Sports & Recreation audiobooks

The Cruelest Miles - Abridged

By: Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury

Narrated by: Margot Dionne

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The year is 1925. It is sixty degrees below zero. The wind sweeps tons of snow over the deep-frozen Alaskan landscape. The nearest railhead is seven hundred miles away. Airplanes cannot fly. The way to Nome is blocked by a treacherous frozen sound, an icebound port, and mountains to the west. But there is a diphtheria epidemic in Nome. The... Read more

True Believers - Abridged

By: Joe Queenan

Narrated by: Joe Queenan

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author Joe Queenan's True Believers explores the world of sports fans in an attempt to understand the inexplicable: What does anyone get out of it?

For Yankee, Cowboy, and Laker fans the answer is fairly clear: the return on investment is relatively high. But why do people root so passionately for formerly inept teams like the Boston... Read more

The Teammates

By: David Halberstam

Narrated by: Tate Donovan

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shares the moving story of four baseball players and the friendships they forged as teammates—and the impact they had off the field. More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years... Read more

Moneyball - Abridged

By: Michael Lewis

Narrated by: Michael Lewis

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur... Read more

Who's Your Caddy? - Abridged

By: Rick Reilly

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers, and some celebrity duffers, recounting it all in this hilarious and revealing look at the world of golf.

Who knows a golfer best? Who’s with them every minute of every round, hears their muttering,... Read more

Ultimate Fitness - Abridged

By: Gina Kolata

Narrated by: Gina Kolata

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling science reporter from The New York Times tells us what works and what doesn't when we work out

Ultimate Fitness is Gina Kolata's compelling journey into the world of American physical fitness over the past thirty years. It is a funny, eye-opening, brow-sweating investigation into fads, fiction, and the science and hucksterism of... Read more

My Losing Season

By: Pat Conroy

Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery

Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
 
During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military... Read more

Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur... Read more

Golf for Enlightenment

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Deepak Chopra has discovered the delights—and frustrations—of golf, and he is passionate about the game. Confronted by the wild ups and downs of his own play, he consulted with golf professionals and developed a new approach to the game that any golfer can follow—from the novice to the expert. The results can be measured not only in increased... Read more

Lilias Yoga Complete

By: Lilias Folan

Narrated by: Lilias Folan

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Now available on CD, this perennial favorite with over 50,000 copies in print includes a comprehensive course for students of any level by yoga guru Lilias Folan

Yoga Journal reports that nearly 15 million U.S. adults currently practice yoga, and more than 35 million Americans intend to try yoga in the next twelve months. Now, Lilias Folan,... Read more

Get with the Program - Abridged

By: Bob Greene

Narrated by: Bob Greene

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

WE ALL KNOW THAT LOSING WEIGHT IS THE EASY PART.
It¹s keeping the weight off that¹s hard. In Get with the Program! Bob Greene gives you the keys to losing weight and staying fit for a lifetime.
The four-phase plan in Get with the Program! is like having your own personal trainer take you through the psychological, physical, and emotional... Read more

Who's Your Caddy?

By: Rick Reilly

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers—and some celebrity duffers—with hilarious results.

Who knows golfers best? Who’s with them every minute of every round, hears their muttering, knows whether they cheat? Their caddies, of course. So... Read more

Go Grab Your Shoes

By: Ellen Chernoff Simon

Narrated by: Ellen Chernoff Simon

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Go Grab Your Shoes, an upbeat guided imagery exercise motivation program partners the beautiful beat of Latin classical guitar music with positive affirmations to strengthen your determination and motivation to exercise. It is designed to help you stick with workout routines, maintain health, achieve your fitness goals, and aid your weight loss... Read more

Hollywood Hulk Hogan - Abridged

By: Hulk Hogan

Narrated by: Hulk Hogan

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You think you know

Hollywood Hulk Hogan™?

Brother, you don't know squat about me.

Yeah, I'm the towering red-and-yellow warrior who revolutionized the wrestling business, the larger-than-life superhero who transformed an entire country into a horde of Hulkamaniacs™. I'm the guy who spit blood and breathed fire to help create an empire called World... Read more

On the Big Blackfoot

By: Norman Maclean

Narrated by: John Maclean & Norman Maclean

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

On the Big Blackfoot is Norman Maclean's memoir about his Montana youth that inspired his beloved story, A River Runs Through It. Read more

More Than a Game - Abridged

By: Phil Jackson & Charley Rosen

Narrated by: Phil Jackson & Charley Rosen

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Phil Jackson's account of the Lakers' game-by-game progress through the 1999-2000 season and his views on the state of the NBA is supplemented by his friend Charley Rosen's novelist's impressions of the Lakers, Los Angeles, and the league. Read more

Godforsaken Sea - Abridged

By: Derek Lundy

Narrated by: Michael Tezla

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An electrifying account of human courage and endurance, this is the story of the 1996 Vendée Globe, the most dangerous of all sailing races, as experienced by the fourteen men and two women competitors. Read more

My Losing Season - Abridged

By: Pat Conroy

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
 
During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military... Read more

I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It - Abridged

By: Charles Barkley

Narrated by: Charles Barkley

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If there’s one thing Charles Barkley knows, it’s the crying need for honest, open discussion in this country—the more uncomfortable the subject, the more necessary the dialogue. And if the discussion leader can be as wise, irreverent, (occasionally) profane and (consistently) funny as Charles Barkley, so much the better. Many people are going to... Read more

Mind Gym

By: David Casstevens & Gary Mack

Narrated by: Kevin Young

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Praise for Mind Gym "Believing in yourself is paramount to success for any athlete. Gary's lessons and David's writing provide examples of the importance of the mental game."
--Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain "Mind Gym hits a home run. If you want to build mental muscle for the major leagues, read this... Read more

Touch the Top of the World

By: Erik Weihenmayer

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual... Read more

Journey Into Power - Abridged

By: Baron Baptiste

Narrated by: Baron Baptiste

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Discover the ultimate workout with this easy-to-follow, life-changing yoga program from the “spiritual master” (Self) and New York Times bestselling author of 40 Days to Personal Revolution.

Whether you are looking to lose weight, increase your strength and stamina, or hoping to sharpen your mental and spiritual edge, Baron Baptiste can take you... Read more

Putting Like a Genius - Abridged

By: Bob Rotella

Narrated by: Bob Rotella

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the leading performance consultants in America, Dr. Bob Rotella has tutored some of golf's greatest players including Nick Price, Tom Kite, David Duval, and Brad Faxon. Now Rotella, or "Doc," as most players refer to him, shares his wisdom on the most mental aspect of the game -- putting.
In Putting Like a Genius, Rotella tells you how... Read more

Yoga As A Form Of Meditation

By: Deepak Chopra & Yogi Amrit Desai

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra & Yogi Amrit Desai

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

For many people, the practice of Hatha Yoga is little more than a series of physical exercises that stretch the muscles and promote relaxation. Yet, according to Yogi Amrit Desai, a key element is missing: the original depth of yoga that not only enhances natural healing and has physical and therapeutic benefits, but also creates an opening for... Read more