Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Rising

By: Sharon Wood

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rising, Wood reflects on the seventy days she spent on Everest and on the pivotal experiences and influences that brought her to that staggeringly beautiful and austere corner of the world. Beyond the physical hardships, she faced personal challenges as an outlier in the male bastion of Himalayan climbing. These were compounded by the vexing... Read more

Slow AF Run Club

By: Martinus Evans

Narrated by: Martinus Evans

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A practical guide and a celebration of running for runners of all sizes and athletic ability, from the founder of the Slow AF Run Club.

Ten years ago, Martinus Evans got some stern advice from his doctor: “Lose weight or die.” First defensive, but then defiant, Evans vowed that day to run a marathon, though his doctor thought he was crazy. Since... Read more

Unmoored

By: J. R. Roessl

Narrated by: J. R. Roessl

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s the sixties. Everything’s groovy. Teenagers bask in the freedom of a country transformed. Counterculture is on the rise, and the times, they-are-a-changing. Everything, that is, except the author’s young life. She doesn’t swoon for the Beatles or scream for the Stones. She doesn’t protest the Vietnam War or fight for women’s rights.... Read more

The Shotgun Conservationist

By: Brant MacDuff

Narrated by: Brant MacDuff

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

At the intersection of hunting and conservation, a man shares his personal journey from staunch anti-hunter to compassionate, ethical hunter, weaving together a larger history of humans, animals, the environment, and our food systems.

The Shotgun Conservationist doesn’t teach us how to hunt, it explores why we should hunt. As public lands remain... Read more

In the Shadow of the Mountain

By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Narrated by: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert

This audiobook is read by the author.

"Through her narration, Vasquez-Lavado, whose first language... Read more

Running Is a Kind of Dreaming

By: J. M. Thompson

Narrated by: Samuel Roukin

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life.“Voluntary or involuntary?” asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was... Read more

Seed to Dust

By: Marc Hamer

Narrated by: Owen Teale

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Late Migrations and H is for Hawk

A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, " that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere. . . Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing."—Shelf Awareness (STARRED Review)

"With chapters. . . [that] shimmer like lantern slides, lit with luminous imagery. . . Seed... Read more

The Eagle Huntress

By: Aisholpan Nurgaiv

Narrated by: Alexa Khan

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in—and win—one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions.
 In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York... Read more

Commander in Cheat

By: Rick Reilly

Narrated by: Rick Reilly

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming."-- The New Yorker
"Golf is the spine of this shocking, wildly humorous book, but humanity is its flesh and spirit." -- Chicago Sun-Times

"Every one of Trump's most disgusting qualities... Read more

Chesapeake Requiem

By: Earl Swift

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post, NPR, Outside, Smithsonian, Popular Science, Bloomberg, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Review of Books, Science Friday, and Kirkus ""BEAUTIFUL, HAUNTING AND... Read more

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube

By: Blair Braverman

Narrated by: Blair Braverman

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman confronting her fears and finding home in the North.Blair Braverman fell in love with the North at an early age: By the time she was nineteen, she had left her home in California, moved to Norway to learn how to drive sled dogs, and worked as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska.By turns funny and... Read more

The Cruelest Miles

By: Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

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

She Persisted: Naomi Osaka

By: Kekla Magoon & Chelsea Clinton

Narrated by: Angel Pean

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including Naomi Osaka!

Naomi Osaka grew up in Japan and the US, with one foot in each place. But wherever she was, she loved to play tennis—and she worked hard at it too,... Read more

Another Step Up the Mountain

By: Dianette Wells

Narrated by: Hillary Huber & Pete Cross

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A True Story of Triumph Over Adversity and the Loss of a Child In this gripping memoir, learn the true story of how mountaineering and extreme sports enthusiast Dianette Wells endures the devastating loss of her son and learns to balance motherhood with a life of extreme adventure. Climbing over adversity. In her groundbreaking memoir, Another... Read more

King of the World

By: David Remnick

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali—with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie

On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing... Read more

Three Kings

By: Todd Balf

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sportsEven today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of... Read more

I am Jesse Owens

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Langston Darby, Darius Johnson, Sean Kenin Elia...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Just in time for the Summer Olympics, this 33rd book in the New York Times bestselling biography series for ages 5 to 9 features one of the greatest runners in track and field history.

Before Jesse Owens was an Olympic gold medalist, he was a poor kid in a big family. When his speed caught the eye of one of his high school teachers, he began to... Read more

Dans la tête des champions

By: Thierry Pick & Mickaël Romezy

Narrated by: Simon Jeannin

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Le sport joue un rôle essentiel dans le développement humain et la cohésion sociale. En s'inspirant du parcours de vie de sportifs de haut niveau, quels enseignements pouvons-nous tirer pour notre développement personnel ? Quelles implications pour le monde de l'entreprise ? Dans cet ouvrage, dix-huit sportifs et acteurs du secteur racontent... Read more

The House of Beckham

By: Tom Bower

Narrated by: Ciaran Saward

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

For fans and watchers of the Beckham Netflix documentary who want the rest of the story—an explosive tell-all account of the real lives of David and Victoria Beckham.As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple have together built a... Read more

Swimming Pretty

By: Vicki Valosik

Narrated by: Sarah Welborn

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"If you're not strong enough to swim fast, you're probably not strong enough to swim 'pretty,'" said a young Esther Williams to theater impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers—none more so than synchronized... Read more

Paddleways of Mississippi

By: Ernest Herndon & Patrick Parker

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the state's geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics. Mississippi's paddleways—its rivers, rills, creeks, and streams—are its arteries, its lifeblood, and the connective tissues that tie its stories and histories together and flood them with a sense of place and impel them... Read more

Soil and Spirit

By: Scott Chaskey

Narrated by: Scott Chaskey

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

As a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shaped by daily attention to the earth. A leader in the international Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, he has combined a longstanding commitment to food sovereignty and organic farming with a belief that humble attention to microbial life and diversity of... Read more

The Boys of Everest

By: Clint Willis

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 15 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This gripping account of courage, achievement, and heartbreaking loss tells the story of Bonington's Boys, a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. The boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington's inner circle included a dozen of the most renowned climbers, who took increasingly... Read more

The Garden of Memories

By: Amanda James

Narrated by: Elaine Claxton

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

People are like flowers. If you give them the right environment in which to grow, they bloom. 'Charming' Katie Fforde, Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller With nothing but time on her hands, retired nurse Rose Lanyon finds herself drawn to the garden that had once been her husband’s pride and... Read more