Sports & Recreation audiobooks

North by Northwestern - Abridged

By: Sig Hansen & Mark Sundeen

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the tradition of Sebastian Junger and Linda Greenlaw comes Captain Sig Hansen's rags-to-riches epic of his immigrant family's struggle against deadly Alaskan seas, freezing shipwrecks, and dangerously brutal conditions to achieve the American Dream

Sig Hansen has been a star of the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch from the pilot to the... Read more

The Match

By: Mark Frost

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1956, a casual bet between two millionaires eventually pitted two of the greatest golfers of the era—Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan—against top amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi.The year: 1956. Decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the tenyear-old caddie to U.S. Open Champion Francis Ouimet. Now a wealthy car dealer and avid... Read more

Missing Links

By: Rick Reilly

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly comes this spoof of all things golf and country club. Missing Links is the story of four middle-class buddies who live outside Boston and play golf together at Ponkaquoque Municipal Course and Deli, not so fondly known as Ponky. An eighteen-hole garbage dump with hazards that include a concrete river... Read more

Second Nature

By: Michael Pollan

Narrated by: Michael Pollan

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In his articles and in bestselling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. Chosen by the American... Read more

Mission Profit

By: Thomas Burzler, Jörg Stuttmann & Gabi Franke

Narrated by: Gabi Franke & Jörg Stuttmann

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Preisverhandlungen gewinnen mit Tom Profit Der Agententhriller aus der Welt der Verkäufer nun auch als Hörbuch! Tom Profit ist Chef-Agent der "Mission Profit". Schritt für Schritt bringt er dem unerfahrenen Verkäufer Simon Tricks und Strategien der Preisverhandlung bei. Handfeste Infos: Unerquickliche Preisdiskussionen und wirtschaftlich... Read more

Willie Mays - Abridged

By: James S. Hirsch

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays.

Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New... Read more

The Climb

By: Anatoli Boukreev & G. Weston DeWalt

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world—but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor leadership, bad... Read more

Game Six

By: Mark Frost

Narrated by: Andrew Garman

Length: 13 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating three-day rain delay. Tonight, at last, they will play Game Six of the World Series. Leading three games to two, Cincinnati hopes to win it all; Boston is desperate to stay alive. But for all the anticipation, nobody could have predicted what a... Read more

Gardens

By: Robert Pogue Harrison

Narrated by: Drew Birdseye

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Humans have long turned to gardens—both real and imaginary—for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh’s garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of human care and cultivation, gardens stand as... Read more

Hard Work

By: Tim Crothers & Roy Williams

Narrated by: Alan Winter

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team, the Tar Heels, has the highest winning percentage in NCAA history. Over the last seven years, the 58-year-old Asheville, N.C., native—who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007—has won 205 games, including 24 in the NCAA Tournament. That’s more Final Fours,... Read more

Open

By: Andre Agassi

Narrated by: Erik Davies

Length: 18 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a... Read more

Open - Abridged

By: Andre Agassi

Narrated by: Erik Davies

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a... Read more

Unthinkable

By: Scott Rigsby & Jenna Glatzer

Narrated by: Jon Gauger

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

9 seconds. That’s how long it took for Scott Rigsby’s life to come crashing down around him. 16 hours, 42 minutes, 46 seconds. That’s how long it took for Scott Rigsby to make history. One day when Scott Rigsby was eighteen years old, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck that was towing a three-ton trailer. When the trailer was clipped... Read more

K2

By: Ed Viesturs & David Roberts

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top

At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in... Read more

Vertrauen finden - Abridged

By: Anneliese Breitner

Narrated by: Anneliese Breitner

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Glaubenssätze und Wertvorstellungen werden bereits in der Kindheit entwickelt, um die Liebe und Anerkennung unserer Eltern zu bekommen. Manche dieser Glaubenssätze können sich so in unser Verhaltensmuster einprägen, dass wir auch als Erwachsene versuchen, es allen recht zu machen, beruflich wie privat. Die beiden Meditationsreisen unterstützen... Read more

Kraftvoll in den Tag - Abridged

By: Anneliese Breitner

Narrated by: Anneliese Breitner

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Manchmal kommt es vor, dass sich der Staub des Alltags besonders dick auf unsere Seele legt, unsere Kräfte blockiert und den körpereigenen Energiehaushalt ins Wanken bringt. Nehmen Sie sich eine Auszeit für eine energievolle Reise zu Ihren Kraftzentren. Schöpfen Sie wieder neue Lebensfreude aus dem Quell Ihrer Mitte. Read more

Autumn Rambles: New England

By: Hunter Publishing

Narrated by: Lesley Keene

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook presents 14 routes to explore New England during the autumn, covering hidden side roads and hiking trails, shops, scenic areas, and historic sites. A listing is included of fairs, festivals, places of interest and accommodation, with telephone numbers and addresses. Read more

Sixty Feet, Six Inches

By: Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson & Lonnie Wheeler

Narrated by: Mirron Willis & Dominic Hoffman

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in... Read more

Sixty Feet, Six Inches - Abridged

By: Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson & Lonnie Wheeler

Narrated by: Mirron Willis & Dominic Hoffman

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in... Read more

Where Men Win Glory

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey.

Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman ... Read more

Shooting Stars

By: LeBron James & Buzz Bissinger

Narrated by: Moe Irvin

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The celebrated memoir from LeBron James - a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including his own

"A book that will incredibly move and inspire you.” —Jay-Z

"A heartwarming story of boys who became men, teammates who became brothers, players who became champions, wonderfully told through the maturing eyes of... Read more

Sporting Gaffes Volume 2

By: Various

Narrated by: John Inverdale & Full Cast

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

John Inverdale presents another hilarious selection of sporting clangers from the BBC archives. Here are some more wonderful giggles, goofs and gaffes that can turn an innocent sports report into a commentator’s nightmare – and a listener’s dream. Live on air, commentators and sports personalities can say the silliest things.Among those caught... Read more

Bounce Back - Abridged

By: John Calipari

Narrated by: John Calipari

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If recent history has taught us anything, it’s that nobody goes through life unscathed—no matter how rich, how smart, how talented, or how fortunate they may be. White collar, blue collar, or no collar, there is an undeniable commonality to the raw emotion that strikes people when they are knocked down.

University of Kentucky basketball coach... Read more

The Long Snapper

By: Jeffrey Marx

Narrated by: Jeff Rechner

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Brian Kinchen was a thirty-eight-year-old husband, father of four, and seventh-grade Bible teacher whose professional football career had been over for three years when the New England Patriots called on December 15, 2003. With the Patriots riding a ten-game winning streak and the playoffs only a few weeks away, they needed a fill-in for the... Read more