Sports & Recreation audiobooks

The System

By: Jeff Benedict & Armen Keteyian

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 17 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

AN EXPLOSIVE AND REVELATORY PORTRAIT REPORTED FROM DEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG-TIME NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE PASSION, THE THRILLING ACTION—AND THE SHOCKING REALITIES THAT LIE BENEATH THIS COLOSSAL, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS
 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL has never been more popular—or more chaotic. Millions fill 100,000-seat stadiums every Saturday;... Read more

Henry Cooper In His Own Words

By: Henry Cooper

Narrated by: Henry Cooper

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating chance to hear legendary boxer Henry Cooper talk about his life and career, in a selection of interviews taken from the BBC radio and TV archive.

The interviews are: Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 16 May 1966, featuring Roy Plomley); Parkinson , BBC One (first broadcast 19 October 1974, featuring Michael... Read more

Sean Yates: It’s All About the Bike

By: Sean Yates

Narrated by: Clive Mantle

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Before Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates. Behind Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates.

One of only five Britons to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, Sean Yates burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. After turning professional at the age of 22, he soon became known as a die-hard... Read more

Si-cology 1

By: Si Robertson

Narrated by: Si Robertson & Jay Stone

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

You know him from the hit A&E® show Duck Dynasty®—now you can enjoy Uncle Si’s tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection!

“These hands are so fast, I can get your wallet before you know it. In a minute, you’ll be standing there buck naked and won’t know what hit you!” “Look here—if it wasn’t for my tripped... Read more

Emily Gets Her Gun

By: Emily Miller

Narrated by: Carla Mercer-Meyer

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of tragic shootings in Newtown and Aurora, the anti-gun lobby has launched a campaign of lies, distortion, misrepresentation, and emotional manipulation that is breathtaking in its vitriol and its denial of basic facts. Their goal is to take away our Second Amendment rights and then disarm law-abiding Americans.

Emily Miller tells... Read more

Homesteading in the 21st Century

By: Janet Williams

Narrated by: Dan Culhane

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate guidebook for self-sufficiency and sustainable living in the 21st century.

I believe everyone can build a self-sufficient homestead with a little help and guidance. You could be just a few weeks away from enjoying your beautiful, sustainable lifestyle. Learn how to:

Create a Sustainable Homestead By Raising Livestock and Gardening. No... Read more

Baseball as a Road to God

By: John Sexton

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A love letter to America’s most beloved sport and an exploration of the deeper dimensions it revealsFor more than a decade, New York University president John Sexton has used baseball to illustrate the elements of a spiritual life in a wildly popular course at NYU. Using great works of baseball literature as well as the actual game’s fantastic... Read more

Homeless at Harvard

By: John Christopher Frame

Narrated by: JD Cullum

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Harvard Square is at the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the business district around Harvard University. It’s a place of history, culture, and some of the most momentous events of the nation. But it’s also a gathering place for some of the city’s homeless.What is life like for the homeless in Harvard Square? Do they have anything to... Read more

A Walk Through the Dark

By: Eva Piper & Cecil Murphey

Narrated by: Eva Piper

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

One day Eva Piper was an elementary school teacher, the mother of three, the beloved wife of a strong, protective husband.The next day she stood at the bedside of a broken man who could do nothing but moan in agony and turn his head away from her.Later she would learn that he had died and actually experienced heaven before being prayed back to... Read more

Rising Tide

By: Randy Roberts & Ed Krzemienski

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime.

During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in... Read more

The Secret Player

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: Jamie Parker

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Hotel Babylon and Confessions of a GP, The Secret Player will fascinate footballs fans with its wealth of insider knowledge and willingness to talk, albeit anonymously, about the inner workings of the game. Based on the hugely popular 'The Player' columns in FourFourTwo magazine, the book gives a warts-and-all insight into the... Read more

The Handoff

By: John Tournour

Narrated by: John Tournour

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

John Tournour, known to his many listeners and fans as JT the Brick, is one of the biggest sports radio personalities in America. Making it as a sports radio host is almost impossible, and JT went about it in a fearless way, leaving a lucrative position as a Merrill Lynch stockbroker to pursue his dream. But Tournour's hardest challenge would... Read more

Wrestling With the Devil

By: Steve Sting Borden, Lex Luger & John D. Hollis

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Lex Luger, wrestling megasensation and three-time world heavyweight champion, ruled the ring for years as “The Total Package.” Whether he was making a dramatic entrance from a helicopter, defeating champ Hulk Hogan, or sculpting a near-perfect physique, Lex was on top of his game. Yet backstage, he was wrestling with addictions to sex, drugs,... Read more

