Rogers Hornsby: A Biography
By: Charles C. Alexander
3.82
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
A profile of the legendary baseball player, manager, and instructor contrasts his extraordinarily s…
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1. 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
2. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
By: Charles Leerhsen
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Finally - a fascinating andauthoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in base… read more
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3. The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)
By: Ian Fleming
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The Man with the Golden Gun is the 13th novel written by Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional Briti… read more
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4. Honus Wagner: A Biography
By: Dennis DeValeria , Jeanne Burke DeValeria
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Discusses the life and career of the famed baseball player, from his early days in the mines of wes… read more
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6. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
By: Robert W. Creamer , Dick Schaap
4.31
Format: None pages,
Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him … read more
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7. Hoover: The Life and Times of Herbert Hoover
By: Kenneth Whyte
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, Herbert … read more
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8. The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10)
By: Ian Fleming
4.10
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
'He was about six feet tall, slim and fit. The eyes in the lean , slightly tanned face were a very … read more
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9. Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
By: None , None
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
"This lavishly illustrated narrative of Walter Johnson's life is the definitive work on the subject… read more
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10. The Boys of Summer
By: Roger Kahn
3.80
Format: 654 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then we… read more
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11. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
By: Larry Tye
3.46
Format: None pages,
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at las… read more
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12. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
By: Lawrence S. Ritter
5.00
Format: 299 pages,
From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more
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13. The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King A… read more
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14. One Last Strike
By: Tony La Russa
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Audio
The team that refused to give up their manager in his final season A comeback that changed baseball… read more
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15. Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend
By: Timothy M. Gay
3.16
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
A long-overdue biography of the Hall of Famer regarded by his peers to be the best centerfielder to… read more
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17. 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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18. Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend
By: Deirdre Bair
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Cap… read more
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19. October 1964
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 1989 David Halberstam published "Summer of '49," which became a #1 "New York Times" bestseller. … read more
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20. Thunderball (James Bond, #9)
By: Ian Fleming
4.34
Format: 168 pages,
"The girl looked him up and down. He had dark, rather cruel good looks and very clear, blue-grey ey… read more
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21. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
22. 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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23. 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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24. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever
By: John Rosengren
4.12
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more
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25. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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26. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
By: Lonnie Wheeler
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more
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27. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
By: Howard Bryant
4.23
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more
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28. Pitching in a Pinch: or Baseball from the Inside
By: Christy Mathewson
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Christy Mathewson (1880–1925) was the greatest baseball pitcher of his day, a hero with appeal reac… read more
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29. Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player
By: Jeremy Beer
4.32
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
2020 SABR Seymour Medal 2019 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year Buck O’Neil once desc… read more
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30. Rogers Hornsby: A Biography
By: Charles C. Alexander
3.82
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
A profile of the legendary baseball player, manager, and instructor contrasts his extraordinarily s… read more
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31. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)
By: Daniel Silva
4.42
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more
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