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The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship

David Halberstam

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction biography sports emotional informative medium-paced
Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years by Michael Palin

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

Palin Diaries #1

Michael Palin

650 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction biography memoir funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville

Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero

Leigh Montville

560 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction biography sports emotional slow-paced
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

352 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story by Douglas Adams

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1-5

Douglas Adams

815 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Fifties by David Halberstam

The Fifties

David Halberstam

816 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

672 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Timeline by Michael Crichton

Timeline

Michael Crichton

634 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? Baseball, Cooperstown, and the Politics of Glory by Bill James

Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? Baseball, Cooperstown, and the Politics of Glory

Bill James

464 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
Miles: The Autobiography by Quincy Troupe, Miles Davis

Miles: The Autobiography

Quincy Troupe, Miles Davis

448 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0camanda's review
nonfiction biography music informative medium-paced