Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It
By: Peter Golenbock
4.05
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
"Anyone who has love for the game of baseball will enjoy this remarkable book." Library Journal, St…
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1. The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
By: Joe Posnanski
4.38
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Baseball 100 “A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a na… read more
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"Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball."-Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
2. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's … read more
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"It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn."-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
"I sometimes wonder how many hours of my life I have wasted bitching about keyboards. The use of keyboards and synthesizers is the Roe v. Wade of '80s metal. It was-without question-the lamest instrum…"-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
3. Ball Four
By: Jim Bouton
4.05
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more
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"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
4. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
By: Mike Shropshire
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more
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5. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
By: Lawrence S. Ritter
5.00
Format: 299 pages,
From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more
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6. Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman and Lincoln's Guiding Light
By: Harlow Giles Unger
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A compelling new biography of America's most powerful Speaker of the House, who held the divided na… read more
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7. Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
By: None
3.20
Format: 192 pages,
When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson's parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he r… read more
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8. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
By: Buzz Bissinger
3.81
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more
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9. The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit
By: Ron Shelton
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely enterta… read more
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10. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
By: David Maraniss
4.02
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more
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11. Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
By: Natalie Warren
3.95
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Mi… read more
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"When in doubt, don't think too much, and walk around the block in your hiking boots."-Natalie Warren, Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
12. 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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13. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams
By: Adam Lazarus
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more
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14. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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15. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever
By: John Rosengren
4.12
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more
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16. 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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17. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more
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18. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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19. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
By: Ryan McGee
4.36
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more
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20. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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21. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
By: Tyler Kepner
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more
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22. Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
By: William Shatner
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The beloved star of Star Trek , recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects o… read more
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23. Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It
By: Peter Golenbock
4.05
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
"Anyone who has love for the game of baseball will enjoy this remarkable book." Library Journal, St… read more
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24. Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West
By: Tom Clavin
3.99
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explore… read more
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25. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
By: Howard Bryant
4.23
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more
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26. You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
By: Kat Timpf
3.80
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when we can’t joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 4… read more
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"The Bottom Line: When you say that words are violence, you inherently are saying that violence is an acceptable response to words, because violence is universally considered an acceptable response to…"-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
"A better standard would be intention. If someone says something that offends us - but their intentions was humor - than we should respond far differently to that than we would if the person intended …"-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
27. Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship
By: Johnny Joey Jones
4.52
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
Life only really starts when we start serving others. For many people, military service isn’t simpl… read more
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28. Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink
By: Kevin Cook
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phill… read more
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29. Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park
By: Andy Mulvihill
4.15
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dan… read more
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30. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
By: Kostya Kennedy
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year True is a probing, richly-detailed, u… read more
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31. The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
By: John Strausbaugh
4.17
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its… read more
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