Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Waking Energy

By: Jennifer Kries

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 14 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Internationally renowned mind-body-spirit innovator and fitness and wellness expert Jennifer Kries offers a groundbreaking synthesis of the greatest wisdom traditions of the East—from QiGong to yoga—to help readers reboot energy reserves and unleash their potential.Modern life is stressful and depleting. We all want more energy, but choosing... Read more

Ultimate Glory

By: David Gessner

Narrated by: David Gessner

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee.

David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals... Read more

Cutting Back

By: Leslie Buck

Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping companies in Kyoto. Cutting Back recounts Buck's bold journey and the... Read more

The Mixer

By: Michael Cox

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 17 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of the competition. Back in 1992, English football was stuck in the dark ages, emerging from a five-year ban from European competition. The game was physical, bruising and... Read more

Off Speed

By: Terry McDermott

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher's art of deception, Terry McDermott tells the fascinating story of baseball's 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch. Using the framework of a single game (nine chapters, nine innings, nine pitches), he explores the history of every type of pitch, combining the folk wisdom of the players with the... Read more

On the Court with...Stephen Curry

By: Matt Christopher

Narrated by: Jacobi Hollingshed

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the amazing achievements of fan favorite two-time MVP Stephen Curry in this brand-new, comprehensive biography.

Steph Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion who electrifies fans with his incredible on-court feats. He's also a dedicated husband, father, and philanthropist who inspires people on... Read more

Iron Ambition

By: Mike Tyson & Larry Sloman

Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.

“[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.” – Wall Street Journal
 
When Cus D’Amato first... Read more

Tuffers' Cricket Hall of Fame

By: Phil Tufnell

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Phil Tufnell, cricket legend and national treasure, has populated his very own Cricket Hall of Fame with a deliciously eclectic collection of cricket legends and offbeat characters, with joyful results.

From boyhood heroes, to legendary team-mates, to fearsome opponents, to idiosyncratic umpires and broadcasters, Tuffers has gathered together the... Read more

Gary Player's Black Book

By: Gary Player

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Gary Player's Black Book contains fifty questions and detailed responses from eighteen-time major winner Gary Player. The book, divided into three parts, focuses on specific scenarios and problems that arise in golf, life, and business.



In the first section on golf, topics include putting, scoring, etiquette, the mental side of the game, and... Read more

Chasing Space

By: Leland Melvin

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success.Leland Melvin is the only person in human history to catch a pass in the National... Read more

The Long Run

By: Catriona Menzies-Pike

Narrated by: Olivia Mackenzie-Smith

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An unlikely marathoner finds her way through grief and into the untold history of women and running.

Thirty-year-old Catriona Menzies-Pike defined herself in many ways: voracious reader, pub crawler, feminist, backpacker, and, since her parents' deaths a decade earlier, orphan. "Runner" was nowhere near the list. Yet when she began training for a... Read more

A Speck in the Sea

By: John Aldridge & Anthony Sosinski

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The harrowing adventure-at-sea memoir recounting the heroic search-and-rescue mission for lost Montauk fisherman John Aldridge, which Daniel James Brown calls "A terrific read."

I am floating in the middle of the night, and nobody in the world even knows I am missing. Nobody is looking for me. You can't get more alone than that. You can't be... Read more

North American Whitetail Deer Mini Hunting Guide

By: HowExpert & Joshua Klajnowski

Narrated by: Lawrence D. Palmer

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

• The guide is meant for those with all levels of experience in hunting. This includes those who are simply looking into the prospect of archery hunting to seasoned hunters who are looking to look elsewhere for new hunting practices.• Starting things off the guide will go over everything a good hunter will need in order to properly hunt the... Read more

Believe

By: Nicola Adams

Narrated by: Emma Swan

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Believe by Nicola Adams, read by Emma Swan.

At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - becamethe first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over... Read more

Cambia de hábitos

By: Valeria Lozano

Narrated by: Carla Barreto

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Cambiar de hábitos es el único camino hacia la salud y el bienestar. En éste, su primer libro, Valeria Lozano nos comparte toda la sabiduría que la llevó a transformar su vida por completo y que ha impactado positivamente la vida de millones de personas. Incluye 100 recetas nutritivas, deliciosas y muy mexicanas. Valeria, con casi 2 millones de... Read more

The Captain Class

By: Sam Walker

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold new theory of leadership drawn from elite captains throughout sports—named one of the best business books of the year by CNBC, The New York Times, Forbes, strategy+business, The Globe and Mail, and Sports Illustrated
 
“The book taught me that there’s no cookie-cutter way to lead. Leading is not just what Hollywood tells you. It’s not the... Read more

No Finish Line

By: Marla Runyan & Sally Jenkins

Narrated by: Emily Schirner

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Blind? I think there’s no doubt that Marla Runyan can see things much clearer than most of us with 20/20 vision.” —Lance ArmstrongMarla Runyan was nine years old when she was diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease, an irreversible form of macular degeneration. With the uneasy but unwavering support of her parents, she refused to let her diagnosis... Read more

Winners are Driven

By: Bobby Unser

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout his life, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has approached his racing career and personal life the same way—with a relentless drive to succeed. Talk to him today and he’ll tell you, “I never really retired from racing, I just retired from what I was racing.” This philosophy has allowed him to achieve success in business... Read more

In Search of Tiger

By: Tom Callahan

Narrated by: Buck Schirner

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Callahan has written the seminal book on golfing great Tiger Woods. Woods, who has gone out of his way to protect his privacy, has never allowed himself to get close enough to a writer to be properly examined on the page. Callahan, commonly regarded as one of the best all-round sports writers in the country, has followed Tiger around the... Read more

The Inflammation Syndrome

By: Jack Challem

Narrated by: Christopher Solimene

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Inflammation is what happens when our body's own defenses turn on us—and it is a huge and growing problem. Written by the author of the groundbreaking Syndrome X, this essential updated edition of The Inflammation Syndrome draws on cutting-edge research conducted around the world to provide a revolutionary approach to healing... Read more

Lou

By: Lou Piniella & Bill Madden

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back over his nearly fifty-year career as a player and a manager, sharing insights and stories about some of his most memorable moments and some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball.For nearly five decades, Lou Piniella has been a fixture in... Read more

The Push

By: Tommy Caldwell

Narrated by: Johnathan McClain

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Bestseller

A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan   

“The rarest of adventure reads:  it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple... Read more

Facing Violence

By: Rory Miller

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Rory Miller's Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected includes seven elements that must be addressed to bring self-defense training to something approaching complete. These elements are: legal and ethical implications, violence dynamics, avoidance, counter-ambush, breaking the freeze, the fight itself, and the aftermath. Training that... Read more

Coach Wooden and Me

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Narrated by: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.

When future NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still an 18-year-old high school basketball prospect from New York City named Lew Alcindor,... Read more