Sports & Recreation audiobooks

England Football: The Biography

By: Paul Hayward

Narrated by: Chris Harper

Length: 17 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE
‘The greatest story in English sport told beautifully by one of its greatest writers’ Gary Lineker
'A spellbinding piece of work' Oliver Holt; 'Absolute tour de force' Henry Winter

Award-winning writer Paul Hayward delivers a compelling and unmissable account of the story of the... Read more

The Gardener's Almanac

By: Alan Titchmarsh

Narrated by: Alan Titchmarsh

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A month by month treasury of gardening advice, inspiration and knowledge from the nation's favourite gardener.

National treasure and presenter of ITV's hugely popular Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh brings us his month by month almanac of garden knowledge, facts, advice and inspiration. Here is seasonal advice on what to grow and sow,... Read more

The Game

By: Micah Richards

Narrated by: Delon Jessop

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

‘The game isn’t what it seems from the outside. The game isn’t quite what I was expecting. The game doesn’t always work like the people on television think it does. The game is better, worse and stranger than you can imagine, and that is coming from someone who saw it all with their own eyes.’ ... Read more

How to Be a Football Manager: Enter the hilarious and crazy world of the gaffer

By: Ian Holloway

Narrated by: Ian Holloway

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

*** SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR
AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 ***

'fascinating, frank, funny' Jim White, Daily Telegraph

'insightful' Henry Winter, The Times

'engaging ... revealing ... a warm and often funny read' FourFourTwo

'very entertaining ... great stories' Hawksbee & Jacobs, talkSPORT radio

'an... Read more

Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography

By: Jordan Henderson

Narrated by: Mark Stobbart & Jordan Henderson

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This audio edition features an exclusive Q&A with Jordan.

Captain, father, leader, a fearless ambassador for the causes he believes in and a world-class midfielder, Jordan Henderson is all of these things - and it is why he is one of the most widely respected players of his generation. His story will go down in... Read more

How to Be an Ex-Footballer

By: Peter Crouch

Narrated by: Simon Darwen & Peter Crouch

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The funniest man in British sport - Metro

Peter Crouch is a comedy genius - Daily Mail

Often recruited before they've worn long trousers, today's footballers become superstars who earn huge amounts without ever learning much about the world beyond the training ground. Coddled by their support teams, everything is done for... Read more

Mujeres en forma - Abridged

By: Alberto García Bataller

Narrated by: Sílvia Carrera

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mujeres en forma es el nuevo libro de referencia para toda aquella mujer interesada en comenzar a hacer deporte o que ya practique de manera habitual y que pretenda realizarlo con ciertas garantías en relación con su salud y estado físico, vistos desde una perspectiva intrínsecamente femenina, atendiendo a las características específicas de su... Read more

RYA Personal Watercraft Handbook (A-G35) - Abridged

By: Royal Yachting Association

Narrated by: Chris R. Wright

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The RYA Personal Watercraft Handbook is the premier publication for learning how to use these exciting machines.It supports the RYA Personal Watercraft Proficiency Course and the RYA Introduction to Personal Watercraft Safety Course. You will learn how to transport, launch, use, recover, and maintain your personal watercraft in a safe, fun, and... Read more

Guardiola Confidencial (resumo) - Abridged

By: Martí Perarnau

Narrated by: Everton Ferreira

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este minilivro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. O desafio de decifrar a personalidade de Pep Guardiola sempre pareceu tão complexo quanto o de conceber, à distância e sem acesso direto, de que forma trabalha o técnico que deu ao Barcelona os melhores anos de sua história. O jornalista Martí Perarnau, no entanto, obteve do... Read more

All Roads Home

By: Bryan Trottier

Narrated by: Sheldon Elter, Jesse Thistle, Lindsy Ruthven & ...

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Canada's most decorated Indigenous athlete.

Over the course of his incredible career, Bryan Trottier set a new standard of hockey excellence. A seven-time Stanley Cup champion (four with the New York Islanders, two with the... Read more

The Bushcraft Essentials Field Guide

By: Dave Canterbury

Narrated by: Travis Tonn

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn everything you need to know about outdoor survival so you can make it through any situation from top bushcraft expert and New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury.

