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If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enArtsCopyright Theo Kiehnhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/025bc4d5322a02062f6f06ef09db1ddb.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/get-your-favorite-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-sports--6572453Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:57:09 +0000Theo KiehnTheo Kiehnfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/286/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/286/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we provide you with a rich resource. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and experience. You can listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices, making learning easier than ever. Don't miss the opportunity to improve yourself with us! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-said-it-couldn-t-be-done-the-69-mets-new-york-city-and-the-most-astounding-season-in-baseball-history-by-wayne-coffey--65128809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History Author: Wayne Coffey Narrator: Gary Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 26, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “One of sports’ most storied championship teams gets its proper due” (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets from the New York Times bestselling author of The Boys of Winter.   “If you want to know what it was like to live and witness a baseball miracle in tumultuous times, this book is for you.”—Ron Darling, former New York Mets All-Star and bestselling author of Game 7, 1986   The story of the 1969 New York Mets’ season has long since entered sports lore as one of the most remarkable of all time. But beyond the “miracle” is a compelling narrative of an unlikely collection of players and the hallowed manager who inspired them to greatness. For the fiftieth anniversary, renowned sports journalist Wayne Coffey brings to life a moment when a championship could descend on a city like magic, and when a baseball legend was authored one inning at a time.   Future Hall of Fame ace Tom Seaver snagged the biggest headlines, but the enduring richness of the story lies in the core of a team comprised of untested youngsters, lightly regarded veterans, and four Southern-born African-American stalwarts who came of age in the shadow of Jackie Robinson. Most of the Mets regulars were improbable candidates for baseball stardom. The number two starting pitcher, Jerry Koosman, grew up on a Minnesota farm, never played high-school ball, and was only discovered because of a tip from a Mets’ usher. Outfielder Ron Swoboda was known for long home runs and piles of strikeouts, until he turned into a glove wizard when it mattered most.   All of these men were galvanized by their manager: the sainted former Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges, whose fundamental belief in the power of every man on the roster, no matter his stats, helped backup players like Al Weis and J.C. Martin become October heroes. As the Mets powered through the season to reach a World Series against the best-in-a-generation Baltimore Orioles, Hodges’s steady hand guided a team that had very recently been the league laughingstock to an improbable, electrifying shot at sports immortality.   “A must-read for not just for Mets fans, but all baseball fans who will appreciate what indeed was the most astounding season in baseball history.”—Ken Rosenthal, two-time Sports Emmy winner for Outstanding Sports Reporter]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343599Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History Author: Wayne Coffey Narrator: Gary...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History Author: Wayne Coffey Narrator: Gary Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 26, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “One of sports’ most storied championship teams gets its proper due” (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets from the New York Times bestselling author of The Boys of Winter.   “If you want to know what it was like to live and witness a baseball miracle in tumultuous times, this book is for you.”—Ron Darling, former New York Mets All-Star and bestselling author of Game 7, 1986   The story of the 1969 New York Mets’ season has long since entered sports lore as one of the most remarkable of all time. But beyond the “miracle” is a compelling narrative of an unlikely collection of players and the hallowed manager who inspired them to greatness. For the fiftieth anniversary, renowned sports journalist Wayne Coffey brings to life a moment when a championship could descend on a city like magic, and when a baseball legend was authored one inning at a time.   Future Hall of Fame ace Tom Seaver snagged the biggest headlines, but the enduring richness of the story lies in the core of a team comprised of untested youngsters, lightly regarded veterans, and four Southern-born African-American stalwarts who came of age in the shadow of Jackie Robinson. Most of the Mets regulars were improbable candidates for baseball stardom. The number two starting pitcher, Jerry Koosman, grew up on a Minnesota farm, never played high-school ball, and was only discovered because of a tip from a Mets’ usher. Outfielder Ron Swoboda was known for long home runs and piles of strikeouts, until he turned into a glove wizard when it mattered most.   All of these men were galvanized by their manager: the sainted former Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges, whose fundamental belief in the power of every man on the roster, no matter his stats, helped backup players like Al Weis and J.C. Martin become October heroes. As the Mets powered through the season to reach a World Series against the best-in-a-generation Baltimore Orioles, Hodges’s steady hand guided a team that had very recently been the league laughingstock to an improbable, electrifying shot at sports immortality.   “A must-read for not just for Mets fans, but all baseball fans who will appreciate what indeed was the most astounding season in baseball history.”—Ken Rosenthal, two-time Sports Emmy winner for Outstanding Sports Reporter]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-marathons-what-i-learned-about-faith-identity-running-and-life-from-my-marathon-career-by-scott-douglas-meb-keflezighi--65128793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career Author: Scott Douglas, Meb Keflezighi Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A world-class runner and four-time Olympian shares the life lessons he’s learned from each of the twenty-six marathons he’s run in his storied career.  “An athlete whose wisdom and lessons aren’t just for runners.”—The Washington Post When Meb Keflezighi—the first person in history to win both the Boston and New York City marathons as well as an Olympic marathon medal—ran his final marathon in New York City on November 5, 2017, it marked the end of an extraordinary distance-running career.  Meb's last marathon was also his twenty-sixth, and each of those marathons has come with its own unique challenges, rewards, and outcomes. In 26 Marathons, Meb takes readers on those legendary races, along every hill, bend, and unexpected turn of events that made each marathon an exceptional learning experience, and a fascinating story. 26 Marathons offers the wisdom Meb has gleaned about life, family, identity, and faith in addition to tips about running, training, and nutrition. He shows runners of all levels how to apply the lessons he's learned to their own running and lives. Equal parts inspiration and practical advice, 26 Marathons provides an inside look at the life and success of one of the greatest runners living today. Praise for 26 Marathons “26 Marathons is a swift read, guaranteed to be popular with student athletes plus hard-core and recreational runners, who will undoubtedly agree that Meb is an American treasure and running ambassador who never fails to inspire.”—Booklist (starred review) “26 Marathons gives great insight about the ups and downs in marathon running and how to cope with them. As Meb shows, dealing with these marathon experiences help us become better in our lives.”—Eliud Kipchoge, Marathon World Record Holder and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist “Meb’s 26 Marathons is like opening a treasure chest full of inspiring stories that give behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mental and physical joys and obstacles that elite-level racing can bring. His advice on training, overcoming injuries, and adversity is for everyone. It’s pure gold!”—Shalane Flanagan, 2017 TCS NYC Marathon Champion]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343585Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career Author: Scott Douglas, Meb Keflezighi Narrator: Holter...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career Author: Scott Douglas, Meb Keflezighi Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A world-class runner and four-time Olympian shares the life lessons he’s learned from each of the twenty-six marathons he’s run in his storied career.  “An athlete whose wisdom and lessons aren’t just for runners.”—The Washington Post When Meb Keflezighi—the first person in history to win both the Boston and New York City marathons as well as an Olympic marathon medal—ran his final marathon in New York City on November 5, 2017, it marked the end of an extraordinary distance-running career.  Meb's last marathon was also his twenty-sixth, and each of those marathons has come with its own unique challenges, rewards, and outcomes. In 26 Marathons, Meb takes readers on those legendary races, along every hill, bend, and unexpected turn of events that made each marathon an exceptional learning experience, and a fascinating story. 26 Marathons offers the wisdom Meb has gleaned about life, family, identity, and faith in addition to tips about running, training, and nutrition. He shows runners of all levels how to apply the lessons he's learned to their own running and lives. Equal parts inspiration and practical advice, 26 Marathons provides an inside look at the life and success of one of the greatest runners living today. Praise for 26 Marathons “26 Marathons is a swift read, guaranteed to be popular with student athletes plus hard-core and recreational runners, who will undoubtedly agree that Meb is an American treasure and running ambassador who never fails to inspire.”—Booklist (starred review) “26 Marathons gives great insight about the ups and downs in marathon running and how to cope with them. As Meb shows, dealing with these marathon experiences help us become better in our lives.”—Eliud Kipchoge, Marathon World Record Holder and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist “Meb’s 26 Marathons is like opening a treasure chest full of inspiring stories that give behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mental and physical joys and obstacles that elite-level racing can bring. His advice on training, overcoming injuries, and adversity is for everyone. It’s pure gold!”—Shalane Flanagan, 2017 TCS NYC Marathon Champion]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/liferider-heart-body-soul-and-life-beyond-the-ocean-by-laird-hamilton-julian-borra--65128804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean Author: Laird Hamilton, Julian Borra Narrator: Julian Borra, Gabrielle Reece, Elijah Allan-Blitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Surfing icon Laird Hamilton offers inspiration to anyone who wants to elevate their ordinary, landlocked lives to do extraordinary things.   “When Laird Hamilton surfs, you must watch. When he speaks, I listen. And when he writes a book, I’m damn sure gonna read it. Twice.”—Eddie Vedder, Grammy Award–winning lead vocalist of Pearl Jam   Millions of us increasingly seek happiness in fads and self-help books, reaching upward every day toward some enlightened state that we wish to attain. Laird Hamilton is more intent on looking inward and appreciating the brilliant creatures we already are. In Liferider, Laird uses five key pillars—Death & Fear, Heart, Body, Soul, and Everything Is Connected—to illustrate his unique worldview and life practices.   This is Laird Hamilton in his own words—raw, honest, and unvarnished—on topics he has rarely explored before. Based on extensive interviews and conversations between Laird and his coauthor, Julian Borra, with additional insights from Laird’s wife, pro-volleyball player Gabby Reece, Liferider takes on human resilience, relationships, business, technology, risk-taking, and the importance of respecting the natural world, all through the lens of Laird’s extraordinary life both in and beyond the ocean. Praise for Liferider “Laird is a hero, if you want him to be. That’s up to your perception. He challenges himself, and he challenges those around him. He shows us that the deeper we puncture into life, the more vibrant the colors get. The Laird Hamilton I know—real, faulty, moody, deeply loving, and communal—comes through on every page of Liferider.”—Josh Brolin, Award-Winning Actor   “Laird Hamilton is a true individualist unafraid to carve his own path. These thoughtful mediations offer a unique window — illuminating and inspiring — into one of America's great innovators.”—Rory Kennedy, Documentary Filmmaker]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343567Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean Author: Laird Hamilton, Julian Borra Narrator: Julian Borra, Gabrielle Reece, Elijah...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean Author: Laird Hamilton, Julian Borra Narrator: Julian Borra, Gabrielle Reece, Elijah Allan-Blitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Surfing icon Laird Hamilton offers inspiration to anyone who wants to elevate their ordinary, landlocked lives to do extraordinary things.   “When Laird Hamilton surfs, you must watch. When he speaks, I listen. And when he writes a book, I’m damn sure gonna read it. Twice.”—Eddie Vedder, Grammy Award–winning lead vocalist of Pearl Jam   Millions of us increasingly seek happiness in fads and self-help books, reaching upward every day toward some enlightened state that we wish to attain. Laird Hamilton is more intent on looking inward and appreciating the brilliant creatures we already are. In Liferider, Laird uses five key pillars—Death & Fear, Heart, Body, Soul, and Everything Is Connected—to illustrate his unique worldview and life practices.   