# "Greatest Jewish Sports Legends", and other nominees for World Shortest Books **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 25, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947 "2010-07-25T15:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/61 "2010-07-28T04:14:37Z")
\*\*Why _Batman_ Had Run Its Course And NOBODY Could Possibly Have Saved the Franchise \*\* Ashley Olsen ---
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_Fridays With Saget: Things I Learned About Life and Acting From Bob_ Jay Leno ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/63 "2010-07-28T04:35:39Z")
How To Know When It’s Time To Gracefully Step Aside by Jay Leno Richard Simmons ---
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_Aerobics Shmaerobics: The Overrated Exercise Fad_, by Richard Simmons Next: Gordon Ramsay ---
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> [@Spoons](#): > > Gordon Ramsay _Supersize you: An Exploration Of The Gastronomical Delights At McDonald’s_, by Gordon Ramsay Amy Winehouse ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/66 "2010-07-28T09:40:05Z")
_The Amy Winehouse Book Of Drugs She Hasn’t Tried Yet_ Richard Nixon ---
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_Secrets to being popular and having your successes remembered and failures forgotten_ Richard Nixon Heinz Guderian. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/68 "2010-07-28T14:17:22Z")
Heinz Guderian, _Why Tanks Will Never Play Any Significant Role in Modern Warfare_. Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/69 "2010-07-28T14:19:39Z")
_Silence is Golden_ John Philip Sousa ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/70 "2010-07-28T14:23:58Z")
_The Unimportance Of Keeping Time_, by John Philip Sousa Newt Gingrich ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/71 "2010-07-28T14:30:21Z")
Newt Gingrich, _Public Life, Private Life: A Guide to Avoiding Hypocrisy, Drawn from My Own Experiences._ Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/72 "2010-07-28T14:45:26Z")
\*\*Public Speaking without a Teleprompter \*\* by Barack Obama Michael Phelps ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/73 "2010-07-28T15:11:03Z")
_Discretion and Choosing Your Friends Wisely_ By Michael Phelps Nancy Pelosi ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/74 "2010-07-28T15:41:34Z")
Nancy Pelosi, _All the Things I Love About Conservatism_. Rush Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/75 "2010-07-28T15:44:32Z")
_The Democrats’ Good Points_, by Rush Limbaugh Sean Penn ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/76 "2010-07-28T15:47:02Z")
_Staying Apolitical In Hollywood_, by Sean Penn Lady Gaga ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/77 "2010-07-28T16:27:34Z")
_Keepin’ It Real: The Art of Understatement in Staging and Costumes_ by Lady Gaga Sarah Palin ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/78 "2010-07-28T16:34:39Z")
_Geography of the Northern Hemisphere_, By Sarah Palin Eliot Spitzer ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/79 "2010-07-28T16:45:31Z")
Eliot Spitzer, _The Spitzer Way: My Tips on Being an Effective, Respected and Reelected Governor._ Chelsea Clinton. ---
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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Chelsea Clinton. **Nobody’s Daughter: Making it on your own in today’s world.** William F. Gaines [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947.md?page=5)