The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery
By: Thad Ziolkowski
3.86
Format: 304 pages, ebook
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1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
By: William Finnegan
4.27
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer Barbaria… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"But surfing always had this horizon, this fear line, that made it different from other things, certainly from other sports I knew. You could do it with friends, but when the waves got big, or you got…"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
2. Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
By: Peter Heller
3.81
Format: 336 pages, ebook
With grit, poetry, and humor, Peter Heller, acclaimed author of The River and The Whale Warriors re… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Is it possible to love by simply not being an ass? I don't think so. But it goes a long way to clearing a space where love can happen."-Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
"Sometimes I catch myself being a person I wouldn't tolerate for five minutes at my own kitchen table. Being a thoughtless, self-centered jerk."-Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
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. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
4.28
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more
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- nonfiction
"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
5. Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing
By: Chas Smith
3.73
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflin… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- memoir
6. All Our Waves Are Water: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment and the Perfect Ride
By: Jaimal Yogis
4.25
Format: 272 pages, ebook
In this meditative memoir—a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton—t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
7. The Sympathizer
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizeris … read more
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8. She's Come Undone
By: Wally Lamb
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journe… read more
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9. Surf Is Where You Find It
By: Gerry Lopez
3.94
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Lopez, one of the most revered surfers of his generation, presents a collection of 41 profiles of t… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- memoir
10. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant
By: Margareta Magnusson
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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12. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more
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"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"The more you read, the more you calm down."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
13. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
By: Mark Bramhall , Michael Finkel
3.90
Format: 5 pages, Audio CD
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable tr… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"I read. That's my form of travel."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"Carl Jung said that only an introvert could see "the unfathomable stupidity of man"-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
14. Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast Duane, Daniel ( Author ) Apr-10-1997 Paperback
By: Daniel Duane
3.68
Format: 113 pages,
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15. American Pastoral
By: Philip Roth
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize Winner (1998) In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified g… read more
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"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"Exhibitionismul inerent unei marturisiri nu face decat sa agraveze suferinta."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"[...] ero una biografia in moto perpetuo, memoria sino al midollo delle ossa."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
16. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
By: Mary Roach
3.84
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? … read more
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- nonfiction
"The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There's a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"Californians are like, 'Lions are everywhere now!'" What's on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"So I’m curious, how far does the Pope think we should go in the direction of respecting and correcting the natural world and it’s wild inhabitants. Before I arrived the PIL media manager sent me a co…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"We are irrational in our species-specific devotions. I know a man who won’t eat octopus because of its intelligence. Yet he eats pork and buys glue traps for rats, though rats and pigs are highly in…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
17. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
By: Bill Perkins
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more
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- nonfiction
"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
18. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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19. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- nonfiction
20. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
By: Ryan Holiday
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more
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- nonfiction
"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
21. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
22. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Friend
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.77
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her do… read more
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"I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"I know this is all moronically anthropomorphic, but sometimes that is the form love takes."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"There's a certain type of person who, having read this far, is anxiously wondering: Does something bad happen to the dog?"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
24. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- nonfiction
25. Breathe: A Life in Flow
By: Rickson Gracie
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*An instant New York Times bestseller, USA Today bestseller, and Wall Street Journal bestseller… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Shattering disappointments require you to be radically honest with yourself, a process that can be painful but is absolutely necessary."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"If I'm fighting for money, I'll stop hitting you when you or the referee asks me to. If we are fighting for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, 98 percent of MMA fans have never stepped into the cage, or even onto the mat, much less felt their noses break or tendons pop. Their relationship with violence is virtual. MMA is just somethi…"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, it is possible to get a Jiu Jitsu black belt without knowing self-defense or even getting into a real fight. This was impossible during the 1970s and 1980s. Because my father and uncle loudly …"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
26. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
27. The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery
By: Thad Ziolkowski
3.86
Format: 304 pages, ebook
In this revelatory and original book, award-winning author of the acclaimed surf memoir On a Wave … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
28. Everything We Never Had
By: Randy Ribay
4.50
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more
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29. Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair
By: Chas Smith
3.51
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell, a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for… read more
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- nonfiction
30. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
By: Lisa Marie Presley
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
31. Reports from Hell
By: Chas Smith
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A gonzo ride through the Middle East as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Par… read more
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