7 Top sports books like The Gods of War by Springs Toledo

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The Gods of War

By: Springs Toledo

4.47

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

"The Gods of War, a collection of essays about the sweet science, is filled with not just great spo…

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Cover of Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball by George Kimball

1. Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball

By: George Kimball

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Sports fans and boxing enthusiasts alike will love this compelling study of the resurgence of boxin… read more

Similar categories in George Kimball's Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball book and Springs Toledo's The Gods of War

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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2. Undisputed Truth

By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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3. Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing

By: Donald McRae

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dark Tradeis Donald McRae's illuminating five-year journey through the intense and forbidding world… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

4. The Sweet Science

By: A.J. Liebling , None

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorkerpieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life t… read more

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5. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

Similar categories in Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) book and Springs Toledo's The Gods of War

"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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6. The Institute

By: Stephen King

4.20

Format: 561 pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silentl… read more

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"It wasn't very nice, but the truth seldom was."

-Stephen King, The Institute

"Love don't die with the earthly body, son. It's a purely ridiculous notion."

-Stephen King, The Institute

"There was an abyss. And books contained magical incantations to raise what was hidden there, all the great mysteries."

-Stephen King, The Institute

"Because there was an abyss. And books contained magical incantations to raise what was hidden there, all the great mysteries. For Luke, those mysteries mattered. Someday in the future, he might write…"

-Stephen King, The Institute

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7. The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America

By: Jack Newfield

4.05

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfield’s best-selling biography of America’s b… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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8. Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier

By: Mark Kram Jr.

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fan… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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9. Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho (Deluxe Limited Edition)

By: Christian Giudice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“In yet another skillful excavation of a dazzling Latino champion, Christian Giudice...follows Hect… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories

By: Peter Heller

4.18

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghett… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Henry Cooper: The Authorised Biography of Britain's Greatest Boxing Hero by Robert Edwards

11. Henry Cooper: The Authorised Biography of Britain's Greatest Boxing Hero

By: Robert Edwards

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Henry Cooper is much loved by the British public as boxing's "gentle giant". He captured the Britis… read more

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12. Born to Box: The Extraordinary Story of Nipper Pat Daly

By: Alex Daley

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Nipper Pat Daly was boxing's most amazing prodigy. Extraordinary but tragic, his was a career like … read more

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13. No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack

By: Errol Christie

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life's struggle was ending… read more

Similar categories in Errol Christie's No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack book and Springs Toledo's The Gods of War

"As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life's struggle was ending here, in plain view of my enemies. How was it possible? Had had I let things come to this?"

-Errol Christie, No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack

Cover of Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust) by Alan Scott Haft

14. Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust)

By: Alan Scott Haft

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim wit… read more

Similar categories in Alan Scott Haft's Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust) book and Springs Toledo's The Gods of War

  • nonfiction
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15. Into the Woods: The Story of a British Boxing Cult Hero

By: Clinton Woods

4.61

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Woods provides a sharp insight into the true motivations of fighting men. Rather than deal… read more

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16. Jacob's Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties

By: Kevin Mitchell

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York in the Fifties was the most interesting, the most vibrant city in the world. As American c… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Gods of War by Springs Toledo

17. The Gods of War

By: Springs Toledo

4.47

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

"The Gods of War, a collection of essays about the sweet science, is filled with not just great spo… read more

Similar categories in Springs Toledo's The Gods of War book and Springs Toledo's The Gods of War

  • sports
  • nonfiction

10 best-selling nonfiction books like The Gods of War by Springs Toledo

Transform Your Habits

Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball

George Kimball

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing

Donald McRae

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America

Jack Newfield

4.05

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19 Top nonfiction books like The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America by Jack Newfield

Transform Your Habits

Casino

Nicholas Pileggi

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing

Donald McRae

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Lords of Chaos

Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Surviving to Drive

Guenther Steiner

4.17

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