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  • Deep Survival

  • True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death
  • Written by: Laurence Gonzales
  • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
  • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 158
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 141
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 141

This audiobook will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Interesting with insights into survivors mindset

  • By Maral D. on 2018-09-18
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  • How to Think Like a Fish

  • And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
  • Written by: Jeremy Wade
  • Narrated by: Jeremy Wade
  • Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 17
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 17

The star of the Discovery Channel's River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters shares a meditation on fishing--and life. In his bestselling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorably recounted his adventures on six continents in pursuit of...

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Incredibly Entertaining!

  • By Anonymous0011 on 2022-09-23
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  • Soccernomics (2026 World Cup Edition)

  • Why European Men and American Women Usually Win—and American Men Don’t (Yet)
  • Written by: Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
  • Length: 14 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Story
    0 out of 5 stars 0

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from...

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  • The Boys of Summer

  • The Classic Narrative of Growing Up Within Shouting Distance of Ebbets Field, Covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and What's Happened to Everybody Since
  • Written by: Roger Kahn
  • Narrated by: Phil Gigante
  • Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Performance
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Story
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3

The classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what's happened to everybody since....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • Nice story - no connection to author.

  • By D Butcher on 2021-07-29
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  • Number Two

  • More Short Tales from a Very Tall Man
  • Written by: Jay Onrait
  • Narrated by: Jay Onrait
  • Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 43
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 39
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 39

From the twisted and juvenile mind that brought you the national best seller Anchorboy comes another rollicking collection of embarrassing stories that'll make you laugh....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • Disappointed

  • By Anonymous on 2020-07-30
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  • Unconscious Putting

  • Dave Stockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature Stroke
  • Written by: Dave Stockton, Matthew Rudy - contributor, Phil Mickelson - foreword
  • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
  • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 8
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8

In Unconscious Putting, Stockton shows how players at every handicap level - from pros to weekend golfers - can putt effortlessly and with confidence by integrating a new mental approach with a few simple physical routines that will keep them locked on target....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Putting Mastery

  • By David D on 2023-06-06
Deep Survival cover art
  • Deep Survival

  • True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death
  • Written by: Laurence Gonzales
  • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
  • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 158
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 141
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 141

This audiobook will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Interesting with insights into survivors mindset

  • By Maral D. on 2018-09-18
How to Think Like a Fish cover art
  • How to Think Like a Fish

  • And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
  • Written by: Jeremy Wade
  • Narrated by: Jeremy Wade
  • Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 17
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 17

The star of the Discovery Channel's River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters shares a meditation on fishing--and life. In his bestselling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorably recounted his adventures on six continents in pursuit of...

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Incredibly Entertaining!

  • By Anonymous0011 on 2022-09-23
Soccernomics (2026 World Cup Edition) cover art
  • Soccernomics (2026 World Cup Edition)

  • Why European Men and American Women Usually Win—and American Men Don’t (Yet)
  • Written by: Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
  • Length: 14 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Story
    0 out of 5 stars 0

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from...

The Boys of Summer cover art
  • The Boys of Summer

  • The Classic Narrative of Growing Up Within Shouting Distance of Ebbets Field, Covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and What's Happened to Everybody Since
  • Written by: Roger Kahn
  • Narrated by: Phil Gigante
  • Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Performance
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Story
    3.5 out of 5 stars 3

The classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what's happened to everybody since....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • Nice story - no connection to author.

  • By D Butcher on 2021-07-29
Number Two cover art
  • Number Two

  • More Short Tales from a Very Tall Man
  • Written by: Jay Onrait
  • Narrated by: Jay Onrait
  • Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 43
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 39
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 39

From the twisted and juvenile mind that brought you the national best seller Anchorboy comes another rollicking collection of embarrassing stories that'll make you laugh....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • Disappointed

  • By Anonymous on 2020-07-30
Unconscious Putting cover art
  • Unconscious Putting

  • Dave Stockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature Stroke
  • Written by: Dave Stockton, Matthew Rudy - contributor, Phil Mickelson - foreword
  • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
  • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 8
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8

In Unconscious Putting, Stockton shows how players at every handicap level - from pros to weekend golfers - can putt effortlessly and with confidence by integrating a new mental approach with a few simple physical routines that will keep them locked on target....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Putting Mastery

  • By David D on 2023-06-06
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  • The Football 100

  • Written by: The Athletic
  • Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
  • Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0
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From The Athletic, powerhouse of sports reporting, comes the definitive story of the greatest football players of all time. It is a question that has bedeviled football fans for generations: Who’s the best? Of the more than 25,000 men who have suited up during the NFL’s century of existence...

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  • Training for the New Alpinism

  • A Manual for the Climber as Athlete
  • Written by: Steve House, Scott Johnston, Mark Twight - foreword
  • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
  • Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 16
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13

In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of US national champions and World Cup Nordic skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • a gem of a book

  • By mvrekic on 2021-07-16
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  • Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?

  • A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors
  • Written by: Bill Heavey
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 6
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 6
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 6

For more than 20 years, Heavey has staked a claim as one of America's best sportsmen writers. This new collection gathers together a wide range of his best work....

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  • Paper Lion

  • Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
  • Written by: George Plimpton, Nicholas Dawidoff - introduction
  • Narrated by: Dan Woren
  • Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 2
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory...

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  • Secrets of Sports Psychology Revealed

  • Proven Techniques to Elevate Your Performance
  • Written by: Rick Wolff
  • Narrated by: Rick Wolff
  • Length: 5 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 4
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 3
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 3

This audiobook by Rick Wolff, one of the pioneers in the field of sports psychology, is based upon his many years of clinical, hands-on work with top professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports. He provides real insight into what does - and doesn’t - work....

