European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 scene stars and stripes june 2007 books photos by Villard Paul Shirley poses on the Beach in where he is playing with his latest basketball the professional player has written a Book about his can keep my Jersey 11 5 and 4 years in my life As a basketball embracing the Bounce pro basketball Journeyman reflects on scattered career 4 a c u u o professional basketball player Paul Shirley probably is too Complex for his own Good self deprecating and appreciative that he gets paid to play a game that he even though its often under Lessith Anidel luckily for the rest of professional writer Paul Shirley can spin an entertain ing tale about his life on the fringe of big time a 6foot10 Forward who played at Iowa state while on an Aca Demic is the kind of pro athlete whom sports fans hear Little Hes Good enough at his sport to be better at it than almost anyone else in the but most of his Job offers have come from overseas teams or wobbly minor league a few he has had Brief stints in the worlds greatest pro basketball the most recently this season with the Phoenix can i keep my Jersey is an ath letes mostly sometimes heart always interesting journal of the ups and Downs of his but its not necessary for a Reader to be a 11 5 and 4 years in my life As a basketball Vagabond Paul Shirley introduction by Chuck i Osterman sports fan to enjoy it or appreciate Shirley explains details about his sport when he needs to and avoids getting too technical about it the rest of the the Book is filled with Clever quips and sly while describing a Long trip through the great Plains on a team a Kansas writes by the Dakotas look a lot like and the Canadian army would not have a hard time conquering this part of the world if Canada in have an after suffering a debilitating shoulder injury while playing for a team in he talks about his visit to a doctors office for a painful medical procedure called an or which involves inserting Needle electrodes into skin tissue i had an egg on i recommend that anyone with sadomasochistic tendencies sched ule Shirley does Well at downshifting from humorous into serious such As when he describes the pure Joy he Felt the first time he achieved his lifes dream of joining an Aba team even though he received Only a 10day con he May never become a basketball but his first Book is a Page Turner that Usa today bestsellers key fiction of nonfiction hardcover paperback the secret by Rhonda Byrne nah the 6th target by James Maxine Paetro Fth the husband by Dean Koontz up invisible prey by John Sandford Fth bad Luck and trouble by Lee child Fth the places youll go by Seuss Fth water for elephants by Sara Gruen up the Road by Cormac Mccarthy up the dangerous Book for boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden nah Susannah Garden by Debbie Macomber up simple Genius by David Baldacci Fth the children of Hurin by edited by Christopher Tolkien Fth the 5th horseman by James Maxine Paetro up the memory keepers Daugh Ter by Kim Edwards up love one woman search for everything across India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert nip the final move beyond Iraq the final solution while the world sleeps by Mike nip cover of night by Linda Howard up Einstein his life and universe by Walter Isaacson nah two Little girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark up dead watch by John Sandford up god is not great How Reli Gion poisons everything by Christo Pher Hitchens nah the yiddish policemen Union by Michael Chabon Fth blink by Malcolm Gladwell nip Jesus or Nazareth by Pope Benedict Xvi nah the Kite runner by Khaled Hosseini up reposition yourself living life without limits by Jakes nah born in death by Rabb up the Glass Castle a Memoir by Jeannette Walls nip minutes in heaven a True Story of death and life by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey nip the witness by Sandra Brown up suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky up the wrong hostage by Elizabeth Lowell up Pearl Harbor a novel of december 8th by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen Fth baby proof by Emily Tiffin up the Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer up rant an Oral biography of by Chuck Palahi pirates of the Caribbean at Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk Fth worlds end by t Sutherland up exceptional presenter a proven formula to open up Ana own the room by Timothy Koegel nah a Una Way gone of a boy Soldier by Begh nah a wrinkle in time by Madeleine at Rifle by Patricia Cornwall Cap have my desires by Jenan America Michaelr i Ujj Tatt Chute put r p my by Jonathan it Lorman