(Part 2) Best regional us biographies according to redditors
We found 133 Reddit comments discussing the best regional us biographies. We ranked the 69 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
28. Eye of the Beast: The True Story of Serial Killer James Wood
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I really enjoyed Peter Sagal's (from NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me show) running memoir 'The Incomplete Book of Running.' Not a how to, but very engaging, funny and thoughtful. I got it as an audiobook since he reads it himself, and you know, he's a radio guy so he's got a good voice. Covers everything from the runners trots to the Boston marathon bombing.
Daniel Mauser hit me particularly hard, especially when I learned he was a friend/acquaintance of Devon Adams and he was affectionately called "Moose" by the members of the debate club. It was easy to tell just how loved he was in his family, particularly where his father is concerned.
Also, I'm not sure if you're looking for specific Columbine documentaries/material (e.g. about the victims, etc), but I've personally read and enjoyed No Easy Answers by Brooks Brown, A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold, and Columbine: A True Crime Story by Jeff Kass. I haven't read any of the books about the victims written by their families, but I know there's two about Cassie and Rachel. Whatever you do, just don't read Columbine by Dave Cullen.
I've only read bits and pieces of the 11k, so I can't say for sure, but I haven't encountered much of Kelly Fleming at all in the reports. She was probably referenced by library witnesses and by police officers describing where she was shot, where her body was found, in what position, etc, but I can't imagine they'd include much else, since it's not really relevant.
Being from the Milwaukee area, I was fascinated by this whole case, and in high school I read the memoir his dad wrote. Their kid was a sociopath (manipulative, lacking empathy, getting what he wanted however he could, quiet, polite, forgettable), and they worried about him in the way all parents worry about all kids... they had no idea what the hell he was capable of, and had a hard time believing it. I felt really sorry for that family.
Sure!
Excerpts of dahmer's confession: here
Book by his dad on his childhood: here
Interview with his parents: here
Dahmer's complete written confession: here (warning, shit handwriting)
One of dahmer's interviews: here
And a pretty decent documentary: here
If you want to learn more about him, there's loads more stuff. These are just a few. I'd also recommend Last Podcast On The Left. They did some episodes on both serial killers. It's also where I got the term big hitters from.
For Bundy.
The interview mentioned in OPs post: here
Analysis of that interview: here
Documentary on Bundy: here
Stranger beside me by Ann rule: here
You didn't specify what you wanted sourced so I gave you a smattering. Was there something specific you wanted?
I would have done this but that is good
I am a rising 3L. It would have been helpful if you gave a bit more information about why in the world you're considering becoming a lawyer. Since you didn't, I'm just going to give you a huge list of links to materials which have informed my general philosophical understanding of law, justice, and the legal profession and hope you find some of it interesting.
Music:
Dead Prez - Fuck the Law
Crass - Bloody Revolution
GG Allin - Fuck Authority
Wesley Willis - It’s Against the Law
Wilco - Against the Law
Golf Wang - Earl
MellowHype - Fuck the Police
KottonMouth Kings and ICP - Fuck the Police
RATM - Fuck the Police
Dead Kennedys - Police Truck
Choking Victim - Money
Anti-Flag - No Borders, No Nations
Utah Phillips - I Will Not Obey
Woody Guthrie - Jesus Christ
Todos Tus Muertos - Gente Que No
David Wrench - A Radical Song
Books:
Michel Foucault - Discipline and Punish(PDF Link)
[Thomas Geoghegan - The Law in Shambles](http://www.amazon.com/Law-Shambles-Thomas-
Geoghegan/dp/097281969X)
Rawn James Jr. - Root and Branch
Deborah Rhode - In the Interests of Justice: Reforming the Legal Profession
Alan Dershowitz - Letters to a Young Lawyer
Richard Posner - Overcoming Law (specifically read "The Material Basis of Jurisprudence")
Susan Eaton - The Children in Room E4
Sunny Schwartz - Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All
Angela Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete?
Alan Dershowitz - The Best Defense
John Rawls - A Theory of Justice
Robert Nozick - Anarchy, State and Utopia
Ward Churchill - Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Anglo-American Laws
J. Shoshanna Ehrlich - Who Decides? The Abortion Rights of Teens
Film:
Judgment at Nuremberg
A Civil Action
To Kill a Mockingbird
>PiHKAL if anyone has heard of it.
lol, yes we have heard of it. I'm just teasing, anyways I enjoyed this. Also I've heard fear and loathing in Las vegas is good, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
My professor actually just wrote a book on Somoan's in the NFL. It's a really great read in my opinion.
Looking for a ship is a good read for research. A bit dated, but things are the same in many regards today.
I'll try and give feedback on your writing when I have time later.
The Goshawk by T.H. White
Thanks for the tips!