This is Laird Hamilton in his own words—raw, honest, and unvarnished—on topics he has rarely explored before. Based on extensive interviews and conversations between Laird and his coauthor, Julian Borra, with additional insights from Laird’s wife, pro-volleyball player Gabby Reece, Liferider takes on human resilience, relationships, business, technology, risk-taking, and the importance of respecting the natural world, all through the lens of Laird’s extraordinary life both in and beyond the ocean. Praise for Liferider “Laird is a hero, if you want him to be. That’s up to your perception. He challenges himself, and he challenges those around him. He shows us that the deeper we puncture into life, the more vibrant the colors get. The Laird Hamilton I know—real, faulty, moody, deeply loving, and communal—comes through on every page of Liferider.”—Josh Brolin, Award-Winning Actor   “Laird Hamilton is a true individualist unafraid to carve his own path. These thoughtful mediations offer a unique window — illuminating and inspiring — into one of America's great innovators.”—Rory Kennedy, Documentary Filmmaker]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pounding-the-rock-basketball-dreams-and-real-life-in-a-bronx-high-school-by-marc-skelton--65128758https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School Author: Marc Skelton Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships--and learn Russian history and graduate and go on to college. In 2006, the Fannie Lou Hamer Panthers basketball team was 0-18. Since 2007, the year Marc Skelton, a New Hampshire native, took over as head coach, the Panthers' record has been 228-68, and they've won three Public School Athletic League championships and one statewide championship. This tiny 400-student school has become a powerhouse on the basketball court, as well as a public education success story and a symbol of the regeneration of its once blighted neighborhood.      In Pounding the Rock, Marc Skelton tells the thrilling story of the 2016-2017 season, as the Panthers seek to redeem an early exit from the playoffs the year before. But this is far more than a basketball story. It's a profile of a school that, against the odds, educates kids from the poorest congressional district in the country and sends the majority of them to college; of an unusual coach who studies the game with Talmudic intensity, demands as much of himself as he does of his players (a lot), and finds inspiration as much from Melville, Gogol, and Jacob Riis as from John Wooden; and of a squad of young men who battle against difficulties in life every day, and who don't know how to quit.      In a world of all too many downers, Pounding the Rock is one big up, on the court and off. All fans of basketball and of life will rise up and applaud.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343568Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School Author: Marc Skelton Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School Author: Marc Skelton Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships--and learn Russian history and graduate and go on to college. In 2006, the Fannie Lou Hamer Panthers basketball team was 0-18. Since 2007, the year Marc Skelton, a New Hampshire native, took over as head coach, the Panthers' record has been 228-68, and they've won three Public School Athletic League championships and one statewide championship. This tiny 400-student school has become a powerhouse on the basketball court, as well as a public education success story and a symbol of the regeneration of its once blighted neighborhood.      In Pounding the Rock, Marc Skelton tells the thrilling story of the 2016-2017 season, as the Panthers seek to redeem an early exit from the playoffs the year before. But this is far more than a basketball story. It's a profile of a school that, against the odds, educates kids from the poorest congressional district in the country and sends the majority of them to college; of an unusual coach who studies the game with Talmudic intensity, demands as much of himself as he does of his players (a lot), and finds inspiration as much from Melville, Gogol, and Jacob Riis as from John Wooden; and of a squad of young men who battle against difficulties in life every day, and who don't know how to quit.      In a world of all too many downers, Pounding the Rock is one big up, on the court and off. All fans of basketball and of life will rise up and applaud.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-fight-one-man-s-search-for-meaning-inside-the-ring-by-josh-rosenblatt--65128755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Fight: One Man’s Search for Meaning Inside the Ring Author: Josh Rosenblatt Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Finally, we can talk about Fight Club! or, A physical and philosophical mediation on why we are drawn to fight each other for sport, what happens to our bodies and brains when we do, and what it all means Anyone with guts or madness in him can get hit by someone who knows how; it takes a different kind of madness, a more persistent kind, to stick around long enough to be one of the people who does the knowing. Josh Rosenblatt was thirty-three years old when he first realized he wanted to fight. A lifelong pacifist with a philosopher’s hatred of violence and a dandy’s aversion to exercise, he drank to excess, smoked passionately, ate indifferently, and mocked physical activity that didn’t involve nudity. But deep down inside there was always some part of him that was attracted to the idea of fighting. So, after studying Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and boxing, he decided, at age forty, that it was finally time to fight his first—and only—mixed martial arts match: all in the name of experience and transcending ancient fears. An insightful and moving rumination on the nature of fighting, Why We Fight takes us on his journey from the bleachers to the ring. Using his own training as an opportunity to understand how the sport illuminates basic human impulses, Rosenblatt weaves together cultural history, criticism, biology, and anthropology to understand what happens to the human body and mind when under attack, and to explore why he, a self-described “cowardly boy from the suburbs,” discovered so much meaning in putting his body, and others’, at risk. From the psychology of fear to the physiology of pain, from Ukrainian shtetls to Brooklyn boxing gyms, from Lord Byron to George Plimpton, Why We Fight is a fierce inquiry into the abiding appeal of our most conflicted and controversial fixation, interwoven with a firsthand account of what happens when a mild-mannered intellectual decides to step into the ring for his first real showdown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345409Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Fight: One Man’s Search for Meaning Inside the Ring Author: Josh Rosenblatt Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Fight: One Man’s Search for Meaning Inside the Ring Author: Josh Rosenblatt Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Finally, we can talk about Fight Club! or, A physical and philosophical mediation on why we are drawn to fight each other for sport, what happens to our bodies and brains when we do, and what it all means Anyone with guts or madness in him can get hit by someone who knows how; it takes a different kind of madness, a more persistent kind, to stick around long enough to be one of the people who does the knowing. Josh Rosenblatt was thirty-three years old when he first realized he wanted to fight. A lifelong pacifist with a philosopher’s hatred of violence and a dandy’s aversion to exercise, he drank to excess, smoked passionately, ate indifferently, and mocked physical activity that didn’t involve nudity. But deep down inside there was always some part of him that was attracted to the idea of fighting. So, after studying Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and boxing, he decided, at age forty, that it was finally time to fight his first—and only—mixed martial arts match: all in the name of experience and transcending ancient fears. An insightful and moving rumination on the nature of fighting, Why We Fight takes us on his journey from the bleachers to the ring. Using his own training as an opportunity to understand how the sport illuminates basic human impulses, Rosenblatt weaves together cultural history, criticism, biology, and anthropology to understand what happens to the human body and mind when under attack, and to explore why he, a self-described “cowardly boy from the suburbs,” discovered so much meaning in putting his body, and others’, at risk. From the psychology of fear to the physiology of pain, from Ukrainian shtetls to Brooklyn boxing gyms, from Lord Byron to George Plimpton, Why We Fight is a fierce inquiry into the abiding appeal of our most conflicted and controversial fixation, interwoven with a firsthand account of what happens when a mild-mannered intellectual decides to step into the ring for his first real showdown.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sometimes-you-have-to-cross-when-it-says-don-t-walk-a-memoir-of-breaking-barriers-by-lesley-visser--65128769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says Don't Walk: A Memoir of Breaking Barriers Author: Lesley Visser Narrator: Lesley Visser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 15, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Lesley Visser is living proof that, no matter where you start, if you are motivated and passionate, your dreams can come true. When Lesley was 11, she told her mother that she wanted to be a sportswriter. The job didn’t exist for women in 1964, but her mother—instead of suggesting she become a teacher or a nurse—replied, 'Great! Sometimes you have to cross when it says, 'Don’t walk.'' That answer changed Lesley’s life. Even though no one had done it before, it gave her the strength and self-confidence to try—permission to cross against the light. When Lesley began, the credentials said, 'No Women or Children in the Press Box,' but she didn’t let that stop her. Lesley covered sports for more than 40 years, pioneering women’s journalistic presence in men’s professional sports, from inside the locker room to out on the field. She’s the first and only woman to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and to ever present the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl. And she’s the only sportscaster in history to have worked on the network broadcasts of the Final Four, Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Triple Crown, Olympics, U.S. Open, and the World Figure Skating Championship. Lesley currently appears on CBS’s 'We Need to Talk,' the first-ever nationally televised all-female weekly hour-long sports show. Lesley’s had her share of hurdles and stumbles. But with passion, perseverance, and dedication, she found a way to achieve her dream, learning valuable lessons along the way. (Hint: Humor goes further than anger, and no, we can’t all look like Beyoncé.) In Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says 'Don't Walk,' Lesley Visser shares her historic journey through the world of sports broadcasting with innate wisdom and good humor. For sports fans who grew up with Lesley, her memoir reads like a walk down memory lane, full of behind-the-camera, VIP-access stories involving John Madden, Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, Joe Torre, and many more famous sports figures. But even those hearing her story for the first time, no matter what their background, will be inspired to chase their dreams, blaze new trails, and pursue the life they want.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335250Sat, 15 Dec 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says Don't Walk: A Memoir of Breaking Barriers Author: Lesley Visser Narrator: Lesley Visser Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says Don't Walk: A Memoir of Breaking Barriers Author: Lesley Visser Narrator: Lesley Visser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 15, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Lesley Visser is living proof that, no matter where you start, if you are motivated and passionate, your dreams can come true. When Lesley was 11, she told her mother that she wanted to be a sportswriter. The job didn’t exist for women in 1964, but her mother—instead of suggesting she become a teacher or a nurse—replied, 'Great! Sometimes you have to cross when it says, 'Don’t walk.'' That answer changed Lesley’s life. Even though no one had done it before, it gave her the strength and self-confidence to try—permission to cross against the light. When Lesley began, the credentials said, 'No Women or Children in the Press Box,' but she didn’t let that stop her. Lesley covered sports for more than 40 years, pioneering women’s journalistic presence in men’s professional sports, from inside the locker room to out on the field. She’s the first and only woman to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and to ever present the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl. And she’s the only sportscaster in history to have worked on the network broadcasts of the Final Four, Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Triple Crown, Olympics, U.S. Open, and the World Figure Skating Championship. Lesley currently appears on CBS’s 'We Need to Talk,' the first-ever nationally televised all-female weekly hour-long sports show. Lesley’s had her share of hurdles and stumbles. But with passion, perseverance, and dedication, she found a way to achieve her dream, learning valuable lessons along the way. (Hint: Humor goes further than anger, and no, we can’t all look like Beyoncé.) In Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says 'Don't Walk,' Lesley Visser shares her historic journey through the world of sports broadcasting with innate wisdom and good humor. For sports fans who grew up with Lesley, her memoir reads like a walk down memory lane, full of behind-the-camera, VIP-access stories involving John Madden, Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, Joe Torre, and many more famous sports figures. But even those hearing her story for the first time, no matter what their background, will be inspired to chase their dreams, blaze new trails, and pursue the life they want.