Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Coming Back Stronger

By: Drew Brees

Narrated by: Chris Fabry

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team—and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again—coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 80 percent of the city underwater, many wondered,... Read more

The Book of Five Rings

By: Miyamoto Musashi

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Setting down his thoughts on swordplay, on winning, and on spirituality, legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his... Read more

Hogan

By: Curt Sampson

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Golf hero Ben Hogan bore a mystique that still captivates golfers: a silent, almost eerie concentration that intimidated his opponents, a presence any politician or actor would envy, and an ability to hit a ball so squarely it sizzled as it left his club. Hogan won four US Opens in six years, three after a near-fatal automobile accident. His... Read more

Still a Legend

By: Harvey Rosenfeld

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This book recounts the slugger Roger Maris' life before, during, and after his headline season of 1961, when the taciturn North Dakota native topped Babe Ruth's all-time record by hitting sixty-one home runs. From his youth as a star high-school athlete and American Legion baseball player, Maris's went on to play for the Cleveland Indians, the... Read more

Rogers Hornsby

By: Charles C. Alexander

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1920s Rogers Hornsby was the National League's foremost star, its biggest since Honus Wagner-and its principal answer to the American League's Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. He was a seven-time National League batting champion, and his 1924 average remains the major-league high for this century. From his Texas childhood until his death in 1962,... Read more

When the Boys Came Back

By: Frederick Turner

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of World War II, few events in the United States were as eagerly awaited as baseball's spring training. But the national pastime was as unsettled as the rest of the country. Had some of the stars seen their careers ended by their service? How would wartime players fare against returning veterans?These questions would be answered... Read more

Honus Wagner

By: Dennis DeValeria & Jeanne Burke DeValeria

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Honus Wagner, whose career in baseball stretched from 1895 to 1917, was the first American sports superstar of the twentieth century. One of the first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in its first year (1939), he was arguably the best shortstop in baseball history. His great career and the dawn of baseball as a popular... Read more

White Hunters

By: Brian Herne

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A little over 100 years ago, East Africa was terra incognita to most whites: a land largely unmapped, sparsely settled by Europeans, and teeming with wildlife. It was the hunter-adventurer’s paradise, and by the early 20th century a small, lionhearted clan of explorers and big-game hunters began leading safaris there for money. They became the... Read more

NPR Sound Treks: Adventures

By: NPR

Narrated by: Jon Hamilton

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience a refreshing adrenaline rush on this NPR guided tour of the ultimate in outdoor fun: Whether whitewater rafting on the Hudson River, mountain climbing in the Himalayas, kayaking in Alaska, airboarding in Oregon’s Cascade mountains, or bungee jumping in Australia, each story is an amazing sound adventure—and a great escape.

The NPR... Read more

NPR Sound Treks: Birds

By: NPR

Narrated by: Jon Hamilton

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Are birds monogamous? Why do kookaburras laugh? Is the ivory-billed woodpecker really extinct? These fascinating stories feature the delightful and exotic sounds of birds, plus astute and informative commentary from bird lovers, bird experts, and sometimes birds themselves.

Learn how naturalist F. Schuyler Matthews translated bird song into... Read more

NPR Sound Treks: Animals

By: NPR

Narrated by: Jon Hamilton

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From rainforests to deserts, mountains to plains, the sea to the sky, animals raise their voices in an eclectic and thrilling chorus. This collection celebrates the unique calls of the keel-billed toucan, Guatemalan coatimundi, hammerhead bat, Central African elephant, urban katydid, and many more intriguing creatures whose sounds we seldom... Read more

Start the Car

By: David Lloyd

Narrated by: David Lloyd

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "Bumble", the legendary SkySports cricket commentator who's one ball short of an over and delivers madcap moments galore in this ebullient, endearing and hilarious new book. David "Bumble" Lloyd is a legend in our living rooms, a genuine "good bloke" all cricket fans feel they know... Read more

The Baseball Codes

By: Jason Turbow

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. What truly governs the Major League game is a set of unwritten rules—some of which are openly discussed, and some of which only a minority of players are aware. In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share... Read more

Moment of Glory

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

After winning 6 of the 12 Majors from 2000 to 2002, Tiger Woods struggled in 2003. Four unknown golf players -- Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Ben Curtis, and Shaun Micheel -- would seize the day, rising to become champions in his wake.

Mike Weir -- considered a good golfer but not a great one -- triumphed in The Masters, becoming the first Canadian... Read more

The Last Hero

By: Howard Bryant

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 21 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (rbis, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times, becoming the first player in history to hammer five hundred home runs and three thousand hits). But his... Read more

Steinbrenner

By: Bill Madden

Narrated by: Kerin McCue

Length: 18 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

No owner has changed the landscape of sports more than New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. From the moment he bought the team in 1973 for $10 million, Steinbrenner's monomaniacal pursuit was to restore the most fabled franchise in baseball history to its former glory. Today the New York Yankees are worth more than $1 billion and are once... Read more

The Last Hero - Abridged

By: Howard Bryant

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (rbis, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times, becoming the first player in history to hammer five hundred home runs and three thousand hits). But his... Read more

All you need is laugh - Abridged

By: Heiner Uber

Narrated by: Erika Berger, Anja Buczkowsky, Jochen Busse, Ni...

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

All you need is laugh - alles was Du brauchst ist ein Lachen. Denn Lachen entspannt, es ist gesund und macht heiter. Lachen hilft gegen Depressionen und Burnout, es stärt das Immunsystem, es ist der Kitt jeder Liebe und Partnerschaft. Wir erfahren, warum Menschen lachen und die Evolution das Lachen erfunden hat. Wir hören dazu lachende Hunde und... Read more

The Mulligan

By: Ken Blanchard & Wally Armstrong

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture! Everyone deserves a second chance on the course--and in life. Join golf pro Wally Armstrong and author Ken Blanchard as they condense decades of practical know-how into a simple book with an incredible, inspiring message: sometimes we all need a mulligan. Meet Paul McAllister. An Ivy League-educated founder of a... Read more

Sports from Hell

By: Rick Reilly

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.

What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, England, and even a... Read more

Tiger

By: Steve Helling

Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

He was born to a father who described him as the "chosen one," a boy who would grow into a man with the power to impact nations. His mother called him the "universal child," blessed with the ability to hold the races together. Choosing the unlikely avenue of golf, they groomed their son for the fame and influence that they always believed was... Read more

Bounce

By: Matthew Syed

Narrated by: James Clamp

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics, award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success—in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you’d want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will find many interesting and helpful insights in... Read more

The Eastern Stars

By: Mark Kurlansky

Narrated by: Ed Sala

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In the town of San Pedro in the Dominican Republic, baseball is not just a way of life. It's the way of life. By the year 2008, seventy-nine boys and men from San Pedro had gone on to play in the Major Leagues—that means one in six Dominican Republicans who have played in the Majors have come from one tiny, impoverished region. Manny Alexander,... Read more

Jack Nicklaus

By: Jack Nicklaus

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

During his more than forty-year career as champion amateur, dominating professional, and senior star, the Golden Bear has won almost one hundred tournaments around the world. Topping that astounding achievement are his record twenty major-championship victories: two US Amateurs, six Masters, four US Opens, three British Opens, and five US PGA... Read more