I actually found one book about Jeralee Underwood: https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Beast-Story-Serial-Killer/dp/1886039321 - has some good reviews, too.
I'll check out Kirby Jonas.
https://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Lifetime-Observations-Reflections-Court-ebook/dp/B003TO4TKQ?ie=UTF8&btkr=1&redirect=true&ref_=dp-kindle-redirect
This right here. It gives you a lot of wisdom from a coach who demanded that his players do things the right way. It includes his pyramid of excellence, and is a very influential book for the way to approach the game.
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https://www.amazon.com/Pistol-Biography-Maravich-Mark-Kriegel-ebook/dp/B000NY12PK/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1463447103&sr=1-3&keywords=pistol
https://www.amazon.com/Rivalry-Russell-Chamberlain-Golden-Basketball-ebook/dp/B000FCKGSY?ie=UTF8&btkr=1&redirect=true&ref_=dp-kindle-redirect
Also these two books.
I'm glad it could help. Check out this book too. It helped me. It could probably shine some light on your situation too.
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Thanks! I just wish I could say there were more good things on the list.
And thanks for the Patton recommendation, I'll check that out.
I do recommend anything by John McPhee in the strongest possible terms. It's all non-fiction, and always interesting and often very funny, and about a tremendous range of topics.
Like fishing? Read The Founding Fish, which is all about the American Shad, and I mentioned before.
Like boats? Looking For a Ship is about the merchant marine.
Planes, trains, and automobiles (and more boats)? Uncommon Carriers deals with all of them, and why almost all lobster eaten in the US comes from Kentucky.
Care for tales about why New Orleans is doomed, pissing on lava , and debris flows in LA? The Control of Nature covers those.
Fruit? How about Oranges?
Geology? The Annals of the Former World is a compilation of several shorter books more or less following I-80 across the US.
Sports? Tennis (and basketball to a lesser extent). He's also written about lacrosse in various magazines.
...And a ton of other stuff, ranging from bears to farmers markets to nuclear energy to lifting body airplanes to Switzerland.
Here's my list of ones I've read, They range from undercover cops to actual members to PIs/ Journalits writing them
Edit: Another one I remembered
I'd recommend anything by Paul Gruchow
http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Who-Would-Defeated/dp/156796026X
Similarly, there were over 400 men lost on the USS Oklahoma, second only to the 1,100+ on the Arizona. Unlike WV, the Oklahoma was not counter-flooded in time and did capsize -- within about 12 minutes -- leaving only her bottom and part of the starboard side above water once her superstructure hit the bottom. This is visible in the photo referenced earlier. She was due to have an inspection, so the internal hatches to her protective torpedo blisters along her hull were opened, which caused very fast catastrophic flooding after being hit by five torpedoes. Some trapped crew escaped by swimming down and out of the ship. Others were trapped deep in the ship’s hull which, unlike those men trapped in the water pump room on West Virginia, placed them near the surface once she turned over. Rescuers immediately began trying to save the men inside Oklahoma by cutting into the shell plating and bottom. The rescuers tried oxyacetylene torches but ended up causing the deaths of trapped sailors when the cutting torches allowed the escape of the pressurized air pockets in which the men were awaiting rescue. The thick steel plate and armor could not be cut fast enough to prevent drowning. These torches cutting into the ship also consumed the oxygen in the internal compartments and caused the interior red lead-based paints and bulkhead insulation to catch on fire, causing poisonous gases to form. (The workers at Pearl did not have oxygen electrode cutting torches until well into the salvage operations.) Thirty-two men ultimately were rescued from the Oklahoma on Dec 8 and 9, largely cut out of the ship by workers using pneumatic air tools to cut the heavy steel. As the last men were removed from the ship, the water was lapping up to the top of the rescue holes, forcing the men to hold their breath as they waited to be rescued. A great book for this is Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape from Battleship Oklahoma by Stephen Bower Young. Mr Young was one of the 32 men rescued and his experience was nothing short of harrowing. The rest of the men on Oklahoma could not be reached and the banging from inside the ship stopped after Dec 10. The salvage of Oklahoma and recovery of the bodies of the lost crew is discussed in the Raymer book. (Many of the parbuckling and refloating techniques used for the Okie were used recently to salvage the cruise ship Costa Concordia at Giglio.) Many of these men were buried in common graves in Hawaii because their remains were in such poor condition. However, they were exhumed this year and new DNA ID techniques are proving successful in giving these men their names back so they can finally go home to their families. Several media stories have been published recently about this identification effort.
TL;DR - Thirty-two sailors were rescued from USS Oklahoma. Some trapped crewmen died when air escaped during the rescue. Others asphyxiated when torches consumed oxygen or started toxic smoke and fires. (Added as edit)
Well his dad wrote a book, which might be the source.
Okay, here you go. You didn't get it from me. ;)