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-for-keeps-michael-jordan-and-the-world-he-made-by-david-halberstam--65128796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made Author: David Halberstam Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 1 minute Release date: December 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist comes “the best Jordan book so far” (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan’s legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team’s second three-peat. From The Breaks of the Game to Summer of ’49, David Halberstam has brought the perspective of a great historian, the insider knowledge of a dogged sportswriter, and the love of a fan to bear on some of the most mythic players and teams in the annals of American sports. With Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls he has given himself the greatest challenge and produced his greatest triumph. In Playing for Keeps, Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan’s epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan’s life that have shaped him in to history’s greatest basketball player and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344632Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made Author: David Halberstam Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made Author: David Halberstam Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 1 minute Release date: December 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist comes “the best Jordan book so far” (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan’s legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team’s second three-peat. From The Breaks of the Game to Summer of ’49, David Halberstam has brought the perspective of a great historian, the insider knowledge of a dogged sportswriter, and the love of a fan to bear on some of the most mythic players and teams in the annals of American sports. With Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls he has given himself the greatest challenge and produced his greatest triumph. In Playing for Keeps, Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan’s epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan’s life that have shaped him in to history’s greatest basketball player and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/believe-it-my-journey-of-success-failure-and-overcoming-the-odds-by-joshua-cooley-nick-foles--65128767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds Author: Joshua Cooley, Nick Foles Narrator: John Wilders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: *New York Times Bestseller* Get ready to defy the odds when everyone’s counting you out. When the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans?and commentators?assumed the Eagles’ season was over. Instead, Nick Foles came off the bench and, against all odds, led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory in history. How did Nick get it done?winning MVP honors, silencing the critics, and shocking the world? How did the man who was on the verge of retiring just two seasons earlier stay optimistic and rally the team to an astounding win? How did he stay ready despite numerous trades and discouraging injuries, able to step up in the moment and perform at the top of his game?Believe It offers a behind-the-scenes look at Nick’s unlikely path to the Super Bowl, the obstacles that threatened to hold him back, his rediscovery of his love for the game, and the faith that grounded him through it all. Learn from the way Nick handled the trials and tribulations that made him into the man he is today?and discover a path to your own success.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346887Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds Author: Joshua Cooley, Nick Foles Narrator: John Wilders Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds Author: Joshua Cooley, Nick Foles Narrator: John Wilders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: *New York Times Bestseller* Get ready to defy the odds when everyone’s counting you out. When the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans?and commentators?assumed the Eagles’ season was over. Instead, Nick Foles came off the bench and, against all odds, led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory in history. How did Nick get it done?winning MVP honors, silencing the critics, and shocking the world? How did the man who was on the verge of retiring just two seasons earlier stay optimistic and rally the team to an astounding win? How did he stay ready despite numerous trades and discouraging injuries, able to step up in the moment and perform at the top of his game?Believe It offers a behind-the-scenes look at Nick’s unlikely path to the Super Bowl, the obstacles that threatened to hold him back, his rediscovery of his love for the game, and the faith that grounded him through it all. Learn from the way Nick handled the trials and tribulations that made him into the man he is today?and discover a path to your own success.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-about-aaron-my-journey-to-understand-my-brother-by-jonathan-hernandez--65128806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother Author: Jonathan Hernandez Narrator: Josh Bloomberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother. To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout at the University of Florida, he helped the Gators win the national title in 2008. Drafted by the New England Patriots, in his second full season with the team he and fellow Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski set records for touchdowns and yardage, and with Tom Brady, led New England to Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. But Aaron’s NFL career ended as quickly as it began. On June 26, 2013, he was arrested at his North Attleboro home, charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd, and released by the Patriots. Convicted of first-degree murder, Aaron was sentenced to life in prison without parole. On May 15, 2014, while on trial for Lloyd's murder, Aaron was indicted for two more murders. Five days after being acquitted for those double murders, he committed suicide in his jail cell. Aaron Hernandez was twenty-seven years old. In this clear-eyed, emotionally devastating biography—a family memoir combining football and true crime—Jonathan (formerly known by his nickname DJ) Hernandez speaks out fully for the first time about the brother he knew. Jonathan draws on his own recollections as well as thousands of pages of prison letters and other sources to give us a full portrait of a star athlete and troubled young man who would become a murderer, and the darkness that consumed him. Jonathan does not portray Aaron as a victim; he does not lay the blame for his crimes on his illness. He speaks openly about Aaron’s talent, his sexuality, his crimes and incarceration, and the CTE that ravaged him—scientists found that upon his death, Aaron had the brain of a sixty-seven-year old suffering from the same condition. Filled with headline-making revelations, The Truth About Aaron is a shocking and moving account of promise, tragedy, and loss—of one man’s descent into rage and violence, as told by the person who knew him more closely than anyone else.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345302Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother Author: Jonathan Hernandez Narrator: Josh Bloomberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother Author: Jonathan Hernandez Narrator: Josh Bloomberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother. To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout at the University of Florida, he helped the Gators win the national title in 2008. Drafted by the New England Patriots, in his second full season with the team he and fellow Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski set records for touchdowns and yardage, and with Tom Brady, led New England to Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. But Aaron’s NFL career ended as quickly as it began. On June 26, 2013, he was arrested at his North Attleboro home, charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd, and released by the Patriots. Convicted of first-degree murder, Aaron was sentenced to life in prison without parole. On May 15, 2014, while on trial for Lloyd's murder, Aaron was indicted for two more murders. Five days after being acquitted for those double murders, he committed suicide in his jail cell. Aaron Hernandez was twenty-seven years old. In this clear-eyed, emotionally devastating biography—a family memoir combining football and true crime—Jonathan (formerly known by his nickname DJ) Hernandez speaks out fully for the first time about the brother he knew. Jonathan draws on his own recollections as well as thousands of pages of prison letters and other sources to give us a full portrait of a star athlete and troubled young man who would become a murderer, and the darkness that consumed him. Jonathan does not portray Aaron as a victim; he does not lay the blame for his crimes on his illness. He speaks openly about Aaron’s talent, his sexuality, his crimes and incarceration, and the CTE that ravaged him—scientists found that upon his death, Aaron had the brain of a sixty-seven-year old suffering from the same condition. Filled with headline-making revelations, The Truth About Aaron is a shocking and moving account of promise, tragedy, and loss—of one man’s descent into rage and violence, as told by the person who knew him more closely than anyone else.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-shut-up-the-life-opinions-and-unexpected-adventures-of-an-nfl-outlier-by-marcellus-wiley--65128823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Shut Up: The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier Author: Marcellus Wiley Narrator: Marcellus Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Ex-NFL player, gentleman scholar, and Fox Sports personality Marcellus Wiley sucks you into a world of inner-city violence, Ivy League intrigue, and pro-football escapades that's one part touching, one part hilarious, and all parts impossible to put down. Marcellus Wiley has never had a problem expressing his opinion, whether it was growing up in Compton with a football tucked under his arm, or going to college at Columbia University, where he learned to survive Advanced Calculus and self-important pseudo-intellectuals. Or making it to the NFL against all odds, where he put together a ten-year career of massive paydays, massive painkillers, and massive sacks of everyone from Steve Young to Peyton Manning. Now, in Never Shut Up, Fox Sports' hottest rising persona doesn't hold back as he goes off on everything that's controversial with the game today, from concussions to political protests to inherent violence that's worse than the hood he grew up in. Not because he hates football, but because he wants to save it. Marcellus has never held back, even when a lot of people wanted him to. Now, he's letting it all hang out--right there on each page. Way more than just another book about the latest NFL scandals, this warm, moving, and genuinely funny story of awkward transitions, family loyalty, fame, fortune, and failure will make you fall in love with Marcellus--and football--all over again. In Never Shut Up, Marcellus will take you on a truly unique journey from Crenshaw to Broadway to the Buffalo Bills and back again, sometimes making you laugh, sometimes making you cry, but always leaving you entertained.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343839Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Shut Up: The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier Author: Marcellus Wiley Narrator: Marcellus Wiley Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Shut Up: The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier Author: Marcellus Wiley Narrator: Marcellus Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Ex-NFL player, gentleman scholar, and Fox Sports personality Marcellus Wiley sucks you into a world of inner-city violence, Ivy League intrigue, and pro-football escapades that's one part touching, one part hilarious, and all parts impossible to put down. Marcellus Wiley has never had a problem expressing his opinion, whether it was growing up in Compton with a football tucked under his arm, or going to college at Columbia University, where he learned to survive Advanced Calculus and self-important pseudo-intellectuals. Or making it to the NFL against all odds, where he put together a ten-year career of massive paydays, massive painkillers, and massive sacks of everyone from Steve Young to Peyton Manning. Now, in Never Shut Up, Fox Sports' hottest rising persona doesn't hold back as he goes off on everything that's controversial with the game today, from concussions to political protests to inherent violence that's worse than the hood he grew up in. Not because he hates football, but because he wants to save it. Marcellus has never held back, even when a lot of people wanted him to. Now, he's letting it all hang out--right there on each page. Way more than just another book about the latest NFL scandals, this warm, moving, and genuinely funny story of awkward transitions, family loyalty, fame, fortune, and failure will make you fall in love with Marcellus--and football--all over again. In Never Shut Up, Marcellus will take you on a truly unique journey from Crenshaw to Broadway to the Buffalo Bills and back again, sometimes making you laugh, sometimes making you cry, but always leaving you entertained.