Book excerpt: (check price) Neiman brings the poetry-spouting wordsmith, nose-thumbing showoff, and consummate entertainer, Cassius ClayQa.k.a., Muhammad AliQback to life, in high contrast to the glowering, scowling, nonverbal ex-con Sonny Liston in the ultimate good guy/bad guy scenario. With on-the-scene immediacy, this sketchbook recreates in words and images their historic 1964 and 1965 championship matchups, along with the dramatic events of the times surrounding them. 1-57687-231-9$25.00 / powerHouse