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An Autobiography

by Andre Agassi

Recommended by 12 notable people, including Bill Gates and Tim Ferriss

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Length:Medium(402 pages)

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Recommended by 19 sources and appears in Sports Biographies, Tennis, and Sports.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. • "Agassi’s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.” —Time “Honest in a way that such books seldom are.” —The New York Times Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great…

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Recommended by 19 sources and appears in Sports Biographies, Tennis, and Sports.

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Shaun White

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Russell Roberts

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