Knight: My Story
By: Bob Knight , Bob Hammel
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Bob Knight was a head coach in college basketball at twenty-four, coach of an unbeaten NCAA champio…
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1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer
4.02
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
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"Just get to lunch,"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
2. Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR
By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With a new introduction, Phil Jackson's modern classic of motivation, teamwork, and Zen insight is … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- basketball
- nonfiction
- sports
3. Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill
4.27
Format: 451 pages, Hardcover
A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling a… read more
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"If there was one thing I had learned. . . it was that politics was a damn dirty business."-Clint Hill, Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
4. Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
By: Donald T. Phillips , Mike Krzyzewski , Grant Hill
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
In his more than twenty years coaching the Blue Devils, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has made his program … read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
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5. The Devil's Code (Kidd & LuEllen, #3)
By: John Sandford
3.94
Format: 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback
“Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner i… read more
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6. 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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- nonfiction
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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
7. A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton
By: John McPhee
3.77
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were at the beginning of their careers. A Sense of Where Yo… read more
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- sports
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8. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
9. Knight: My Story
By: Bob Knight , Bob Hammel
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Bob Knight was a head coach in college basketball at twenty-four, coach of an unbeaten NCAA champio… read more
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- biography
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- nonfiction
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10. Disney War
By: James B. Stewart
4.26
Format: 112 pages,
The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner--Disney Chairman and CEO--and the scand… read more
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11. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
By: Jeff Pearlman
3.57
Format: None pages,
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12. Moneyball
By: Michael Lewis
4.26
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
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"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
13. Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey
By: Sean Avery
2.50
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in th… read more
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14. Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life
By: Tony Dungy
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victor… read more
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15. The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
By: Edith Hahn Beer , Susan Dworkin , Susan Sarandon , None , None
4.50
Format: None pages,
Edith Hahnwas an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her… read more
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16. Gerald's Game
By: Stephen King
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Gerald und Jessie Burlingame haben sich in ihr einsames Sommerhaus zuruckgezogen. Gerald mochte dem… read more
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17. Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court
By: Tim Crothers , Roy Williams
0.00
Format: 152 pages,
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18. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
By: Hampton Sides
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more
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19. A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
By: John Feinstein
4.08
Format: 288 pages,
"A Season on the Brink" chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the In… read more
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20. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
By: John "Chick" Donohue
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more
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21. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
22. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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- biography
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
23. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
By: David von Drehle
4.00
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
One of our nation’s most prominent writers finds the truth about how to live a long and happy life … read more
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24. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more
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25. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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26. When the Game Was Ours
By: Larry Bird
4.23
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physic… read more
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27. If You Would Have Told Me
By: John Stamos
3.81
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more
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28. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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29. Unsolved (Invisible, #2)
By: James Patterson
4.22
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
The perfect murder always looks like an accident. FBI agent Emmy Dockery is absolutely relentles… read more
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30. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
By: Mark Harmon
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more
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31. Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
By: Matt Higgins
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Executive fellow at Harvard Business School, Guest Shark on Shark Tank, and famed angel investor Ma… read more
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"No visions are ever rendered to us in the dead of night that we are incapable of pursuing at the break of dawn."-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
"Breakout success means training your mind to pursue opportunity before the tipping point of evidence, in the interstitial space between intuition and data."-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
"The key to unlocking potential is to embrace your highest competitive advantage: you are the only one who has the full story of your life. YOU are the one subject about which there will never be a gr…"-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
"So often, data is merely insurance against self-delusion. It won’t (and it shouldn’t) provide the green light. In fact, research too often ends up serving as a reason people give up before they start…"-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
