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The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life
Sally Jenkins2023 selection · Nonfiction
The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life
The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life by Sally Jenkins appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, eye-opening reads, for sports lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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