Thoughts as many seasons blend together
We all have personal markers for the arrival of spring. Mine include seeing Middlebury College baseball and softball scores show up from Florida or Arizona against schools I’ve never heard of, (McHenry County?), trash-talking at our annual fantasy baseball draft, (it did not go unremarked-upon that our defending champ bought non-Cy Young candidates Doug Fister, Vin Mazzaro and David Pauley), and …
|
|
Headless Horsemen: A Tale of Chemical Colts, Subprime Sales Agents, and the Last Kentucky Derby on Steroids $8.50 A pointed and irreverent critique of thoroughbred racing’s breakdown, by a prominent journalist turned horse breederJim Squires was in trouble. He had gone from one business seemingly intent on committing suicide to another, both led over the cliff by visionless leaders. First it was the newspaper bean-counters’ blind adherence to the demands of Wall Street. Then in horse racing it was a clann… |
|
|
Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas’ Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning……… $4.79 Carl Djerassi is the father of the birth control pill, developer of antihistamines, founder of chemical companies and teacher of world-class chemists. Blending descriptions of the lucrative world of drug development with controversial chapters on the politics of contraception and chapters about his personal and professional aspirations, this book tells the story of a productive and socially-consci… |
|
|
The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas’ Horse: The Autobiography of Carl Djerassi $5.98 Father of the birth control pill, developer of antihistimines, founder of chemical companies, teacher of world-class chemists, best-selling novelist…as “The Scientist” notes, “Few can match Carl Djerassi’s juggling act for success and longevity.” Here is Djerassi’s remarkable autobiography. Blending vivid descriptions of the lucrative world of drug development with controversial chapters on the … |
