Wednesday, October 14, 2009

This will be the next book I read


I saw him on The Daily Show, and was just taken with this author. He built a windmill in his village from scrap parts, with a library book as instructor, while his country of Malawi was in unrest and famine, when he was 14 years old.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Some Horses

Entertaining essays on horses and horsemen, the author concentrates mostly on ranch and cutting horses. He lives in Montana and even though he is a successful writer, he also competes in cutting horse competitions all over the west. Horse lovers will like the book of course, but even if you are not that attracted to horses, you may really appreciate the author's dry wit and humorous descriptions. I have read a number of his novels as well and really enjoyed them.