The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands
By: Harry Pearson
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Cycling is wildly popular all over Belgium, but in the northern, Dutch-speaking half of the country…
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1. Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
By: Reed Albergotti , Vanessa O'Connell
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built … read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- cycling
"He is a man of great strength, determination, and resilience, and we truly hope that he will use those qualities to make a moral comeback as complete as the physical comeback he effected from the can…"-Reed Albergotti, Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
"...Lance is the inevitable product of our celebrity-worshipping culture and the whole money-mad world of sports gone amok. This is the Golden Age of fraud, an era of general willingness to ignore and…"-Reed Albergotti, Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
2. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
By: Antony Beevor
3.91
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and … read more
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- nonfiction
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee Brown
4.25
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more
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- nonfiction
"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
4. Do Not Pass Go: From the Old Kent Road to Mayfair
By: Tim Moore
3.52
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A book that tells the story of London since the thirties through the 28 streets, stations and utili… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
5. Wind/Pinball: Two Novels
By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The debut short novels--nearly thirty years out of print-- by the internationally acclaimed writer,… read more
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6. The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
By: James Fenimore Cooper
3.70
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans … read more
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"Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?"-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
"Do my brothers know the name of this favored people?"-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
"Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!"-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
"Indijanac je stvorenje što ćete ga prije osjetiti nego vidjeti."-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
7. The Good Soldier Švejk
By: Jaroslav Hašek , Josef Lada , Cecil Parrott
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling w… read more
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8. Back Story
By: David Mitchell
5.00
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mi… read more
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9. The Rider
By: Sam Garrett , Tim Krabbé
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S. Originally published in the Netherlands in… read more
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10. The Badger: The Life of Bernard Hinault and the Legacy of French Cycling
By: William Fotheringham
4.14
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour d… read more
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11. Butterflies in November
By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir , Brian FitzGibbon
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
After a day of being dumped - twice - and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a … read more
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12. The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography
By: Matt Rendell
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
At 9:30 pm on February 14, 2004, former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani was found dead in Rimin… read more
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13. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
14. 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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- nonfiction
"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
15. The Shortest History of Germany
By: James Hawes
3.72
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
Read in an afternoon. Remember for a lifetime. In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, … read more
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- nonfiction
"Anyone who thinks of the Germans as a naturally bellicose people should recall that Prussia-Germany was the only one of the continental powers in the run-up to 1914 whose elite seriously feared that …"-James Hawes, The Shortest History of Germany
16. Slough House (Slough House, #7)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more
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"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
17. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- nonfiction
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
18. 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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- nonfiction
- cycling
19. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
By: Nanae Aoyama
3.12
Format: 160 pages, ebook
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more
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"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
20. The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey
By: Geraint Thomas
4.20
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- cycling
21. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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- nonfiction
22. 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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- sports
- nonfiction
- cycling
23. 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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- sports
- nonfiction
- cycling
24. 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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25. Beryl
By: Jeremy Wilson
4.51
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday. read more
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26. My World
By: Peter Sagan
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly he won three road race World Championships in… read more
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27. The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
By: David Goldblatt
3.54
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing with t… read more
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28. Vuelta Skelter: Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain
By: Tim Moore
4.27
Format: None pages, ebook
Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero'… read more
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29. 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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30. The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands
By: Harry Pearson
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Cycling is wildly popular all over Belgium, but in the northern, Dutch-speaking half of the country… read more
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- nonfiction
- belgium
- sports
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31. The Ronde: Inside the World's Toughest Bike Race
By: Edward Pickering
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Every April, up to a million fans line the streets of Flanders to watch one of cycling's most excit… read more
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