In Brief
Quick Reads
Finding yourself with little time to read these days?  Try one of the World's 50 Shortest Books.  Actually, you could read all of them in one sitting and still have time to make a dent in War and Peace.

1. Studies in Geography, by Sarah Palin
2. Using Websites To Enhance Your Image, by John McCain
3. My Legislative Successes, by Barack Obama
4. Keys To Controlling One's Appetites, by Bill Clinton
5. The Value Of Cooperating With Allies, by Dick Cheney
6. The Joys Of Literacy, by George Bush
7. What Big Government Can Do For You, by Ronald Reagan
8. Things I've Actually Invented, by Al Gore
9. All The Reasons Why My People Call Me 'Dear Leader', by Kim Jong Il
10. Arabs I've Admired, by Benjamin Netanyahu
11. A Guide To Hotels In Afghanistan, by Osama bin Laden
12. The Case For Wearing Sensible Shoes, by Imelda Marcos
13. Ceding Power Gracefully, by Vladimir Putin
14. America's Virtues, by Hugo Chavez
15. Things The Devil Made Me Do, by Mother Theresa
16. The Argument For Terrorism, by Mahatma Gandhi
17. My Dark Night Of  The Soul, by Billy Graham
18. Justifying A Woman's Right To Choose, by Pope Benedict
19. Achieving Emotional Control, by John McEnroe
20. My Search For The Real Killers, by O.J. Simpson
21. How To Avoid Bombast In Broadcasting, by Dick Vitale
22. The Real Me, by Alex Rodriguez
23. Building Muscle The Natural Way, by Barry Bonds
24. Coaching With Compassion and Empathy, by Bobby Knight
25. Faux-Ingenuous One-Liners That I Actually Said, by Yogi Berra
26. How You Can Play Golf Like Me, by Tiger Woods
27. The Importance Of Being Politically Correct, by Charles Barkley
28. Moral Victories I'm Proud Of, by Vince Lombardi
29. How To Invest Safely, by Bernard Madoff
30. The Benefits Of Trickle-Down Economics, by Karl Marx
31. The Downside Of Mass Production, by Henry Ford
32. The Role Of Compassion And Humility In Leadership, by George Patton
33. Positive Aspects Of The Loony Left, by Rush Limbaugh
34. Psychoanalysis And Self-Understanding, by B.F. Skinner
35. A Unified Field Theory, by Albert Einstein
36. The Case For Creationism, by Charles Darwin
37. What I Love About The Baroque And Rococo Styles, by Ernest Hemingway
38. The Collected Free Verse Of  Robert Frost
39. Making Realistic Nature Films, by Walt Disney
40. Films I've Made Without Graphic And Gratuitous Violence, by Sam Peckinpah
41. Achieving Nuance In Acting, by John Wayne
42. Movie Roles That I Didn't Nail, by Meryl Streep
43. Effects Of Cubism And Surrealism On My Work, by Norman Rockwell
44. The Delights Of Art Deco, by Frank Lloyd Wright
45. How I Got My Orchestra To Play With Soul, by Lawrence Welk
46. My Favorite Low-Fat Recipes, by Julia Child
47. The Christian Science Guide To HMOs
48. The NFL's Treatise On The Dangers Of Playing When Injured
49. The NCAA's Plan For A National Football Playoff
50. The NRA's Study Of The Dangers Of Firearms

Latest comments

29.03 | 17:31

Hi Bruce,
I smiled a lot as I looked! Sometimes I didn't quite understand, other times I did! Keep doing this! You are a fun thinker!

05.07 | 23:04

hi! your blog is really fantastic! you are really lucky to have it. I have one but i did not have a single like apart from me

11.10 | 23:42

No longer pray for an outcome. Just do the footwork, if I can see any. I just pray for the grace to willing accept what the outcome will be.

30.06 | 02:37

yo that is so cool