The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood by Jane Leavy is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/ikw9Xo into your computer’s web browser.  Please note this is an enhanced book with audio and video – if you have the Kindle for iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch applications, you will receive the enhanced (and very large) version; if you have a regular Kindle like me, you will get the version without the enhanced video.

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

The enhanced e-book of The Last Boy includes 30 minutes of video that provide unique analysis of Mantle’s left and right handed swings * Mantle memorabilia not found in the book * Insight into the structure of the book * And other information sure to interest Mantle and baseball fans.

Meticulously reported and elegantly written, The Last Boy weaves together the author’s own memories of Mickey Mantle with stories and reminiscences, both on and off the field, of a man who led the Yankees to seven world championships, was voted the American League’s MVP three times, won the Triple Crown in 1956 and dueled teammate Roger Maris in the thrilling 1961 chase for the single season home-run record — all the while battling crippling injuries and the lifelong drinking problem that eventually led to his death.

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Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World by Stan Isaacs is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/kjtsYK into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

“The Shot Heard Round the World,” in 1951. “The Fight of the Century,” in 1971. The horror of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Secretariat’s legendary win at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Stan Isaacs saw them all live. Isaacs covered thousands of sports stories in his more than fifty years as a journalist. But ten moments stand out in his memory. Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World offers Isaacs’s eyewitness accounts of the events that changed sports history. This collection offers those old enough to remember these events a chance to relive them, and younger sports lovers will get to hear this history from someone who was there. Isaacs makes sports history live again.

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Soccer Dad by W.D. Wetherell is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on four customer reviews.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/m588vj into your computer’s web browser.  Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Wetherell’s son Matt is a starter for a Hanover, N.H., high school soccer team, which is seeking its third straight state championship, and he details the season’s ups and downs, while describing the culture surrounding competitive youth soccer and saying good-bye to his son’s childhood. Wetherell (Chekov’s Sister; Morning) writes with energy and light humor, but he tries to cover so much territory that the narrative lapses into disorganization and unanswered questions. The account feels like a collection of short essays linked tangentially by Matt, whose challenging senior year isn’t well integrated into Wetherell’s musings on soccer parents or the grueling life of a teenage soccer star. Wetherell also indulges in sweeping, hero-making prose regarding soccer and Matt’s team, which has the opposite effect of its intent (cleats on the bass line that supplies the game’s rhythm—always there, hardly noticed, absolutely core). Still, Wetherell’s astute observations on soccer and the accompanying lifestyle plus his passion as a parent contribute to an often informative read.

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Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories by Alex Belth is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/lhaHD5 into your computer’s web browser.  Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

In Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories, editor Alex Belth of BronxBanterBlog.com collects personal essays by some of the most well-known and respected voices in sportswriting and entertainment today. In these revealing, sometimes hilarious, oft-touching essays, the contributors recount their favorite moments inside the most famed of all American stadiums. The book also includes a special chapter on the new Yankee Stadium. Contributors include Bob Costas (NBC, HBO), Richard Ben Cramer, Pete Hamill, Tony Kornheiser (ESPN), Tom Boswell (Washington Post), Dave Kindred (Washington Post), Leigh Montville (Sports Illustrated), William Nack (Sports Illustrated), Joe Posnanski (Sports Illustrated), Jane Leavy, Pat Jordan, Maury Allen (New York Post), Bob Klapisch (Bergen Record), Tyler Kepner (New York Times), Allen Barra (Wall Street Journal), Marty Appel, Jeff Pearlman, Alan Schwarz (New York Times), Charles Pierce (Boston Globe), Steve Rushin (Sports Illustrated), Nathan Ward, Mike Vaccaro (New York Post), Rob Neyer (ESPN.com), Ken Rosenthal (ESPN), Scott Raab (Esquire magazine), and Luis Guzman.

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Amazon has released two books on golf for free this morning in the Amazon Kindle store.  Here they are, in no particular order:

Miracle at Merion by David Barrett has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on six customer reviews.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/mDttiy into your computer’s web browser.

Ben Hogan’s Magical Device: The Real Secret to Hogan’s Swing Finally Revealed by Ted Hunt has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 18 customer reviews.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/jsMNct into your computer’s web browser.

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