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The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View<\/span><\/a> by Doug Glanville<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n An insider’s revealing look at the hidden world of major league baseball<\/p>\n Doug Glanville, a former major league outfielder and Ivy League graduate, draws on his nine seasons in the big leagues to reveal the human side of the game and of the men who play it.<\/p>\n In Game from Where I Stand<\/span>, Glanville shows us how players prepare for games, deal with race and family issues, cope with streaks and slumps, respond to trades and injuries, and learn the joyful and painful lessons the game imparts. We see the flashpoints that cause misunderstandings and friction between players, and the imaginative ways they work to find common ground. And Glanville tells us with insight and humor what he learned from Jimmy Rollins, Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, Barry Bonds, Curt Schilling, and other legendary and controversial stars.<\/p>\n In his professional career, Glanville experienced every aspect of being a player\u2014the first-round pick, the prospect, the disappointment, the can’t-miss, the cornerstone, the veteran, the traded, the injured, the comeback kid. His eye-opening book gives fans a new level of understanding of day-to-day life in the big leagues. <\/p>\n Wish I got more baseball books to review.<\/span><\/p>\n \n The Machinery of Light<\/span><\/a> by David J. Williams<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n With The Machinery of Light<\/span>, David J. Williams completes his furiously paced, stunningly imagined trilogy\u2014a work of vision, beauty, and pulse-pounding futuristic action.<\/p>\n September 26, 2110. 10:22 GMT. Following the assassination of the American president, the generals who have seized power initiate World War Three, launching a surprise attack against the Eurasian Coalition\u2019s forces throughout the Earth-Moon system. Across the orbits, tens of thousands of particle beams and lasers blast away at one another. The goal: crush the other side\u2019s weaponry, paving the way for nuclear bombardment of the cities. <\/p>\n As inferno becomes Armageddon, the rogue commando unit Autumn Rain embarks on one last run. Matthew Sinclair, an imprisoned spymaster, plots his escape. And his former prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Claire Haskell, capable of hacking into both nets and minds, is realizing that all her powers may merely be playing into Sinclair\u2019s plans. For even as Claire evades the soldiers of East and West amid carnage in the lunar tunnels, the surviving members of the Rain converge upon the Moon, one step ahead of the Eurasian fleets but one step behind the mastermind who created Autumn Rain\u2014and his terrible final secret.<\/p>\n \n The Devil’s Playground (Morgan Kingsley, Book 5)<\/span><\/a> by Jenna Black<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Morgan Kingsley, a kick-ass exorcist, can deal with Lugh, the supersexy demon living inside her, but does he have to moan softly during her intimate moments with her mortal lover? Understandably, Brian is reluctant to share the pleasures of Morgan\u2019s flesh with a gorgeous rogue from the Demon Realm.<\/p>\n But personal matters will have to wait when the opportunistic owner of the Seven Deadlies demon club in Philadelphia enlists Morgan\u2019s help in heading off a crisis: It seems that demons have started showing up at the hot spot in alarming numbers and in the unwilling bodies of rough trade club-goers. Morgan is sure that Dougal, Lugh\u2019s sworn enemy, is behind this, but why? To find out, Morgan must summon every ounce of power at her command\u2014or risk becoming just another casualty in an all-out demon war.<\/p>\n \nMore in Part I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View by Doug Glanville Promo copy: An insider’s revealing look at the hidden world … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51h--iqtFhL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\")
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