books by Steerforth

books by Steerforth

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Steerforth

Street Soldier: My Life as an Enforcer for Whitey Bulger and the Boston Irish Mob

Edward J. Mackenzie, Phyllis Karas

Steerforth, 2004

Best of Show
Better than the Kevin Weeks expose, and far grittier than the journalistic looks at the Bulger gang, this one takes the cake for depravity with readable writing to make it go down like acid. As Mob tales go, the Boston version is more blue collar, but every bit as ...

Tales of Adam

Daniel Quinn

Steerforth, 2005

Law of Life
This is a short book which is full of wisdom and thoughts to ponder. Adam tells his son after teaching him what he knows about the Law of Life,"If any man tells you he knows the whole of the Law of Life or that he can encompass it in words, that man is a fool or a ...

Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written

Lennard Bickel

Steerforth, 2000

Bickel's Gift
Rarely has fiction served the truth so well. Rarely has the truth served fiction so well. Mawson's own account of his ordeal, in "The Home of The Blizzard", seems relatively matter of fact. We may not have marvelled at Mawson's accomplishment in surviving if we ...

What's God Got to Do with It?: Robert Ingersoll on Free Thought, Honest Talk and the Separation of Church and ...

Steerforth, 2005

Short fast intro to Robert Ingersoll; whom I wish were around today
At only 130 pages or so - and short ones at that, this is not some massive tome by a guy who wrote 120 years years ago in flowery 19th century language that will sit on your shelf gathering dust. You can chew this up in an afternoon - or a few afternoons, if you'd ...

Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History

Sandra Benjamin

Steerforth, 2007

Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
Fascinating, well-researched, comprehensive AND wonderfully written with sprinklings of humor. Didn't think a history book would become my best summer reading! V. Mauro

If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways.

Daniel Quinn

Steerforth, 2007

Another Excellent Daniel Quinn Book
I think this was my 6th or 7th Daniel Quinn book and I found it to be very helpful, entertaining, and enlightening. It is very helpful to be sort of "walked through" his thinking process, and I think about this book often.

"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

Charles Brandt

Steerforth, 2005

Frightening and believable
I read this book twice, each time over a year apart. And in coming back to the book a second time, I found it to be even more chilling how the author provides clear and believable confession to a series of murders, including the murder of one the men he most admires ...

Can Asians Think? Understanding the Divide Between East and West

Kishore Mahbubani

Steerforth, 2002

Read this book and climb out of the PC rut
First of all, the brouhaha over the title simply proves the author's point: Asians and Westerners view things differently. If you care at all about the world, READ THIS BOOK. Really, it's OK. Just treat it like one of those trashy novels whose cover you need to hide in ...

Hard Driving: The Wendell Scott Story

Brian Donovan

Steerforth, 2008

Odd Man Out?
Hard Driving is an apt title for the life story of Wendell Scott. Scott, an African American, was determined to race even though his efforts were thwarted by nearly every one involved in the racing industry of the 1950's and 1960's. The author follows Scotts ...

Go With Me: A Novel

Castle Freeman

Steerforth, 2008

Refreshingly finest kind
Castle Freeman's Go With Me is complete hit for me, mordantly funny, sly, great dialogue, fine indeed. This is one to pass along to your friends, or you could wait for December when it would make a terrific gift. I wouldn't wait, though. It's just that fine.

Shooting at the Moon: The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos

Roger Warner

Steerforth, 1998

This Title Also Known as "Back Fire"
Roger Warner has published the only comprehensive, unbiased account of the strange but tragic "sideshow" war in Laos, the mountainous, landlocked neighbour of Vietnam that was consumed in the same domino-theory meltdown as the two Vietnams and Cambodia, but which was ...

The Book of Getting Even: A Novel

Benjamin Taylor

Steerforth, 2008

"The raising up and casting down" of an American family
Fleeing New Orleans and a despotic father, budding cosmologist Gabriel Geismar attends Swarthmore College in 1970 and meets twins Daniel and Marghie. The initial upshot is a hopeless love triangle, with Gabriel and Daniel together while Marghie is doomed to the ...

Two Ton: One Night, One Fight -Tony Galento v. Joe Louis

Joseph Monninger

Steerforth, 2007

A thrilling story, a great read, an instant classic
Boxing isn't really my thing, but I can't resist a good, well-written story. Joe Monninger's sharp, clear prose draws the reader back in time and deep into the drama of two men's lives, each both very ordinary and very special - almost mythological. It's tough not to ...

It's About Time: Great Recipes for Everyday Life

Michael Schlow, Mario Batali

Steerforth, 2005

It's About Time: Great Recipes for Everyday Life
The book is Fantastic. I have really enjoyed reading it. The recipes are wonderful. Chef Schlow's restaurant in Boston, Radius, is one of our favorite places to eat. We have wonderful memories. Chef's recipes are delicious and simple to prepare. Thank you Chef.

The Paradiso Files: Boston's Unknown Serial Killer

Timothy M. Burke

Steerforth, 2008

A true life Mystic River
Sounding like a non-fiction Mystic River, this is an excellent book about the darker side of the human psyche and one assistant DA's effort to protect society from it. Despite a previous reviewers' contention to the contrary, the author's case against a human predator ...