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| Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution by Jared DiamondWhat it's about: how professional baseball's recent "home run boom" can be attributed to evolving practices in batting.
Why you might like it: Wall Street Journal baseball writer Jared Diamond's upbeat and humorous account spotlights a game-changing cast of players "worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster" (Library Journal).
Don't miss: Diamond testing out new batting techniques for himself. |
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From the stick to the cove : my six decades with the San Francisco Giants
by Mike Murphy
In From the Stick to the Cove, Mike Murphy, the beloved longtime clubhouse manager reflects on over six decades of incredible memories, from getting his start as a bat boy and first meeting his idol Willie Mays, to unexpected celebrity encounters, to his role as a father figure for more recent generations of Giants.
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| The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes... by John FeinsteinWhat it is: an engaging chronicle of the 2018-2019 college basketball season as experienced by the small, lesser-known teams who rarely find championship glory.
Read it for: an enthusiastic celebration of surprising successes, like Loyola of Chicago making its second-ever Final Four appearance in the team's 104-year history.
Did you know? Division I college basketball has more than 350 teams. |
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| Warhol by Blake GopnikWhat it is: a comprehensive, meticulously researched biography of pop art pioneer Andy Warhol.
Is it for you? Though its nearly 900-page length may be daunting to some readers, its stylish, accessible prose and juicy gossip will draw fans of Warhol as well as those unfamiliar with his work.
Reviewers say: "A fascinating, major work that will spark endless debates" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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The big goodbye : Chinatown and the last years Hollywood
by Sam Wasson
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece. Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of its making. In Sam Wasson's telling, it becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history. "
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Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold...
by Jonathan Rosenberg
What it's about: the surprising ways in which America's classical music scene was shaped by 20th-century global politics, from the ban on German operas during World War I to the Cold War-era boasting of American achievement at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Is it for you? Classical music fans and readers who enjoy political histories will best appreciate this richly detailed work from history professor and Juilliard-trained musician Jonathan Rosenberg.
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The league of extraordinarily funny women : 50 trailblazers of comedy
by Sheila C Moeschen
A celebration of the most groundbreaking women in comedy who used humor to shake up the status quo and change perceptions of gender and comedy forever. The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women is a beautifully illustrated book that showcases fifty women -- past and present -- who use humor to deliver cutting social commentary, tangle with sensitive subjects, challenge traditional ideas about femininity, and, above all, do anything but sit still and stay quiet when laughs are on the line.
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