Slugging It Out in Japan: An American Major Leaguer in the Tokyo Outfield
By: Warren Cromartie
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An American major league baseball player describes his experiences playing the great American pas…
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1. If I Never Get Back
By: Darryl Brock
4.07
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Time travel meets baseball in this "grand adventure" about a modern-day reporter who witnesses the … read more
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- baseball
- sports
2. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
3. Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
By: Cait Murphy
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the perspective of 2007, the unintentional irony of Chance's boast is manifest—these days, the… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
4. The Maltese Falcon
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more
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5. The Umpire Strikes Back
By: Ron Luciano
3.89
Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Here is Ron Luciano, the funniest ump ever to call balls and strikes. A huge and awesome legend who… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
- sports
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- baseball
- biography
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7. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
By: Richard Stark
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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8. The Last Innocents: The Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960's
By: Michael Leahy
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning journalist comes the riveting odyssey of seven Los Angeles Dodgers in the 196… read more
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9. Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18)
By: Lee Child
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Hardcover
After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has … read more
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10. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
By: Charles Brandt
4.12
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
11. Pete Rose: An American Dilemma
By: Kostya Kennedy
4.36
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
"Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about spo… read more
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12. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
By: Bob Odenkirk
3.60
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more
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"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
13. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
14. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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- nonfiction
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
15. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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- biography
16. Brionne
By: Louis L'Amour
4.08
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
Major James Brionne brought Dave Allard to trial for murder. Just before the hanging, Dave swore hi… read more
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"...if we are to become a land of homes and people, evil men must not be allowed to persist in their evil."-Louis L'Amour, Brionne
17. Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
By: Robert A. Caro
4.44
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson… read more
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- biography
"People are always asking me why I chose Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson to write about. Well, I must say I never thought of my books as the stories of Moses or Johnson. I never had the slightest inte…"-Robert A. Caro, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
18. The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
By: Brad Balukjian
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn’t listen. From the bestselling author of… read more
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19. Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball
By: Robert Whiting
4.25
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, onc… read more
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- nonfiction
- japan
20. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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- baseball
- biography
- sports
21. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
By: Brad Balukjian
4.00
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- biography
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22. Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It
By: Peter Golenbock
4.05
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
"Anyone who has love for the game of baseball will enjoy this remarkable book." Library Journal, St… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
23. Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin Stories of Baseball's Unexpected Stars
By: Jonathan Mayo
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating look at how Major League Baseball searches for diamonds in the rough In the plainest … read more
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- nonfiction
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24. Slugging It Out in Japan: An American Major Leaguer in the Tokyo Outfield
By: Warren Cromartie
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An American major league baseball player describes his experiences playing the great American pas… read more
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- japan
- sports
25. 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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- sports
26. The Lords of Baseball: A Wry Look at a Side of the Game the Fan Seldom Sees - The Front Office
By: Harold Parrott
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Over his long career covering the Brooklyn Dodgers Harold Parrott witnessed the moguls of baseball'… read more
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