The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
By: Paul Beston
4.54
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the heavywe…
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1. The Fight
By: Norman Mailer
4.04
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fi… read more
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"How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse."-Norman Mailer, The Fight
"It is not uncommon for fighters’ camps to be gloomy. In heavy training, fighters live in dimensions of boredom others do not begin to contemplate. Fighters are supposed to. The boredom creates an imp…"-Norman Mailer, The Fight
"(On choosing to write the book in third person, and using his name Norman as the nom de plume) NOW, OUR MAN of wisdom had a vice. He wrote about himself. Not only would he describe the events he saw,…"-Norman Mailer, The Fight
2. The Great Terror: A Reassessment
By: Robert Conquest
4.14
Format: 584 pages, Paperback
The definitive work on Stalin's purges, Robert Conquest's The Great Terror was universally acclaime… read more
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3. Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
By: Jason Zinoman
3.86
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steve… read more
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4. Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball
By: George Kimball
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Sports fans and boxing enthusiasts alike will love this compelling study of the resurgence of boxin… read more
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5. The Little Red Chairs
By: Edna O'Brien
3.24
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
The much-anticipated new novel from the literary world's master of storytelling, Edna O'Brien. A… read more
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"My friends I tell you this, we are a jolly group but put us in uniform and all that change. In war I don’t know who my brother. In war I don’t know who my friend. War make everybody savage. Who can s…"-Edna O'Brien, The Little Red Chairs
6. Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink
By: David Margolick
4.50
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Nothing in the annals of sports has aroused more passion than the heavyweight fights in New York in… read more
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7. Undisputed Truth
By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more
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8. Meg (MEG, #1)
By: Steve Alten
3.97
Format: 570 pages, Paperback
Revised and Expanded. On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor fo… read more
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9. Ali: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Timesbest-selling author with unique … read more
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10. The Hunter (Parker, #1)
By: Richard Stark
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more
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11. The Sweet Science
By: A.J. Liebling , None
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorkerpieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life t… read more
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14. October 1964
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 1989 David Halberstam published "Summer of '49," which became a #1 "New York Times" bestseller. … read more
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15. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco
3.55
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more
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"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
16. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson
4.30
Format: 546 pages, ebook
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more
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17. The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City
By: Kevin Baker
4.39
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures… read more
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18. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
By: Dan Carlin
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more
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"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
19. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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20. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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21. Dreamland: An Autobiography
By: Bob Lazar
3.88
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Bob Lazar is the reason Area 51 became infamous in the 1980s and his recent appearance on Joe Rogan… read more
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"The late nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, one of the best known and most respected UFO investigators, became the highest profile Lazar debunker, and although he often told his audiences that he wa…"-Bob Lazar, Dreamland: An Autobiography
22. Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik
By: Brian R. Solomon
4.34
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
The captivating story of how The Sheik captured the imagination of a generation, conquered the wres… read more
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23. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE
By: Brian Gewirtz
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more
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24. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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25. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
26. The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
By: Paul Beston
4.54
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the heavywe… read more
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27. The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages
By: Don Stradley
4.35
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
"Excellent."— Times Literary Supplement The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearn… read more
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28. Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali's Last Fight
By: Dave Hannigan
3.91
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a m… read more
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29. Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
By: Youssef Daoudi
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nev… read more
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30. Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science
By: Jeffrey Sussman
3.62
Format: 216 pages, ebook
More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes a… read more
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31. Screwball
By: Simon Rich
3.51
Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio
SNL’s Beck Bennett performs Screwball, a wildly funny and wistful take on Babe Ruth’s little-known … read more
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