14 must-read nonfiction books like Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3 by david-frith

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Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3

By: david-frith

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

In 1932, England’s cricket team, led by the haughty Douglas Jardine, had the fastest bowler in the …

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1. Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee

By: John Bew

4.46

Format: 668 pages, Hardcover

Clement Attlee was the Labour prime minister who presided over Britain's radical postwar government… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Soccer in Sun and Shadow

By: Eduardo Galeano , Mark Fried

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Discussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of tha… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
"و كان لدى الرب وقت ليهتم بشئون كرة القدم، فكم من مسئوليها سيبقون أحياءً"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

"¿En qué se parece el fútbol a Dios? En la devoción que le tienen muchos creyentes y en la desconfianza que le tienen muchos intelectuales"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

"[Garrincha] was the one who would climb out of the training camp window because he heard from some far-off back alley call of a ball asking to be played with, music demanding to be danced to, a woman…"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

"Han pasado los años, y a la larga he terminado por asumir mi identidad: yo no soy más que un mendigo de buen fútbol. Voy por el mundo sombrero en mano, y en los estadios suplico: una linda jugadita, …"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

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3. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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4. Dominion

By: C.J. Sansom

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

C.J. Sansom rewrites history in a thrilling novel that dares to imagine Britain under the thumb of … read more

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5. Harold Larwood

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Harold Larwood is an England cricketing legend. During the MCC's notorious 19323 and its bitter aft… read more

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6. The Picador Book Of Cricket

By: Ramachandra Guha

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

The definitive anthology of cricket writing A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket … read more

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7. My Spin On Cricket

By: Richie Benaud

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Placing the emphasis on the modern game, Richie Benaud puts current cricketing events under the spo… read more

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8. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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9. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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10. Why We Kneel, How We Rise

By: Michael Holding

4.47

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Through the prism of sport and conversations with its legends, including Usain Bolt, Adam Goodes, T… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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11. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Sultan: A Memoir

By: Wasim Akram

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bo… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
"In fact, I was shortly to be chosen for my first tour to New Zealand. Again, I had Javed, now restored to captaincy, to thank. I was immediately anxious. I could not drive. I had neither money of my …"

-Wasim Akram, Sultan: A Memoir

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13. Steve Smith's Men: Behind Australian Cricket's Fall

By: Geoff Lemon

4.36

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

He was the top Test batman in the world, with numbers bettered only by the great Don Bradman – then… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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14. The Pembrokeshire Murders

By: Steve Wilkins

4.11

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic and compelling account of how a serial killer was finally unmasked after evading justi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket

By: Stephen Fay

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

For more than a quarter of a century after the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on t… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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16. Dhoni Touch

By: Bharat Sundaresan

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For over a decade, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has captivated the world of cricket and over a billion Indi… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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17. Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket

By: Vic Marks

3.91

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

What follows, which explores some of the charms, the quirks and the peculiar allure of cricket from… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. England: The Biography: The Story of English Cricket

By: Simon Wilde

3.93

Format: 816 pages, Kindle Edition

England: The Biography is the most comprehensive account of the England cricket team that has ever … read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey Through Latin America by Timothy Abraham

19. Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey Through Latin America

By: Timothy Abraham

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A history of Latin America through cricketCricket was the first sport played in almost every countr… read more

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  • sports
Cover of Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3 by david-frith

20. Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3

By: david-frith

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

In 1932, England’s cricket team, led by the haughty Douglas Jardine, had the fastest bowler in the … read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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21. Australia - Story of a Cricket Country

By: Christian Ryan

4.60

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A surprised old-timer was quoted saying, "Why, they beant black at all; they’re as white as wuz." M… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • australia

10 must-read history books like Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3 by david-frith

Transform Your Habits

Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee

John Bew

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Eduardo Galeano , Mark Fried

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Why We Kneel, How We Rise

Michael Holding

4.47

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23 must-read nonfiction books like Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket by Vic Marks

Transform Your Habits

Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

None , Paul McGrath

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

David Conn

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

4.25

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