Sports & Recreation audiobooks

The End of the Perfect 10

By: Dvora Meyers

Narrated by: Elise Arsenault

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

It was the team finals of women's gymnastics in the 2012 Olympics, and McKayla Maroney was on top of her game. The sixteen-year-old U.S. gymnast was performing arguably the best vault of all time, launching herself unimaginably high into the air and sticking a flawless landing. When her score came, many were baffled: 16.233. Three tenths of a... Read more

The Hockey Scribbler

By: George Bowering

Narrated by: Paul Hecht

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Canada's former poet laureate looks back at a life lived in literature and hockey fandom Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. For many Canadians, the big moments - births, deaths, marriages, moves - are all mixed up with the wins and losses of our teams. The voices of Hockey Night in Canada sportscasters are our soundtrack, and visions of... Read more

Striking Distance

By: Charles Russo

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spring of 1959, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lee returned to San Francisco, the city of his birth, and quickly inserted himself into the West Coast’s fledgling martial arts culture. Even though Asian fighting styles were widely unknown to mainstream America, Bruce encountered a robust fight culture in a San Francisco Bay area that was... Read more

Muhammad Ali

By: Thomas Hauser

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Stripping away the revisionism to reveal the true nature of the man himself, this new book recounts the life journey of a fighter universally recognized as a unique and treasured world icon. Few global personalities have commanded an all-encompassing sporting and cultural audience like Muhammad Ali. Now, Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest... Read more

Anti-Stress Insel

By: Ute Hagedorn

Narrated by: Ute Hagedorn

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Tiefe Entspannung durch NLP Anti-Stress Highlights im Doppelpack 1. Anti-Stress - NLP-Methoden 2. Anti-Stress - Brainwave Technologien Wenn zermürbender Stress krank macht: Sanft, aber zielsicher führt die unaufdringlich-sympathische Stimme von Ute Hagedorn in einer faszinierenden Atmosphäre beruhigender Entspannungsmusik, eingebettet in eine... Read more

House of Nails

By: Lenny Dykstra

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

""Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart."" —Stephen KingEclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean... Read more

The Fight

By: Norman Mailer

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman, who was as taciturn as Ali was voluble. Observing them was Norman Mailer, a commentator of unparalleled energy, acumen, and... Read more

Leading with the Heart

By: Mike Krzyzewski & Donald T. Phillips

Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In this informative and inspirational book, Coach K explains how he motivates peak performances from his players, relying on lessons he learned as a captain in the U.S. Army and applied over four decades as the head of Duke basketball.Duke University's head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has proved himself a leader both on and off the court.... Read more

Boys Among Men

By: Jonathan Abrams

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college—as young basketball prodigies were expected to do—but instead enter the 1995 NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for a generation of teenage basketball players to head straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the NBA... Read more

Under the Stars

By: Dan White

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the High Sierra to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, Dan White travels the nation to experience firsthand—and sometimes face first—how the American wilderness transformed from the devil's playground into a source of adventure, relaxation, and renewal.



Whether he's camping nude in cougar country, being attacked by wildlife while "glamping,"... Read more

The Last Dive

By: Bernie Chowdhury

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 16 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half-day's mission from... Read more

5000-1 The Leicester City Story

By: Rob Tanner

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In August 2015 bookmakers priced Leicester at 5000-1 to win the Premier League – the same odds as Elvis being found alive. On 2 May 2016, Leicester won, to ecstatic celebrations in the city and around the world. Leicester Mercury 's chief football writer, Rob Tanner, relives the great escape of 2015 to the curtain-closer at Stamford Bridge.... Read more

Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey

By: Mark Webber

Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In his trademark straight-talking, no-nonsense style Mark Webber reveals his amazing life on and off the Formula One race track in Aussie Grit.

Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010, while racing for Red Bull, he and his team mate Sebastian Vettel went head to head for the... Read more

Six Machine

By: Chris Gayle

Narrated by: Leroy Osei-Bonsu

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Six Machine by Chris Gayle, read by Leroy Osei-Bonsu.

'If the ball's there, hit it. Don't worry about what might happen. Play for the glory. Play for the six'

Chris Gayle is the only man to have ever hit a six off the first ball of a Test match. But then producing the impossible... Read more

1966

By: Bobby Charlton

Narrated by: Bernard Hill

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1966 England won the World Cup at Wembley. Sir Bobby Charlton, England’s greatest ever player, was there on the pitch. Now, fifty years on, Sir Bobby looks back on the most glorious moment of his life and England's greatest sporting achievement.

In 1966 he takes us through the build-up to the tournament and to the final itself, describing... Read more

Triumphs and Turbulence

By: Chris Boardman

Narrated by: Joe McGann

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The true inspiration was that Olympic gold won by Chris Boardman in Barcelona… I was so in awe of Chris Boardman’ Sir Bradley Wiggins

You may know him as the much-loved co-presenter of ITV’s Tour de France coverage or enjoyed his BBC Olympic coverage, but beyond the easy charm Chris Boardman is one of our greatest, most inspiring... Read more

The Microbiome Diet

By: Raphael Kellman

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Cutting-edge science has shown that the microbiome is the secret to healthy weight loss and to feeling healthy, energized, optimistic, and at the top of your game. The microbiome is a whole inner world that lives within your intestines—trillions of tiny microbes that help you extract the nutrients from your food, balance your mood, and sharpen... Read more

Quiet Leadership

By: Carlo Ancelotti

Narrated by: Richard Lumsden

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Quiet Leadership by Carlo Ancelotti, Chris Brady and Mike Forde. Read by Richard Lumsden.

The legendary football coach finally tells his story and reveals his management secrets

Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers of all time. With three Champions League trophies, and... Read more

King Power

By: Richard III

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

I HAD A HUNCH WE’D BE CHAMPIONS! The most unlikely story in the history of sport, told by our greatest football writer On 25th March 2015, when King Richard III, recently rescued from a municipal car park, was reburied in Leicester Cathedral, his beloved football team had just lost 4-3 to Tottenham Hotspur and were... Read more

This Road I Ride

By: Juliana Buhring

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Juliana Buhring had been mired in depression after the death of a man she loved, and when an acquaintance suggested they honor his memory by biking across Canada, she thought, "Canada? Why not the world?" And why not alone?

She had never seriously ridden a bicycle before. She had no athletic experience or corporate sponsorship, but with just... Read more

The Golden Rules

By: Bob Bowman & Charles Butler

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Bob Bowman, best known as the coach for the record-breaking run of Michael Phelps, is one of the most successful coaches in Olympic history. He is lauded for his intense personality, incredible dedication to his athletes, and his ability to nurture talent in athletes who have the heart and drive to win. This is his motivational book about... Read more

Natural Essential Oils for Health

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Modern cooking is probably one of the most criticised forms of art of modern era. Industrialised food has without doubt, made a mark of its own in deteriorating the average health markers around the world. Starting from the 1980s, a secret movement had started to improve the health of people and to go back to our grandparents’ and... Read more

The Mauler

By: Alexander Gustafsson, Martin Svensson & Leif Er...

Narrated by: Jack Knox

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexander Gustafsson grew up in Arboga, a small town in Sweden. A country boy, he started boxing when he was 10 - winning the national youth medal at the age of 16. After a handful of run-ins with the law he began practicing mixed martial arts and working his way up the ranks of the UFC.

Nicknamed The Mauler by his training partners, due to his... Read more

Martial Arts Book

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The martial art of boxing is being practiced from the era of ancient Thira, maybe even before that. There are several purposes of practicing martial arts. The main goal is practicing combat since martial arts are a combination of codified systems and traditions of various combat techniques. The main reasons behind practicing martial arts are for... Read more