Lists of Bests: 2002 Great Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/36434 From the book "Great Books for every Book Lover: 2002 Great Reading Suggestions for the Discriminating Bibliophile" 1-21 ~ All Star Sports Books 22 ~ American Classics Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:09:32 GMT en-us 0 50 27 0 0 I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807174 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11xKFm3xLgL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hank Aaron</div> The Runner's Literary Companion: Great Stories and Poems About Running http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2169842 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2169842"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014025353X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garth Battista</div> Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783500 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783500"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YWQP0W8DL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. G. Bissinger</div> Ball Four: The Final Pitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124947 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124947"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/097091170X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Bouton</div> October 1964 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128178 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449983676.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44910253_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Halberstam</div> Ivy League Autumns: An Illustrated History of College Football's Grand Old Rivalries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807176 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Goldstein</div> Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes: The Definitive Oral History of America's Team http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/477862 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/477862"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446519502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Golenbock</div> Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2582682 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2582682"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312156995.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1081533193_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Golenbock</div> Boston, a Century of Running : Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Boston Athletic Association Marathon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812327 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812327"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0875962831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056503273_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hal Higdon</div> They're Off: Horse Racing at Saratoga http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807180 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807180"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/013EV7KPDPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed Hotaling</div> Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about It a Game (Bison Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42515 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42515"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803278128.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Kahn</div> Idols of the Game: A Sporting History of the American Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/598176 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Lipsyte</div> The Franchise: A History of Sports Illustrated Magazine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807186 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807186"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11M9JRBWRGL.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael MacCambridge</div> 75 Seasons: The Complete Story of the National Football League, 1920-1995 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1278497 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter King</div> The Illustrated History of Mickey Mantle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807200 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807200"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11QBF3HTXGL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene Schoor</div> Green Bay Replay: The Packers' Return to Glory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2310484 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2310484"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380795302.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438871_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dick Schaap</div> Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2821149 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2821149"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01K0TQZM7HL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Sprawson</div> Cobb: A Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2080640 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2080640"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1565121449.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Stump</div> Golf Dreams : Writings on Golf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/181154 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/181154"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679450580.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> Baseball: An Illustrated History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19043 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19043"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679765417.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47159056_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey C. Ward</div> Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1511 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1511"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060973722.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George F. Will</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1678501 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1678501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185910.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Baldwin</div> The Fire Next Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2821151 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Baldwin</div> Death Comes for the Archbishop http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2065076 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2065076"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844083721.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> Absalom, Absalom! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2018948 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2018948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375508724.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> The Sound and the Fury http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18742 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18742"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679732241.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div>