Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa
By: Steve Bloomfield
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
Africa Unitedis the story of modern day Africa told through its soccer. Travelling across thirteen …
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1. Money and Soccer: A Soccernomics Guide
By: Stefan Szymanski
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Modern soccer is big business. From the ill-received takeover of Manchester United by the Glazer fa… read more
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- soccer
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- nonfiction
- football
2. The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
By: Paul Theroux
3.89
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Following the success of the acclaimed Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and The Great Railway Bazaar… read more
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- travel
- africa
- nonfiction
"There's always a way if you're not in a hurry."-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"To travel unconnected, away from anyone's gaze or reach, is a bliss."-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinting concentration, as though on an ultimate trip, memorizing a scene, grateful for being alive to se…"-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"I have a hatred of the taming of animals, especially large ones that are so contented in the wild. I abominate circus acts that involve big befooled beasts--cowed tigers or helplessly roaring lions p…"-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
3. Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa
By: Steve Bloomfield
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
Africa Unitedis the story of modern day Africa told through its soccer. Travelling across thirteen … read more
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- africa
- travel
- politics
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
4. Soccernomics
By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper
4.67
Format: 88 pages,
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
5. Steppenwolf
By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more
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6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
By: John Le Carré
4.06
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more
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"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
7. Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
By: Paul Theroux
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
In Dark Star Safarithe wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux takes readers the l… read more
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8. Stormy Weather
By: Carl Hiaasen
4.83
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more
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9. Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
By: David Foster Wallace
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And w… read more
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10. Fates and Furies
By: Lauren Groff
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, th… read more
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11. Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
By: None
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightenin… read more
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12. Beloved
By: Toni Morrison
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a … read more
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13. Twelve Angry Men
By: David Mamet , Reginald Rose
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival--featuring an introdu… read more
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14. Fever Pitch
By: Nick Hornby
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more
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15. 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
"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
16. The Lost City of the Monkey God
By: Douglas Preston
3.93
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering jour… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
17. 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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- politics
- 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
18. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.72
Format: 16 pages, Audiobook
15 hours, 54 minutes Read by a 45-person cast, with Holter Graham and the author Over the pas… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was …"-Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
19. Two Nights in Lisbon
By: Chris Pavone
3.73
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
Tautly wound and expertly crafted, Two Nights in Lisbon is a riveting thriller about a woman under … read more
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20. Liberation Day
By: George Saunders
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more
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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
21. Notes on Grief
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.22
Format: 86 pages, Hardcover
Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Ch… read more
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"I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"I am afraid of tomorrow, and all the tomorrows after..."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"It was not supposed to happen like this, not like a malicious surprise.."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"Je vais parfaitement bien. Et c'était vrai. Jusqu'à ce que cela cesse de l'être."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
22. Taste: My Life Through Food
By: Stanley Tucci
4.21
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of … read more
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"Cooking for her is at once a creative outlet and a way of feeding the family well."-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food
"And anyway one is never drinking alone. Someone else is always drinking somewhere."-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food
"Losing a beloved family heirloom is a very real personal loss; they're things that cannot ever be replaced or re-created. But perhaps the most precious heirlooms are family recipes. Like a physical h…"-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food
"It is the connection between customer and purveyor that makes our interactions stronger, to me eating well is not just about what tastes good but about the connections that are made through the food …"-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food
23. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
By: Anthony Bourdain
3.64
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, televisi… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class ch…"-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
24. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
25. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- africa
- politics
- nonfiction
26. We Are the Light
By: Matthew Quick
3.79
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
LIFE IS FULL OF GUARDIAN ANGELS. Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb… read more
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"The best part of my soul loves the best part of your soul."-Matthew Quick, We Are the Light
27. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.28
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combi… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
28. Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
By: Sam Anderson
4.38
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative … read more
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"Oklahoma City has chaos in its DNA."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"Oklahoma City is tiny and huge at the same time."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"Most places have one sky. Oklahoma city has about 12."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"If a Starbucks drink could be a church, it would be LifeChurch.TV"-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
