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  • Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography cover art

    • Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography

    • By: Jordan Henderson
    • Narrated by: Jordan Henderson, Mark Stobbart
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 173 ratings

    • 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....

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    • This Is the Life

    • Days and Nights in the GAA
    • By: Ciarán Murphy
    • Narrated by: Ciarán Murphy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 21-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

    • The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life takes a witty and provocative look at grassroots GAA....

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  • Football and How to Survive It cover art

    • Football and How to Survive It

    • By: Pat Nevin
    • Narrated by: Pat Nevin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

    • Football and How to Survive It is a real one-off, uncovering the sport in all its complex, confusing and calamitous glory....

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  • The Dirtiest Race in History cover art

    • The Dirtiest Race in History

    • Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100M Final
    • By: Richard Moore
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 23-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 159 ratings
    • The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest....

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  • To the Limit cover art

    • To the Limit

    • The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas
    • By: Michael Crawley
    • Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • In a world where we are having to work harder than ever before, where talk of ‘burnout’ is everywhere and where pressures increase in many areas of our lives, some of us are turning to endurance sport and extreme challenges.

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  • Dear England cover art

    • Dear England

    • The Real Story of the Three Lions Rebirth
    • By: Jonathan Northcroft, Rob Draper
    • Narrated by: Colin Mace
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • Dear England: The Real Story of the Three Lions Rebirth delves into Southgate's turbulent journey to being hired as England manager, to his emergence as a waistcoated cult figure and becoming the country's most successful manager since Sir Alf Ramsey....

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    • The Lost Lionesses

    • By: Gail Emms
    • Narrated by: Gail Emms
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 26-09-24
    • Language: English
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    • A captivating and moving account of the first England women's football team that took part in the 1971 World Cup - detailing the injustice faced by those who took part and its effect on the women's game as a whole.

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    • Take Back the Game

    • How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters
    • By: Linda Flanagan
    • Narrated by: Abby Craden
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 23-08-22
    • Language: English
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    • Some 75% of American families want their kids to play sports. Athletics are training grounds for character, friendship, and connection; at their best, sports insulate kids from hardship and prepare them for adult life....

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    • The Mannings

    • The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
    • By: Lars Anderson
    • Narrated by: Ian Alan Carlsen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 23-08-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • From New York Times best-selling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football....

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  • Going to the Match: The Passion for Football cover art

    • Going to the Match: The Passion for Football

    • The Perfect Gift for Football Fans
    • By: Duncan Hamilton
    • Narrated by: David Mounfield
    • Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 28-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

    • A massive audience in sitting rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there....

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  • Red on Red cover art

    • Red on Red

    • Liverpool, Manchester United and the Fiercest Rivalry in World Football
    • By: Phil McNulty, Jim White
    • Narrated by: Luke Francis
    • Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

    • Red on Red tells the story of the most contested fixture in world football....

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  • The People's Game: How to Save Football cover art

    • The People's Game: How to Save Football

    • A View From a Front Seat in Football
    • By: Gary Neville
    • Narrated by: Mark Hadfield
    • Length: 9 hrs
    • Release date: 15-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 81 ratings

    • A passionate and personal account of how football has lost its soul by former player and leading pundit, Gary Neville....

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  • Those About to Die cover art

    • Those About to Die

    • By: Daniel P. Mannix
    • Narrated by: Brian P. Craig
    • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 27-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • Putting the games in the context of Rome's rise and dramatic fall, Mannix captures all the history, planning, and savage pageantry that went into creating the first spectator sports.

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    • League of Denial

    • The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth
    • By: Mark Fainaru-Wada, Steve Fainaru
    • Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
    • Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

    • Everyone knows that football is violent and dangerous. But what the players who built the NFL into a $10 billion industry didn’t know—and what the league sought to shield from them—is that no amount of padding could protect the human brain from the force generated by modern football....

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    • Bundle the Bodybuilding Bible for Men 1 & 2

    • Guidebook to Building Men’s Muscles in a Short Time. Body Confidence, Mass Nutrition, Exercises Tips that Truly Make an Impact to Bodybuilding Results
    • By: Henrik Mulford
    • Narrated by: Audio Reunion, Kelly Rhodes
    • Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 18-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • Are you ready to join the club? If your desire is to build a stronger and well-chiseled body naturally without steroids; then this is the book for you! It will not only enable you shape the body of your dreams, but it will also empower you to stay the course....

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    • The Big Time

    • How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America
    • By: Michael MacCambridge
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • Every decade brings change, but as Michael MacCambridge chronicles in The Big Time, no decade in American sports history featured such convulsive cultural shifts as the 1970s....

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  • A Journey Through the Cycling Year cover art

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  • Fever Pitch cover art

    • Fever Pitch

    • The Rise of the Premier League 1992-2004
    • By: Paul McCarthy, Alan Shearer - foreword
    • Narrated by: Simon Darwen
    • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 29-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

    • The incredible first 12 years of the premier league as told by the legends who were there....

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  • The Competitive Buddha cover art

    • The Competitive Buddha

    • How to Up Your Game in Sports, Leadership and Life
    • By: Jerry Lynch, Steve Kerr - foreword
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 13-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • The Competitive Buddha is about mastery, leadership, and spirituality. Learn what you need to keep, what you need to discard, and what you need to add to your mental, emotional, and spiritual skill set as an athlete, coach, leader, parent, CEO, or any other performer in life....

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    • Start by Believing

    • Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions that Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster
    • By: John Barr, Dan Murphy
    • Narrated by: John Barr, Dan Murphy, Chloe Cannon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 14-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

    • The definitive, devastating account of the largest sex abuse scandal in American sports history - with new details and insights into the institutional failures, as well as the bravery that brought it to light....

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