Bill Geist, Author Grand Central Publishing $34 (240p) ISBN 978-0-446-52763-7
Geist, humorist and regular CBS commentator, takes on one of the most popular American pastimes, despite his obvious skepticism about golf's appeal. Geist (Little League Confidential) resents hearing his friends endlessly discuss their latest golf...
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Bill Geist, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (240p) ISBN 978-0-688-15077-8
CBS commentator Geist (Little League Confidential) here collects his essays, some of which appeared in the New York Times and New York magazine. The topic of becoming middle-aged is not a new one for humorists, and Geist begins inauspiciously by...
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Bill Geist, Author Broadway Books $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7679-2272-2
CBS roving correspondent and author Geist offers up an amusing and expansive collection of America's quirky, strange and offbeat nooks. The ""Land of Lost Luggage"" in Scottsboro, Ala., for instance, is where the millions of bags airlines ""lose""...
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Bill Geist, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $17 (217p) ISBN 978-0-02-542921-5
This Little League coach's account of his woes, travails and soul storms in the course of one season is side-splitting. Geist, a CBS News correspondent, lives in Ridgewood, N.J., where he has shepherded preadolescents on the diamond for nine years...
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Bill Geist, Author Putnam Publishing Group $21.95 (223p) ISBN 978-0-399-13883-6
In 19 profiles, Geist proves in a humorous way that Americans have not lost their entrepreneurial spirit. His collection of offbeat endeavors ranges from the king of infomercials (Ron Popeil) to the man who conceived the idea for the Houston...
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Bill and Willie Geist. Grand Central, $27 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4555-4722-7
Conceived after Bill let the world know he had Parkinson’s disease, this work is meant to show Bill’s grandkids and Willie’s kids the unique relationship and friendship between father and son. Written in a call-and-response style that is reminiscent
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Bill and Willie Geist, read by the authors. Hachette Audio, , unabridged, five CDs, 5.5 hrs., $30 ISBN 978-1-47895306-7
Longtime CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Bill Geist and his son, Willie, co-host of NBC’s Today and MSNBC’s Morning Joe, demonstrate down-to-earth charm in the audio edition of their book about the ups and downs of father-son relationships. While...
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Bill Geist. Grand Central, $26 (208p) ISBN 978-1-5387-2980-9
Humorist and former CBS correspondent Geist follows up Way Off the Road with another enjoyable look at an offbeat corner of the U.S., the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Geist, as a teenager in the 1960s, spent summers working there at his uncle’s...
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