The Duke of Flatbush
By: Duke Snider
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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1. Francona: The Red Sox Years
By: Terry Francona , Dan Shaughnessy
3.96
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From 2004 to 2011, Terry Francona managed the Boston Red Sox, perhaps the most scrutinized team in … read more
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- baseball
- biography
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
2. Naked Lunch
By: William S. Burroughs , Barry Miles , James Grauerholz
3.46
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapte… read more
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"Exterminate all rational thought"-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"When he smiled the fear flew away in little pieces of light..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"And all that I was before is out there in the darkness looking for me."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
3. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
By: Steve Martin
3.88
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concer… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"...teaching is, after all, a form of show business."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"How many people have never raised their hand before?"-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
4. Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
By: Ed Linn , Bill Veeck
4.12
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men… read more
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- baseball
- biography
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
"To give one can of beer to a thousand people is not nearly as much fun as to give 1,000 cans of beer to one guy. You give a thousand people a can of beer and each of them will drink it, smack his lip…"-Ed Linn, Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
5. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Stengel: His Life and Times
By: Robert W. Creamer
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten penn… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
7. Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game
By: John Feinstein , Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach
0.00
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach i… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
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8. The Natural
By: Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker
4.12
Format: None pages,
The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin B… read more
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- baseball
- sports
9. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
10. The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship
By: David Halberstam
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected jou… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
11. Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues
By: David Lamb
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fans of our national pastime and books like The Boys of Summer and Men at Work will applaud this ac… read more
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- baseball
- nonfiction
- sports
12. The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
By: Nicholas Dawidoff
3.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, … read more
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13. I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
By: Hank Aaron
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Henry Aaron left his mark on the world by breaking Babe Ruth's record for home runs. But the world … read more
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14. Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court
By: David Fisher , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3.50
Format: 519 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESANDUSA TODAY BESTSELLER Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship w… read more
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15. The Long Season
By: Jim Brosnan
4.83
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
The classic inside account of a baseball year by a major league pitcher. It begins, appropriately, … read more
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16. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner
3.89
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more
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"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
17. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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18. Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever"
By: Robert W. Creamer
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The acclaimed biographer of Babe Ruth and Casey Stengel was 18 at the beginning of 1941, and he rem… read more
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20. Knuckler: My Life with Baseball's Most Confounding Pitch
By: Tony Massarotti , None
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
At forty-four years old, Tim Wakefield is the longest-serving member of one of baseball's most popu… read more
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21. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
By: Jane Leavy
3.76
Format: 656 pages, ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author o… read more
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- baseball
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22. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lo… read more
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- biography
"We'd drive west to the fog of the coast. In Oregon, nobody calls it the beach, maybe to discourage false hopes of warm and sun."-Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
23. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
24. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
By: Luke Epplin
4.48
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
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- sports
25. Portrait of a Thief
By: Grace D. Li
3.46
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
Ocean’s Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by t… read more
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"We’re children of the diaspora,"-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
"Art could be beauty, but it was also power."-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
"She had never liked anything she did not excel at."-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
"For all that people in power claim to care about looting, it doesn't seem to matter when it's museums doing it."-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
26. Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
4.21
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had magic flowing in her blood, she sought to understan… read more
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"There are times where you have all the tools you need and all there is to do is to do it."-Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)
"There are places where you belong, where blood gives you access. However, they aren't always the best places to go."-Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)
"Common sense is the result of the truest education. Education is like wine. It takes time. It's a process. The young sometimes have to go through it. And sometimes, they die trying. Sincerely, The Ob…"-Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)
27. If It Bleeds
By: Stephen King
3.99
Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition
If it Bleeds is a collection of four new novellas —Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, an… read more
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28. The Shadows
By: Alex North
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"This is absorbing, headlong reading, a play on classic horror with an inventiveness of its own... … read more
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"I don't care if you ever think about me at all. I'll think about you instead."-Alex North, The Shadows
29. Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter
By: Leigh Montville
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This "part memoir, part sports story" ( Wall Street Journal ) from the New York Times bestselling a… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics
By: Dan Shaughnessy
4.22
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Today the NBA is a vast global franchise—a billion-dollar industry seen by millions of fans in the … read more
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- biography
31. The Duke of Flatbush
By: Duke Snider
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Excellent book. Duke Snider one of the all-time favorite Dodgers. read more
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