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Old 03-04-2017, 11:16 AM   #143
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Amazon.ca has a few interesting non-fic books on sale this month. I already had the Bouton, Shirer and Manchester books; all quite good in their own way.

Ball Four by Jim Bouton is on sale at Amazon.ca for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Ball-Four-Rose.../dp/B00CME4ROM

I got a great kick out of this book when I read it back in 1971.
The Goodreads description:
When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and "social leper." Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And serious critics called it an important social document. Today, Jim Bouton is still not invited to Oldtimer's Days at Yankee Stadium. But his landmark book is still being read by people who don't ordinarily follow baseball.


Louis Zamperini's autobiography is on sale this month at Amazon.ca for $CDN 1.99
Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II by David Rensin and Louis Zamperini
https://www.amazon.ca/Devil-My-Heels.../dp/B004GUT1JQ


William Shirer's Berlin Diary is on sale at Amazon.ca this month for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Berlin-Diary-J.../dp/B005Z553RA


William Manchester's The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 is on sale this month at Amazon.ca for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Glory-Dream-Na.../dp/B00GOENBHA
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