consider ourselves pretty expert at designing our lives, but there is always room to learn something new. Ferriss provides a detailed road map for the adventurous soul, and the timing could not be more on point. This is not a [...] Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
October 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Michael Pollan A very short read about how to eat; 64 rules that seem common sense, but clearly, are hard to follow if you take a trip down any grocery store aisle. For example – Rule #13: Eat only foods that will rot. That one rule will eliminate a tremendous amount of food-like substances [...] 
