War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb
By: Tim Hornbaker
4.05
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
During his twenty-four-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown-winner, twelve-time batting ch…
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1. The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
By: Joe Posnanski
4.38
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Baseball 100 “A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a na… read more
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"Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball."-Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
2. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
By: Ian Fleming
3.63
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more
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"Don't lose faith in your stars."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
3. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
By: Charles Leerhsen
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Finally - a fascinating andauthoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in base… read more
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4. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
By: Various , Joe Layden , Rob Reiner , Cary Elwes
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-p… read more
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5. The Battle of Midway
By: Craig L. Symonds
3.50
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so d… read more
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6. 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America: And Four Who Tried to Save Her
By: Brion T. McClanahan
3.62
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Of the forty-four presidents who have led the United States, nine made mistakes that permanently sc… read more
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8. 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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"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
9. The Boys of Summer
By: Roger Kahn
3.80
Format: 654 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then we… read more
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10. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
By: Larry Tye
3.46
Format: None pages,
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at las… read more
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11. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
By: William L. Shirer
4.21
Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more
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"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
12. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
By: Jonathan Mahler
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Scheduled for release in July 2007 as an ESPN original mi… read more
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13. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
By: Jane Leavy
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
"The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifull… read more
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14. Goldfinger (James Bond, #7)
By: Ian Fleming
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his… read more
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15. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
By: Ian Fleming
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more
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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
16. Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever"
By: Robert W. Creamer
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The acclaimed biographer of Babe Ruth and Casey Stengel was 18 at the beginning of 1941, and he rem… read more
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17. 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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18. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
19. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
By: Jane Leavy
3.76
Format: 656 pages, ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author o… read more
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20. 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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21. 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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22. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever
By: John Rosengren
4.12
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more
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23. 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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24. The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one vo… read more
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25. Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By: Paul Goldberger
4.32
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through… read more
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26. Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik
By: Brian R. Solomon
4.34
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
The captivating story of how The Sheik captured the imagination of a generation, conquered the wres… read more
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27. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes
By: Tim Brady
4.01
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more
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28. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
By: Justin Fenton
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more
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29. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
By: Lonnie Wheeler
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more
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30. 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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31. War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb
By: Tim Hornbaker
4.05
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
During his twenty-four-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown-winner, twelve-time batting ch… read more
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