Arthur Ashe: A Life
By: Raymond Arsenault
4.15
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Ar…
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1. Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played
By: L. Jon Wertheim
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In the 2008 Wimbledon men’s final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five… read more
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- history
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- sports
2. Walt Disney: An American Original
By: Walt Disney Company , Bob Thomas
4.32
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Walt Disney is an American hero--the creator of Mickey Mouse, and a man who changed the face of Ame… read more
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- history
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3. The Lowland
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.87
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a … read more
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"Isolation offered its own form of companionship"-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland
"The blood of too many, dissolving the very stain."-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland
"In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists."-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland
"With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before"-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland
4. Miracle in the Andes
By: Nando Parrado , Vince Rause
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence. Nando P… read more
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5. Miguel Strogoff
By: Jules Verne
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
En el siglo XIX se produce una sublevacion en Siberia, liderada por el tartaro Feofar-Khan, secunda… read more
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6. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
By: Nick Offerman
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Parks and Recreationactor Nick Offerman shares his humorous musings on life, manliness, meat, and m… read more
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7. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980… read more
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- nonfiction
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8. The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2, Harry Bosch Universe, #19)
By: Michael Connelly
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
For Jack McEvoy, the killer named The Poet was the last word in evil. Think again, Jack. Twelve yea… 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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- african american
10. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
By: James McBride
3.69
Format: 176 pages,
Touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and … read more
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11. Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #15; Mickey Haller, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #20)
By: Michael Connelly
3.94
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of hi… read more
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12. My Song: A Memoir
By: Michael Shnayerson , Harry Belafonte
3.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the gre… read more
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13. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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14. The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
By: Alex Trebek
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition of this book, with ISBN 978198215799, can be found here. Longtime Jeo… read more
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"Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going."-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
"Courage is a conscious decision. You do it in a dangerous situation, when you have a choice."-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
"There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you're not--somebody you're not comfortable being."-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
"I just enjoy the moment I’m in. For me, life is a whole experience, not just a series of isolated moments. It’s like submerging yourself into a warm bath rather than sticking your toe under the fauce…"-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
15. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
16. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
17. Why We're Polarized
By: Ezra Klein
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Discover how American politics became a toxic system, why we participate in it, and what it means f… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"Unfortunately, the term “identity politics"-Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized
"The key idea here is “negative partisanship"-Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized
"So here, then, is the last fifty years of American politics summarized: we became more consistent in the party we vote for not because we came to like our party more—indeed, we’ve come to like the pa…"-Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized
"The political media is biased, but not toward the Left or Right so much as toward loud, outrageous, colorful, inspirational, confrontational. It is biased toward the political stories and figures who…"-Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized
18. Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
By: Helena Merriman
4.51
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
He's just escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes. Now, he decides to tunnel back in… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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- biography
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- sports
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
20. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- biography memoir
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- sports
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"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
21. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
By: Maureen Ryan
3.88
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and th… read more
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- history
- audiobook
22. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin
By: Steve Martin
3.83
Format: 3 pages, Audiobook
Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life in this engrossing audio-bi… read more
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- audiobook
23. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
24. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
By: A'ja Wilson
4.58
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more
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25. Unguarded
By: Scottie Pippen
3.54
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of F… read more
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- african american
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26. Arthur Ashe: A Life
By: Raymond Arsenault
4.15
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Ar… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- the united states of america
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- african american
- audiobook
27. La luce delle stelle (Italian Edition)
By: Licia Troisi
2.98
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
Una sera uguale alle altre, in uno sperduto osservatorio astronomico. La luce delle stelle illumina… read more
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28. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA
By: Kirk Goldsberry
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Sprawlball , Kirk Goldsberry returns with a visual feast of a book—equal… read more
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- history
- sports
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30. Rafa Nadal: The King of the Court
By: Dominic Bliss
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This book is the complete guide to one of the greatest tennis players of the 21st century, winner o… read more
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- sports
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31. Steffi Graf: Passione e perfezione (Italian Edition)
By: Elena Marinelli
3.52
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
Novembre 1999. Buio sugli spalti del Madison Square Garden di New York. Un’emozionata Steffi Graf, … read more
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