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  • The Longest Silence

  • A Life in FIshing
  • Written by: Thomas McGuane
  • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
  • Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts comes a collection of alternately playful and exquisite essays—including seven collected here for the first time—borne of a lifetime spent fishing....

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  • Got Your Legends

  • Ranking America’s Sports Franchises and Their Most Iconic Figures
  • Written by: Mike Greenberg, Paul Hembekides
  • Narrated by: Mike Greenberg, Paul Hembekides
  • Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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In the four biggest American sports leagues, 124 franchises vie for the crown of greatest of all. Only one can sit atop the throne. Now for the first time ever, Got Your Legends ranks all of the franchises and explains which teams are legendary, or unique, or exciting, or tragic . . . or laughable.

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  • Uplifted

  • The Evolution of a Climbing Life
  • Written by: Sonnie Trotter
  • Narrated by: Sonnie Trotter
  • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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How is a person changed by commitment to their passion, and how does their commitment change over time? These are questions that esteemed climber Sonnie Trotter asks as he reflects on the most thrilling adventures of his sport and his life.

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  • The Cost of These Dreams

  • Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
  • Written by: Wright Thompson
  • Narrated by: Wright Thompson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 7
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 7
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 6

From one of America's most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports....

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  • Death in the Afternoon

  • Written by: Ernest Hemingway
  • Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
  • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 7
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 7
  • Story
    3.5 out of 5 stars 7

Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • instruction manual on how to see a bullfight

  • By Robert H. on 2025-03-24
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  • A River Never Sleeps

  • Written by: Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • Narrated by: Phil Williams
  • Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 6
  • Performance
    3.5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 4

Roderick L. Haig-Brown writes of fishing not just as a sport, but also as an art. He knows moving water and the life within it - its subtlest mysteries and perpetual delights....

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  • Expensive Basketball

  • Written by: Shea Serrano
  • Narrated by: Cary Hite
  • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things), a clever and inventive examination of some of basketball's most iconic players, moments, games, and more. Everything in basketball is measured. Everything in basketball is counted, and...

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  • Le Camino seule, enfin presque

  • 38 jours et 1000 km sur le chemin de Compostelle
  • Written by: CAM DEWOODS
  • Narrated by: Estelle Lafont
  • Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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Partir sur Compostelle pour trouver les réponses à toutes ses questions. Seule, huit kilos sur le dos, et l'espoir d'en ressortir grandie.

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  • Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

  • Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf
  • Written by: Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake
  • Narrated by: Jack Whitaker
  • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
  • Abridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 20
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 20

Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he was eight years old, caddying at the Austin, Texas, Country Club. Eight decades later...

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Really good

  • By Aaron Hampel on 2023-04-23
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  • Straight Shooter

  • A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
  • Written by: Stephen A. Smith
  • Narrated by: Stephen A. Smith
  • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 28
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 18
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 18

AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE America’s most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this “raw, deeply authentic, and immensely entertaining” (Bob Iger, #1 New York Times bestselling author and CEO of The Walt Disney Company) book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhibited...

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Surprisingly good.

  • By Jordan on 2023-12-28
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  • The Believer

  • A Year in the Fly Fishing Life
  • Written by: David Coggins
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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In The Optimist, David Coggins tackled the techniques of fly-fishing and meditated on its virtues, recounting his triumphs and failures. Now, in The Believer, he deftly mixes travel, local cultures, further fishing challenges, and details his own experience as life and love crowd his time to fish.

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  • Never Sniff a Gift Fish

  • Written by: Patrick McManus
  • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
  • Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 19
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 15
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 15

In the chapters of Never Sniff a Gift Fish, McManus will teach you the wisdom that is usually shared only in the close ranks of modern-day hunters and gatherers....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • If you liked a Christmas story you’ll love McManus

  • By DJT on 2021-02-10
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  • Winning Fixes Everything

  • How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess
  • Written by: Evan Drellich
  • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
  • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 4

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself. Baseball, that old romantic game...

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • The seedy underbelly of baseball, exposed.

  • By NormP on 2023-10-28
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  • Kiss or Kill

  • Confessions of a Serial Climber
  • Written by: Mark Twight
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
  • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 18
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 16
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 16

Sit back and join the ride with this collection of edge-of-your-seat climbing stories by Mark Twight, aka Dr. Doom....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Raw

  • By Sam on 2019-02-07
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  • Hunting Camp 52: Tales from a North Woods Deer Camp

  • Written by: John Marvin Hanson
  • Narrated by: Kevin Meyer
  • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 8
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 5
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 5

Meet the Jolly Boys - five men from northern Wisconsin who built a deer hunting shack in 1955 and established a tradition that has now lasted over six decades. Hunting Camp 52, affectionately known as Blue Heaven, is a place where every trail, rock, and ravine has its own nickname....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Hunting Heritage At Its Best

  • By Andrew on 2020-08-21
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  • Over Time

  • My Life as a Sportswriter
  • Written by: Frank Deford
  • Narrated by: Frank Deford
  • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium....

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  • Fly Fishing in a Thunderstorm

  • Written by: Michael Boyajian
  • Narrated by: Omair Irshad Hasan
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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Join the author as he recalls his greatest fishing stories. Sound interesting? Listen to find out more....

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  • Deep Blue

  • Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure and Survival (Unabridged Selections)
  • Written by: Patrick O'Brian, Farley Mowat, more
  • Narrated by: Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, Nick Sampson, and others
  • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
  • Unabridged
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For those who dare, things often go wrong on the sea. Deep Blue offers some of literature's greatest stories about the ocean...

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  • Still Life with Brook Trout

  • Written by: John Gierach
  • Narrated by: David Colacci
  • Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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From an acknowledged master of fishing writers comes a collection of brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general....

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