Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Las estrellas Orientales

By: Mark Kurlansky

Narrated by: David Crommett

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Al final de la temporada de 2010, mas de ochenta y seis jovenes y hombres de la empobrocida ciudad de San Pedro de Macoris jugaban en las Grandes Ligas-lo que significa que uno de cada seis dominicanos de las Grandes Ligas vinieron de los mismos equipos locales de los ingenios azucareros, y acudieron en masa a los Estados Unidos en busca de... Read more

Shaq Uncut

By: Shaquille O'Neal

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberneezy. The Real Deal. The Big Shamrock. Shaq.

You know him by any number of names, and chances are you know all about his legendary basketball career: Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal is a four-time NBA champion and a three-time NBA Finals MVP. After being an... Read more

Reshaping It All

By: Candace Cameron Bure

Narrated by: Candace Cameron Bure

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes recipes and a bonus CD with photos!Candace Cameron Bure first became known to millions as a costar on the hit ABC television series Full House. Today, like her brother Kirk Cameron, she is the rare Hollywood actor who is outspoken about her Christian faith and how it helps overcome certain obstacles. Bure’s healthy lifestyle has been... Read more

Muhammad Ali In His Own Words

By: Muhammad Ali

Narrated by: Muhammad Ali

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating collection of archive interviews with Muhammad Ali begins in 1965 with an interview with Harry Carpenter, and culminates with a TV interview with Joanna Lumley in 1989. Along the way Ali makes several famous appearances on Parkinson in the 1970s, and talks to David Frost in The Frost Interview. The 1980s find him answering... Read more

Backyard Brawl

By: W.K. Stratton

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this journalistic tour de force, Dallas Morning News contributor W.K. Stratton follows the fates of the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies, two collegiate football programs steeped in tradition, as they prepare for their annual clash in 2001. One of the most storied rivalries in sports, Texas vs. Texas A&M represents a culture... Read more

Heart of the Game

By: S.L. Price

Narrated by: Tom Schiff

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“Genuine and raw…a heartfelt work of despair, triumph, and redemption.”
 —Boston GlobeThe critically acclaimed Heart of the Game—subtitled “Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America”—explores the pure roots of a sport that is stained by scandal at its highest level. S.L. Price, award-winning writer for Sports Illustrated and author of... Read more

West by West

By: Jerry West & Jonathan Coleman

Narrated by: Ryan West

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s. The general manager who helped bring "Showtime" to Los Angeles, creating a championship-winning force that continues to this day.

Now, for the first time, the legendary Jerry West tells his... Read more

Sweetness

By: Jeff Pearlman

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 18 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The first definitive biography of Chicago Bears superstar Walter PaytonAt five feet ten inches tall, running back Walter Payton was not the largest player in the NFL, but he developed a larger-than-life reputation for his strength, speed, and grit. Nicknamed “Sweetness” during his college football days, he became the NFL’s all-time leader in... Read more

The Will to Climb

By: Ed Viesturs & David Roberts

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach us about facing life's greatest... Read more

Breaking Through My Limits

By: Alexandra Orlando

Narrated by: Alexandra Orlando

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexandra Orlando is an Olympic athlete who dedicated seventeen years of her life to the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, winning almost two hundred medals. Despite injury, she competed at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and retired from the sport at the age of twenty-one as one of the top ten gymnasts in the world.

Her incredible story is one of... Read more

Supercharge Your Sports Performance

By: Glenn Harrold

Narrated by: Glenn Harrold

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Supercharge Your Sports Performance is a superb high quality hypnosis recording by the UK's best selling self-help audio author Glenn Harrold. Glenn's powerful hypnosis recording will help you achieve a peak performance state whenever you need to be at your best in any sporting event. Using the latest hypnotherapy techniques Glenn will help you... Read more

India's Massive School Lunch Program

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The economy in India is growing rapidly, but not fast enough to take care of its millions of poor and hungry children. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a solution that has resulted in the world's largest school lunch program. Read more

Gardeners' Question Time 4 Seasons

By: BBC

Narrated by: Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank, Eric Robson, J...

