BOOK REPORT—

Too Far From Home by Chris Jones

The author “...writes beautifully of the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.”

This is the finest narrative I’ve ever read on what it is like to achieve orbit with a giant rocket strapped to your back; to live in the space station, to endure the effects of prolonged weightlessness, and, to survive a perilous hitchhike home in an antique Russian, Soyuz space capsule--this crew’s only choice after our space shuttle Columbia disaster.


BOOK REPORT—

A Long Way Gone (Memoirs of a boy soldier) by Ishmael Beah

A haunting true story of a child in Sierra Leone whose family is killed in a brutal civil war there; he is forced to fight with the rebels, committing atrocious acts for his very own survival.

It is estimated there are 300,000 child soldiers worldwide. Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, said, “...Beah has not only emerged intact from this chaos, he has become one of its most eloquent chroniclers....”


FOR THE RECORD: The post “Camping Along the River” was done Monday, April 30th and the post “Bond’s Home Run Performance” was done April 29th. The record of continuous daily postings since January 15, 2006 is intact. --tw