Running with Sherman
By: Christopher McDougall
4.25
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in Ame…
Want to Read $ 4.99"Brain opioids are so powerful that if you exercise, you can lower your “mental health burden"-Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman
"Brain opioids are so powerful that if you exercise, you can lower your “mental health burden"-Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman
"Normally, up to 75% of all prisoners who are released will be arrested aging within five years. But among prisoners who’ve worked with animals, the recidivism rate tends to be as low as 10 percent. Pg 69"-Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman
"Normally, up to 75% of all prisoners who are released will be arrested aging within five years. But among prisoners who’ve worked with animals, the recidivism rate tends to be as low as 10 percent. Pg 69"-Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman
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1. Run! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss
By: Dean Karnazes
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In his follow-up to the best-selling Ultra-Marathon Man, world-renowned ultra marathoner Dean Karna… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
2. 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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3. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more
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4. 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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- book club
- audiobook
"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
5. The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
By: Elizabeth Letts
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"As she passed through Maine, Annie would interpret a certain expression on someone's face as possibly a family trait. She saw the Stuart in a stranger's clear blue eyes, the Libby in someone's advent…"-Elizabeth Letts, The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
6. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- book club
- audiobook
7. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- book club
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
8. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- audiobook
9. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
By: Scott Jurek
4.22
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- sports
- nature
- audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
10. The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance
By: Adharanand Finn
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
11. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
By: Alex Hutchinson
4.13
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Horse
By: Geraldine Brooks
4.27
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American… read more
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- book club
- animals
- audiobook
"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
13. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- book club
- audiobook
14. Running with Sherman
By: Christopher McDougall
4.25
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in Ame… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- book club
- nature
- audiobook
"Brain opioids are so powerful that if you exercise, you can lower your “mental health burden"-Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman
"Normally, up to 75% of all prisoners who are released will be arrested aging within five years. But among prisoners who’ve worked with animals, the recidivism rate tends to be as low as 10 percent. P…"-Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman
15. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
By: Lauren Fleshman
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
16. Bravey
By: Alexi Pappas
4.20
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
"Renaissance runner" (New York Times) Alexi Pappas--Olympic athlete, actress, filmmaker and writer-… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"Headed to the moon not now but soon."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
"Grit is what’s left over when nothing’s left."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
"A life can’t be replicated and it doesn’t need to be."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
"A dream come true unfolds very very gradually then all at once."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
17. 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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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
18. Choosing to Run: A Memoir
By: Des Linden
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelibl… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
19. Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
By: Deena Kastor
4.36
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"You can't show love by hurting others"-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
20. Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to Argentina
By: Kristen Jokinen
4.13
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Explorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met and fell in love while scuba diving in Vietnam. Ville then … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- adventure
21. Walking with Henry: Big Lessons from a Little Donkey on Faith, Friendship, and Finding Your Path
By: Rachel Anne Ridge
4.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“Readers will be clamoring for more.” Publishers Weekly on Flash Just when you think it’s the end … read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- memoir
