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Books like The Young Pitcher
Loved The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from sport, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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Open
A tennis champion's startlingly honest memoir, including how much he hated the game; one of the best sports books ever written.
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The Abysmal Brute
"Before anyone knew there was such a thing, Jack London gave us the natural: young Pat Glendon has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco. He loves nature, is afraid of cities, and is shy of women. An
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The Game
"On the eve of their wedding, twenty-year-old Jack Fleming arranges a secret ringside seat for his sweetheart to view her only rival: the "game." Through Genevieve's apprehensive eyes, we watch the pr
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Casey At the Bat
A narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who struck out in the crucial moment of a game.
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The heart of a goof
Humorous golf short stories by an acknowledged master of tickling the funny bone.
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The Gold Bat
From the book:All of which, being interpreted, meant that the first match of the Easter term had just come to an end, and that those of the team who, being day boys, changed over at the pavilion, inst
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The ill-made knight
"Este libro presenta un acercamiento al "proceso de cambio" que tuvo lugar en Bolivia (2006-2019) desde las políticas deportivas implementadas por el gobierno de Evo Morales, a partir de la siguientes
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Hans Brinker
First edition with Louis Rhead pictures ...1924... Harper & Brothers
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Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak
One of the great works of mountaineering literature- long out of print and now reissued with a new introduction by Joe Simpson.The enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the f
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The natural
Gifted baseball player Roy Hobbs, his career derailed by a youthful indiscretion, makes a stunning comeback in later life, but finds himself still struggling against the temptations that would bring h