Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design
By: Geoff Shackelford
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Golfers dream of playing the legendary courses of the St. Andrews, Augusta National, Pinehurst, Pe…
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1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
By: Michael Lewis
4.30
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top … read more
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"Time is a variable continuum."-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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"When you’re a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
2. The Anatomy of a Golf Course: The Art of Golf Architecture
By: Tom Doak , Ben Crenshaw
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Behind every golf hole lies an influence on every golfer's game that few golfers ever the course a… read more
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3. Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings From a Lifetime of Golf
By: Bud Shrake , Harvey Penick
4.34
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
THE CLASSIC BOOK OF GOLF WISDOM FROM THE GAME'S GREATEST TEACHER The Little Red Book has become req… read more
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4. Men in Green (A Golf Bestseller)
By: Michael Bamberger
4.03
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
The instant New York Times bestseller from acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bamberger—a … read more
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5. A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee
By: Tom Coyne
4.31
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
An epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world?s greatest round of golf I… read more
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6. The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
By: Bryce Courtenay
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first s… read more
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7. Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros
By: Tom Coyne
3.80
Format: 368 pages,
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8. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
9. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.14
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more
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10. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
11. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
12. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
13. Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
By: Matt Abrahams
3.74
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public spea… read more
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"Be obvious’ is the most powerful, creative mantra that there is,"-Matt Abrahams, Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
14. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
15. 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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16. The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure
By: Michael Bamberger
3.96
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
After a lifetime of writing about the professional sport, Michael Bamberger, “the poet laureate of … read more
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17. The Four Foundations of Golf: How to Build a Game That Lasts a Lifetime (The Foundations of Golf Book 1)
By: Jon Sherman
4.56
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
#1 Amazon Golf Book Best-SellerLower Your Scores, Increase EnjoymentAre you struggling to take your… read more
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18. So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game
By: Rick Reilly
4.38
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Beloved bestselling author and golf aficionado Rick Reilly channels his insatiable curiosity, trade… read more
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19. Tiger & Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry
By: Bob Harig
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the … read more
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20. Seven Days in Augusta: Behind the Scenes At the Masters
By: Mark Cannizzaro
3.78
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
The Masters is unquestionably the crown jewel of golf's major tournaments, not only for the transce… read more
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21. Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes, Revised and Expanded
By: Stephen Goodwin
4.44
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
"Mike Keiser followed his instincts to build courses that speak to golf as a rugged adventure. Stev… read more
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22. The Way of the Champion: Pain, Persistence, and the Path Forward
By: Paul Rabil
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the greatest lacrosse player of all time, lessons on becoming a true champion – in sports, bus… read more
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23. Feherty: The Remarkably Funny and Tragic Journey of Golf's David Feherty
By: John Feinstein
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of enigmatic golfer, commentator, and performer David Feherty—one of the m… read more
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24. Nancy Wake
By: Russell Braddon
4.33
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author b… read more
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25. Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design
By: Geoff Shackelford
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Golfers dream of playing the legendary courses of the St. Andrews, Augusta National, Pinehurst, Pe… read more
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26. The Links
By: Robert Hunter
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Students of golf course architecture are well aware of Robert Hunter ― and it’s all because of The … read more
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27. The Nature of the Game: Links Golf at Bandon Dunes and Far Beyond
By: Mike Keiser
4.44
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Essential reading for every golfer from the sport’s most acclaimed course developer—a comprehensive… read more
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28. Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer
By: Sean Zak
4.51
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A compelling journey through the heart and soul of golf, bringing the sport's history and the curre… read more
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29. Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
By: Mick Herron
4.30
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. In Slough House, the … read more
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"The voice meant well, but should fuck off."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"Deniability was next to godliness in Westminster's corridors, and godliness itself second only to an unassailable majority."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"You built a life the way you’d build a wall, one brick on top of the other, but sooner or later, those first bricks were taken away."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"it’d be like choosing between Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan in a bare-knuckle death match. There ought to be a way both could lose."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
30. Methods of Early Golf Architecture: The Selected Writings of Alister MacKenzie, H.S. Colt, and A.W. Tillinghast
By: Alister Mackenzie
4.09
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Methods of Early Golf Architecture features selected writings from 19th century architects Alister … read more
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31. Great Britain and Ireland (The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, #1)
By: Tom Doak
4.70
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
This all-new edition of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses will be published in five volumes, w… read more
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