Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
By: Greg Larson
4.26
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
"If Clubbie isn't the best piece of baseball literature since Ball Four , it's the leader in the cl…
Want to Read $ 9.99"It turned out that life only mattered inasmuch as it could be sectioned off on baseball's terms."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
"It turned out that life only mattered inasmuch as it could be sectioned off on baseball's terms."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
"Days during the baseball season don't start with M, T, W, F, or S. They only start with G or O: game day or off day."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
"Days during the baseball season don't start with M, T, W, F, or S. They only start with G or O: game day or off day."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
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1. Self-Help
By: Lorrie Moore
4.13
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
From the national bestselling author of A Gate at the Stairs —and a master of contemporary American… read more
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"Nightmares have seasons like hurricanes."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
"We are dealing, she continues, with a mind, as Williams put it, like a bed all made up."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
"You will forget whoever it was that said never trust a thought doesn't come while walking. But clutch at it. Apartments can shrink inward like drying ponds."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
"I'm bonkers, aren't I? I ask with my mouth full. You're unhappy, says Mr. Fernandez. It can be the same thing. You are unhappy because you believe in such a thing as happy."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
2. The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
By: Joe Posnanski
4.38
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Baseball 100 “A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a na… read more
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"Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball."-Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
3. The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
By: Ernest Hemingway
4.29
Format: 650 pages, Paperback
THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR In this definitive collection of E… read more
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"My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken."-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
"If you had stars inside your brain cells, you'd probably understand what I am talking about."-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
"Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters."-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
"I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it."-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
4. Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR
By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With a new introduction, Phil Jackson's modern classic of motivation, teamwork, and Zen insight is … read more
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5. Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
By: Richard Russo
4.11
Format: 549 pages, Paperback
Richard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbea… read more
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"Like many men addicted to sports, Clive Sr. was also a religious man."-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
"It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry reading and not know it."-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
"probably horse doo had a name in french also, but that didn't mean god intended for you to eat it."-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
"He couldn’t very well start lecturing the boy now. There was every reason to believe that the first thirty-five years of Peter’s life had been the formative ones."-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
6. The Age of Miracles
By: Karen Thompson Walker
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
"It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and my fa… read more
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7. Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s
By: Jason Turbow
3.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straig… read more
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8. The Bullpen Gospels: A Non-Prospect's Pursuit of the Major Leagues and the Meaning of Life
By: Dirk Hayhurst
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-t… read more
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9. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None
3.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more
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10. When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi
By: David Maraniss
3.50
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the… read more
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11. The Children's Blizzard
By: David Laskin
3.50
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
A masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland - the 'Childr… read more
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12. Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Mets' First Year
By: Jimmy Breslin , Bill Veeck
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Here, back in print, is Jimmy Breslin's marvelous account of the improbable saga of the New York Me… read more
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13. Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society That Shocked Depression-Era Detroit
By: Tom Stanton
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
Detroit, mid-1930s: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, gun-loving baseball fan Dayt… read more
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14. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball
By: John Feinstein
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league… read more
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15. Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
By: None
3.78
Format: None pages, ebook
In this revelatory and moving memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his pers… read more
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16. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
By: C.S. Forester
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume… read more
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17. For You and Only You (You, #4)
By: Caroline Kepnes
3.31
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he's writing them. And he's off to a … read more
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"You're a Goodreads girl."-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)
"I don't kill women, I love them!"-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)
"His life is want-to, not have-to."-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)
"Am I losing you? Don't you think I'm smart? Funny?"-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)
18. 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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19. 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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20. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
By: Oliver Darkshire
3.97
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more
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"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
21. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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22. Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever
By: Tim Hornbaker
3.93
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
For decades, distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regiona… read more
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23. 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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24. 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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25. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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26. The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication
By: Alexander Larman
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The thrilling and definitive account of the Abdication Crisis of 1936 On December 10, 1936, King E… read more
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27. One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
By: Chris Ballard
4.28
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
"One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It'… read more
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28. 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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29. Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession
By: Joe Lunardi
3.62
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of th… read more
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30. Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's
By: Dale Tafoya
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics was one of the most successful franchises in professional… read more
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31. Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
By: Greg Larson
4.26
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
"If Clubbie isn't the best piece of baseball literature since Ball Four , it's the leader in the cl… read more
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"It turned out that life only mattered inasmuch as it could be sectioned off on baseball's terms."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
"Days during the baseball season don't start with M, T, W, F, or S. They only start with G or O: game day or off day."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
"Baseball taught me how to love. The game made sense to me, and spending time with it felt more like an obsessive relationship than a simple want."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
"I floated away into that omnipresent timelessness of baseball, where boys with a dream and long-expired Major Leaguers orbit forever on equal planes."-Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