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-pass-cousy-russell-the-celtics-and-what-matters-in-the-end-by-gary-m-pomerantz--65128808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End Author: Gary M. Pomerantz Narrator: Gary M. Pomerantz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, a Boston Celtics team led by Bill Russell and Bob Cousy, comes an intimate story of race, mortality, and regret About to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment. But he has one last piece of unfinished business. The last pass he hopes to throw is to close the circle with his great partner on those Celtic teams, fellow Hall of Famer Bill Russell. These teammates were basketball's Ruth and Gehrig, and Cooz, as everyone calls him, was famously ahead of his time as an NBA player in terms of race and civil rights. But as the decades passed, Cousy blamed himself for not having done enough, for not having understood the depth of prejudice Russell faced as an African-American star in a city with a fraught history regarding race. Cousy wishes he had defended Russell publicly, and that he had told him privately that he had his back. At this late hour, he confided to acclaimed historian Gary Pomerantz over the course of many interviews, he would like to make amends. At the heart of the story The Last Pass tells is the relationship between these two iconic athletes. The book is also in a way Bob Cousy's last testament on his complex and fascinating life. As a sports story alone it has few parallels: An poor kid whose immigrant French parents suffered a dysfunctional marriage, the young Cousy escaped to the New York City playgrounds, where he became an urban legend known as the Houdini of the Hardwood. The legend exploded nationally in 1950, his first year as a Celtic: he would be an all-star all 13 of his NBA seasons. But even as Cousy's on-court imagination and daring brought new attention to the pro game, the Celtics struggled until Coach Red Auerbach landed Russell in 1956. Cooz and Russ fit beautifully together on the court, and the Celtics dynasty was born. To Boston's white sportswriters it was Cousy's team, not Russell's, and as the civil rights movement took flight, and Russell became more publicly involved in it, there were some ugly repercussions in the community, more hurtful to Russell than Cousy feels he understood at the time. The Last Pass situates the Celtics dynasty against the full dramatic canvas of American life in the 50s and 60s. It is an enthralling portrait of the heart of this legendary team that throws open a window onto the wider world at a time of wrenching social change. Ultimately it is a book about the legacy of a life: what matters to us in the end, long after the arena lights have been turned off and we are alone with our memories. On August 22, 2019, Bob Cousy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343866Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End Author: Gary M. Pomerantz Narrator: Gary M. Pomerantz Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End Author: Gary M. Pomerantz Narrator: Gary M. Pomerantz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, a Boston Celtics team led by Bill Russell and Bob Cousy, comes an intimate story of race, mortality, and regret About to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment. But he has one last piece of unfinished business. The last pass he hopes to throw is to close the circle with his great partner on those Celtic teams, fellow Hall of Famer Bill Russell. These teammates were basketball's Ruth and Gehrig, and Cooz, as everyone calls him, was famously ahead of his time as an NBA player in terms of race and civil rights. But as the decades passed, Cousy blamed himself for not having done enough, for not having understood the depth of prejudice Russell faced as an African-American star in a city with a fraught history regarding race. Cousy wishes he had defended Russell publicly, and that he had told him privately that he had his back. At this late hour, he confided to acclaimed historian Gary Pomerantz over the course of many interviews, he would like to make amends. At the heart of the story The Last Pass tells is the relationship between these two iconic athletes. The book is also in a way Bob Cousy's last testament on his complex and fascinating life. As a sports story alone it has few parallels: An poor kid whose immigrant French parents suffered a dysfunctional marriage, the young Cousy escaped to the New York City playgrounds, where he became an urban legend known as the Houdini of the Hardwood. The legend exploded nationally in 1950, his first year as a Celtic: he would be an all-star all 13 of his NBA seasons. But even as Cousy's on-court imagination and daring brought new attention to the pro game, the Celtics struggled until Coach Red Auerbach landed Russell in 1956. Cooz and Russ fit beautifully together on the court, and the Celtics dynasty was born. To Boston's white sportswriters it was Cousy's team, not Russell's, and as the civil rights movement took flight, and Russell became more publicly involved in it, there were some ugly repercussions in the community, more hurtful to Russell than Cousy feels he understood at the time. The Last Pass situates the Celtics dynasty against the full dramatic canvas of American life in the 50s and 60s. It is an enthralling portrait of the heart of this legendary team that throws open a window onto the wider world at a time of wrenching social change. Ultimately it is a book about the legacy of a life: what matters to us in the end, long after the arena lights have been turned off and we are alone with our memories. On August 22, 2019, Bob Cousy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/miracle-in-shreveport-a-memoir-of-baseball-fatherhood-and-the-stadium-that-launched-a-dream-by-jason-benham-david-benham--65128764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miracle in Shreveport: A Memoir of Baseball, Fatherhood, and the Stadium that Launched a Dream Author: Jason Benham, David Benham Narrator: Jason Benham, David Benham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Twin brothers David and Jason Benham grew up with big dreams of baseball and an even bigger trust in God. Though they attended a small high school with no baseball field, turned down a professional offer so they could attend college together, and faced more than one missed pitch and injuries, they kept dreaming, praying together on the field, and believing in God’s provision for their lives. David and Jason’s journey, from Little League to college to professional baseball and beyond, reminds us that even when we don’t know what God is up to, He’s putting together the pieces of our life’s puzzle and executing the plans He has for each of us. Miracle in Shreveport tells the story of a family’s love, the power of prayer, and a game that is truly all-American. It is also the story of brotherhood staying strong, despite the threat of comparison in a profession committed to competition. Most of all, it is the story of being faithful in small steps, honoring God in the process, and trusting His hand in our lives. In this audio book, the Benhams call us to remember that when we follow God’s dream for us, we find it is better than we could have ever dreamed for ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344083Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miracle in Shreveport: A Memoir of Baseball, Fatherhood, and the Stadium that Launched a Dream Author: Jason Benham, David Benham Narrator: Jason...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miracle in Shreveport: A Memoir of Baseball, Fatherhood, and the Stadium that Launched a Dream Author: Jason Benham, David Benham Narrator: Jason Benham, David Benham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Twin brothers David and Jason Benham grew up with big dreams of baseball and an even bigger trust in God. Though they attended a small high school with no baseball field, turned down a professional offer so they could attend college together, and faced more than one missed pitch and injuries, they kept dreaming, praying together on the field, and believing in God’s provision for their lives. David and Jason’s journey, from Little League to college to professional baseball and beyond, reminds us that even when we don’t know what God is up to, He’s putting together the pieces of our life’s puzzle and executing the plans He has for each of us. Miracle in Shreveport tells the story of a family’s love, the power of prayer, and a game that is truly all-American. It is also the story of brotherhood staying strong, despite the threat of comparison in a profession committed to competition. Most of all, it is the story of being faithful in small steps, honoring God in the process, and trusting His hand in our lives. In this audio book, the Benhams call us to remember that when we follow God’s dream for us, we find it is better than we could have ever dreamed for ourselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/play-by-play-calling-the-wildest-games-in-sports-from-sec-football-to-college-basketball-the-masters-and-more-by-verne-lundquist--65128821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play by Play: Calling The Wildest Games In Sports-From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters and More Author: Verne Lundquist Narrator: Verne Lundquist, Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One of America's most beloved sportscasters turns the spotlight on his own life, chronicling his incredible life covering Southeastern Conference football and some of the most iconic moments in sports history over the last five decades. Verne Lundquist's remarkable broadcasting career has placed him at the center of major sporting events in America for more than fifty years, from Jack Nicklaus's final victory at the 1986 Masters to Tonya Harding's attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Olympics to the Auburn-Alabama shocker of 2013. In his first memoir, he replays highlights from his career, taking sports fans behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic moments in modern sports history. Lundquist goes back to the early days of his broadcasting career, recalling his time as a producer and radio show host in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was shot. He reminisces about Tom Landry and the great Dallas Cowboy teams of the 1970s, recalls the most unbelievable moments in Masters Tournament history, and relives the excitement of Christian Laettner's buzzer beater in the NCAA tournament and a host of other memorable thrills. One of the defining voices of Saturday afternoon football for the SEC, Lundquist offers an in-depth look at the fans, the schools, and the game, recounting never-before-told stories about some of college football's biggest personalities. He also speaks honestly about his friendships with Terry Bradshaw, John Madden, and other greats, and his difficult relationship with legendary colleague Pat Summerall. Bringing these memories vibrantly to life with his beloved catchphrases and warm humor, Lundquist gives listeners a front row seat to history as he witnessed it unfold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345293Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play by Play: Calling The Wildest Games In Sports-From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters and More Author: Verne Lundquist Narrator: Verne...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play by Play: Calling The Wildest Games In Sports-From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters and More Author: Verne Lundquist Narrator: Verne Lundquist, Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One of America's most beloved sportscasters turns the spotlight on his own life, chronicling his incredible life covering Southeastern Conference football and some of the most iconic moments in sports history over the last five decades. Verne Lundquist's remarkable broadcasting career has placed him at the center of major sporting events in America for more than fifty years, from Jack Nicklaus's final victory at the 1986 Masters to Tonya Harding's attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Olympics to the Auburn-Alabama shocker of 2013. In his first memoir, he replays highlights from his career, taking sports fans behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic moments in modern sports history. Lundquist goes back to the early days of his broadcasting career, recalling his time as a producer and radio show host in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was shot. He reminisces about Tom Landry and the great Dallas Cowboy teams of the 1970s, recalls the most unbelievable moments in Masters Tournament history, and relives the excitement of Christian Laettner's buzzer beater in the NCAA tournament and a host of other memorable thrills. One of the defining voices of Saturday afternoon football for the SEC, Lundquist offers an in-depth look at the fans, the schools, and the game, recounting never-before-told stories about some of college football's biggest personalities. He also speaks honestly about his friendships with Terry Bradshaw, John Madden, and other greats, and his difficult relationship with legendary colleague Pat Summerall. Bringing these memories vibrantly to life with his beloved catchphrases and warm humor, Lundquist gives listeners a front row seat to history as he witnessed it unfold.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/racing-to-the-finish-my-story-by-dale-earnhardt-jr--65128805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344108 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racing to the Finish: My Story Author: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Narrator: Dale Earnhardt, Gabe Wicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Racecar driver Earnhardt was at the top of his game—until a minor crash resulted in a concussion that would eventually end his 18-year career. In his only authorized book, Dale shares the inside track on his life and work, reflects on NASCAR, the loss of his dad, and his future as a broadcaster, businessperson, and family man. It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn’t know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He’d dealt with concussions before, but no two are the same. Recovery can be brutal, and lengthy. When Dale retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life. Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up for the first time about: - The physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms - His frustration with the slow recovery from multiple racing-related concussions - His admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all - His determination to share his own experience so that others don’t have to suffer in silence Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344108Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344108 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racing to the Finish: My Story Author: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Narrator: Dale Earnhardt, Gabe Wicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344108 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racing to the Finish: My Story Author: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Narrator: Dale Earnhardt, Gabe Wicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Racecar driver Earnhardt was at the top of his game—until a minor crash resulted in a concussion that would eventually end his 18-year career. In his only authorized book, Dale shares the inside track on his life and work, reflects on NASCAR, the loss of his dad, and his future as a broadcaster, businessperson, and family man. It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn’t know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He’d dealt with concussions before, but no two are the same. Recovery can be brutal, and lengthy. When Dale retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life. Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up for the first time about: - The physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms - His frustration with the slow recovery from multiple racing-related concussions - His admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all - His determination to share his own experience so that others don’t have to suffer in silence Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-fella-babe-ruth-and-the-world-he-created-by-jane-leavy--65128768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created Author: Jane Leavy Narrator: Jane Leavy, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed ''the model for modern celebrity.'' A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 “Leavy’s newest masterpiece…. A major work of American history by an author with a flair for mesmerizing story-telling.” —Forbes He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace—radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers—Babe Ruth ''made impossible events happen.'' Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh—business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit—Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season—he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a ''Symphony of Swat.'' The Omaha World Herald called it ''the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent.'' In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340533Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created Author: Jane Leavy Narrator: Jane Leavy, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created Author: Jane Leavy Narrator: Jane Leavy, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed ''the model for modern celebrity.'' A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 “Leavy’s newest masterpiece…. A major work of American history by an author with a flair for mesmerizing story-telling.” —Forbes He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace—radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers—Babe Ruth ''made impossible events happen.'' Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh—business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit—Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season—he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a ''Symphony of Swat.'' The Omaha World Herald called it ''the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent.'' In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/driven-a-pioneer-for-women-in-motorsport-an-autobiography-by-rosemary-smith--65128815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Driven: A pioneer for women in motorsport – an autobiography Author: Rosemary Smith Narrator: Marcella Riordan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 4, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The inspirational story of the female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in and win some of the most iconic rallies in the world. Rosemary Smith is recognised internationally for her outstanding achievements in the world of motorsport. A female pioneer in a notoriously male-dominated sport, she drove in the Monte Carlo rally eight times, winning the Coupe des Dames on numerous occasions as well as competing in most other iconic rallies all over the world, including the London to Sydney in 1968, the World Cup London to Mexico in 1970 and the East African Safari Rally in the 1970s. In a Hillman Imp, Rosemary won the Tulip Rally outright, beating all the male drivers to the finish. Now, for the first time, Rosemary reveals the inside story of her amazing life, recounting many memorable adventures and exploits both on and off the track. But Rosemary’s story is not all fast cars and marathon rallies. She writes with honesty about her early life, about a disastrous marriage and money troubles – and how she overcame it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345757Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Driven: A pioneer for women in motorsport – an autobiography Author: Rosemary Smith Narrator: Marcella Riordan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Driven: A pioneer for women in motorsport – an autobiography Author: Rosemary Smith Narrator: Marcella Riordan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 4, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The inspirational story of the female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in and win some of the most iconic rallies in the world. Rosemary Smith is recognised internationally for her outstanding achievements in the world of motorsport. A female pioneer in a notoriously male-dominated sport, she drove in the Monte Carlo rally eight times, winning the Coupe des Dames on numerous occasions as well as competing in most other iconic rallies all over the world, including the London to Sydney in 1968, the World Cup London to Mexico in 1970 and the East African Safari Rally in the 1970s. In a Hillman Imp, Rosemary won the Tulip Rally outright, beating all the male drivers to the finish. Now, for the first time, Rosemary reveals the inside story of her amazing life, recounting many memorable adventures and exploits both on and off the track. But Rosemary’s story is not all fast cars and marathon rallies. She writes with honesty about her early life, about a disastrous marriage and money troubles – and how she overcame it all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dream-believe-achieve-my-autobiography-by-jonathan-rea--65128788https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream. Believe. Achieve. My Autobiography Author: Jonathan Rea Narrator: Conor Macneill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: ‘If I had to lose my record to anyone, I couldn’t be happier that it was Jonathan. Family connections aside, there is nobody more talented, more determined or more deserving.’ – Carl Fogarty Within the staggeringly dangerous and high-pressure sport of professional motorcycling, Jonathan Rea’s achievements are unprecedented. A legendary World Superbike Champion with more race wins than any rider in history, Rea’s trailblazing success shows no sign of slowing down. Now, for the first time, this remarkable sportsman tracks his life and career. Seemingly destined for the racing world, Jonathan grew up in the paddocks — his grandfather was the first sponsor of five-times World Champion Joey Dunlop and his dad was a former Isle of Man TT winner. He owned his first bike before his hands were big enough to reach the brakes. But while racing may be in his blood, it is through sheer determination and relentless perseverance that Rea has gained huge victories in this ultra-competitive world. Topping several of the most prestigious motorcycling championships, he rules the sport — so much so that regulations are being introduced to curb his dominance. The fact that Rea has endured several potentially career-ending scrapes — including smashing his femur at the age of seventeen and being told that he would never race again — makes his achievements even more incredible. ‘Dream. Believe. Achieve,’ is Rea’s mantra and in this gripping autobiography, we go behind the visor and into the mind of a man who has risen to the top of one of the most skilled and dangerous sports in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346372Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream. Believe. Achieve. My Autobiography Author: Jonathan Rea Narrator: Conor Macneill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream. Believe. Achieve. My Autobiography Author: Jonathan Rea Narrator: Conor Macneill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: ‘If I had to lose my record to anyone, I couldn’t be happier that it was Jonathan. Family connections aside, there is nobody more talented, more determined or more deserving.’ – Carl Fogarty Within the staggeringly dangerous and high-pressure sport of professional motorcycling, Jonathan Rea’s achievements are unprecedented. A legendary World Superbike Champion with more race wins than any rider in history, Rea’s trailblazing success shows no sign of slowing down. Now, for the first time, this remarkable sportsman tracks his life and career. Seemingly destined for the racing world, Jonathan grew up in the paddocks — his grandfather was the first sponsor of five-times World Champion Joey Dunlop and his dad was a former Isle of Man TT winner. He owned his first bike before his hands were big enough to reach the brakes. But while racing may be in his blood, it is through sheer determination and relentless perseverance that Rea has gained huge victories in this ultra-competitive world. Topping several of the most prestigious motorcycling championships, he rules the sport — so much so that regulations are being introduced to curb his dominance. The fact that Rea has endured several potentially career-ending scrapes — including smashing his femur at the age of seventeen and being told that he would never race again — makes his achievements even more incredible. ‘Dream. Believe. Achieve,’ is Rea’s mantra and in this gripping autobiography, we go behind the visor and into the mind of a man who has risen to the top of one of the most skilled and dangerous sports in the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chicken-runs-at-midnight-a-daughter-s-message-from-heaven-that-changed-a-father-s-heart-and-won-a-world-series-by-tom-friend--65128756https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chicken Runs at Midnight: A Daughter’s Message from Heaven That Changed a Father’s Heart and Won a World Series Author: Tom Friend Narrator: Mark Schlicher, Ben Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Discover the nearly unbelievable true story of how a goofy catchphrase spoken by a coach's dying daughter inspired the 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates in game seven of the National League Championship Series and later became a sign from heaven to a grieving family at the end of game seven of the 1997 World Series. As a Major League Baseball coach, Rich Donnelly was dedicated, hardworking, and successful. But as a husband and father, he was distant, absent, and a failure. He'd let baseball take over his life, and as a result, his family suffered--that is, until the day he received some harrowing news. 'Dad, I have a brain tumor, and I'm sorry.' These words from his seventeen-year-old daughter, Amy, turned his world upside down. Now, more than ever, he was determined to put his family first. The time they spent together in the months before Amy's death were moments that Rich and his family will treasure forever, but they'll especially remember the inside joke that became a catchphrase for not only the Donnelly family but also the Pittsburgh Pirates as they played in the National League Championship Series that year: 'The chicken runs at midnight.' This book shares the heartwarming story behind the odd catchphrase--and how it still lives on as a symbol for never giving up--and proves that God can work in any person's life, even despite their mistakes and failures. As you learn more about Amy's incredible story, you'll discover: - The life-changing power of forgiveness - How to find peace and joy in the midst of loss - The gift of God's grace Weaving baseball history with personal memoir, this book is one that will make you thrill to victory, believe in hope, and stand up to cheer for what is good in people's lives. It reminds us that God can work in our lives even when we think it's too late to change--and sometimes he sends us signs from heaven, if we only have eyes to see. Praise for The Chicken Runs at Midnight: 'The Chicken Runs at Midnight is a beautiful story of baseball, family, and faith. Tom Friend does a wonderful job of weaving these three themes together and telling you a story that will give you the chills. You will cry; you will laugh; and you will tell the story over and over again--just as I have.' --Craig Counsell, manager of the Milwaukee Brewers 'The Chicken Runs at Midnight is the kind of heartwarming story all of us need, not just baseball fans. In our loud, busy world, it's a poignant reminder of what is truly important.' --Tom Verducci, bestselling author of The Yankee Years and The Cubs Way]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344117Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chicken Runs at Midnight: A Daughter’s Message from Heaven That Changed a Father’s Heart and Won a World Series Author: Tom Friend Narrator: Mark...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chicken Runs at Midnight: A Daughter’s Message from Heaven That Changed a Father’s Heart and Won a World Series Author: Tom Friend Narrator: Mark Schlicher, Ben Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Discover the nearly unbelievable true story of how a goofy catchphrase spoken by a coach's dying daughter inspired the 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates in game seven of the National League Championship Series and later became a sign from heaven to a grieving family at the end of game seven of the 1997 World Series. As a Major League Baseball coach, Rich Donnelly was dedicated, hardworking, and successful. But as a husband and father, he was distant, absent, and a failure. He'd let baseball take over his life, and as a result, his family suffered--that is, until the day he received some harrowing news. 