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Far from Home

Far From Home

By Tim Wendel, Jose Luis Villegas

From Argentina and Venezuela to the Dominican Republic and the rest of the Caribbean, thousands of boys grow up playing sandlot ball and planning a…

£17.50(Hardback)
The Stark Truth

The Stark Truth

By Jayson Stark

Every baseball fan knows New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter is a great all-around player. But how about Alex Rodriguez, Jeter's teammate, former…

£15.99(Hardback)
Before the Glory

Before the Glory

By Billy Staples, Rich Herschalag

More than any other sport, baseball has been identified with America— its values, dreams, lessons, and losses. Most of all, baseball is…

£11.50(Paperback)
Ty and the Babe

Ty and the Babe

By Tom Stanton

Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. The resulting collision produced a dazzling…

£15.00(Hardback)
Hideki Matsui

Hideki Matsui

By Shizuka Ijuin

In this unique and meaningful book, Shizuka Ijuin, an award-winning author and a friend of baseball legend Hideki Matsui, profiles the beloved New…

£12.99(Hardback)
Opening Day

Opening Day

By Jonathan Eig

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets…

£16.50(Hardback)
That One Glorious Season

That One Glorious Season

By Richard Letarte

Here are the stories of twenty-one baseball players who enjoyed the seasons of their lives back in the 1950s. This fully indexed volume contains…

£11.99(Paperback)
The Perfect Yankee

The Perfect Yankee

By Don Larsen, Mark Shaw

By all accounts, the perfect game pitched by New York Yankees right-hander Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series qualifies as a true miracle. No one…

£11.50(Hardback)
A Well-Paid Slave

A Well-Paid Slave

By Brad Snyder

Curt Flood and the landmark Supreme Court case that changed professional sports forever

Upon being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in…

£16.50(Hardback)
Inside Pitch

Inside Pitch

By George Gmelch

From the spark of ambition to play baseball professionally to the necessity of reinventing life after baseball, the anthropologist and former Minor…

£11.99(Paperback)
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