Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis
By: Dean Oliver
4.06
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
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1. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.15
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more
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- nonfiction
"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
2. Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football
By: Wayne L. Winston
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Mathletics" is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to … read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- science
3. Demons
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.30
Format: 733 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a… read more
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"God is the pain of the fear of death"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
4. Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar #1)
By: Harlan Coben
4.00
Format: 416 pages,
Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie … read more
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5. Poor Folk
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.78
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People,[note] is the f… read more
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"ويقال إنّ الفتى بوكروفسكي يشبه أمه كما تشبه قطرة من الماء قطرة من الماء."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أضرع إليك مرة أخرى: لا تنفق في سبيلي كل هذا الذي تنفقه. أنا أعرف أنك تحبني كثيرًا، ولكنك لست غنيًا."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أوهام إنه ليتفق للمرء أن يخطئ تقدير ما يشعر به هو نفسه، وأن يسترسل في ترهات سخيفة. والذنب في ذلك كله انما هو ذنب هذا الطيش في قلبنا المندفع"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"لماذا تعيش النفوس الطيبة النبيلة في الشقاء والهجران، بينما لا يحتاج غيرها حتى إلى البحث عن السعادة لأن السعادة هي التي تلقي بنفسها بين ذراعيه؟"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
6. Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
By: Ben Mezrich
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An exclusive blackjack club came up with a system to take the worldUs most sophisticated casinos fo… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty
3.69
Format: 98 pages, Audio CD
During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- basketball
8. Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life
By: Mike Leach , Bruce Feldman , None
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
SWING YOUR SWORD is the first ever book by one of the most fascinating and successful coaches in sp… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
9. Moneyball
By: Michael Lewis
4.26
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- science
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
10. Gone for Good
By: Harlan Coben
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Klei… read more
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11. Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar #2)
By: Harlan Coben
4.48
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award-winner Harlan Coben, a young woman's tragic deat… read more
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12. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler
3.78
Format: None pages,
Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more
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13. The Stranger
By: Harlan Coben
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. H… read more
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14. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
By: Steve Jamison , Bill Walsh , None
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"Even when you have an organization brimming with talent, victory is not always under your control.… read more
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15. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
16. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
By: Evan Drellich
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By: Zeke Faux
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
By: Jake Knapp
4.08
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint, a simple 4-step system for improving focus, … read more
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- nonfiction
19. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.11
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more
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- science
"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
20. The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
By: Ben Lindbergh
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Move over, Moneyball -- a cutting-edge look at major league baseball's next revolution: the high-te… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
21. Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
By: Kirk Goldsberry
4.10
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic deco… read more
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- nonfiction
- basketball
22. The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback
By: Bruce Arians
4.00
Format: 256 pages, ebook
What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach the… read more
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- nonfiction
23. I'll Show You
By: Derrick Rose
3.89
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2012, Derrick Rose was on top of the world.After growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood,… read more
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- basketball
24. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
By: Nick Greene
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more
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- nonfiction
- basketball
25. Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession
By: Joe Lunardi
3.62
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of th… read more
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- nonfiction
- basketball
26. The Logic Of Sports Betting
By: Ed Miller
3.95
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
How do sportsbooks make their lines? Which types of bets are the best? Can you beat the house? The… read more
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27. The Midrange Theory
By: Seth Partnow
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At its core, the goal of any basketball team is relatively take and make good shots while preventi… read more
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28. Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
By: Zoe Chance
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Rediscover the superpower that makes good things happen, from the professor behind Yale School of M… read more
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"As you release your fear of hearing no, you gain the freedom to ask for things. Pg 58"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
"No matter how often I see it happens, I'm still surprised by the lengths to which strangers will go to be helpful just to because they are asked Pg 59"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
"Framing is how spellcasting works in the real world. Just by describing something or giving it a name, you called it into being. Well chosen frame can determine what’s relevant, what’s important, or …"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
"Framing is magical stuff. It determines people’s experiences and even shapes how they think. An effective frame can be so sticky that it becomes hard to see things from a different perspective. Once …"-Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
29. Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis
By: Dean Oliver
4.06
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
At the risk of succumbing to hyperbole, Basketball on Paper is a revolutionary strike for statistic… read more
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- basketball
- nonfiction
- technical
- sports
- science
30. Thinking Basketball
By: Ben Taylor
4.20
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Are top scorers really the most valuable players? Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does … read more
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31. Conquering Risk: Attacking Wall Street and Vegas
By: Elihu D. Feustel
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
All manners of gambling are becoming increasingly popular in our society. Whether a person places a… read more
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