Sports & Recreation audiobooks

The Yoga of Love and Devotion - Abridged

By: Deepak Chopra & Shree Maa

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra & Shree Maa

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Imagine knowing that you came into this world as a divine messenger with a divine mission. In his introduction, Deepak Chopra describes Shree Maa as "one of the great woman saints in contemporary history" whose first recollection was the voice of 19th-century saint Shree Ramakrishna saying, "You've got to show what divine life means, what is... Read more

And then Tiger Told the Shark

By: Done Wade

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Don Wade has proved himself to be golf's master storyteller. He returns once again with this truly delightful collection of real-life stories from and about the world's greatest golfers. This collection of anecdotes brings together past heroes like Ben Hogan and Sam Snead and living legends like Chi-Chi Rodriguez and Jack Nicklaus with current... Read more

Reflections by E. C.

By: Eugene St Martin Jr

Narrated by: Tom Bauer

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

E.C. helps take care of the tennis courts at an old country club. He also plays tennis and teaches tennis in the parks. These are his reflections on his work, his life, and the game of tennis. And it includes ideas from talking with a wise old tennis player. Read more

It's Only a Game - Abridged

By: Terry Bradshaw & David Fisher

Narrated by: Terry Bradshaw

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the absolutely guaranteed 100% mostly true story of the man who gained sports immortality as the first quarterback to win four Super Bowls. After ending his playing career, he was voted "America's most popular sports broadcaster" in a nationwide vote.
"I had a real job once..." begins a memoir as honest and downright hysterical as... Read more

Lose Those Last Ten Pounds - Abridged

By: Denise Austin

Narrated by: Denise Austin

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fight those last 10 pounds and WIN! America's most popular fitness guru presents a sure-fire weight-loss program that gets results--in just twenty-eight days.

As everyone knows, the last 10 pounds are always the hardest ones to lose. Now, in Lose Those Last 10 Pounds, award-winning fitness expert Denise Austin offers a fat-blasting, foolproof... Read more

Pete Hamill on Eddie Stanky - Abridged

By: Pete Hamill

Narrated by: Pete Hamill

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's a cold spring day in 1944. A young Pete Hamill is with his father watching the Brooklyn Dodgers play the Boston Braves. The wartime teams are just dismal - many major league players are serving their country and the teams have been clogged with has-beens and guys that are 4-F. But Pete's father tells him to "watch this little guy." His name... Read more

Putting Out of Your Mind - Abridged

By: Bob Rotella & Bob Cullen

Narrated by: Bob Rotella

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This old adage is familiar to all golfers but is especially resonant with Dr. Bob Rotella, the bestselling author of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect and one of the foremost golf authorities today. In Putting Out of Your Mind, Rotella offers entertaining and instructive insight into the key element of a winning game—great putting. He here reveals... Read more

When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! - Abridged

By: Yogi Berra

Narrated by: Dale Berra

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Everyone knows Yogi Berra for his famous non sequiturs : "It ain't over 'til it's over." "It gets late early out here." "The future ain't what it used to be." They seem like throwaway lines, but over time they reveal deeper meanings--playful truths, like Zen koans. Yogi's not trying to be mystical, but his seemingly simple phrases reveal the... Read more

Be Quick - But Don't Hurry

By: Andrew Hill

Narrated by: Andrew Hill

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Be Quick, But Don't Hurry presents the team-building management secrets of the greatest coach of the twentieth century, cloaked in the heartwarming tale of the reluctant protege who learned those secrets in spite of himself.

Perhaps the least controversial sports honor in living memory was the selection of John Wooden as "Coach of the Century" by... Read more

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life - Abridged

By: Richard Ben Cramer

Narrated by: Richard Ben Cramer

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the hard-knuckled thirties, Joe DiMaggio was the immigrant boy who made it big. He was the dominant star in the New York Yankees dynasty. As World War II loomed, Joltin' Joe launched a fifty-six game hitting streak -- and the nation literally sang his name. In the age of postwar ease and plenty, he became Broadway Joe, the icon of elegance... Read more

Knowledge in a Nutshell and Knowledge in a Nutshell on Sports

By: Charles Reichblum

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Find over a thousand of astounding fun facts in this combination audiobook -- a treasure chest for trivia buffs.

