8 best-selling memoir books like Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family by Kim Mulkey

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Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

By: Kim Mulkey

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Whether on a baseball field as the only girl on an all-boys team in Hammond, Louisiana, or on a bas…

If you liked the memoir plot in Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family by Kim Mulkey , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

By: Alfred Lansing

4.44

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, on… read more

Similar categories in Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

"Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful."

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

"[...] "Who the hell are you?" he said at last. The man in the center stepped forward. "My name is Shackleton" he replied in a quiet voice."

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

"There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looke…"

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

2. The First Counsel

By: Brad Meltzer

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a date with a young White House lawyer, the president's daughter sees something she shouldn't. T… read more

Similar categories in Brad Meltzer's The First Counsel book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

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3. Raise the Roof: The Inspiring Inside Story of the Tennessee Lady Vols' Historic 1997-1998 Threepeat Season

By: Pat Summitt

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It wasn't a team. It was a tent revival." So says Pat Summitt, the legendary coach whose Tennessee… read more

Similar categories in Pat Summitt's Raise the Roof: The Inspiring Inside Story of the Tennessee Lady Vols' Historic 1997-1998 Threepeat Season book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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4. Dreamland

By: Nicholas Sparks

3.96

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Dreamland is a love story about risking everything for a dream—and whether it’s possible to leave t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Sparks's Dreamland book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

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5. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more

Similar categories in Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Jenna Fischer

6. The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

By: Jenna Fischer

4.23

Format: 321 pages, ebook

An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Fischer's The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Invest in the people in your lives. Find that friend who makes you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof. Build them up and encourage them. Show up for each other no matter how big or small the occasion…"

-Jenna Fischer, The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

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7. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

Similar categories in Bono's Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

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8. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.72

Format: 16 pages, Audiobook

15 hours, 54 minutes Read by a 45-person cast, with Holter Graham and the author Over the pas… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was …"

-Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

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9. The Lady's Mine

By: Francine Rivers

4.21

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

A delightful new western romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love Ne… read more

Similar categories in Francine Rivers's The Lady's Mine book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

"Never underestimate the importance of the woman who rocks the cradle."

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

"I am not giving up on God because of what one man said from the pulpit."

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

"I promise I am not going to crush your spirit Kate. Why would I, when that's what I love most about you?"

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

"Wealth isn't evil Kate, it's the love of money that is. When no matter how much you have is never enough."

-Francine Rivers, The Lady's Mine

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10. Nightwork

By: Nora Roberts

4.27

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother’s head, slipping into lu… read more

Similar categories in Nora Roberts's Nightwork book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

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11. Rising Tiger (Scot Harvath #21)

By: Brad Thor

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Deadly operative Scot Harvath faces down the country’s most powerful enemy in #1 New York Times and… read more

Similar categories in Brad Thor's Rising Tiger (Scot Harvath #21) book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

Cover of Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton

12. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton

4.03

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more

Similar categories in Dolly Parton's Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"

-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

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13. The Boys from Biloxi

By: John Grisham

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Boys from Biloxi book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

"The ship was sinking and the rats were jumping overboard."

-John Grisham, The Boys from Biloxi

"Great trial lawyers aren't born; they're made. The great ones simply tell the jury a story..."

-John Grisham, The Boys from Biloxi

Cover of Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse

14. Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

By: Erika Krouse

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark… read more

Similar categories in Erika Krouse's Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I felt a little bit like crying and instead ate more cheese."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

"Nothing's more comforting than the sound of rain when you're not in it."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

"When people are ashamed, they cover their faces. The face is where shame lives."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

"People always rely on the incompetent idiot defense—it doesn’t hurt them. Look at Iran-Contra. They named an airport after that guy."

-Erika Krouse, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

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15. Blind Tiger

By: Sandra Brown

4.19

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times best… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Brown's Blind Tiger book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

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16. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

Similar categories in Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
Cover of How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving by Jenny Doan

17. How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving

By: Jenny Doan

4.48

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Over the last decade, the Doan family business, the Missouri Star Quilt Company in tiny Hamilton, M… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Doan's How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning by Gail Ward Olmsted

18. Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning

By: Gail Ward Olmsted

4.27

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A marriage of convenience leads to a life of passion and purpose. A shared vision transforms the Am… read more

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Cover of Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family by Kim Mulkey

19. Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

By: Kim Mulkey

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Whether on a baseball field as the only girl on an all-boys team in Hammond, Louisiana, or on a bas… read more

Similar categories in Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family book and Kim Mulkey's Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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