Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling (Sports and American Culture)
By: Jon Langmead
4.51
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
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1. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
By: Eric Schlosser
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlos… read more
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2. No Beast So Fierce
By: Edward Bunker
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An angry and mercilessly suspenseful novel about an ex-con's attempt to negotiate the "straight wor… read more
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"But the human mind, when it reaches the bottom of the abyss, must bounce back or disintegrate entirely."-Edward Bunker, No Beast So Fierce
3. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score
By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A high-octane trip across America, The Score finds Parker assembling the best caper men he can find… read more
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4. Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore
By: Terry Funk , Scott E. Williams
4.23
Format: 510 pages,
He's been a fixture in professional wrestling for five decades. He's plied his trade around the wor… read more
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5. The Impossible Dead
By: Ian Rankin
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and com… read more
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6. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
By: Bret Hart
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
In his own words, Bret Hart's honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the p… read more
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7. The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
By: David Shoemaker
3.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Grantland and Deadspin correspondent presents a breakthrough examination of the professional wrestl… read more
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8. Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling
By: Jim Ross , Paul O'Brien
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who ha… read more
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9. The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
By: Alex Grecian
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives--known as "Th… read more
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10. The Mourner (Parker, #4)
By: Richard Stark
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more
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"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)
11. Dusty: Reflections of an American Dream
By: Dusty Rhodes , None
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
There has been much said about Dusty Rhodes, the "American Dream," over the years by both his fans … read more
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12. Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.13
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award… read more
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"When the Papayuna is pining you need to call home."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"She looks like her face caught fire and they beat it out with a rake"-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Maybe it's like Mac says. Ever man winds up with the horse that suits him."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Each man is the bard of his own existence. This is how he is joined to the world."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
13. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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14. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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15. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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16. The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant
By: Bertrand Hébert
4.13
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
A definitive and exhaustive biography Is there a way to find truth in the stuff of legend? You may… read more
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17. The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair
By: Tim Hornbaker
3.89
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
For more than a century, professional wrestling has cultivated some of the most eccentric and compe… read more
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18. Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik
By: Brian R. Solomon
4.34
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
The captivating story of how The Sheik captured the imagination of a generation, conquered the wres… read more
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19. The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
By: Brad Balukjian
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn’t listen. From the bestselling author of… read more
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20. Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
By: Natasha Lance Rogoff
4.15
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
"In this thrilling debut, television producer and filmmaker Rogoff recounts her mission to bring Se… read more
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21. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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22. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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23. 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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24. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor
By: Hamilton Nolan
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in … read more
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25. Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage
By: Jon Finkel
4.14
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Oooohhh yeahhhh! Macho The Life of Randy Savage is the sensational, definitive biography of the Wr… read more
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26. 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
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27. God's Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible
By: Esther J. Hamori
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The Bible is teeming with monsters. Giants tromp through the land of milk and honey; Leviathan swim… read more
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28. We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History
By: Bill Hanstock
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Unauthorized. Unrestricted. No holds barred. In We Promised You a Great Main Event , longtime sport… read more
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29. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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30. Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling (Sports and American Culture)
By: Jon Langmead
4.51
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
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31. The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
4.06
Format: 673 pages, Hardcover
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more
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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
