Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
By: Bruce Markuson
4.05
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 12 hours and 15 minutes Every time you watch baseball, you're watching more tha…
Want to ReadIf you liked the audiobook plot in Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime by Bruce Markuson , here is a list of 19 books like this:
1. Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales
3.76
Format: 763 pages, Hardcover
In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the chan… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in James Andrew Miller's Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- sports
- history
- audiobook
2. The Frontiersmen
By: Allan W. Eckert
4.46
Format: 626 pages, Paperback
White man's massacre. Red man's revenge. Driven from their homeland, the Indians fought bitterly… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Allan W. Eckert's The Frontiersmen book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
3. The First World War: A Complete History
By: Martin Gilbert
4.16
Format: 680 pages, Paperback
It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an … read more
Want to Read $ 14.39Similar categories in Martin Gilbert's The First World War: A Complete History book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
4. The Lord God Made Them All
By: James Herriot
4.27
Format: 637 pages, Paperback
The Lord God Made Them Allis the bestselling sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderfuland the fourth … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in James Herriot's The Lord God Made Them All book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
Similar categories in Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
6. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
By: Colin Woodard
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red stat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Colin Woodard's American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
7. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.04
Format: None pages,
Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works--and … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Elizabeth Vandiver's The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302) book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
8. The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
By: David Goldblatt
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cul… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in David Goldblatt's The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
9. The American Revolution (Great Courses, #8514)
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Audible Audio
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Allen C. Guelzo's The American Revolution (Great Courses, #8514) book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
10. All Things Wise and Wonderful
By: James Herriot
4.89
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
The third volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series Readers adored James Herriot's tales o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in James Herriot's All Things Wise and Wonderful book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
11. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lawrence S. Ritter's The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
12. Branch Rickey
By: Jimmy Breslin
4.00
Format: None pages,
""Branch Rickey" is all good, all 146 pages of it. You might read a longer baseball book this year,… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jimmy Breslin's Branch Rickey book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
13. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
By: Selwyn Raab
3.97
Format: 12 pages,
Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York an… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Selwyn Raab's Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
14. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ron Chernow's Grant book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
15. Personal Memoirs
By: Ulysses S. Grant , Geoffrey Perrett
3.67
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triump… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
16. But For The Grace: A DC Smith Investigation
By: Robert Partridge
3.75
Format: 288 pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Partridge's But For The Grace: A DC Smith Investigation book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
17. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in C.W. Goodyear's President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Greg Lukianoff's The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
19. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Jonathan Eig's King: A Life book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
20. 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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- baseball
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
21. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
By: Evan Drellich
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Evan Drellich's Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- baseball
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
22. 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
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- baseball
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
23. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in Marie Benedict's Agent 355 book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- audiobook
24. The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
By: Matt Siegel
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love. Is Italia… read more
Want to Read $ 15.49Similar categories in Matt Siegel's The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
25. Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small, #8)
By: James Herriot
4.49
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than twenty years, James Herriot has captivated millions of readers and television viewers… read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in James Herriot's Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small, #8) book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Ancient Civilizations of North America
By: Edwin Barnhart
4.11
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
For the past few hundred years, most of what we've been taught about the native cultures of North A… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edwin Barnhart's Ancient Civilizations of North America book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
27. Business Is About to Pick Up!: 50 Years of Wrestling in 50 Unforgettable Calls
By: Jim Ross
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Experience 50 years of wrestling history through the iconic voice of Jim Ross. For wrestling fan… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Jim Ross's Business Is About to Pick Up!: 50 Years of Wrestling in 50 Unforgettable Calls book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
By: Nick Greene
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Nick Greene's How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- sports
- history
- audiobook
29. Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
By: Bruce Markuson
4.05
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 12 hours and 15 minutes Every time you watch baseball, you're watching more tha… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- baseball
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
30. Modern History (The American Civil War) (The Great Courses)
By: Gary W. Gallagher
4.45
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Publisher's Summary Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Gary W. Gallagher's Modern History (The American Civil War) (The Great Courses) book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
31. Liberty on Trial in America: Cases that Defined Freedom
By: Douglas O. Linder
4.11
Format: 12 pages, Audiobook
We like to believe that the founding principle of the United States is liberty. “Give me liberty, o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Douglas O. Linder's Liberty on Trial in America: Cases that Defined Freedom book and Bruce Markuson's Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
