The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America
By: Jack Newfield
4.05
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfield’s best-selling biography of America’s b…
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1. Casino
By: Nicholas Pileggi
4.09
Format: 148 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From the author of the best-selling Mafia expose, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-d… read more
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- nonfiction
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2. Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing
By: Donald McRae
3.63
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dark Tradeis Donald McRae's illuminating five-year journey through the intense and forbidding world… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
3. Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told: Thirty-Six Incredible Tales From The Ring
By: Jeff Silverman
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
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4. Ghosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
By: Mark Kram
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of co… read more
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5. Among the Thugs
By: Bill Buford
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quanti… read more
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6. Journeymen: The Other Side of the Boxing Business, A New Perspective on the Noble Art
By: Mark Turley
5.00
Format: 144 pages,
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7. War, Baby: The Glamour of Violence
By: Kevin Mitchell
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
An award-winning journalist and boxing aficionado recounts the story of the infamous 1995 bout betw… read more
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8. Lords of Chaos
By: Michael Moynihan , None
3.68
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
The book focuses on the scene surrounding the extreme heavy metal subgenre black metal in Norway in… read more
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"Nationalism is the political manifestation of a folk's collective unconscious; heathenism/ satanism is the spiritual manifestation. Both ascend from the same source. Its therefore no coincidence that…"-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos
"Heavy Metal has been forced to create its own underworld. It plays by its own rules, follows its own aesthetic prerogatives… Metal is no longer a staple of FM radio, nor are record labels publishing …"-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos
9. 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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10. The Harder They Fall
By: Budd Schulberg
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Budd Schulberg's celebrated novel of the prize ring has lost none of its power since its first publ… read more
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11. The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
By: James Ellroy
4.10
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Holl… read more
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12. The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights
By: Shaun Assael
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A re-examination of the circumstances surrounding former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston's death … read more
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13. Surviving to Drive
By: Guenther Steiner
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more
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- sports
- biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive
14. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
By: Jeff Guinn
4.06
Format: None pages, Audiobook
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more
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- nonfiction
15. Berserker!
By: Adrian Edmondson
4.32
Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition
From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
16. MOX
By: Jon Moxley
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the… read more
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- sports
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17. Acid for the Children
By: Flea
4.08
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parent… read more
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- biography
"Bein famous don't mean shit"-Flea, Acid for the Children
"Such a fool was I. It's a fool who's seduced by that which feels good. Nothing but a simple fool."-Flea, Acid for the Children
"We sat up through the night snorting and talking. It all felt so important, meaningful and good, all be it in that weird coke way. In the years to come, during all night coked out blab-fests, even du…"-Flea, Acid for the Children
18. Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World
By: Mike Stanton
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence , a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano,… read more
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- sports
- biography
19. The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America
By: Jack Newfield
4.05
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfield’s best-selling biography of America’s b… read more
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- sports
- biography
20. The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science
By: Mike Silver
3.90
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
Are today's boxers better than their predecessors, or is modern boxing a shadow of its former self?… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
21. Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier
By: Mark Kram Jr.
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fan… read more
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- sports
- biography
22. Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho (Deluxe Limited Edition)
By: Christian Giudice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“In yet another skillful excavation of a dazzling Latino champion, Christian Giudice...follows Hect… read more
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- nonfiction
23. In the Cheap Seats
By: Springs Toledo
4.58
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In this updated collection of award-winning boxing essays, Springs Toledo takes a hard look at the … read more
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- sports
24. The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison
By: Carlos Acevedo
4.16
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
“[A]n enthralling new biography by Carlos Acevedo . . . [Tommy] Morrison’s Falstaffian story makes … read more
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25. 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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26. In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories
By: Peter Heller
4.18
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghett… read more
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- sports
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27. Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage
By: Budd Schulberg
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In this bountiful collection of his best boxing writing of a lifetime, Mr. Schulberg takes his fans… read more
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28. Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust)
By: Alan Scott Haft
4.10
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim wit… read more
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- biography
29. Jacob's Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties
By: Kevin Mitchell
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York in the Fifties was the most interesting, the most vibrant city in the world. As American c… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing
By: Sean Nam
4.27
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
Journalist Nam delivers a knockout debut that shines a light on the underbelly of the boxing indust… read more
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31. Berserk: The Shocking Life and Death of Edwin Valero (Hamilcar Noir)
By: Don Stradley
4.01
Format: 85 pages, Kindle Edition
"Just finished Don Stradley's book on Edwin Valero, "Berserk." Outstanding. Predictably so because … read more
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