5 Top biography books like The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra by Phil Pepe

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The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra

By: Phil Pepe

3.99

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of quotes, anecdotes, and malaprops from one of baseball’s wisest and wittiest persona…

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1. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

By: Malcolm Gladwell

3.85

Format: 444 pages, Hardcover

What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Self consciousness is the enemy of interestingness"

-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

"hey hey its Brooke im 12 and having trouble my teacher told me to get on here sooo yaaa see ya soon pic uplaodin soon!!!!!!!!!!!!"

-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

"But sometimes genius is anything but rarefied; sometimes it's just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen. (p313)"

-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

"The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sente…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

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2. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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3. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

The Return of Sherlock Holmesis a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in… read more

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4. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

By: Ian W. Toll

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnip… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. News of the World

By: Paulette Jiles

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a yo… read more

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6. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

By: Dan Simmons

3.77

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more

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7. Master and Man

By: Leo Tolstoy

3.43

Format: 42 pages,

"Master and Man" (Russian: Khoziain i rabotnik) is a story by Leo Tolstoy (1895). It happened in th… read more

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8. Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more

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"Axel,"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"Then don’t you despair?"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"I dream with my eyes open."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

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9. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

10. Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs

By: Dave Barry

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite tunes, he thought he was penning … read more

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11. The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old scho… read more

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"It would do her good to have some demons to fight, to be swung out in space and held over some bottomless pit now and then."

-Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

"Wee Archie was wielding a shepherd's crook that, as Tommy remarked later, no shepherd would be found dead with, and he was wearing a kilt that no Highlander would dream of being found alive in."

-Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

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12. White Fang

By: Jack London , K.A. Applegate

4.02

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he … read more

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"He was a silent fury who no torment could tame."

-Jack London, White Fang

"Các sự vật không phải bao giờ cũng đúng như vẻ bề ngoài."

-Jack London, White Fang

"Dark spruce frowned on either side of the frozen waterway."

-Jack London, White Fang

"Got to take a gamble. The only way to find out is to find out."

-Jack London, White Fang

13. Death in High Heels

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Young Mr. Chatsworth of Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a murder in a dress shop. What he … read more

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14. How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

By: Barbara F. Walter

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and ho… read more

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  • nonfiction
"For a society to fracture along identity lines, you need mouthpieces - people who are willing to make discriminatory appeals and pursue discriminatory policies in the name of a particular group. They…"

-Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

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15. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

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  • nonfiction
"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

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16. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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17. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

By: Claire Keegan

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more

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"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."

-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

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18. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

By: Gregory Zuckerman

4.03

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

By: Gad Saad

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threate… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

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20. One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General

By: William P. Barr

4.01

Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  The former attorney general provides a candid account of his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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21. Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation firm in… read more

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"In this quiet room, surrounded by tales of mystery and deception, she felt most like herself."

-James Patterson, Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

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22. Land of Wolves (Walt Longmire, #15)

By: Craig Johnson

4.33

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.Attempting to r… read more

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23. Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog

By: Dave Barry

4.09

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

In this “little gem” (Washington Independent Review of Books), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
"Pay attention to the people you love. (Not later. Right now.)"

-Dave Barry, Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog

"Sometimes I think the main purpose of professional sports is to give guys something to talk about that does not involve them personally."

-Dave Barry, Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog

"In the end, all that really matters—all you really have—is the people you love. Not your job, not your career, not your awards, not your money, not your stuff. Just your people."

-Dave Barry, Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog

"… nobody loves you the way your dog loves you. When you’re with your dog, you may mentally be elsewhere, but your dog is not; your dog is always right there with you. When you’re gone, your dog is wa…"

-Dave Barry, Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog

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24. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

By: Carlo M. Cipolla

3.86

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

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25. Rationality

By: Steven Pinker

3.85

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Everyone wants someone to help but prefers that it not be them."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"If contemporary humans seem irrational, don't blame the hunter-gatherers."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"The press is an availability machine. It serves up anecdotes which feed our impression of what's common in a way that is guaranteed to mislead."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

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26. The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra

By: Phil Pepe

3.99

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of quotes, anecdotes, and malaprops from one of baseball’s wisest and wittiest persona… read more

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  • baseball
  • biography
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • sports

13 best-selling nonfiction books like The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra by Phil Pepe

Transform Your Habits

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

Malcolm Gladwell

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Ian W. Toll

4.40

Transform Your Habits

How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Barbara F. Walter

4.25

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17 Best fiction books like Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lowell Bair

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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