The Spirit of St. Andrews
By: Alister Mackenzie
4.22
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Alister MacKenzie was one of golf's greatest architects. He designed his courses so that players o…
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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. 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. The Greatest Game Ever Played
By: Mark Frost
4.50
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Ouimet and Vardon were two men from different generations and vastly different corners of the world… read more
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"... The only difference between realizing a dream and losing oneself in fantasy [is] backbreaking work."-Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played
4. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
5. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
6. 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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7. Eye of the Needle
By: Ken Follett
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthle… read more
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8. A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands
By: Lorne Rubenstein , Sean Connery
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The town of Dornoch, Scotland, lies at nearly the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska. A bit too far re… read more
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9. The Key to Rebecca
By: Ken Follett
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Ken Follett's The Key to Rebeccatook readers and critics by storm when first published more than fi… read more
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10. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By: Brad Meltzer
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more
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11. 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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12. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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13. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.46
Format: 441 pages, Hardcover
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more
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"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
14. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
By: Michael Lewis
4.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the … read more
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15. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
By: Brad Meltzer
3.81
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Was… read more
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16. 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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17. The Spirit of St. Andrews
By: Alister Mackenzie
4.22
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Alister MacKenzie was one of golf's greatest architects. He designed his courses so that players o… read more
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18. 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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19. The Secret Home of Golf: The Authorized History of King-Collins Golf and the Creation of Sweetens Cove
By: Jim H. Hartsell
4.55
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In April 2010, struggling architect Rob Collins of Chattanooga, Tennessee was looking for any way t… read more
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20. To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure
By: Michael Bamberger
4.46
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A sportswriter recounts his experiences as a caddy in Europe and his views on the world-famous Scot… read more
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"Because it gives us energy, Michael, that's the single best thing about the game. The better we play, the more energy we get. From now on, ask yourself, after every round, if you have more energy tha…"-Michael Bamberger, To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure
"That made sense to me. More than any sport I know golf provides an all-encompassing code. The game's unwritten rules elicit socially redeeming behavior; when a match is over, you shake your opponent'…"-Michael Bamberger, To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure
21. Golf Has Never Failed Me: The Lost Commentaries of Legendary Golf Architect Donald J. Ross
By: Donald J. Ross
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Many years before his death in 1948, legendary golf course architect Donald Ross wrote a book that … read more
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