Sports & Recreation audiobooks

The Road Back Home

By: Sid Waddell

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...'

So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid... Read more

Lives of the Athletes

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: Kevin Orton

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you have a favorite sports hero? If so, have you ever wondered about what kind of zany things things he or she likes to do when not competing? Have you ever wondered what the great athletes like to eat, or what they like to drink? For instance, it's a little-known fact that baseball great Babe Ruth relished the chance to wolf-down pickled... Read more

May I Be Happy

By: Cyndi Lee

Narrated by: Cyndi Lee

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

How can I help others grow and transform if I haven’t done it myself...?" Cyndi Lee asks in the opening pages of her memoir, May I Be Happy, where she makes a surprising revelation. In spite of her success in physically demanding professions - dancer, choreographer, and yoga teacher - Lee was caught in a lifelong cycle of repetitive... Read more

The Disaster Diaries

By: Sam Sheridan

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Sam Sheridan has traveled the world as an amateur boxer and mixed martial arts fighter, worked as a professional wilderness firefighter, an EMT, a sailor, a cowboy at the largest ranch in Montana, and in construction under brutal conditions at the South Pole. If he isn't ready for the apocalypse and the fractured world that will likely ensue,... Read more

Francona: The Red Sox Years

By: Terry Francona & Dan Shaughnessy

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From famed baseball manager Terry Francona, a lively, unvarnished narrative of his tenure with the storied Boston Red Sox

From 2004 to 2011, Terry "Tito" Francona managed the Boston Red Sox, the most talked about, scrutinized team in all of sports. In Francona the legendary manager opens up for the first time about his eight years there, as they... Read more

Treatment for Athletes' Brain Damage

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Concussions and other frequent head injuries have grown as a major health concern for professional football players. Jeffrey Brown reports on a new, preliminary study that identifies in the brains of living NFL players the first signs of protein build-up that can indicate more serious and long-term effects. Read more

The Backyard Parables

By: Margaret Roach

Narrated by: Margaret Roach

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Margaret Roach has been harvesting thirty years of backyard parables-deceptively simple, instructive stories from a life spent digging ever deeper-and has distilled them in this memoir along with her best tips for garden making, discouraging all manner of animal and insect opponents, at-home pickling, and more.

After ruminating on the bigger... Read more

Do Life

By: Ben Davis

Narrated by: Jonny Loquasto

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age of 22, Ben Davis weighed over 360 pounds. Depressed, addicted to food, and morbidly obese, he thought he’d lost all hope. But after a Christmas Eve conversation with his grandmother, Ben promised himself that he would finally take control of his life.

Ben decided to “do life,” and so can you.

He started running—slowly at first,... Read more

Formula 50

By: 50 Cent

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes Bonus Material with recipes, photos, and instructions!Get fit like 50 Cent! The phenomenally fit superstar rapper reveals his strategic six-week workout plan for achieving a ripped body—and developing the mental toughness to stay in shape for a lifetime.Survival is a recurring theme of 50 Cent’s lyrics and his life. That’s why, with... Read more

Heisman

By: John M. Heisman & Mark Schlabach

Narrated by: Mark Boyd

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

To the select fraternity of men who have won the Heisman Trophy since its inception in 1935, the award is so much more than just a football trophy. The Heisman is a national symbol of collegiate football experience and competitiveness. Over time, it has become the single most celebrated individual award in all of American sports.Although the... Read more

Mein ruhiger Ort

By: wettkampfvorbereitung.de

Narrated by: Michael Draksal

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Mein ruhiger Ort ist eine geführte Visualisierung für mehr Entspannung, Gelassenheit und mentale Stärke. Für Sportler, Schauspieler und alle, die ihre Leistung zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt abrufen müssen. Gesprochen von Sportwissenschaftler Michael Draksal persönlich. Die geführte Entspannung nimmt den Hörer mit auf eine Reise an den... Read more

The Longest Race

By: Ed Ayres

Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

First and foremost a book about running, The Longest Race takes listeners alongside ultramarathoner Ed Ayres as he prepares for, runs, and finishes the JFK fifty-mile race at a then record-breaking time for his age division—sixty and older. But for Ayres, this race was about more than just running, and the book also encompasses his musings and... Read more

Damn Yankees

By: Rob Fleder

Narrated by: George Guidall, Ron McLarty, Barbara Caruso & S...

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone has an opinion about the Yankees. More than an opinion in most cases, but an opinion at the very least.
—From the IntroductionLove them or hate them, the New York Yankees have been an American institution for nearly a century. With their rich history and colorful cast of characters, the Yankees never fail to inspire or provoke. In this... Read more

The Duck Commander Family

By: Willie Robertson & Korie Robertson

Narrated by: Willie Robertson & Korie Robertson

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet the Robertsons in this personal behind-the-scenes look at the stars of the hit show Duck Dynasty®.

What do faith, family, ducks, and money have in common? The well-known stars of A&E’s hit show Duck Dynasty—Korie and Willie Robertson! From Louisiana’s bayou comes the story of how the Robertson family went from eating fried bologna... Read more

The Queen of Katwe

By: Tim Crothers

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair.

The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspirational” (Shelf Awareness) true story of Phiona Mutesi—a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda.

One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan... Read more

Total Recall

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Narrated by: Stephen Lang & Arnold Schwarzenegger

Length: 23 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.

The greatest immigrant success story of our time.

His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.

He was born in a year of famine, in a... Read more

Men of Sunday

By: Curtis Eichelberger

Narrated by: Wes Bleed

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Step into the locker rooms and living rooms of NFL players and their families.

See how a close relationship with God guides football’s biggest stars. In a behind-the-scenes, off-the-field glimpse into one of America’s most beloved sports, Men of Sunday reveals how Sunday’s greatest rely on God to face issues such as drug abuse, family crises,... Read more

Total Recall - Abridged

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Narrated by: Stephen Lang & Arnold Schwarzenegger

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.

The greatest immigrant success story of our time.

His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.

He was born in a year of famine, in a... Read more

Unstoppable

By: Anthony Robles & Austin Murphy

Narrated by: Chike Chukwuma & Anthony Robles

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The powerful and inspiring story of an all-American wrestler who defied the odds—soon to be an original movie produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, starring Jennifer Lopez, Jharrel Jerome, Don Cheadle, Michael Peña and Bobby Cannavale!

Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler, the 2011 NCAA National Wrestling Champion, and a... Read more

One Last Strike

By: Tony La Russa

Narrated by: Tony La Russa & Scott Sowers

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

One Last Strike by legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa is a thrilling sports comeback story. La Russa, the winner of four Manager of the Year awards—who led his teams to six Pennant wins and three World Series crowns—chronicles one of the most exciting end-of-season runs in baseball history, revealing with fascinating behind-the-scenes... Read more

4th and Goal

By: Monte Burke

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "powerful and inspiring" true story, follow Joe Moglia's legendary career transition from head football coach at Coastal Carolina University to the CEO of TD Ameritrade, one of the country's most successful financial firms: "If you're a football fan, this is a book you must read" (Bill Cowher, former coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers).

As... Read more

The Good Son

By: Mark Kriegel

Narrated by: Holt McCallany

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Pistol and Namath, a vivid, revealing, and fast-paced biography of the great boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini.

Frank Sinatra fawned over him. Warren Zevon wrote a tribute song. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. In the 1980s, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini wasn’t merely the lightweight champ.... Read more

Sailing Alone around the World

By: Joshua Slocum

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. A little over three years and forty-six thousand miles later, the proof was complete. This is Slocum’s own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic... Read more

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

By: Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Secret Race is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle.
 
Over the course of two years, Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews... Read more