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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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| 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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Brother & sister : A Memoir
by Diane Keaton
What it is: a memoir of the Academy Award-winning film star's complicated relationship with a beloved younger brother, who transitioned from a close sibling into a troubled and reclusive alcoholic.
Read it for: "a haunting meditation on mortality, sibling love, mental illness, and regret" (Publishers Weekly).
Also try: The author's first biography, Then Again.
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| The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy GreeneWhat it is: a nostalgic oral history that traces the evolution of NBC's hit sitcom The Office, from its humble beginnings as a low-rated series to its eventual success as a nine-season cultural juggernaut.
What's inside: lively interviews with the show's tight-knit cast and crew.
Try this next: For another engaging behind-the-scenes look at a decade-defining sitcom, read Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's Seinfeldia. |
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| Wow, No Thank You. Essays by Samantha IrbyWhat it is: the third irreverent essay collection from comedian Samantha Irby, written in her signature self-deprecating style.
Topics include: city life vs. suburban life; Irby's ambivalence about turning 40; writing for Hulu's Shrill; the seductive lure of targeted advertising; daily routines.
Want a taste? "I like to wake up naturally, gripped by a heart-pounding panic as the sun slices through my eyelids at noon." |
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Untamed
by Glennon Doyle
What it is: a memoir wrapped in a wake-up call that reveals how women can reclaim their true, untamed selves by breaking free of the restrictive expectations and cultural conditioning that leaves them feeling dissatisfied and lost.
Read it for: "incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today, what it means to be ‘good,’ and what women will do in order to be loved." - Reese Witherspoon
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More myself : a journey
by Alicia Keys
What it is: a journey from self-censorship to full expression by a 15-time Grammy Award winning music artist.
Read it for: a description of her complicated relationship with her father, the people-pleasing nature that characterized her early career, and her struggles with gender expectations.
Want a taste?: "I am nineteen. In a few months, my first album will drop and my life will suddenly be divided into two distinct halves; all that came before Songs in A Minor, and all the miracles and challenges that followed."
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