Off Mike: How a Kid from Basketball-Crazy Indiana Became America's NHL Voice
By: Mike Emrick
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Emrick loves stories and loves to tell them. Yesterday in broadcasting. Tomorrow in book form.” —…
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1. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Wayne Coffey , Jim Craig , Ken Morrow
4.21
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrat… read more
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- sports
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- hockey
"The most enduring heroes are people who don't try to be."-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
"You push on, do your best, and if you are really brave, you dream big, doubts and fears be damned. This is the stuff that miracles are made of, and the proof was there to see, on February 22, 1980."-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
"You can't look back. You can't dial up euphoria on demand, or try to recreate what happened a quarter century ago. You move forward and you live your life and try to be a better person every day than…"-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
2. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: David McCullough
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more
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- biography
"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
3. Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
By: John Steinbeck
4.06
Format: 181 pages, Paperback
Cannery Row is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and p… read more
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"He's got a can up there,' Richard said."-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
"Men all do about the same thing when they wake up."-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
"If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known."-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
"Then the sun came up and shook the night chill out of the air the way you'd shake a rug."-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
4. What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life
By: Jane Scovell , Tim Conway , Carol Burnett
3.81
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Six-time Emmy award-winning funny man Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnet… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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5. The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse
By: Tom Verducci
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustratedsenior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst T… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
6. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
By: Lawrence Wright
4.16
Format: 208 pages,
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7. Papi: My Story
By: Michael Holley , David Ortiz
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining, unfiltered memoir by one of the game's greatest, most clutch sluggers and beloved … read more
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8. All the President’s Men
By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the stor… read more
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"The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the hist…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Bernstein looked like one of those counterculture journalists that Woodward despised. Bernstein thought that Woodward's rapid rise at the Post had less to do with his ability than his Establishment c…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, p…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one …"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
9. The Lions of Lucerne (Scot Harvath, #1)
By: Brad Thor
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
On the snowy Utah slopes, thirty Secret Service agents are viciously executed and the vacationing p… read more
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11. A Guy Like Me: The John Scott Story
By: John Scott , Brian Cazeneuve
3.71
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
The John Scott story is the ultimate underdog narrative in sports during 2016 when Scott--in the tw… read more
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12. Take Your Eye Off the Puck: How to Watch Hockey By Knowing Where to Look
By: Jeremy Roenick , Greg Wyshynski
3.16
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey More and more fans are wa… read more
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14. A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
By: Tom Coyne
4.30
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In the span of one unforgettable year, Coyne crisscrosses the country in search of its greatest gol… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- memoir
"First tees no longer made me nervous, but somehow rangers still did."-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
"A holed ball was beautiful and final. All it left you were the stories of how it arrived there, powerless I change that plot."-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
"The land on which this game is played holds memories for a very long time, and once in a while, it lets us come back and walk around in them."-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
"People who don’t play golf pro to envy their golfing neighbors, admiring it as a nifty game you can play to a ripe old age. What they don’t understand is that we don’t keep playing because we can; we…"-Tom Coyne, A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
15. Is This Anything?
By: Jerry Seinfeld
3.72
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades … read more
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16. You Never Know: A Memoir
By: Tom Selleck
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more
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17. Court of Killers (Daniel Pike #2)
By: William Bernhardt
4.23
Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition
The court of public opinion found her guilty. But one attorney resolved to change the verdict…Attor… read more
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18. Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey
By: Brian Burke
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and th… read more
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19. Tim― The Official Biography of Avicii
By: Måns Mosesson
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The intimate biography of the iconic DJ who was lost too soon. Tim Bergling was a musical visionar… read more
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"So, what is it that you want to do?' Racquel asked. 'I just wanna make music."-Måns Mosesson, Tim― The Official Biography of Avicii
"You can get out of the hole,' said Tim. 'When you turn your face up, you see the whole blue sky. The birds and the light."-Måns Mosesson, Tim― The Official Biography of Avicii
20. 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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21. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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22. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
By: James Comey
4.10
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of … read more
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"Then there were the baffling, unnecessary lies. At one point, for example, the president told me that chief of staff Reince Priebus didn’t know we were meeting, which seemed incredible. The chief of …"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
"The more stressful the job, the more intentional I've always been about helping my team members find joy in our work. Laughter is the outward manifestation of joy, so I believe if I'm doing it right,…"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
"Ethical leaders care deeply about those they lead, and offer them honesty and decency, commitment and their own sacrifice. They have a confidence that breeds humility. Ethical leaders know their own …"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
"All of us struggle to realize something Patrice spent years telling me, as I took on one position or another: "It's not about you, dear." She often needed to remind me that, whatever people were feel…"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
23. Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend
By: Chris Kamara
4.30
Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition
Foreword by Ben Shephard‘Everyone loves Kammy . . . Full of humour and endless blunders’ – The Time… read more
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24. Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP
By: Mirin Fader
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history–from his early life livin… read more
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25. Bubbleball: Inside the NBA's Fight to Save a Season
By: Ben Golliver
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating account of the NBA’s strangest season ever, from shutdown to championship, from a pro… read more
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26. Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football
By: Gary Myers
4.20
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulte… read more
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27. Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team
By: John U. Bacon
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation’s worst high school hock… read more
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28. Fabric of the Game: The Stories Behind the NHL's Names, Logos, and Uniforms
By: Chris Creamer
4.14
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth look into the origins of how each NHL team was named, received their logo and design, w… read more
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29. Eddie Olczyk: Beating the Odds in Hockey and in Life
By: Eddie Olczyk
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Eddie Olczyk had built a life and career most people could only dream of. Growing up in the suburbs… read more
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30. Off Mike: How a Kid from Basketball-Crazy Indiana Became America's NHL Voice
By: Mike Emrick
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Emrick loves stories and loves to tell them. Yesterday in broadcasting. Tomorrow in book form.” —… read more
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31. Three Pianos: A Memoir
By: Andrew McMahon
4.40
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searingly honest and beautifully written memoir … read more
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