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Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku

by David Davis

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Our most recommended books

Enhancing Evolution by John Harris

DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys by C. R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman

End Zone by Don DeLillo

Munichs by David Peace

Soccernomics by Simon Kuper & Stefan Szymanski

The Lords of the Rings: Power, Money, and Drugs in the Modern Olympics by Vyv Simson and Andrew Jennings

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Enhancing Evolution
by John Harris

DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys
by C. R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman

End Zone
by Don DeLillo

Munichs
by David Peace

Soccernomics
by Simon Kuper & Stefan Szymanski

The Lords of the Rings: Power, Money, and Drugs in the Modern Olympics
by Vyv Simson and Andrew Jennings