The Captain: A Memoir
By: David Wright
4.33
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
A memoir from one of the most admired players in baseball, the captain of the New York Mets, David …
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1. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.88
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republ… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
2. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
3. Ball Four
By: Jim Bouton
4.05
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more
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- baseball
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
4. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
By: David Sedaris , Ian Falconer
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed anim… read more
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5. A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)
By: Jeff Shaara
3.97
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara ret… read more
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6. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty
3.69
Format: 98 pages, Audio CD
During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- memoir
7. The Wolf of Wall Street (The Wolf of Wall Street, #1)
By: Jordan Belfort
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, s… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
8. 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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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- adult
9. The Bad Guys Won!
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
The Bad Guys Won, award-winning Sports Illustratedbaseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innoc… read more
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10. Moneyball
By: Michael Lewis
4.26
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
11. The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life
By: Rick Ankiel
4.00
Format: None pages, Audio
A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, on… read more
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12. Long Shot
By: Lonnie Wheeler , None
3.92
Format: 381 pages, ebook
Mike Piazza's autobiography--the candid story of the greatest hitting catcher in the history of bas… read more
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13. Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
By: Nick Offerman
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The star of Parks and Recreationand author of the New York Timesbestseller Paddle Your Own Canoeret… read more
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14. Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
By: Tim Kennedy
4.57
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
15. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
- memoir
"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
16. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
17. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
18. Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
By: Candace Owens
4.41
Format: 240 pages, ebook
Political activist and social media star Candace Owens explains all the reasons how the Democratic … read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
- memoir
"We cannot rely on a hopelessly inefficient and burdensome government to fix what we ourselves refuse to do."-Candace Owens, Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
"I believe that the democrats see in black America is an undereducated community of people who are over invested in culture. Their methodology then, is to maintain control of the culture as a means to…"-Candace Owens, Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
"The personality complex of a liberal savior is one that fascinates me, as I believe it to be centered on extreme narcissism. I imagine them to be addicted to the feeling of accomplishment that is der…"-Candace Owens, Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
"It is well know that it is career suicide for any person in Hollywood to be explicitly conservative. If they share any perspective that pivots away from liberal orthodoxy, they are accused of racism …"-Candace Owens, Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
19. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl
By: Rebecca Quin
4.51
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl
"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl
20. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
By: Ryan McGee
4.36
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more
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- baseball
- biography
- memoir
- adult
- nonfiction
- sports
21. No One Wins Alone
By: Mark Messier
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells his inspiring stor… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
22. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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- baseball
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
23. NYPD Red 6 (NYPD Red, #6)
By: James Patterson
4.19
Format: 384 pages, ebook
At the wedding of the century, a brazen kidnapper steals the star of the show... Erin Easton's w… read more
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24. Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life
By: Bill Madden
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative, “must-read” (Keith Hernandez) biography of Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seave… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
25. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
By: Alexis Coe
3.74
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first—and finds he's not qu… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
26. I'm Keith Hernandez
By: Keith Hernandez
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping literary memoir and New York Tim… read more
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- baseball
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
27. So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets—the Best Worst Team in Sports
By: Devin Gordon
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Mets lose when they should win. They win when they should lose. And when it comes to being the … read more
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- baseball
- nonfiction
- sports
28. The Franchise: New York Rangers: A Curated History of the Blueshirts
By: Rick Carpiniello
4.27
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In The New York Rangers , take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic te… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
29. The Captain: A Memoir
By: David Wright
4.33
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
A memoir from one of the most admired players in baseball, the captain of the New York Mets, David … read more
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- baseball
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- memoir
- adult
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
30. Off Mike: How a Kid from Basketball-Crazy Indiana Became America's NHL Voice
By: Mike Emrick
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Emrick loves stories and loves to tell them. Yesterday in broadcasting. Tomorrow in book form.” —… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- memoir
31. Mr. Met: How a Sports-Mad Kid from Jersey Became Like Family to Generations of Big Leaguers
By: Jay Horwitz
3.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Anyone who knows Jay Horwitz knows he loves stories and has a wealth of them to share. As the belov… read more
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- baseball
- nonfiction
- sports