'Dad, I have a brain tumor, and I'm sorry.' These words from his seventeen-year-old daughter, Amy, turned his world upside down. Now, more than ever, he was determined to put his family first. The time they spent together in the months before Amy's death were moments that Rich and his family will treasure forever, but they'll especially remember the inside joke that became a catchphrase for not only the Donnelly family but also the Pittsburgh Pirates as they played in the National League Championship Series that year: 'The chicken runs at midnight.' This book shares the heartwarming story behind the odd catchphrase--and how it still lives on as a symbol for never giving up--and proves that God can work in any person's life, even despite their mistakes and failures. As you learn more about Amy's incredible story, you'll discover: - The life-changing power of forgiveness - How to find peace and joy in the midst of loss - The gift of God's grace Weaving baseball history with personal memoir, this book is one that will make you thrill to victory, believe in hope, and stand up to cheer for what is good in people's lives. It reminds us that God can work in our lives even when we think it's too late to change--and sometimes he sends us signs from heaven, if we only have eyes to see. Praise for The Chicken Runs at Midnight: 'The Chicken Runs at Midnight is a beautiful story of baseball, family, and faith. Tom Friend does a wonderful job of weaving these three themes together and telling you a story that will give you the chills. You will cry; you will laugh; and you will tell the story over and over again--just as I have.' --Craig Counsell, manager of the Milwaukee Brewers 'The Chicken Runs at Midnight is the kind of heartwarming story all of us need, not just baseball fans. In our loud, busy world, it's a poignant reminder of what is truly important.' --Tom Verducci, bestselling author of The Yankee Years and The Cubs Way]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-temptation-of-rick-pitino-a-story-of-corruption-scandal-and-the-big-business-of-college-basketball-by-michael-sokolove--65128786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino: A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball Author: Michael Sokolove Narrator: Joshua Kane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed New York Times Magazine author Michael Sokolove, the astonishing inside story of the epic corruption scandal that has rocked the NCAA and exposed the rot and hypocrisy at the heart of big-time college sports. At a lavish annual event in late August 2017, the University of Louisville athletic director, who made more than $5 million in compensation in 2016, announced an extension of his school's sponsorship deal with Adidas: $160 million for another 10 years. The invitees were city's gentry - horse breeders, bourbon distillers, partners at big law firms, the state's governor, Matt Bevin, and its most powerful politician, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. One month later, the FBI revealed that it had reached the endgame of a sprawling investigation of large-scale corruption involving Adidas, Louisville and a host of other colleges, in which large payments were laundered from Adidas through a network of coaches and fixers to athletes and their families to induce them to go to Adidas-branded college programs. In short order, Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino (salary: $8 million) and athletic director Tom Jurich were fired, and fear and trembling swept through the world of bigtime college athletics. Because there is another shoe, as it were, and it will fall. In THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO, Michael Sokolove lifts the rug on the Louisville scandal and places it in the context of the much wider problem, the farce of amateurism in bigtime college sports. In a world in which even assistant coaches can make high-six and seven-figure salaries, as long as they keep the 'elite' athletes coming in, shoe deals can reach into the nine figures, and everyone is getting rich but the players, can it be surprising that unscrupulous parties would pay athletes, creating in effect a black market in young men, a veritable underground railroad of talent? But a few bad apples are one thing. In THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO, Michael Sokolove shows an elaborate, systematic machine, involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit payments and connecting at least one of the largest apparel companies in the world with schools across the country. The Louisville-Adidas scandal has revealed a web of conspiracy whose scope has shaken big-time college sports to its core, delivering a devastating blow to the fantasy of amateurism, of 'scholar athletes.' A Shakespearean drama of greed and desperation involving some of the biggest characters in the arena of sports, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO will be the definitive chronicle of this scandal and its broader echoes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343824Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino: A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball Author: Michael Sokolove Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino: A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball Author: Michael Sokolove Narrator: Joshua Kane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed New York Times Magazine author Michael Sokolove, the astonishing inside story of the epic corruption scandal that has rocked the NCAA and exposed the rot and hypocrisy at the heart of big-time college sports. At a lavish annual event in late August 2017, the University of Louisville athletic director, who made more than $5 million in compensation in 2016, announced an extension of his school's sponsorship deal with Adidas: $160 million for another 10 years. The invitees were city's gentry - horse breeders, bourbon distillers, partners at big law firms, the state's governor, Matt Bevin, and its most powerful politician, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. One month later, the FBI revealed that it had reached the endgame of a sprawling investigation of large-scale corruption involving Adidas, Louisville and a host of other colleges, in which large payments were laundered from Adidas through a network of coaches and fixers to athletes and their families to induce them to go to Adidas-branded college programs. In short order, Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino (salary: $8 million) and athletic director Tom Jurich were fired, and fear and trembling swept through the world of bigtime college athletics. Because there is another shoe, as it were, and it will fall. In THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO, Michael Sokolove lifts the rug on the Louisville scandal and places it in the context of the much wider problem, the farce of amateurism in bigtime college sports. In a world in which even assistant coaches can make high-six and seven-figure salaries, as long as they keep the 'elite' athletes coming in, shoe deals can reach into the nine figures, and everyone is getting rich but the players, can it be surprising that unscrupulous parties would pay athletes, creating in effect a black market in young men, a veritable underground railroad of talent? But a few bad apples are one thing. In THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO, Michael Sokolove shows an elaborate, systematic machine, involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit payments and connecting at least one of the largest apparel companies in the world with schools across the country. The Louisville-Adidas scandal has revealed a web of conspiracy whose scope has shaken big-time college sports to its core, delivering a devastating blow to the fantasy of amateurism, of 'scholar athletes.' A Shakespearean drama of greed and desperation involving some of the biggest characters in the arena of sports, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO will be the definitive chronicle of this scandal and its broader echoes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gridiron-genius-a-master-class-in-winning-championships-and-building-dynasties-in-the-nfl-by-michael-lombardi--65128763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL Author: Michael Lombardi Narrator: Michael Lombardi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship level. From personnel to practice to game-day decisions that win titles, Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers, Al Davis of the Raiders, and Bill Belichick of the Patriots, among others, during his three decades in football. Why do some NFL franchises dominate year after year while others can never crack the code of success? For 30 years Michael Lombardi had a front-row seat and full access as three titans--Bill Walsh, Al Davis, and Bill Belichick--reinvented the game, turning it into a national obsession while piling up Super Bowl trophies. Now, in Gridiron Genius, Lombardi provides the blueprint that makes a successful organization click and win--and the mistakes unsuccessful organizations make that keep them on the losing side time and again.      In reality, very few coaches understand the philosophies, attention to detail, and massive commitment that defined NFL juggernauts like the 49ers and the Patriots. The best organizations are not just employing players, they are building something bigger. Gridiron Genius will explain how the best leaders evaluate, acquire, and utilize personnel in ways other professional minds, football and otherwise, won't even contemplate. How do you know when to trade a player? How do you create a positive atmosphere when everyone is out to maximize his own paycheck? And why is the tight end like the knight on a chessboard?      To some, game planning consists only of designing an attack for the next opponent. But Lombardi explains how the smartest leaders script everything: from an afternoon's special-teams practice to a season's playoff run to a decade-long organizational blueprint. Readers will delight in the Lombardi tour of an NFL weekend, including what really goes on during the game on and off the field and inside the headset. First stop: Belichick's Saturday night staff meeting, where he announces how the game will go the next day. Spoiler alert: He always nails it.      Football dynasties are built through massive attention to detail and unwavering commitment. From how to build a team, to how to watch a game, to understanding the essential qualities of great leaders, Gridiron Genius gives football fans the knowledge to be the smartest person in the room every Sunday.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343249Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL Author: Michael Lombardi Narrator: Michael Lombardi Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL Author: Michael Lombardi Narrator: Michael Lombardi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship level. From personnel to practice to game-day decisions that win titles, Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers, Al Davis of the Raiders, and Bill Belichick of the Patriots, among others, during his three decades in football. Why do some NFL franchises dominate year after year while others can never crack the code of success? For 30 years Michael Lombardi had a front-row seat and full access as three titans--Bill Walsh, Al Davis, and Bill Belichick--reinvented the game, turning it into a national obsession while piling up Super Bowl trophies. Now, in Gridiron Genius, Lombardi provides the blueprint that makes a successful organization click and win--and the mistakes unsuccessful organizations make that keep them on the losing side time and again.      In reality, very few coaches understand the philosophies, attention to detail, and massive commitment that defined NFL juggernauts like the 49ers and the Patriots. The best organizations are not just employing players, they are building something bigger. Gridiron Genius will explain how the best leaders evaluate, acquire, and utilize personnel in ways other professional minds, football and otherwise, won't even contemplate. How do you know when to trade a player? How do you create a positive atmosphere when everyone is out to maximize his own paycheck? And why is the tight end like the knight on a chessboard?      To some, game planning consists only of designing an attack for the next opponent. But Lombardi explains how the smartest leaders script everything: from an afternoon's special-teams practice to a season's playoff run to a decade-long organizational blueprint. Readers will delight in the Lombardi tour of an NFL weekend, including what really goes on during the game on and off the field and inside the headset. First stop: Belichick's Saturday night staff meeting, where he announces how the game will go the next day. Spoiler alert: He always nails it.      Football dynasties are built through massive attention to detail and unwavering commitment. From how to build a team, to how to watch a game, to understanding the essential qualities of great leaders, Gridiron Genius gives football fans the knowledge to be the smartest person in the room every Sunday.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-for-more-trust-beyond-what-you-can-see-by-andrew-perloff-case-keenum-tony-dungy--65128753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for More: Trust Beyond What You Can See Author: Andrew Perloff, Case Keenum, Tony Dungy Narrator: Case Keenum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Case Keenum has traveled one of the most unique paths in the NFL. Recruited by just one college, undrafted, and released three times, Case has overcome every obstacle to become a successful starting quarterback. In 2017, Keenum captured America’s imagination by leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 13-3 record and an NFC North title. His game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of their divisional playoff game against the Saints, the 'Minneapolis Miracle,' made Case part of NFL history. Keenum shares stories from every stage of his life, starting out as a ball boy for his father’s college team in West Texas, going on to win a state title in high school, and rewriting the NCAA record book at the University of Houston. A devastating knee injury almost derailed his football career, but helped him get closer to the woman who would soon become his wife. Throughout his story, Case will explain how being a Christian helped him navigate the winding path to success. No matter what obstacle has been placed in front of him, Case believes God has a plan for him. That’s why he plays football and that’s why he’s writing this book: To glorify God and to help others who face adversity in their everyday life. “Am I a football player who happens to be a Christian?” Case writes, 'No, I’m a Christian who happens to be a football player. That’s my calling. That’s my defining characteristic. Once I realized that, everything else fell into place. I became a better football player and, more importantly, a better person.