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10 things I didn't know about Mickey Mantle
Here are 10 interesting facts that I didn't know about Mickey Mantle but learned from reading “The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood," by Jane Leavy.
07/07/2011 04:49 pm -
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood
This gripping tale of the American legend blends myth and fact to create a nuanced portrait of The Mick.
07/02/2011 11:30 am -
Baseball books: 9 personal favorites
Baseball has been very very good to books. Sure, people like to read about football, basketball, and even (gasp) golf. But no professional athletes seem to have inspired as many words between covers as the boys of summer. The sheer volume of baseball books makes it hard to put together any kind of "best of" list. But I decided to give it a try, enlisting the help of two professional sportswriters (both women, for a fresh perspective). They suggested three personal favorites and then I added three of my own.
02/22/2011 11:55 am -
Bestselling books the week of 12/16/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
12/15/2010 05:29 pm -
Bestselling books the week of 12/9/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
12/08/2010 06:10 pm -
Best books of 2010: nonfiction
In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 28 nonfiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
11/30/2010 03:47 pm -
Bestselling books the week of 11/18/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
11/17/2010 04:37 pm -
Bestselling books the week of 11/11/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores all across America.
11/10/2010 05:46 pm -
Bestselling books the week of 10/28/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
10/29/2010 01:33 pm -
Chapter & Verse Mickey Mantle: Jane Leavy talks about "The Last Boy"
Mickey Mantle biographer Jane Leavy talks about her quest to find the real man lurking behind Mantle's image.
10/28/2010 10:57 am -
Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
10/21/2010 06:48 pm
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