Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
By: Michael Hurd
3.78
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
At a time when “Friday night lights” shone only on white high school football games, African Americ…
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1. Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football
By: Jim Dent
4.11
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Jim Dent, author of the New York Timesbestselling The Junction Boys,returns with his most powerful … read more
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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
2. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
By: H.G. Bissinger
3.33
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more
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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
3. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
By: Barry Schwartz
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
About the Book: The Paradox of Choice In the spirit of Alvin Tofflers Future Shock, a social critiq… read more
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4. The Fix (Amos Decker, #3)
By: David Baldacci
4.25
Format: 194 pages,
David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker - the man who can forget nothing - was first intr… read more
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5. The Running Man
By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman
3.90
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives... Ben Richard… read more
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"Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk."-Stephen King, The Running Man
"Say your name over two hundred times and discover you are no one."-Stephen King, The Running Man
"The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it."-Stephen King, The Running Man
"...sie würden Christus persönlich überfallen, um ein Pfund Salami zu ergattern."-Stephen King, The Running Man
6. IQ (IQ, #1)
By: Joe Ide
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus Awards A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods… read more
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7. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
8. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
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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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
10. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
12. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)
By: David Baldacci
4.37
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more
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13. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
By: Stephanie Land
3.62
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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- nonfiction
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
15. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.72
Format: 16 pages, Audiobook
15 hours, 54 minutes Read by a 45-person cast, with Holter Graham and the author Over the pas… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was …"-Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
16. 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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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
17. The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4)
By: David Baldacci
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memo… read more
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18. The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
By: Ricardo Nuila
4.38
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Redemption (Amos Decker, #5)
By: David Baldacci
4.21
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly… read more
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20. 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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- history
- nonfiction
21. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
By: Bryan Burrough
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths,… read more
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- nonfiction
22. 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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- nonfiction
23. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
By: Brad Meltzer
3.81
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Was… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
24. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
By: Robert Waldinger
4.16
Format: 352 pages, ebook
What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more
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25. Oath of Loyalty (Mitch Rapp, #21)
By: Kyle Mills
4.48
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in the explosive new thriller in Vince Flynn’s… read more
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26. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas
By: Jesse Cole
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their sto… read more
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- nonfiction
27. The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops
By: Jack McCallum
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The true story behind Crispus Attucks High School and the all‑Black basketball team loosely depicte… read more
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- sports
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28. Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
By: Michael Hurd
3.78
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
At a time when “Friday night lights” shone only on white high school football games, African Americ… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- african american
29. Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
By: Andrew Maraniss
3.92
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the remarkable true story of the … read more
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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
30. Paradise Found: A High School Football Team's Rise from the Ashes
By: Bill Plaschke
4.07
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
"Friday Night Lights meets Unbroken." —Tony Reali | "One of the most profound stories you will ever… read more
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- nonfiction
31. The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
By: Bradford Pearson
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The impeccably researched, deeply moving, never-before-told tale about a World War II concentration… read more
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- sports
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