Want to be surprised with the truth? Discover how you've been misled for years? Get a kick out of coincidences? Learn about the U.S. state that no longer exists -- the man who was present when THREE U.S. Presidents were assassinated... Read more

You Go Girl! Winning the Woman's Way

By: Kim Doren & Charlie Jones

Narrated by: Matilda Novak

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of first-person insights, thoughts, and stories from successful women in the world of sports, including Mia Hamm; Gabrielle Reece; Marion Jones; Kerri Strug; Chris Evert; Nancy Lopez; Picabo Street and more. Read more

Woodsong

By: Gary Paulsen

Narrated by: Gary Paulsen

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning creator of popular survival stories turns his attention to his own real life adventures in Minnesota and Alaska as he prepares for the grueling Iditarod sled dog race.

"The lure of the wilderness is always a potent draw, and Paulsen evokes its mysteries as well as anyone has since Jack London." (The Horn Book) Read more

Fair Ball

By: Bob Costas

Narrated by: Bob Costas

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his views on the forces that are diminishing the appeal of Major League Baseball and proposes realistic changes that can be made to protect and promote the game's best interests.

In this cogent--and provocative--book, Costas examines the... Read more

The Tae-Bo Way - Abridged

By: Billy Blanks

Narrated by: Billy Blanks

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Team up with the creator of Tae-Bo, the total body workout.  Strengthen your spirit, mind, and body!

Energizing and explosive, Tae-Bo is the hottest workout in America. It's fun. It's exciting. It's simple to learn. And best of all, it works! It's Tae-Bo: the future of fitness. And here's the book that teaches you the ultimate way to fitness for... Read more

Eiger Dreams - Abridged

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Jon Krakauer

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb.

In Pakistan, the fearsome... Read more

Keep the Connection - Abridged

By: Bob Greene

Narrated by: Bob Greene

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Make the Connection, Bob Greene and Opra Winfrey told listeners how to lose weight and keep it off, using a combination of diet and moderate exercise.  Now, in Keep the Connection, Bob Greene tells us how to keep the momentum going.  The fitness expert who helped Oprah lose weight and get into shape shares his secrets for how to become even... Read more

Success Is a Choice - Abridged

By: Rick Pitino

Narrated by: Rick Pitino

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

MAKE RICK PITINO YOUR PERSONAL COACH AND ACHIEVE MORE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.


For Rick Pitino, the first coach to bring teams from three different schools to the Final Four, success isn’t about shortcuts.  Pitino’s secret–and the reason he has become both a great coach and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the... Read more

Seabiscuit - Abridged

By: Laura Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than ... Read more

More Stories by E.C.

By: Eugene St. Martin Jr.

Narrated by: Tom Bauer

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

No information available at this time. Author will provide once available. Read more

A Jerk on One End

By: Robert Hughes

Narrated by: Peter Renaday

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

For Robert Hughes fishing was a lifelong obsession and the pastime that he loved best. In A Jerk on One End he brings the wit and insight that have characterized his art criticism to the subjects of fish and fishing. He traces his love of fishing to his boyhood on Sydney Harbour and recounts the high and low points of his career with rod and... Read more

When Pride Still Mattered - Abridged

By: David Maraniss

Narrated by: David Maraniss

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high... Read more

The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet

By: Bob Arnot

Narrated by: Richard Gilliland

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Doctors at leading institutions across the nation have been investigating the relationship between breast cancer and diet, uncovering amazing insights. The research confirms that what a woman eats can have a dramatic impact on whether or not she contracts the disease. In The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet, Dr. Bob Arnot has synthesized this... Read more

Menopause with Healing Yoga - Abridged

By: Kelly Piper

Narrated by: Kelly Piper

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Certified yoga teacher and healer Kelly Piper has designed a program for women dealing with peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause. This full-body program includes visualizations to heal the fears connected with the "change" and affirmations that work on the subconscious mind, as well as breathing exercises to neutralize, purify, and... Read more