Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original
By: Mitchell Nathanson
4.24
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939–2019) was the sports worl…
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1. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
By: Bill Bryson
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, a… read more
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"It’s a bit burned,"-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
"Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had."-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
"They were Republicans, Nixon Republicans, and so didn't subscribe to the notion that laws are supposed to apply to all people equally."-Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
2. The Time It Never Rained
By: Elmer Kelton
4.30
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
In the 1950s, West Texas suffered the longest drought in the memory of most men then living. By tha… read more
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3. 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
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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
4. Ball Four
By: Jim Bouton
4.05
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more
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"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
5. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
By: Mike Shropshire
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more
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6. 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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7. Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s
By: Jason Turbow
3.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straig… read more
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8. Strange Weather
By: Joe Hill
4.09
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imagi… read more
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9. The Tale of Despereaux
By: Kate DiCamillo , Timothy Basil Ering
3.49
Format: 465 pages,
A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Ka… read more
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10. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
By: Jane Leavy
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
"The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifull… read more
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11. Just Tell Me I Can't: How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time
By: Jamie Moyer , Larry Platt
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Long-time fans of the National Pastime have known Moyer's name for more than 25 years. That's becau… read more
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12. Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
By: Bill Pennington , Scott Waxman
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of one of baseball's most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures… read more
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13. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
By: John M. Barry
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, move… read more
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14. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
By: Buzz Bissinger
3.81
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more
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15. 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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16. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
By: Tyler Kepner
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more
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17. Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life
By: Bill Madden
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative, “must-read” (Keith Hernandez) biography of Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seave… read more
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18. Off the Record
By: Peter Mansbridge
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more
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19. Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
By: Mark Leibovich
3.68
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town, an equally merciless probing of America… read more
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"Brady has compared playing football with “getting into a car crash every Sunday—a scheduled car crash."-Mark Leibovich, Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
"The worst thing about pro football is that a lot of it has nothing to do with football. It has so much business and hair spray crusted over it: so many sideshows and expert panels “breaking things do…"-Mark Leibovich, Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
20. Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original
By: Mitchell Nathanson
4.24
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939–2019) was the sports worl… read more
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21. Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America
By: David Rapp
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a … read more
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