Larry Doby in Black and White: The Story of a Baseball Pioneer
By: Jerry Izenberg
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When people think of baseball trailblazers, their minds immediately go to Jackie Robinson. He was t…
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1. The Lay of the Land
By: Richard Ford
3.51
Format: 178 pages,
Frank Bascombe returns, with a new lease on life (and real estate), more acutely in thrall to life'… read more
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2. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
By: Mike Shropshire
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more
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3. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more
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4. The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age
By: Robert Weintraub
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The triumphant story of baseball and America after World War II In 1945 Major League Baseball had b… read more
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6. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more
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7. Let Me Be Frank With You
By: Richard Ford
3.75
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new work that returns Richard Ford to the hallowed territory that sealed his reputation… read more
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8. Gravity's Rainbow
By: Thomas Pynchon , Andrés Ibáñez , None
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustiv… read more
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9. The Sportswriter
By: Richard Ford
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely … read more
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10. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.18
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more
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11. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more
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12. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
13. The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City
By: Kevin Baker
4.39
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures… read more
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14. The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation
By: Mark Lee Gardner
4.31
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequent… read more
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15. The Dark Hours (Renée Ballard, #4; Harry Bosch, #23; Harry Bosch Universe, #36)
By: Michael Connelly
4.39
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year’s Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ba… read more
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16. 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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17. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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18. 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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19. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
By: C.L. Miller
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more
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20. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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21. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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22. The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33)
By: Michael Connelly
4.28
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed B… read more
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23. Be Mine
By: Richard Ford
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the… read more
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24. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
By: Erin Carlson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more
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25. The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors
By: Charles Oakley
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this “incredible read on some incredible days and nights in the old association” (Adrian Wojnaro… read more
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26. The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era
By: Andy Martino
4.42
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two … read more
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27. Roberto Alomar: The Complicated Life and Legacy of a Baseball Hall of Famer
By: David Ostrowsky
4.19
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A captivating look into the remarkable career and controversial life of a baseball Hall of Famer. R… read more
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28. Larry Doby in Black and White: The Story of a Baseball Pioneer
By: Jerry Izenberg
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When people think of baseball trailblazers, their minds immediately go to Jackie Robinson. He was t… read more
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29. Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961
By: Jim Brosnan
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
“Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a … read more
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30. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)
By: Michael Connelly
4.47
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more
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31. The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America’s National Pastime
By: Phil S Dixon
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This book follows Dizzy and Daffy Dean’s All-Stars as they barnstormed across the country in 1934, … read more
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