Paradise Found: A High School Football Team's Rise from the Ashes
By: Bill Plaschke
4.07
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
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1. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
By: Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Na… read more
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2. Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
By: Laurence Gonzales
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating scien… read more
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"As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,"-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
"Joan Wernick said she took two lessons from the crash. “You’re going to die when you’re supposed to die."-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
"What does brace mean, anyway? Brace. Such an odd word. It comes from the Latin brachium, meaning arm. It means, as its heart, to embrace. It was a hug. A hug good-bye."-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
"He saw at least a dozen people still in their seats. Their clothes were torn or blown or burned from their bodies, “completely naked in front, missing limbs, missing faces, some breathing, some moani…"-Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
3. Dad Is Fat
By: Jim Gaffigan
3.50
Format: 218 pages, ebook
In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who's best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pock… read more
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4. What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
By: Kate Fagan
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
*InstantNew York TimesBestseller* The #1 New York Times Monthly Sports and Fitness bestseller From … read more
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5. Among the Thugs
By: Bill Buford
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quanti… read more
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6. The Breaks of the Game
By: David Halberstam
3.73
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Hal… read more
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7. Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
By: Peter Stark
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast … read more
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8. Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
By: Paul Pringle
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal … read more
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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13. Heat 2
By: Michael Mann
4.26
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more
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14. In the Middle of Hickory Lane
By: Heather Webber
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe comes Heather Webber's next… read more
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"You're smart to leave the past behind you. Otherwise, if you keep looking over your shoulder at it, you might miss what's right ahead of you."-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane
"I'm surprised there aren't any lotus flowers in the gazing pool, seeing that they mean rebirth. After all, this is essentially where Bee Gipson died and Glory Wynn was born, isn't it?"-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane
"I wished I could read the personalities of young children more easily, but because the early years were all about formation, true personalities didn't start showing up until nine or ten years of age."-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane
"For the first time, I saw a pink glow breaking through the gray wisps that surrounded her, revealing the color of her true personality. Blush pink. I smiled. I should've known. I had known. Emme was …"-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane
15. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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16. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Jeff Shaara
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more
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17. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more
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18. The One That Got Away with Murder
By: Trish Lundy
3.77
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more
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"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder
"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder
"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder
19. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy
By: Jonathan Martin
4.00
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by… read more
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20. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
By: Timothy Egan
4.13
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nat… read more
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"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America, no other is so terrible as fire."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Ideas take on their own trajectory, but they die without people to carry them into the corridors of power."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Onward and upward he pushed until rock, ground, and forest came to an end, until there was nothing but a sharp edge of blunt earth protruding in the late light of the range, where he could see well b…"-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
21. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
By: Luke Epplin
4.48
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more
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22. 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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23. 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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24. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
By: Mark Harmon
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more
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25. At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice
By: Rebecca Rosenberg
4.15
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspe… read more
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26. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
By: Chris Herring
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more
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27. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.28
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combi… read more
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28. Controlled Burn
By: Erin Soderberg Downing
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Maia’s parents say she’s lucky she noticed something as early as she did. Lucky to … read more
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29. Paradise Found: A High School Football Team's Rise from the Ashes
By: Bill Plaschke
4.07
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
"Friday Night Lights meets Unbroken." —Tony Reali | "One of the most profound stories you will ever… read more
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30. Sunrise Nights
By: Jeff Zentner
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more
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"Love seems to die around me."-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights
31. Pipeline to the Pros
By: Ben Kaplan
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. … read more
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