The War on Wheels: Inside the Keirin and Japan's Cycling Subculture
By: Justin McCurry
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Experience the thrilling world of Japanese cycling and the keirin , which has evolved from post-war…
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1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
By: William Finnegan
4.27
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer Barbaria… read more
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"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"But surfing always had this horizon, this fear line, that made it different from other things, certainly from other sports I knew. You could do it with friends, but when the waves got big, or you got…"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
2. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
By: Bob Mehr
4.55
Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBased on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Repl… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
By: W. David Marx
4.20
Format: 42 pages, Hardcover
Look closely at any typically "American" article of clothing these days, and you may be surprised t… read more
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4. Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France
By: Max Leonard
3.47
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
If you complete a bike race of over 3,000 miles in last place, overcoming mountain ranges and merci… read more
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5. In the Miso Soup
By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy
3.83
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
It is just before New Year's. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on… read more
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6. The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
By: Daniel Coyle , Tyler Hamilton
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Secret Racei… read more
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7. Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson
By: William Fotheringham
3.89
Format: 575 pages, Paperback
'The best cycling biography ever written' - Velo Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champi… read more
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8. The Tartar Steppe
By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood
3.80
Format: 25 pages,
Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more
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9. Alpe d'Huez: The Story of Pro Cycling's Greatest Climb
By: Peter Cossins
4.00
Format: 176 pages,
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10. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more
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"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"The more you read, the more you calm down."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
11. Infinite Jest
By: David Foster Wallace
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' ha… read more
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12. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
13. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
By: Michael Lewis
4.09
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy waite… read more
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"The problems that had been Obama's problems for the past eight years were about to become Trump's problems. But his people didn't seem to want to know about them."-Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
14. Faith, Hope and Carnage
By: Nick Cave
4.44
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more
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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
15. Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
By: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
4.36
Format: 304 pages, ebook
For the first time, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback—from tragic person… read more
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16. Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was
By: Daniel Friebe
4.31
Format: 610 pages, Kindle Edition
Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most natu… read more
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17. Nina Simone's Gum
By: Warren Ellis
4.26
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina S… read more
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18. You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more
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19. The Midlife Cyclist: The Road Map for the +40 Rider Who Wants to Train Hard, Ride Fast and Stay Healthy
By: Phil Cavell
4.10
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer, Phil Cavell, explores the growing trend of middle-aged and o… read more
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20. Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling
By: Dan Martin
3.93
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
'This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography, full of 'the warmth, sharp insights and vivid col… read more
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21. God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent
By: Andy McGrath
3.98
Format: None pages, ebook
The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by Willia… read more
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22. 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
By: Ned Boulting
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film… read more
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23. The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption
By: Matt Rendell
3.62
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
New from award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the phenomenal success of Alejandro V… read more
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24. Climbers: How the Kings of the Mountains conquered cycling
By: Peter Cossins
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
When, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why h… read more
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25. Square Peg, Round Ball: Football, TV and Me: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023
By: Ned Boulting
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
'What Ned hasn't seen on a sports TV channel isn't worth knowing about.' Gabby Logan 'From falling… read more
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26. Monuments
By: Peter Cossins
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling’s one-day tests t… read more
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27. The War on Wheels: Inside the Keirin and Japan's Cycling Subculture
By: Justin McCurry
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Experience the thrilling world of Japanese cycling and the keirin , which has evolved from post-war… read more
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28. Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists
By: Michael Hutchinson
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprising… read more
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"I lived in a world where, one way or another, everything was divided into things that might make me faster and things that might make me slower. Pretty much anything pleasant fell into the second cat…"-Michael Hutchinson, Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists
29. Full Gas: How to Win a Bike Race – Tactics from Inside the Peloton
By: Peter Cossins
3.94
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
** WINNER OF THE CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2019 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS**So … read more
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30. Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains
By: Max Leonard
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of cycling, the author of Lanterne Rouge explores the glorious—a… read more
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31. Re:cyclists: 200 Years on Two Wheels
By: Michael Hutchinson
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Somewhere in a German forest 200 years ago, during the darkest, wettest summer for centuries, the s… read more
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