Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons Of A Hardwood Warrior

Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons Of A Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty

Phil Jackson explores the spiritual dimension of his basketball career. He was raised as a child of Presbyterian ministers. However, he never experienced speaking in tongues and felt that he had not filled the jump in the spiritual journey. He later was attracted to Zen and meditation. He still maintianed some of the key Christian teacheings of love with his Zen practice. He used this as part of his early basketball career. His NBA playing career gradually shifted to coaching. When he was coaching the bulls he worked to balance the extreme talent of Michael Jordan with the needs of a team. There were times that players had important life experiences that needed to be addressed. (Such as the death of Scottie Pippen's father.) The book is abridged and ends in the middle of the Bulls run. Much of it is repeated in his later book spanning his entire NBA career. 

There's a Wocket in my Pocket: Dr. Seuss's Book of Ridiculous Rhymes

There's a Wocket in my Pocket: Dr. Seuss's Book of Ridiculous Rhymes (Big Bright & Early Board Book) by Dr. Seuss

This is one of the weaker Seuss books, and this abridged version does not help. It is a nonstop list of "nonsense" words that rhyme with real words. Seuss has fun illustrating each of the nonsense items as some picture.

The Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Audio Collection

The Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Audio Collection by Kurt Vonnegut

This audio collection has a few short selections from Vonnegut's popular books read by Vonnegut himself. He does a good job of reading the books and gives you a feel for the books. However, other than the Welcome to the Monkey House stories, these are just excerpts. 

Bambi

This is a short "adaptation" of the book Bambi. It is debatable whether or not it is a children's book. It is a strong "anti-hunting" book. It is primarily from the point of view of the deer. We learn of the hierarchy of the animals.  However, even the highest ranking animals are no match for hunters. The hunters use many different methods for killing animals, including guns and traps. In the end, the view of the world is shown to be greater than both man and animal.