Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder, Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFL
By: R.D. Rosen
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman fami…
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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
2. Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
By: Wayne Coffey , R.A. Dickey
3.97
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
The Glass Castle meets Ball Four as Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey weaves searing honesty and baseb… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
"One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best…"-Wayne Coffey, Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
3. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.04
Format: 466 pages, Hardcover
Watch a video Read discussion questions for "The Last Stand." The bestselling author of "Mayflow… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. 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
- sports
- history
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"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
5. A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
By: Stefan Fatsis
3.91
Format: None pages,
Drawing on rare access to an NFL team's players, coaches and facilities, the author of The New York… read more
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- nonfiction
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- football
6. Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders
By: Peter Richmond
3.74
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A book that explores the enduring legends of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raide… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
7. 99: Stories of the Game
By: Wayne Gretzky , Kirstie McLellan Day
4.10
Format: None pages, Hardcover
First he rewrote the record book. Now, to mark the NHL's 99th anniversary, Wayne Gretzky has writte… read more
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8. West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life
By: Jerry West , Jonathan Coleman
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It was only logical that when the National Basketball Association needed a silhouette for their log… read more
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- nonfiction
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9. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
By: H.G. Bissinger
3.33
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more
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- history
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- football
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10. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
By: Jeff Pearlman
3.57
Format: None pages,
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11. Electric October: Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever
By: Kevin Cook
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The story of six ordinary ballplayers whose paths crossed in the 1947 World Series--and the ways th… read more
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12. When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi
By: David Maraniss
3.50
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the… read more
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13. Summer of '49
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns … read more
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14. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
By: John Bloom , Jim Atkinson
4.34
Format: 168 pages,
Edgar Award Finalist: The "sensational" true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that… read more
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15. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.06
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
16. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More
By: James Burrows
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
17. 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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- history
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- nonfiction
18. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. 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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- history
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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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
21. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
By: Anne R. Keene
3.60
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in th… read more
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- history
- sports
- biography
- nonfiction
"Pick up any photograph of Ted Williams in 1943 and there’s a good chance you’ll see him seated on a footlocker beside Babe Ruth or perched on a chipped cement wall wearing a jersey stitched with dark…"-Anne R. Keene, The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
22. Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
By: Gary Weiss
3.92
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A biography of the spectacular rise and fall of Eddie Antar, better known as "Crazy Eddie," whose h… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
23. The Dynasty
By: Jeff Benedict
4.46
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the… read more
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- football
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24. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
By: Howard Bryant
4.23
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more
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25. The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever
By: Jack Curry
4.14
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the inside story of the 1998 Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from… read more
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26. The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
On the stormy night of August 29th, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation. After losing the… read more
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- history
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27. Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me
By: Paul O'Neill
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This fun and fiery New York Times bestselling memoir tells the life story of All Star Yankee and fi… read more
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28. Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever
By: Dan Good
4.20
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In Playing Through the Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever , jo… read more
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29. Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's
By: Dale Tafoya
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics was one of the most successful franchises in professional… read more
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30. Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder, Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFL
By: R.D. Rosen
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman fami… read more
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- football
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31. A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder Inc.
By: Michael Cannell
3.93
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant w… read more
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