Mailbox Monday September 21, 2009

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Role of a Lifetime by James Brown
This book was sent to me by Anna over at Hachette Book Group for review.

James Brown is best known as an NFL sports commentator for CBS. He was also a talented basketball player with a shot at playing in the NBA. But, James Brown's life has been so much more than all of this. This book explores the values he was raised with and the principles that made him the man he is today.



Across the Endless River by Thad Carhart
I received this book from Anna over at FSB Associates for review.

Born in 1805 on the Lewis and Clark expedition, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, known affectionately as “Pompy” to his mother’s tribe, was the son of the expedition’s translators, Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau. Carried on a cradle board as an infant, Baptiste crossed the Rocky Mountains on Sacagawea’s back, a now legendary image.

Across the Endless River imagines this mixed-blood child’s mysterious and unique boyhood in Missouri among the Mandan tribe and his time as William Clark’s ward in St. Louis. With unparalleled language skills and his ability to slip between and co-exist within two very different worlds, Baptiste proves indispensable to the explorers and scientists he meets through Clark.

Baptiste, caught between worlds, reflects the common struggle of those who find themselves at an intersection of multiple cultures, languages, and ways of life. Spanning the wilds of America to the European court, Across the Endless River is a haunting exploration of identity, passion, and love.

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

A book destined to become one of the best sellers of all time, Dan Brown's third novel to feature Robert Langdon tackles the mysterious organization of the Free Masons. The narrative is supposed to take place all within a twelve hour period. The book sold 1 million copies on it's release day.