Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Contributor(s): Lewis, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393324818 ISBN-13: 9780393324815 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2004 Annotation: Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manager, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, "Slate") but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" ("Weekly Standard"). |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Sports & Recreation | Business Aspects - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - Statistics |
Dewey: 796.357 |
LCCN: 2003005089 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.55 lbs) 336 pages |
Features: Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: New York Times 04/04/2004 pg. 24 Entertainment Weekly 07/25/2014 pg. 117 |
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Publisher Description: Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are all in search of new baseball knowledge--insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lewis, Michael: - Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and The Undoing Project. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children. |
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