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“eric rolfe greenberg”

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  • The Celebrant

    A Novel

    by Eric Rolfe Greenberg ...
    The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of promise and innocence in America. Hardworking immigrants could achieve the American dream; heroes were truly heroic. Eric Rolfe Greenberg brilliantly and authentically chronicles the real-life saga of the first national baseball hero, Christy Mathewson, and the fictional story of a Jewish immigrant family of jewelers. In these pages ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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  • The Boys of Summer

    by Roger Kahn ...
    "A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s." — New York TimesThe classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what’s happened to everybody since.This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of ... Read more

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  • High Strung

    Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry

    by Stephen Tignor ...
    "A book full of aces....A true page-turner."— Associated Press"This is good stuff, and it's written with flair."— The OregonianHigh Strung by Stephen Tignor is the gripping untold story of the fiercest rivalry in the history of professional tennis. Viewed through the lens of the fabled 1981 U.S. Open match between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, High Strung brings the golden age of tennis vibrantly ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Summer of '49

    by David Halberstam ...
    This #1 bestselling baseball classic of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is "a celebration of a vanished heroic age" ( The New York Times Book Review ).The summer of 1949: It was baseball's Golden Age and the year Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees were locked in a soon-to-be classic battle with Ted Williams's Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant. As postwar America looked for a unifying moment, ... Read more

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  • The Glory of Their Times

    The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It

    by Lawrence S. Ritter ...
    “Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer“This was the best baseball book published in 1966, it is the best baseball book of its kind now, and, if it is reissued in 10 years, it will be the best baseball book.” — PeopleFrom Lawrence Ritter, co-author of The Image of Their Greatness and The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time, comes one of the bestsellin ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

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  • The Roger Angell Baseball Collection

    The Summer Game, Five Seasons, and Season Ticket

    by Roger Angell ...
    From "the clear-eyed poet laureate of baseball"—a definitive collection of three nonfiction classics chronicling MLB into the modern age ( New York Post).In these three classic volumes, legendary New Yorker sportswriter Roger Angell chronicles the triumphs, travails, heroes, and history of America's favorite pastime.In The Summer Game, Angell covers ten seasons in the major leagues from the 1960s ... Read more

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  • The Summer Game

    by Roger Angell ...
    This New York Times bestseller "takes you into the heart of baseball as it was in the 1960s, conveyed with humor and insight" (Tim McCarver, The Wall Street Journal).Acclaimed New Yorker writer Roger Angell's first book on baseball, The Summer Game, originally published in 1972, is a stunning collection of his essays on the major leagues, covering a span of ten seasons. Angell ... ... Read more

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  • The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra

    by Phil Pepe ...
    A collection of quotes, anecdotes, and malaprops from one of baseball's wisest and wittiest personalities.New York Times–bestselling author Phil Pepe takes readers along on Yogi Berra's journey from St. Louis to New York's Yankee Stadium, including all the stops along the way—from his days as a tack-puller in a women's shoe factory, to a pre-game tribute in St. Louis, when he coined the phrase, "I ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Paper Lion

    Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback

    by George Plimpton ...
    The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Five Seasons

    A Baseball Companion

    by Roger Angell ...
    A chronicle of our national pastime's most unforgettable era from the bestselling author of The Summer Game—"No one writes better about baseball" ( The Boston Globe).Classic New Yorker sportswriter Roger Angell calls 1972 to 1976 "the most important half-decade in the history of the game." The early to mid-1970s brought unprecedented changes to America's ancient pastime: astounding performances ... Read more

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  • The Era, 1947–1957

    When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World

    by Roger Kahn ...
    The author of The Boys of Summer explores the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America's unrivaled national sport.The Era begins in 1947, with Jackie Robinson changing major league baseball forever by taking the field for the Dodgers. Dazzling, momentous events characterize the decade that followed—Robinson's amazing accomplishments; the explosion on the ... Read more

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  • The Old Ball Game

    How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

    by Frank Deford ...
    The legendary NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history.At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. He also had ... Read more

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