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342708Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for More: Trust Beyond What You Can See Author: Andrew Perloff, Case Keenum, Tony Dungy Narrator: Case Keenum Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing for More: Trust Beyond What You Can See Author: Andrew Perloff, Case Keenum, Tony Dungy Narrator: Case Keenum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Case Keenum has traveled one of the most unique paths in the NFL. Recruited by just one college, undrafted, and released three times, Case has overcome every obstacle to become a successful starting quarterback. In 2017, Keenum captured America’s imagination by leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 13-3 record and an NFC North title. His game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of their divisional playoff game against the Saints, the 'Minneapolis Miracle,' made Case part of NFL history. Keenum shares stories from every stage of his life, starting out as a ball boy for his father’s college team in West Texas, going on to win a state title in high school, and rewriting the NCAA record book at the University of Houston. A devastating knee injury almost derailed his football career, but helped him get closer to the woman who would soon become his wife. Throughout his story, Case will explain how being a Christian helped him navigate the winding path to success. No matter what obstacle has been placed in front of him, Case believes God has a plan for him. That’s why he plays football and that’s why he’s writing this book: To glorify God and to help others who face adversity in their everyday life. “Am I a football player who happens to be a Christian?” Case writes, 'No, I’m a Christian who happens to be a football player. That’s my calling. That’s my defining characteristic. Once I realized that, everything else fell into place. I became a better football player and, more importantly, a better person.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-boy-in-the-water-by-tom-gregory--65128820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Boy in the Water Author: Tom Gregory Narrator: Tom Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Boy in the Water written and read by Tom Gregory. Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from France to England. He has been in the water for twelve agonizing hours, encouraged at each stroke by his coach, John Bullet, who has become a second father. This is the story of a remarkable friendship between a coach and a boy, and a love letter to the intensity and freedom of childhood. 'Written beautifully through the eyes of a child yet to enter his teens, 'A Boy in the Water' resonated strongly taking me back to my own childhood. A fascinating story full of innocence, achievement, ambition and trust.' Ellen MacArthur 'I am absolutely in awe; a mindblowing and phenomenal feat. A Boy in the Water will challenge ideas of what is possible'. Chrissie Wellington OBE Charming and different; a lovely, brilliant memoir. What a boy! What a feat! - Victoria Derbyshire]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332086Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Boy in the Water Author: Tom Gregory Narrator: Tom Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 30, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Boy in the Water Author: Tom Gregory Narrator: Tom Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Boy in the Water written and read by Tom Gregory. Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from France to England. He has been in the water for twelve agonizing hours, encouraged at each stroke by his coach, John Bullet, who has become a second father. This is the story of a remarkable friendship between a coach and a boy, and a love letter to the intensity and freedom of childhood. 'Written beautifully through the eyes of a child yet to enter his teens, 'A Boy in the Water' resonated strongly taking me back to my own childhood. A fascinating story full of innocence, achievement, ambition and trust.' Ellen MacArthur 'I am absolutely in awe; a mindblowing and phenomenal feat. A Boy in the Water will challenge ideas of what is possible'. Chrissie Wellington OBE Charming and different; a lovely, brilliant memoir. What a boy! What a feat! - Victoria Derbyshire]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-the-inside-story-of-tom-brady-s-fight-for-redemption-by-dave-wedge-casey-sherman--65128833https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption Author: Dave Wedge, Casey Sherman Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL's most sensational scandal culminated in sports history's greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a team long suspected of abiding by the 'if you ain't cheating you ain't trying' philosophy -- had used under-inflated footballs in their playoff victory against the Indianapolis Colts. As evidence began to build, however, a full on NFL investigation was launched, exploding an unsubstantiated rumor into an intense scandal that would lead news coverage for weeks. As shockwaves rippled throughout the NFL system, the very legitimacy of one of the league's most popular teams and their star quarterback began to erode, even as the Patriots and Brady went on to win that year's Super Bowl. But as the celebrations gave way to the offseason, the investigation only intensified, reopening old wounds between the Patriots' powerful owner, Robert Kraft, and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell. Brady was devastated and seemingly more nervous in front of a judge that on a game-winning drive. When the dust settled, Brady would be able to play again - but only after watching the first four games of the 2016 season from his couch. The pressure couldn't have been more intense: Brady's legacy was at stake. If he failed to return to his usual self, all the critics and even the history books would have to put a giant asterisk next to his name, signifying one thing: he was a cheater. 12 is the propulsive story of this gritty comeback. It's a drama that unfolds in the locker room, the court room, and under the brightest lights in all of sports -- the Super Bowl. Now for the first time, readers will have an exclusive look into Tom Brady's experience and the NFL's shocking strangle-hold on their players. With unprecedented access to Brady himself, his teammates, and his lawyers, we will see just how a football legend went up against one of the largest corporations in the world to stage the greatest comeback in NFL history and emerge a god of the gridiron.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341860Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption Author: Dave Wedge, Casey Sherman Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption Author: Dave Wedge, Casey Sherman Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL's most sensational scandal culminated in sports history's greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a team long suspected of abiding by the 'if you ain't cheating you ain't trying' philosophy -- had used under-inflated footballs in their playoff victory against the Indianapolis Colts. As evidence began to build, however, a full on NFL investigation was launched, exploding an unsubstantiated rumor into an intense scandal that would lead news coverage for weeks. As shockwaves rippled throughout the NFL system, the very legitimacy of one of the league's most popular teams and their star quarterback began to erode, even as the Patriots and Brady went on to win that year's Super Bowl. But as the celebrations gave way to the offseason, the investigation only intensified, reopening old wounds between the Patriots' powerful owner, Robert Kraft, and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell. Brady was devastated and seemingly more nervous in front of a judge that on a game-winning drive. When the dust settled, Brady would be able to play again - but only after watching the first four games of the 2016 season from his couch. The pressure couldn't have been more intense: Brady's legacy was at stake. If he failed to return to his usual self, all the critics and even the history books would have to put a giant asterisk next to his name, signifying one thing: he was a cheater. 12 is the propulsive story of this gritty comeback. It's a drama that unfolds in the locker room, the court room, and under the brightest lights in all of sports -- the Super Bowl. Now for the first time, readers will have an exclusive look into Tom Brady's experience and the NFL's shocking strangle-hold on their players. With unprecedented access to Brady himself, his teammates, and his lawyers, we will see just how a football legend went up against one of the largest corporations in the world to stage the greatest comeback in NFL history and emerge a god of the gridiron.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/birds-of-pray-the-story-of-the-philadelphia-eagles-faith-brotherhood-and-super-bowl-victory-by-rob-maaddi--65128817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds of Pray: The Story of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Faith, Brotherhood, and Super Bowl Victory Author: Rob Maaddi Narrator: Sean Neff, Rob Maaddi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: High Stakes, Deep Faith, and Unbreakable Brotherhood They were the first No. 1 seed in NFL history to enter the playoffs as an underdog. Their star quarterback was out with a season-ending knee injury. Five-time Super Bowl champions the New England Patriots towered over them. But public opinion didn't matter to the Philadelphia Eagles. They believed in each other. The band of Christian brothers on the team believed in the God of the impossible, and they played for an audience of One. The most extensive book to explore the Christian faith shared by many of the team's players, Birds of Pray details the incredible inside story behind the Eagles' capture of the biggest prize in professional sports: the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Through exclusive interviews with the players, never-before-seen photos included in the audiobook companion PDF download, and insider accounts of the miracle season's most memorable moments, Philly native and Associated Press sportswriter Rob Maaddi reveals a side of the team the world has yet to fully witness. From an impromptu baptism in the team's cold tub to weekly Bible studies and pre-game prayers, to the unique friendship between star quarterback Carson Wentz and back-up-then-MVP Nick Foles - the Eagles excel in the unexpected. Birds of Pray follows the deep faith shared among players, the high stakes they faced together, and their relentless reliance on Christ who gives all strength in moments of crisis and celebration alike. The result is a boldly inspiring, entertaining read that will challenge readers to go deeper in their faith, dream bigger, and live with renewed courage for whatever odds life stacks against them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342684Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds of Pray: The Story of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Faith, Brotherhood, and Super Bowl Victory Author: Rob Maaddi Narrator: Sean Neff, Rob Maaddi...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds of Pray: The Story of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Faith, Brotherhood, and Super Bowl Victory Author: Rob Maaddi Narrator: Sean Neff, Rob Maaddi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 31, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: High Stakes, Deep Faith, and Unbreakable Brotherhood They were the first No. 1 seed in NFL history to enter the playoffs as an underdog. Their star quarterback was out with a season-ending knee injury. Five-time Super Bowl champions the New England Patriots towered over them. But public opinion didn't matter to the Philadelphia Eagles. They believed in each other. The band of Christian brothers on the team believed in the God of the impossible, and they played for an audience of One. The most extensive book to explore the Christian faith shared by many of the team's players, Birds of Pray details the incredible inside story behind the Eagles' capture of the biggest prize in professional sports: the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Through exclusive interviews with the players, never-before-seen photos included in the audiobook companion PDF download, and insider accounts of the miracle season's most memorable moments, Philly native and Associated Press sportswriter Rob Maaddi reveals a side of the team the world has yet to fully witness. From an impromptu baptism in the team's cold tub to weekly Bible studies and pre-game prayers, to the unique friendship between star quarterback Carson Wentz and back-up-then-MVP Nick Foles - the Eagles excel in the unexpected. Birds of Pray follows the deep faith shared among players, the high stakes they faced together, and their relentless reliance on Christ who gives all strength in moments of crisis and celebration alike. The result is a boldly inspiring, entertaining read that will challenge readers to go deeper in their faith, dream bigger, and live with renewed courage for whatever odds life stacks against them.