The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932
By: Thomas Wolf
3.96
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball…
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1. A Call to Arms: Mobilizing America for World War II
By: Maury Klein
4.12
Format: 912 pages, Hardcover
Today, when the United States has possessed the world's greatest arsenal for more than half a centu… read more
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- history
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2. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
By: Bill James
4.29
Format: 1012 pages, Paperback
When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immedia… read more
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- history
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3. Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics
By: Jeremy Schaap
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-Ameri… read more
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4. Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
By: Cait Murphy
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the perspective of 2007, the unintentional irony of Chance's boast is manifest—these days, the… read more
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- history
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5. Big Sur
By: Aram Saroyan , Jack Kerouac
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
"Each book by Jack Kerouac is unique, a telepathic diamond. With prose set in the middle of his min… read more
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6. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more
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7. The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
By: Mark Logue , Peter Conradi
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century - he wasn't a prime… read more
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8. The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
By: Nicholas Dawidoff
3.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, … read more
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9. Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
By: Robert B. Reich
3.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of Aftershockand The Work of Nations, his most important book to date--a passionate… read more
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10. Pigs in Heaven
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Mother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about fa… read more
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11. 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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12. Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game
By: George Vecsey
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, g… read more
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13. Summer of '49
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns … read more
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14. The Right Stuff
By: Tom Wolfe
4.08
Format: 432 pages,
Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuffat a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism.… read more
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15. 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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16. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
By: Evan Drellich
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more
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- history
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- baseball
17. 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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- baseball
18. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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19. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
By: Luke Epplin
4.48
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more
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20. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
By: Lonnie Wheeler
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more
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21. To Hold Up the Sky
By: Liu Cixin
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem, To Hold Up the Sky… read more
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"If we’re going to be blind, let’s both be blind. If we’re going to be deaf, let’s both be deaf."-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
"There’s no reason to believe that the pace of life for all beings in the universe is like that of humanity."-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
"Imagine if DNA never made mistakes, always replicating and inheriting with perfect fidelity. What would life on Earth become?"-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
"The strongest feeling I’ve gotten from my time in this age is that we’re beyond the time when knowledge can explain everything."-Liu Cixin, To Hold Up the Sky
22. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
By: Brad Balukjian
4.00
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more
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23. 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Scott Eyman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential s… read more
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24. Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
By: Ted Widmer
4.43
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train … read more
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25. 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid
By: Willie Mays
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The legendary Willie Mays shares the inspirations and influences responsible for guiding him on and… read more
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26. Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History
By: Mark S. Halfon
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The D… read more
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27. Off the Record
By: Peter Mansbridge
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more
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28. The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932
By: Thomas Wolf
3.96
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball… read more
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29. Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America
By: David Rapp
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a … read more
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30. The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
By: Brendan Simms
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Eighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of Midway The Battle… read more
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31. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
By: H.R. McMaster
4.08
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more
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