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Updated January 12, 2026
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Homestand : small town baseball and the fight for the soul of America
Bardenwerper, Will
Paper Book
A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America--written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in...
The broken king : a memoir
Thomas, Michael
Paper Book
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD "There's a bridge of beautiful American prose--lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid--running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously...
A giant among Giants : the baseball life of Willie McCovey
Haft, Chris
Paper Book
Willie McCovey, known as "Stretch," played Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for nineteen seasons. A fearsome left-handed power hitter, McCovey ranked second only to Babe Ruth in career home runs among left-handed batters and tied for...

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