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

An exclusive edition of the perennially popular BBC Radio 4 series for gardeners everywhere. Gardening can be both a challenge and a joy. Get it right, and it can provide boundless pleasure; get it wrong, and it is a source of infinite frustration. Help is at hand, however, in this specially recorded 'Gardeners' Question Time' compilation, in... Read more

Brian Clough In His Own Words

By: Brian Clough

Narrated by: Brian Clough

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In interviews ranging from 1972 to 2000, Brian Clough talks about 'the real Brian Clough' - how he is perceived by other people; his bluntness and forceful opinions, and what makes him a good football manager. He also discusses the prospect of becoming an MP; his dream job; football hysteria and hooliganism; his childhood and mother's death; and... Read more

You Are an Ironman

By: Jacques Steinberg

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

As he did so masterfully in his New York Times bestseller The Gatekeepers, Jacques Steinberg creates a compelling portrait of people obsessed with reaching a life-defining goal. In this instance, the target is an Ironman triathlon—a 2.4-mile open-water swim followed by a 112-mile bike ride, then finally a 26-mile marathon run, all of which must... Read more

Slipless In Settle

By: Harry Pearson

Narrated by: David Fleeshman

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Slipless in Settle is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of England, a world far removed from the clichéd lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is hardcore cricket played in former pit villages and mill towns. Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year, it is about the little clubs that... Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Shaping the New You

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Joyce Bean & Buck Schirner

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

You'll be inspired by these 101 encouraging stories about dieting and fitness... and finding what works for you. Join Richard Simmons in the great adventure of Shaping the New You!There's nothing better than hearing the success stories of other people. Read what worked for them and what didn't. You'll find your own path to success in these 101... Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...

Narrated by: Christina Traister & Dan John Miller

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Runners will love these inspirational stories about their sport—the camaraderie, the self-discipline, the energy and endorphins they enjoy, the self-discovery. Includes stories on swimming and cycling for triathletes too.When runners aren't running, they are talking about running, planning their next run, shopping for running... This book... Read more

Wheat Belly

By: William Davis

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative look at how eliminating wheat from our diets can help us lose weight, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse a broad spectrum of health problems—from acne to diabetes and serious digestive disorders.Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans... Read more

The Sacred Acre

By: Mark Tabb

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

When tragedy devastated a small town, an unlikely source of inspiration pieced the community back together in this dramatic true story. On a Sunday in May 2008, an F5 tornado hit the town of Parkersburg, Iowa, killing eight people and destroying 250 homes and businesses within a span of 34 seconds. The next day, Parkersburg's beloved football... Read more

InSideOut Coaching

By: Joe Ehrmann, Paula Ehrmann & Gregory Jordan

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL standout, is a dynamic motivational speaker and seminar leader, addressing audiences nationwide about the unparalleled platform, power, and position coaches have to transform their players' lives and impact families, schools, and communities. Recognized for his revolutionary concepts of teambuilding, mentoring, and... Read more

All In

By: Gene Chizik

Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

At 5–19, the odds against Gene Chizik leading Auburn to a national championship were staggering. But the odds were about to change. All In chronicles the remarkable journey of Gene Chizik, who in two short years went from being the much-maligned 5–19 coach of the Iowa State Cyclones to the undefeated AP SEC Coach of the Year of the 2010 national... Read more

The Elements of Effort

By: John Jerome

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In this engaging collection of essays, author and athlete John Jerome celebrates the simplicity and freedom of running. With contagious passion, he strips away fads and myths to offer basic guidelines for participants, from beginning joggers to those preparing for marathons. For years Jerome recorded his thoughts and experiences during his daily... Read more

The Big Fight

By: Sugar Ray Leonard & Michael Arkush

Narrated by: Sugar Ray Leonard

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, the boxing legend faces his single greatest competitor: himself.Sugar Ray Leonard's brutally honest and uplifting memoir reveals in intimate detail for the first time the complex man behind the boxer. The Olympic hero, multichampionship winner, and beloved athlete waged his own personal battle... Read more