For years, Dave Canterbury has been teaching outdoor enthusiasts how to survive in the wild, and truly enjoy the experience. The Bushcraft Essentials Field Guide... Read more

Winning Golf

By: Dr. Saul L. Miller

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"In this book, Dr. Saul L. Miller, one of the world’s leading sports psychologists, describes eight of the most common problems limiting golfing performance and, in the process, gives listeners powerful, practical techniques to overcome these challenges. With his guidance, you’ll learn the performance mindset and emotional management to play... Read more

Baseball's Best Ever

By: Ira Berkow

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 16 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

So begins Baseball's Best Ever. Encompassing a selection of some one hundred columns and featured stories written over fifty-plus years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Berkow share stories on some of the greatest baseball players to ever grace the diamond. But rather than snippets and information known to anyone following the game, Berkow... Read more

Summer of '49

By: David Halberstam

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

David Halberstam's classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royal between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the hearts of a nation.



The year was 1949, and a war-wearied nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the... Read more

The Last Folk Hero

By: Jeff Pearlman

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 21 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definitive biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson.
From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed.... Read more

El 86

By: Francisco Javier González

Narrated by: Francisco Javier González

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

El mejor mundial de la historia ocurrió en México. El mejor gol, la mejor afición, el hombre que se deshizo de medio equipo… Dios mismo extendió la mano en el Azteca para anotar y crear historia. La Copa del Mundo de 1986 nos regaló color, pasión y jugadores que hasta los más agnósticos reconocen como eternos: Platini, Hugo Sánchez, Maradona.... Read more

Guerrilla Gardening

By: David Tracey

Narrated by: David Tracey

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A guide to greening cities -- with or without permissionThe term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty. Once an... Read more

Running While Black

By: Alison Mariella Désir

Narrated by: Alison Mariella Désir

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimagine the industry

“Runners know that running brings us to ourselves. But for Black people, the simple act of running has never been so simple. It is a declaration of the right to move through the world. If running is claiming public space, why, then,... Read more

How Am I Doing?

By: Dr. Corey Yeager

Narrated by: Dr. Corey Yeager & Cade Cunningham

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is hard. But it gets a whole lot easier when you start to talk it out. In How Am I Doing?, you're invited into a series of conversations with yourself to improve your mental health as you discover your purpose, honor your story, and explore who you want to be.Dr. Corey Yeager, psychotherapist for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and most recently... Read more

Apretaos el cinturón, que nos lo pasaremos bien

By: Jordi Llauradó & Jaume Llaurado

Narrated by: Carles Sianes

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Futbolistas, entrenadores, presidentes, artistas, políticos, periodistas, escritores e incluso adversarios han acuñado expresiones y reflexiones relacionadas con el FC Barcelona. Algunas hicieron fortuna y, con el paso del tiempo, se anclaron para siempre en el imaginario azulgrana. Otras, con menor recorrido, generaron puntual expectación y... Read more

The Foot Fix

By: Yamuna Zake

Narrated by: Kathleen Li

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This book will empower you to get your feet functioning as they should do, without any medical intervention. Includes a four-week plan of quick-and-easy exercises to get your feet back into shape, plus solutions for specific foot issues, from plantar fasciitis to fallen arches.



The book offers an easy-to-follow four-week program of routines that... Read more

The Blood and Guts

By: Tyler Dunne

Narrated by: Alan Carlson

Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive guide to the real men of the gridiron: NFL tight ends.

There is no profession in sports like the NFL tight end. None. You must mash 320-pound defensive ends in the run game. You must twist your torso at impossible angles to make acrobatic catches downfield in the pass game. You must have a certain element of crazy to you, too. The... Read more

The 5 Principles

By: Khnum 'Stic' Ibomu

Narrated by: Khnum 'Stic' Ibomu

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This motivational and practical book guides readers through one man's life-saving quest for health and wellness in body, mind, and spirit. 

Award-winning rapper, producer, and champion of healthy living — Khnum Ibomu, widely known as ‘Stic’ from the revolutionary but gangsta hip-hop duo, dead prez, has inspired millions with his music and... Read more

Logan Martin

By: Logan Martin

Narrated by: Kurt Ramjan

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the top storylines from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was the brigade of bandits from Australia throwing down at the freestyle park for the inaugural action-sports events - in particular the young gun from Logan City, Queensland, who took the gold medal off the table before his competitors knew what had happened.

But there's been nothing easy... Read more