by Daniel James Brown (2013)
The emotional true story of nine working-class American boys from the Pacific Northwest who rowed to gold against elite European squads and Adolf Hitler's handpicked crew at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Christopher McDougall
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic feats, and cutting-edge science, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners, the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis follows Billy Beane and his impoverished Oakland Athletics front office as they revolutionize baseball by discarding century-old scout wisdom in favor of rigorous statistical sabermetrics.
Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates had just reached the 21,000-foot summit of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes when disaster struck: Simpson shattered his leg during the descent. In a raging storm, Yates attempted to lower him by rope until Simpson slipped over an ice cliff, hanging into a dark crevasse.
Andre Agassi
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, comes an unforgettable memoir about the costs of greatness. He reveals a life dominated by a tyrannical father, crippling self-doubt, rebellion, and his deep secret hatred for the game he conquered.