Robert Griffin III

By: Ted Kluck

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Griffin III exploded onto the NFL scene with a style and flair anything but typical. With a Heisman Trophy on his mantel, RG3 entered professional football in 2012 under a spotlight that glowed beyond his own team, the Washington Redskins. Could the Baylor graduate electrify the NFL as he had the college game? Could he return a fabled... Read more

Rush to Glory

By: Tom Rubython

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The greatest duel in Formula One history: the 1976 season between Austrian Niki Lauda and Britain's James Hunt. As the '75 season ended, Hunt was out of Formula One racing while Lauda was world champion and the odds-on favorite for '76 with a year's contract ahead of him and Enzo Ferrari begging him to sign a multi-year deal. James Hunt, without... Read more

Entspannung-PUR

By: Michael Bauer

Narrated by: Michael Bauer

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Leiden Sie unter innerer Anspannung, Streß, Hektik und beruflicher Belastung? Die speziell für diese Zwecke entwickelte Hypnoseanwendung "Entspannung-PUR" erlaubt es Ihnen einen selten erlebten Entspannungszustand zu erreichen. Zudem werden Sie angeleitet Ihr Leben entspannt zu genießen. Streßsituationen werden künftig nicht mehr als solche... Read more

Schlank mit Hypnose

By: Michael Bauer

Narrated by: MIchael Bauer

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Sie möchten abnehmen und sich in Ihrem Körper so richtig wohl fühlen? Sie haben von den Möglichkeiten der Hypnose gehört und möchten nun in vertrauter Umgebung mit Hypnose abnehmen? Der Inhalt dieser Hypnose spricht Ihr Unterbewusstsein an, Sie vollkommen automatisch (eben unbewusst) in die Richtung zu bewegen. Vielleicht haben Sie sich ja noch... Read more

Höhere sportliche Leistungen mit Hypnose

By: Michael Bauer

Narrated by: Michael Bauer

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Höhere sportliche Leistungen zu erbringen, das ist der Traum eines jeden Sportlers. Spitzensportler berichten, während der jeweiligen Rekordleistungen vollkommen eins mit sich, der Ausübung des Sportes und des jeweiligen Zieles zu sein. Die vollkommene Hingabe, das Verschmelzen des Seins im Hier und Jetzt! Diese Hypnose von Michael Bauer... Read more

Spieltage - Die andere Geschichte der Bundesliga (gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Ronald Reng

Narrated by: Christian Ulmen

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein Hörbuch wie ein unwiderstehliches Dribbling: Als Spieler, Trainer, Sportdirektor und Talentejäger ist Heinz Höher einer der ganz wenigen, die in 50 Jahren Bundesliga immer dabei waren. Mit ihm brechen wir 1963 in eine Liga auf, in der die Zigarren der Präsidenten zur Halbzeit in der Kabine qualmten. Er hat Ronald Reng von der Schönheit und... Read more

Frankie - Abridged

By: Frankie Dettori

Narrated by: Andrew Sachs

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Frankie Dettori is a unique character in modern-day Britain: a millionaire champion jockey irresistible to the punters; a charismatic personality with an easy charm and immaculate dress sense that make him an instant favourite on TV chat shows; and a celebrity with a fascinating life story encompassing drama, passion, death and... Read more

Fantasy Life

By: Matthew Berry

Narrated by: Matthew Berry

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Fantasy football, fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball, even fantasy sumo wrestling: the world of fantasy sports is huge, and still growing. Today, more than 35 million people in the United States and Canada spend hours upon hours each week on their fantasy sports teams. And as the Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst for ESPN, Matthew Berry is on the... Read more

The Ashes According to Bumble

By: David Lloyd

Narrated by: James Quinn

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Bumble is back! The funny, forthright and not infrequently filthy author of best-seller ‘Start the Car’ and star of Sky Sports returns with a new collection of yarns from his years at the crease and at the microphone. It’s the book that Bumble’s many fans have been longing for. After three long years, Bumble is finally back!... Read more

Discover Your Optimal Health

By: Wayne Scott Andersen

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Go from surviving to thriving! Anyone who has ever lost weight only to ultimately gain it back will benefit from this life-changing breakthrough program that shows you not only how to reach and maintain your healthy weight, but how to create a life of renewed vibrancy and become as healthy as you can. Thousands of people worldwide have gone from... Read more

Cricket: A Modern Anthology

By: Jonathan Agnew

Narrated by: Nick Taylor

Length: 19 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Jonathan “Aggers” Agnew, England’s voice of cricket, showcases some of the very best writings on the noble game, from the 1930s to the present day. In this wide-ranging and beautifully-produced anthology, Test Match Special’s Jonathan ‘Aggers’ Agnew, chooses a wide variety of writings on the sport that has consumed his life,... Read more