Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science
By: Jeffrey Sussman
3.62
Format: 216 pages, ebook
More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes a…
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1. Fat City
By: Leonard Gardner
4.02
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Fat City is a novel about the indestructibility of of hope, the anguish and comedy of the human con… read more
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"He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him alone, and he did not des…"-Leonard Gardner, Fat City
"Out in the fog, weary, yet buoyant from the drinks, his mind dulled along with his aches and his energy returning, Tully was free of the sense of impending ordeal that had been with him for weeks. He…"-Leonard Gardner, Fat City
2. Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
By: Jason Zinoman
3.86
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steve… read more
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3. Undisputed Truth
By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more
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4. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America
By: David Hajdu
3.63
Format: 371 pages,
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popula… read more
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5. Wrestling with the Devil: The True Story of a World Champion Professional Wrestler - His Reign, Ruin, and Redemption
By: Lex Luger , John D. Hollis
3.66
Format: 162 pages, Hardcover
Lex Luger, wrestling megasensation and three-time world heavyweight champion, ruled the ring for ye… read more
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6. Idoru (Bridge #2)
By: William Gibson
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now in trade paperback from the author of Neuromancer comes a story that takes readers to 21st cent… read more
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7. Poodle Springs (Philip Marlowe, #8)
By: Raymond Chandler , Robert B. Parker
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settledown. But old habits d… read more
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8. The Hunter (Parker, #1)
By: Richard Stark
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more
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9. The Sweet Science
By: A.J. Liebling , None
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorkerpieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life t… read more
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10. The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring
By: Michael Arkush , Sugar Ray Leonard
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, the boxing legend faces his single greatest compet… read more
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11. Planet of the Apes
By: Pierre Boulle , Xan Fielding
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Em pouco tempo, os desbravadores do espaco descobrem a terrivel verdade: nesse mundo, seus pares hu… read more
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12. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
13. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
By: Paul Newman
3.89
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more
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14. The Helsinki Affair
By: Anna Pitoniak
3.44
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati… read more
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15. Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever
By: Tim Hornbaker
3.93
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
For decades, distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regiona… read more
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16. Zero Tolerance
By: James Patterson
3.55
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
Sergeant Jo Barnes (Hilary Swank) and her elite, all-female US Army investigative team are renowned… read more
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17. On a Night Like This (Winter Nights #3)
By: Liz Maverick
3.60
Format: 3 pages, Audiobook
Best-selling author Liz Maverick is back with this cozy, captivating holiday rom-com about finding … read more
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18. The Kingdom of Sweets
By: Erika Johansen
3.24
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author of the Queen of the Tearling series, Erika Johansen, journeys to a new kingdom i… read more
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"Names are only a lessening, child. They do not describe us. Before my real life began, I was enslaved, but I have left that time behind. In the years since, I have been called many things by many peo…"-Erika Johansen, The Kingdom of Sweets
19. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television
By: Peter Biskind
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more
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20. The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
By: Paul Beston
4.54
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the heavywe… read more
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21. What the Hex
By: Alexis Daria
3.56
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
Listening 2 hours and 45 minutes Welcome to Isla Bruja, a secret magical enclave near Miami and… read more
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22. The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
By: Edward White
3.90
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what define… read more
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23. Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World
By: Mike Stanton
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence , a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano,… read more
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24. The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages
By: Don Stradley
4.35
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
"Excellent."— Times Literary Supplement The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearn… read more
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25. Hollywood: The Oral History
By: Jeanine Basinger
4.04
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more
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26. A Midwinter's Wedding (The Four Kingdoms, #3.5)
By: Melanie Cellier
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition
A retelling of The Frog Prince fairy tale. Princess Cordelia is used to being overshadowed by he… read more
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"Don't worry, old chum, that's why I'm a major and you're still a private." "I'm the prince!" Ferdinand shrugged. "Well, there wasn't anything they could do about that now, was there?"-Melanie Cellier, A Midwinter's Wedding (The Four Kingdoms, #3.5)
27. Warriors, Witches, Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females
By: Kate Hodges
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Warriors, Witches, Women is a guide to awe-inspiring mythical female creatures; from feminist fairi… read more
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28. A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More
By: Paul Hirsch
4.21
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
"For its sheer excellence, diversity, and cultural impact, Paul Hirsch's filmography speaks for its… read more
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29. Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History
By: Mark S. Halfon
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The D… read more
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30. The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison
By: Carlos Acevedo
4.16
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
“[A]n enthralling new biography by Carlos Acevedo . . . [Tommy] Morrison’s Falstaffian story makes … read more
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31. Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science
By: Jeffrey Sussman
3.62
Format: 216 pages, ebook
More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes a… read more
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