Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Schalt die Welt doch mal auf Pause

By: Patrick Lynen

Narrated by: Markus Kästle

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit 7 kraftvollen und abwechslungsreichen Fantasiereisen, die zwischen 7 und 11 Minuten lang sind, gelingt es Dir im Alltag ganz leicht, wieder in Deine innere Mitte zurück zu finden. Die erprobten Entspannungsinseln können dir beim Einschlafen helfen oder Kraft und Energie für den Tag geben. Sie führen zu innerem Frieden und helfen dir... Read more

Fit for Survival

By: Matt Weik

Narrated by: Matt Weik

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in a world that is unfortunately surrounded by hatred and violence. People we don't even know, ultimately want to do us harm. What are we to do? We cannot live in fear. So, we must have plans and strategies in place.This book will help change your mindset, and will have you thinking differently. You'll see value in preparation and in... Read more

Prioritizing Your Health

By: Matt Weik

Narrated by: Matt Weik

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone begins their path to health and fitness with good intentions. However, those intentions seem to fall to the wayside when life and work get in the way. Just because you live a busy life doesn’t mean you can’t still find time to exercise. In fact, the hardest yet most important piece of the equation comes down to what you eat on a daily... Read more

A Wrestling Life 2

By: Dan Gable

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

When most people think of the celebrated greatness that is Coach Dan Gable, they think of an almost mythic intensity toward wrestling. Gable breathes and bleeds the sport, and faithfully applies lessons learned from both on and off the mat. Expanding upon Gable's first collection of stories, A Wrestling Life 2 goes a little deeper into the... Read more

Still Life

By: Skip Hollandsworth

Narrated by: Ashley Wood

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Skip Hollandsworth's "Still Life" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

Thirty-five years ago, Dallas--and the country--was gripped by the tragic story of John McClamrock, a high school football player... Read more

We Matter

By: Etan Thomas

Narrated by: Julian Thomas

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring interviews by former NBA player Etan Thomas with over fifty athletes, executives, media figures, and more--and interwoven with essays and critiques by Thomas--We Matter shares the personal tales and opinions of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook, Steve Kerr, Oscar Robertson, Mark Cuban, Michael Bennett,... Read more

How to Stay Alive in the Woods

By: Bradford Angier

Narrated by: Matthew Boston

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Broken down into four essential sections—Sustenance, Warmth, Orientation, and Safety—this enlightening manual reveals how to catch game without a gun, what plants to eat, how to build a warm shelter, make clothing, protect yourself, and signal for help. Expanded instructions offer crucial information at a glance, making How to Stay Alive in the... Read more

Survive Like a Spy

By: Jason Hanson

Narrated by: Jason Hanson

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life--revealing high-stakes techniques and survival secrets from real intelligence officers in life-or-death situations around the world

Everyone loves a good spy story, but most of the ones we hear are fictional. That's because the most dangerous and important spycraft is... Read more

Sleep

By: Nick Littlehales

Narrated by: Nick Littlehales

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Proven solutions for a better night's sleep, from the "sleep guru" to elite athletes--rest for success in work, sports, and life

One-third of our lives -- that's 3,000 hours a year--is spent trying to sleep. The time we spend in bed shapes our moods, motivation, alertness, decision-making skills, reaction time, creativity . . . in short, our... Read more

Getting to Us

By: Seth Davis

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a coach great? How do great coaches turn a collection of individuals into a coherent “us”? 
 
Seth Davis, one of the keenest minds in sports journalism, has been thinking about that question for twenty-five years. It’s one of the things that drove him to write the definitive biography of college basketball’s greatest coach, John... Read more

Heilen mit Schallgeschwindigkeit: 13 traumhafte Klangwelten und Entspannungsmusiken für Körper, Geist und Seele

By: Patrick Lynen

Narrated by: Patrick Lynen

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Ihr Körper ist ein selbstheilendes Instrument. Wenn Sie ihm die Chance geben tendiert er immer wieder zur gesunden Balance. Patrick Lynen (bekannt aus WDR, hr, RTL, SWR, Bayern 3) nutzt in diesem Premium-Hörbuch beruhigende, schwebende Kompositionen, um Ihren Körper über das Hören zurück in die Balance zu ziehen. Dabei kombiniert er... Read more

Personal Training Secrets

By: Matt Weik

Narrated by: Matt Weik

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

With the personal training industry growing 8% each year, more and more competition is knocking at your door. By 2020 there will be over 300,000 personal trainers in the United States.The struggle to build a personal training business is real. Many mistakes are made that cost training businesses and personal trainers a lot of money. Don't make... Read more

The Old Man and the Sand Eel

By: Will Millard

Narrated by: Will Millard

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Old Man and the Sand Eel, written and read by Will Millard.

Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led... Read more

After the Fall

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Embrace the Misery

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Mark Foo's Last Ride

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Loving Them to Death

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Living Under the Volcano

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Descent to Mars

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Gates of the Arctic

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Classic Krakauer

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.

His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists... Read more

One Goal

By: Amy Bass

Narrated by: Will Collyer & Amy Bass

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state -- and ultimately national -- glory.

When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a ... Read more

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down

By: Ida Keeling

Narrated by: Lisa Renee' Pitts

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

It's never too late to do the impossible. Meet Ida Keeling, a 104-year-old mother, activist, and world record-holding runner. Her fierce independence and deep faith carried her through the Depression and the civil rights movement--but her greatest trials were yet to come.Miss Ida, as she is known in her community in the Bronx, grew up as a child... Read more

Fred Beckey Is Still On the Loose

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more