Sports & Recreation audiobooks


Breath
By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020
Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR
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āA fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breatheāand how weāve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.ā āElizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love
No matter what you... Read more


There's Always This Year
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ⢠NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A āpowerfulā (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and homeāfrom the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America
āMesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book Iāve ever read but one of the most moving books... Read more


The New Menopause
By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stageāby the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.
Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more


Soil
By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A āheartfelt and thoroughly enrichingā (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders) work that expands on how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage.
In Soil: The Story of a Black Motherās Garden... Read more


The Hidden Life of Trees
By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Sunday Times Bestseller āA paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglementā Charles Foster Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September) Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? In The Hidden Life of... Read more
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Enough
By: Melissa Arnot Reid
Narrated by: Melissa Arnot Reid
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A searching, uplifting memoir by the celebrated, groundbreaking climber: a journey of overcoming where the mountainās highest peaks can only be reached by traversing the dark crevasses of the soul
At twenty-seven, when Melissa Arnot Reid accepted a tank of oxygen just short of the summit of Mount Everest, she felt ravaged by defeat. Driven by a... Read more


Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner & Michelle Burford
Narrated by: Andia Winslow & Brittney Griner
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR ⢠From the nine-time womenās basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalistāa raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
āCompelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Grinerās time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a... Read more


Kid Athletes
By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her āgirls canāt drive.ā And football... Read more
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Homestand
By: Will Bardenwerper
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into whatās right and wrong with modern Americaāwritten by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York.
"Bardenwerper finds hope in the... Read more


The Boys in the Boat
By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1Ā New York Timesābestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race.
For readers ofĀ Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about... Read more


Burn
By: Herman Pontzer PhD
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and exercise.
We burn 2,000 calories a day. And if we exercise and cut carbs, we'll lose more weight. Right? Wrong. In this paradigm-shifting book, Herman Pontzer reveals for the first time how human metabolism really works so that we can finally manage... Read more


Lucky Loser
By: Michael Kosta
Narrated by: Michael Kosta
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
From a host of The Daily Show and stand-up comic, Michael Kosta, comes a wildly funny and insightful memoir about his unlikely journey from professional tennis player (#864 in the world) to professional comedian (thereās no ranking system in comedy but heās probably . . . top 50?).Before Michael Kosta was performing stand-up comedy specials and... Read more
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Unbroken
By: Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 13 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.
āExtraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.āāThe Wall Street Journal
Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine ⢠Winner of the Los... Read more


Range
By: David Epstein
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
TheĀ #1 New York TimesĀ bestseller that has all America talking: as seen/heard on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Rich Roll, and more.
āThe most important businessāand parentingābook of the year.āĀ āForbes
āUrgent and important. . .Ā an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who... Read more


Next Level
By: Stacy T. Sims, PhD & Selene Yeager
Narrated by: Gina Daniels
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
A comprehensive, physiology-based guide to peak performance for active women approaching or experiencing menopauseāfrom the author of Roar, renowned exercise and nutrition scientist Dr. Stacy Sims
For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesnāt feel like the one you know and love anymoreāyouāre battling new symptoms, might be... Read more


Kid Olympians: Summer
By: Robin Stevenson
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Athletes throughout history have dreamed of competing in the Olympicsāand some were kids themselves when those dreams and plans began! In Kid Olympians: Summer, discover the childhood stories of legends such as -Usain Bolt, who used to skip practices to go to the arcade and play video games. -Serena Williams, who sometimes hit her tennis ball... Read more
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The Cruelest Miles
By: Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The year is 1925. It is sixty degrees below zero. The wind sweeps tons of snow over the deep-frozen Alaskan landscape. The nearest railhead is seven hundred miles away. Airplanes cannot fly. The way to Nome is blocked by a treacherous frozen sound, an icebound port, and mountains to the west. But there is a diphtheria epidemic in Nome. The... Read more
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I'm That Girl
By: Jordan Chiles
Narrated by: Angel Pean & Jordan Chiles
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
With a Foreword by Simone BilesThe sensational two-time Olympian Jordan Chilesās heartfelt, inspiring memoir chronicling her unlikely path to the podiumāincluding the unprecedented challenges, the joy of winning, the crushing pain of defeat, and the love and support of her devoted family and teammates that helps her stay strong.Ā It was a rare... Read more
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The Well-Gardened Mind
By: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrated by: Sue Stuart-Smith
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents āa truly uplifting book on the power of gardeningāand how it can change peopleās livesā (Stylist, UK).
The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the ārealā life that lies outside. When we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life... Read more


The Inner Game of Tennis
By: W. Timothy Gallwey
Narrated by: Dan Woren
Length: 4 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
The timeless guide to achieving the state of ārelaxed concentrationā thatās not only the key to peak performance in tennis but the secret to success in life itselfāpart of the bestselling Inner Game series, with more than one million copies sold!
āGroundbreaking . . . the best guide to getting out of your own way . . . Its profound advice applies... Read more


The Longest Race
By: Kara Goucher
Narrated by: Kara Goucher
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In āone of the most important athlete memoirs of its generationā (Kate Fagan, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living through and speaking out about one of the biggest scandals in running.
Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from... Read more


Just Add Water
By: Katie Ledecky
Narrated by: Katie Ledecky
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky.
Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine-time gold medalist, a twenty-one-time world champion, eight-time NCAA... Read more


Nature's Best Hope
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Douglas W. Tallamyās first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of individuals to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to... Read more
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The Boys of Riverside
By: Thomas Fuller
Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
NAMED A BEST BOOK BY BOOK RIOT, AND MORE! ⢠The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football teamās triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and Page One Correspondent,... Read more
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