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…
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1. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Wayne Coffey , Jim Craig , Ken Morrow
4.21
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrat… read more
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"The most enduring heroes are people who don't try to be."-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
"You push on, do your best, and if you are really brave, you dream big, doubts and fears be damned. This is the stuff that miracles are made of, and the proof was there to see, on February 22, 1980."-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
"You can't look back. You can't dial up euphoria on demand, or try to recreate what happened a quarter century ago. You move forward and you live your life and try to be a better person every day than…"-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
2. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
By: Gregory A. Freeman
4.36
Format: None pages,
An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
- war
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3. 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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4. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
By: Adam Makos
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For readers of Unbrokenand The Boys in the Boatcomes an unforgettable tale of courage from America'… read more
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5. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
By: Daniel James Brown
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowi… read more
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6. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
7. Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
By: Tim Kennedy
4.57
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around… read more
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8. 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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9. 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
10. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
By: Buzz Bissinger
3.81
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more
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11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
12. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
By: David Grann
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklaho… read more
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"An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
"The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing."-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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14. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more
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"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
15. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
By: Anne R. Keene
3.60
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in th… read more
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"Pick up any photograph of Ted Williams in 1943 and there’s a good chance you’ll see him seated on a footlocker beside Babe Ruth or perched on a chipped cement wall wearing a jersey stitched with dark…"-Anne R. Keene, The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
16. 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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17. Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own
By: Mike Greenberg
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
ESPN personality ( Get Up and #Greeny ) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partne… read more
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18. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
By: Billy Walters
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more
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19. Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
By: Josh Noel
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
North American Guild of Beer Writer Award Recipient Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago… read more
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"Individually, the changes were small; together they became something significant."-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
"Times were good at Goose Island. They couldn't make enough beer! But they were also dire. They couldn't make enough beer."-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
"But no matter how good the beer, how many honors or awards, how innovative Goose Island would ever be again, someone deep in the crowd would always boo."-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
"American beer drinkers had been conditioned to believe they were choosing Anheuser-Busch's beer, but that was only half true; Anheuser-Busch had left them few other options."-Josh Noel, Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
20. Indestructible: The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima
By: Jack H. Lucas
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas’s classic memoir of his heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jima—wi… read more
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21. Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine
By: Damon Tweedy
4.24
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent… read more
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