The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
By: Mark Frost
4.43
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed The Greatest Game Ever Played comes The Gra…
Want to Read $ 10.99"Our modern perception of "amateur" suggests someone who does something poorly or with a lack of professionalism, but the Latin root of the word "amateur" is amor, someone who pursues a pastime out of love. Bobby embraced his amateurism as more than a label; it defined him as thoroughly as "professional" described Hagen. Fate had not tapped on Jones only to send him out on the road nine months a year with a bunch of scruffy nomads chasing penny-ante purses in half-assed tournaments. He wanted a life centered in Atlanta as part of a community, a solid wage earner supporting his wife and children and family."-Mark Frost, The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
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1. The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
By: Mark Frost
4.43
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed The Greatest Game Ever Played comes The Gra… read more
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"Our modern perception of "amateur" suggests someone who does something poorly or with a lack of professionalism, but the Latin root of the word "amateur" is amor, someone who pursues a pastime out of…"-Mark Frost, The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee Brown
4.25
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more
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- history
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"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
3. Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance and Strategy
By: Mark Broadie
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie’s paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics a… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
4. Gringos
By: Charles Portis
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
With an uncommonly astute eye for the absurd details that comprise your average American, Charles P… read more
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"Being a facetious person I got no credit for any depth of feeling."-Charles Portis, Gringos
"You put things off and then one morning you wake up and say—today I will change the oil in my truck."-Charles Portis, Gringos
5. Golf is Not a Game of Perfect
By: Bob Rotella
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game … read more
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- sports
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6. In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
By: Doug Stanton
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster — and of the heroism of t… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
7. 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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- sports
- nonfiction
8. 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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
9. 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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- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
10. An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course
By: Oliver Horovitz
4.28
Format: 0 pages, MP3 CD
In the middle of Oliver Horovitz's high school graduation ceremony, his cell phone It was Harvard.… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
11. Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
By: M.T. Anderson
4.35
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the l… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Some love is so powerful after all, that it must always include sadness, because encrypted within it is the knowledge that someday it will come to an end."-M.T. Anderson, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
"When we read tales of atrocity, we all want to be the ones who stood firm, who would not bend, who shouted the truth in the face of the dictator ... It is easy for us all to imagine we are heroes whe…"-M.T. Anderson, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
"Gradually, like the emigration of an insidious, phantom population, Leningrad belonged more to the dead than to the living. The dead watched over streets and sat in snow-swamped buses. Whole apartmen…"-M.T. Anderson, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
"This is a tale of microfilm canisters and secret police, of Communists and capitalists, of battles lost and wars won. It is the tale of a utopian dream that turned into a dystopian nightmare. It is t…"-M.T. Anderson, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
12. Hogan
By: Curt Sampson
4.19
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
This updated edition of a NEW YORK TIMES best seller includes a final chapter, which chronicles the… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
13. 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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- 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
14. Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf
By: Rick Reilly
3.88
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk to caddy for some of the wo… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
15. Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son
By: Kevin Cook
4.35
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Seabiscuit, the riveting tale of twoproud Scotsmen who beat all comers to becom… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
16. Tales from Q School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major
By: John Feinstein
3.85
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the career… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
17. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
By: Hank Haney
3.70
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
The Big Miss is Hank Haney’s candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year … read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
"On Sunday at St St. Andrews in 2005, Tiger woke up with a two-stroke lead, and his warm-up on the practice range was freakishly good. He’d comment later that it was one of the best of his life. He hi…"-Hank Haney, The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
"Though he never articulated it, I know Tiger believed in the idea of the Package. It went along with the sense of destiny his father had passed to him - that he was put on this earth to do something …"-Hank Haney, The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
18. A Life Well Played: My Stories
By: Arnold Palmer
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This book is Palmer’s parting gift to the world―a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and time… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
"I know, win or lose, I enjoyed the prospect of giving it my all."-Arnold Palmer, A Life Well Played: My Stories
"To hope is to wait for things to come to you. To dream is part of the process of setting goals and then striving to achieve them. You first must dream of doing things before you can do them."-Arnold Palmer, A Life Well Played: My Stories
"I always knew what was most important to me. When I was growing up, nothing was more important than golf, but that’s the attitude of a young person who hasn’t a care in the world. Later on I figured …"-Arnold Palmer, A Life Well Played: My Stories
19. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.06
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
20. A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game
By: Tom Coyne
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of the best golf books this century.” — Golf Digest From Tom Coyn… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
21. A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
By: Tom Coyne
4.30
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In the span of one unforgettable year, Coyne crisscrosses the country in search of its greatest gol… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
"First tees no longer made me nervous, but somehow rangers still did."-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
"A holed ball was beautiful and final. All it left you were the stories of how it arrived there, powerless I change that plot."-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
"The land on which this game is played holds memories for a very long time, and once in a while, it lets us come back and walk around in them."-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
"People who don’t play golf pro to envy their golfing neighbors, admiring it as a nifty game you can play to a ripe old age. What they don’t understand is that we don’t keep playing because we can; we…"-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
22. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
23. The Cup They Couldn't Lose: America, the Ryder Cup, and the Long Road to Whistling Straits
By: Shane Ryan
4.38
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive story of the Ryder Cup—the event that pits the best golfers from America against the… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
24. 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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"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
25. When Harry Met Pablo: Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art
By: Matthew Algeo
3.95
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Truman and Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of t… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
26. 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
- biography
- nonfiction
27. 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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- sports
- nonfiction
28. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House
By: Jared Cohen
4.27
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
29. 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
30. Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality
By: Brian Kilmeade
4.22
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
31. The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City
By: Kevin Baker
4.39
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures… read more
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- history
- sports
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