Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Play It Forward

By: Joan Barnes

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Play It Forward details the remarkable journey of Joan Barnes, founder and former CEO of Gymboree, and how she learned to align her inner life with outward success. Forty years ago, Joan Barnes founded a play center in a church basement with $3,000. Determined to enable women to achieve personal and entrepreneurial success, Barnes led Gymboree... Read more

For the Glory

By: Duncan Hamilton

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hamilton is a guarantee of quality.” —Financial Times

“Duncan Hamilton’s compelling biography puts flesh on the legend and paints a vivid picture of not only a great athlete, but also a very special human being.” —Daily Mail

The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in... Read more

Home Game

By: Bret Boone & Kevin Cook

Narrated by: Bret Boone

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the first third-generation baseball player in Major League Baseball history, a sometimes moving, always candid look at his family’s 70 years in the world of professional baseball.Bret Boone made history in 1992 as the first third-generation major leaguer in baseball history. A five-foot-ten firecracker who was spurned by scouts for his... Read more

A Different Kind of Daughter

By: Maria Toorpakai & Katharine Holstein

Narrated by: Neela Vaswani

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram-un-Islamic--forbidden--and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over... Read more

18 Holes with Bing

By: Nathaniel Crosby & John Strege

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this love letter to his father, former professional golfer Nathaniel Crosby shares memories of Bing Crosby on the golf course, and the lessons he taught him about the game and about life. With a Foreword by Jack Nicklaus.“Bing Crosby was a great ambassador for our game, as well as a great man,” hails longtime friend and golf partner, Jack... Read more

Federer and Me

By: William Skidelsky

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has had an all-consuming devotion to Roger Federer, whom he considers to be the greatest and most graceful tennis player of all time.



In this mesmerizing memoir, Skidelsky ponders what it is about the Swiss star that transfixes him and countless others. Skidelsky dissects the wonders of Federer's... Read more

Faster

By: Michael Hutchinson

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprisingly, for many, a desire to go faster is much more important than a desire to win. Someone who wants to go faster will work at the details and take small steps rather than focusing on winning. Winning just happens when you do everything right – it's... Read more

Paper Lion

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.

George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit,... Read more

Out of My League

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This baseball classic that Ernest Hemingway called "beautifully observed and incredibly conceived" includes a foreword from Jane Leavy and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives.

The first of Plimpton's remarkable forays into participatory journalism, Out of My League chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what happens when a... Read more

Shoe Dog

By: Phil Knight

Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing,... Read more

Changing the Game

By: John O'Sullivan

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O’Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only... Read more

Players

By: Matthew Futterman

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“Provocative…terrific stories” (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sports—in the span of a single generation—from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business.

It started, as most business deals do, with a handshake. In 1960, a Cleveland lawyer named Mark McCormack... Read more

Shadow Box

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

George Plimpton makes his riskiest foray into participatory journalism -- stepping into the ring against a champion boxer -- in Shadow Box, repackaged and including never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives.

Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him... Read more

Open Net

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

George Plimpton takes to the ice with the Boston Bruins in this memorable portrait of the rough-and-tumble world of professional hockey, repackaged and featuring a foreword from Denis Leary and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.

In Open Net, George Plimpton takes to the ice as goalie for his beloved Boston Bruins. After... Read more

American Pharoah

By: Joe Drape

Narrated by: Aaron Abano

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.

Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the... Read more

One for the Record

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives.

In One For the Record, George Plimpton recounts Hank Aaron's thrilling race to become the new home run champion. Amidst media frenzy and death threats, Aaron sought to beat Babe Ruth's record.... Read more

The Bogey Man

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

George Plimpton chronicles his month spent on the PGA tour in The Bogey Man, repackaged and including a foreword by Rick Reilly and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.

What happens when a weekend athlete -- of average skill at best -- joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton, one of the finest participatory sports... Read more

Mad Ducks and Bears

By: George Plimpton

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books -- repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives.

In Mad Ducks and Bears, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and... Read more

No Grain, No Pain

By: Dr. Peter Osborne

Narrated by: Mick Stephenson

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain according to an Institute of Medicine report released in 2011. For many, chronic pain is part of an autoimmune disease, but all too often doctors turn to the same solution: painkilling drugs.



But all of this medication simply isn't helping, and as Dr. Peter Osborne, the leading authority on... Read more

How to Smoke Pot (Properly)

By: David Bienenstock

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Once literally demonized as "the Devil's lettuce," and linked to all manner of deviant behavior by the establishment's shameless anti-marijuana propaganda campaigns, cannabis sativa has lately been enjoying a long-overdue Renaissance. So now that the squares at long last seem ready to rethink pot's place in polite society, how, exactly, can... Read more

The Tree Climber’s Guide

By: Jack Cooke

Narrated by: Jack Cooke

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

‘After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.’ – Damian Whitworth, The Times ‘One of the publishing sensations of the year … For anyone who has ever felt a little overwhelmed in a big city, or wanted to step out of the rat race for an hour or two, Jack Cooke will be... Read more

The Arm

By: Jeff Passan

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Yahoo’s lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports—the pitching arm—and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers—five times more than the salary of every NFL... Read more

The Age Fix

By: Anthony Youn

Narrated by: Anthony Youn

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling guide to looking younger without spending a fortune from nationally renowned plastic surgeon Anthony Youn.
Here's what the experts know but aren't telling you-until now:- The drugstore brand can be just as effective - or better - than the expensive cream at your dermatologist's office- Surgery... Read more

Meditate Your Weight

By: Tiffany Cruikshank, LAc, MAOM

Narrated by: Tiffany Cruikshank, LAc, MAOM

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The mind makeover that makes over your metabolism.Hundreds of medical studies have shown the spectacular health benefits of meditation.  Now Tiffany Cruikshank, founder of Yoga Medicine, puts that scientific research to good, practical use by incorporating easy-to-use, targeted meditations into a unique weight-loss program. This 21-day plan... Read more