November 28, 2003

The Literary Gifts of Bob Knight

By RACHEL GOULD

Bob Knight is famous for coaching basketball teams that win games and infamous for flying into fits of rage when they don't. He is also known, though less so, for his generosity to the libraries at Texas Tech University, where he is in his third year of coaching the Red Raiders. This fall, Mr. Knight and his wife, Karen, donated more than 700 books from their private collection to the university libraries. Here is a selection:

The Ascent of Man, by Jacob Bronowski

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