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Sports Biography Books

The Legends Who Defined Sports and Athleticism

Make Your Bed

Make Your Bed

Admiral William H. McRaven

Little Things that Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.

16 mins read

2 reads

Quackery

Quackery

Nate Pedersen

A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017.

21 mins read

1 reads

The Games

The Games

David Goldblatt

A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

21 mins read

2 reads

The Secret Lives of Color

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.

19 mins read

1 reads

Range

Range

David Epstein

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Riverhead Books, 2019.

16 mins read

3 reads

Do Hard Things

Do Hard Things

Steve Magness

Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. HarperOne, 2022.

19 mins read

1 reads

Foolproof

Foolproof

Greg Ip

Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

20 mins read

1 reads

The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.

24 mins read

19 reads

The Practice of Groundedness

The Practice of Groundedness

Brad Stulberg

A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul. Penguin Publishing, 2021.

18 mins read

0 reads

Blue Mind

Blue Mind

Wallace J. Nichols

The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do. Little, Brown Spark. 2014.

17 mins read

5 reads

Stoned

Stoned

Aja Raden

Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World. Harper Collins, 2015.

17 mins read

1 reads

Hockey

Hockey

Andrew C. Holman

A Global History. University of Illinois Press, 2018.

21 mins read

0 reads

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