The Bolt Supremacy: Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory
By: Richard Moore
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the the 100-meter finals. H…
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1. The Nowhere Men
By: Michael Calvin
3.71
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of The Times British Sports Book Award 2014.A fascinating insight into the enclosed world of… read more
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2. Up Pohnpei: A Quest to Reclaim the Soul of Football by Leading the World's Ultimate Underdogs to Glory
By: Paul Watson , Paul Watson
4.21
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
After one too many late-night discussions, football fanatic Paul Watson and his mate Matt Conrad ha… read more
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3. The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
By: Scott Adams
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The creator of Dilbert, the fastest-growing comic strip in the nation (syndicated in nearly 1000 ne… read more
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"Sometimes idiots can accomplish wonderful things."-Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
"Theory of Evolution (Summary) First, there were some amoebas. Deviant amoebas adapted better to the environment, thus becoming monkeys. Then came Total Quality Management."-Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
"Idiocy in the modern age isn't an all-encompassing, twenty-four-hour situation for most people. It's a condition that everybody slips into many times a day. Life is just too complicated to be smart a…"-Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
"Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend muc…"-Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
4. Michael Phelps: Beneath The Surface
By: Michael Phelps
3.95
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
Eight medals, including six gold and two bronze. Michael Phelps used the Olympic Games in Athens as… read more
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"In some sports, you can just get by on a lot of natural talent. In swimming, it helps to be long and lean, but you can’t be good at it without putting in the work. There is a direct connection betwee…"-Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps: Beneath The Surface
5. Penso quindi gioco
By: Andrea Pirlo , Alessandro Alciato
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
"Per me il gruppo conta tantissimo, ma se mi dimenticassi di me stesso toglierei forza proprio ai m… read more
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"After the wheel, the PlayStation is the best invention of all time."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
"I don’t give a toss about pressure. I spent afternoon sleeping and playing Playstation. Then I went out and won the World Cup."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
"It’s an enemy that I can’t allow to wound me a second time. It’s already done enough damage: most of it hidden far from the surface."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
"- Mino, toglimi una curiosità. Come si pronuncia il tuo cognome? Dove va l’accento? Ràiola o Raiòla? - Come vuoi tu, basta che mi paghi."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
6. The Accidental Tourist
By: Anne Tyler
0.00
Format: 798 pages, Paperback
Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is ground… read more
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7. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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"Buy potatoes,"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
8. 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
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"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
9. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more
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10. Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong
By: Juliet Macur
3.92
Format: None pages, Audio
The definitive account of Lance Armstrong's spectacular rise and fall. In June 2013, when Lance Arm… read more
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- nonfiction
11. Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
By: Adharanand Finn
2.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhin… read more
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12. One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
By: Åsne Seierstad , Sarah Death
4.17
Format: None pages,
A harrowing and thorough account of the massacre that upended Norway, and the trial that helped put… read more
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13. Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
By: Aili McConnon , Andres McConnon
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the gr… read more
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15. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
By: Tara Brach
4.16
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much--just hear… read more
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"The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom."-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
"I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am."-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
"Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live."-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
"What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?"-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
16. How They Broke Britain
By: James O'Brien
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more
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17. Victory City
By: Salman Rushdie
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more
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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
18. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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19. Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
By: Stephen Walker
4.57
Format: 512 pages, ebook
09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny … read more
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20. The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir
By: Caster Semenya
4.27
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and car… read more
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21. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team
By: Kara Goucher
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more
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22. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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23. Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
By: Tim Marshall
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography We feel more divided… read more
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24. 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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25. The Shakespeare Requirement
By: Julie Schumacher
3.73
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
A Washington Post notable book of the year. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hi… read more
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"Still, all was quiet downstairs…and now the concept of leaving his bed had sent an urgent body-gram to his bladder, which over the years had become a thimble-sized organ with an impetuous streak."-Julie Schumacher, The Shakespeare Requirement
"Where to start, Fitger thought. The department was a funhouse of dysfunctional characters. Academia was, traditionally, a refuge for the poorly socialized and the obsessive; but English, at Payne, ha…"-Julie Schumacher, The Shakespeare Requirement
"She drained the pasta and looked out the window over the sink. In the middle of the street, paying no attention whatsoever to oncoming cars, two little boys were jousting with hockey sticks while rid…"-Julie Schumacher, The Shakespeare Requirement
26. In the Spell of the Barkley: Unravelling the Mystery of the World's Toughest Ultramarathon
By: Michiel Panhuysen
3.97
Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition
'A wonderful, compelling read'Vassos Alexander, radio presenter and ultrarunnerWelcome to the Barkl… read more
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27. Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia
By: Michael Crawley
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021 'Inspiring' The Guardian 'Excellent' Runner's Wo… read more
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28. God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent
By: Andy McGrath
3.98
Format: None pages, ebook
The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by Willia… read more
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29. Steve Kerr: A Life
By: Scott Howard-Cooper
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"Thrilling." — Publishers Weekly (starred) | "Riveting." — Library Journal (starred) | "A fascinati… read more
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30. The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story
By: Sebastian Payne
3.72
Format: 282 pages, ebook
Boris Johnson was touted as the saviour of the country and the Conservative Party, obtaining a huge… read more
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31. The Bolt Supremacy: Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory
By: Richard Moore
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the the 100-meter finals. H… read more
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