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/proud-my-fight-for-an-unlikely-american-dream-by-ibtihaj-muhammad--65128818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream Author: Ibtihaj Muhammad Narrator: Ibtihaj Muhammad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Growing up in New Jersey as the only African American Muslim at school, Ibtihaj Muhammad always had to find her own way. When she discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy, she had to defy expectations and make a place for herself in a sport she grew to love. From winning state championships to three-time All-America selections at Duke University, Ibtihaj was poised for success, but the fencing community wasn't ready to welcome her with open arms just yet. As the only woman of color and the only religious minority on Team USA's saber fencing squad, Ibtihaj had to chart her own path to success and Olympic glory. Proud is a moving coming-of-age story from one of the nation's most influential athletes and illustrates how she rose above it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340170Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream Author: Ibtihaj Muhammad Narrator: Ibtihaj Muhammad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream Author: Ibtihaj Muhammad Narrator: Ibtihaj Muhammad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Growing up in New Jersey as the only African American Muslim at school, Ibtihaj Muhammad always had to find her own way. When she discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy, she had to defy expectations and make a place for herself in a sport she grew to love. From winning state championships to three-time All-America selections at Duke University, Ibtihaj was poised for success, but the fencing community wasn't ready to welcome her with open arms just yet. As the only woman of color and the only religious minority on Team USA's saber fencing squad, Ibtihaj had to chart her own path to success and Olympic glory. Proud is a moving coming-of-age story from one of the nation's most influential athletes and illustrates how she rose above it all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walk-on-from-pee-wee-dropout-to-the-nfl-sidelines-my-unlikely-story-of-football-purpose-and-following-an-amazing-god-by-ben-malcolmson--65128828https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walk On: From Pee Wee Dropout to the NFL Sidelines-My Unlikely Story of Football, Purpose, and Following an Amazing God Author: Ben Malcolmson Narrator: Scott Pollak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this true, compelling account of perseverance and hope from Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll's assistant, a young journalist walks on to a top-ranked USC football team and, guided by his faith, shares God's love, launching him on an unexpected journey with an amazing outcome. Had anyone told Ben Malcolmson that he'd someday be a wide receiver on the national champion USC football team--after not playing football since an unfortunate fifth-grade Pop Warner experience--he would have called them crazy. As a reporter for The Daily Trojan, in the spirit of George Plimpton, he participated in walk-on tryouts for the team and was dumbfounded to find himself listed on the roster. His position on the team never amounted to much in a game-time contribution, but Ben felt strongly that his faith was inextricably linked to his purpose. He felt called to anonymously place Bibles in each USC teammate locker on Christmas Eve--to resounding indifference and rejection from his friends. It wasn't until three years later, when his role at USC had led to a role with Coach Pete Carroll at the Seahawks organization, that an old friend connected with Ben and told him that one of the Bibles had captivated the heart of a teammate in the three days before his death. With a humble spirit dedicated to consistent acts of discipleship, Ben Malcolmson is an authentic voice for the power of simple obedience and trust, for what can happen when a believer allows God to work in a life. Walk On is the result of God using his faithful people to work in the lives of others.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337376Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walk On: From Pee Wee Dropout to the NFL Sidelines-My Unlikely Story of Football, Purpose, and Following an Amazing God Author: Ben Malcolmson...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walk On: From Pee Wee Dropout to the NFL Sidelines-My Unlikely Story of Football, Purpose, and Following an Amazing God Author: Ben Malcolmson Narrator: Scott Pollak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this true, compelling account of perseverance and hope from Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll's assistant, a young journalist walks on to a top-ranked USC football team and, guided by his faith, shares God's love, launching him on an unexpected journey with an amazing outcome. Had anyone told Ben Malcolmson that he'd someday be a wide receiver on the national champion USC football team--after not playing football since an unfortunate fifth-grade Pop Warner experience--he would have called them crazy. As a reporter for The Daily Trojan, in the spirit of George Plimpton, he participated in walk-on tryouts for the team and was dumbfounded to find himself listed on the roster. His position on the team never amounted to much in a game-time contribution, but Ben felt strongly that his faith was inextricably linked to his purpose. He felt called to anonymously place Bibles in each USC teammate locker on Christmas Eve--to resounding indifference and rejection from his friends. It wasn't until three years later, when his role at USC had led to a role with Coach Pete Carroll at the Seahawks organization, that an old friend connected with Ben and told him that one of the Bibles had captivated the heart of a teammate in the three days before his death. With a humble spirit dedicated to consistent acts of discipleship, Ben Malcolmson is an authentic voice for the power of simple obedience and trust, for what can happen when a believer allows God to work in a life. Walk On is the result of God using his faithful people to work in the lives of others.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mechanic-s-tale-life-in-the-pit-lanes-of-formula-one-by-steve-matchett--65128876https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342053 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One Author: Steve Matchett Narrator: Steve Matchett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Formula One Grand Prix mechanic Steve Matchett takes the listener on a compelling journey through his life in the pit-lane, from his beginnings as a young apprentice, through his time at Ferrari and BMW to his later success with Benetton. He gives eye-witness views of the great drivers, including Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, and Ayrton Senna. He also talks of key Benetton personalities, and explains how the team was transformed into a strong, competitive organisation, winning three World Championships.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342053Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342053 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One Author: Steve Matchett Narrator: Steve Matchett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342053 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One Author: Steve Matchett Narrator: Steve Matchett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Formula One Grand Prix mechanic Steve Matchett takes the listener on a compelling journey through his life in the pit-lane, from his beginnings as a young apprentice, through his time at Ferrari and BMW to his later success with Benetton. He gives eye-witness views of the great drivers, including Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, and Ayrton Senna. He also talks of key Benetton personalities, and explains how the team was transformed into a strong, competitive organisation, winning three World Championships.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-power-by-hugh-matheson-christopher-dodd--65128838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Power Author: Hugh Matheson, Christopher Dodd Narrator: Joseph Tweedale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history. SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS Jurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight. Over the last twenty years he has masterminded British Rowing’s incomparable success. And when the difference between gold and silver can mean mere fractions of a second, Jurgen Grobler has consistently delivered Olympic gold through various boat classes and with an ever-changing group of athletes. Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history, Grobler’s unparalleled record outstrips many much better known records and stories; building champions such as Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell to name but few. This authoritative account of Grobler’s career straddles the Iron Curtain, beginning in the German Democratic Republic, where systemic state-funded doping was an open secret, before crossing to Britain following the fall of the Berlin Wall. And whilst culture and sport have shifted dramatically over the last half century, Grobler’s pursuit of greatness has never faltered. Written by Olympic medallist, Hugh Matheson, and rowing historian, Christopher Dodd, More Power is the unmissable story of one man’s quest for glory, and sets out to unlock the secrets of Jurgen Grobler: the finest coach Olympic sport has ever seen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336552Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Power Author: Hugh Matheson, Christopher Dodd Narrator: Joseph Tweedale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Power Author: Hugh Matheson, Christopher Dodd Narrator: Joseph Tweedale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 5, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history. SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS Jurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight. Over the last twenty years he has masterminded British Rowing’s incomparable success. And when the difference between gold and silver can mean mere fractions of a second, Jurgen Grobler has consistently delivered Olympic gold through various boat classes and with an ever-changing group of athletes. Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history, Grobler’s unparalleled record outstrips many much better known records and stories; building champions such as Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell to name but few. This authoritative account of Grobler’s career straddles the Iron Curtain, beginning in the German Democratic Republic, where systemic state-funded doping was an open secret, before crossing to Britain following the fall of the Berlin Wall. And whilst culture and sport have shifted dramatically over the last half century, Grobler’s pursuit of greatness has never faltered. Written by Olympic medallist, Hugh Matheson, and rowing historian, Christopher Dodd, More Power is the unmissable story of one man’s quest for glory, and sets out to unlock the secrets of Jurgen Grobler: the finest coach Olympic sport has ever seen.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-wrong-with-us-a-coach-s-blunt-take-on-the-state-of-american-soccer-after-a-lifetime-on-the-touchline-by-steve-kettmann-bruce-arena--65128832https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What's Wrong with US?: A Coach’s Blunt Take on the State of American Soccer After a Lifetime on the Touchline Author: Steve Kettmann, Bruce Arena Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Every four years, Americans turn their attention to the world’s game—soccer. As recently as 1998, the USMNT merely made up the numbers at the biggest sporting tournament of all, but once Bruce Arena took over the team, American soccer started to find its footing. In the 2002 World Cup, a highly-fancied Portugal team, featuring the great Ronaldo, lost to Arena’s US team in a shock 3-2 victory, and but for a handball that wasn’t given, they could well have knocked off eventual winners Germany. But that quarter final appearance proved once and for all that the USMNT, like the women’s team before them, deserved to be considered a worthy opponent--and that’s all thanks to Bruce Arena. When he took over the USMNT, Arena was already the most successful club team coach in US history, having led DC United to the first two championships of the fledgling MLS. Arena--known for his tactical acumen and no-nonsense approach to coaching—inspired and instilled just enough fear into his teams to make them overachieve. By 2016, however, the national team was in a funk—coach Jurgen Klinsmann had brought the team to near elimination during the qualifying rounds for Russia. Cue Arena’s return to the stage, and the team’s return to form. Arena’s book will appear just as the team makes its final preparations for the World Cup, and at last fans will learn what makes this hugely successful coach tick. And the thousands of coaches around the country will turn to What's Wrong With Us? to see exactly how they can instill Arena’s blueprint for success on their own bands of young players.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335771Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What's Wrong with US?: A Coach’s Blunt Take on the State of American Soccer After a Lifetime on the Touchline Author: Steve Kettmann, Bruce Arena...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What's Wrong with US?: A Coach’s Blunt Take on the State of American Soccer After a Lifetime on the Touchline Author: Steve Kettmann, Bruce Arena Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 12, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Every four years, Americans turn their attention to the world’s game—soccer. As recently as 1998, the USMNT merely made up the numbers at the biggest sporting tournament of all, but once Bruce Arena took over the team, American soccer started to find its footing. In the 2002 World Cup, a highly-fancied Portugal team, featuring the great Ronaldo, lost to Arena’s US team in a shock 3-2 victory, and but for a handball that wasn’t given, they could well have knocked off eventual winners Germany. But that quarter final appearance proved once and for all that the USMNT, like the women’s team before them, deserved to be considered a worthy opponent--and that’s all thanks to Bruce Arena. When he took over the USMNT, Arena was already the most successful club team coach in US history, having led DC United to the first two championships of the fledgling MLS. Arena--known for his tactical acumen and no-nonsense approach to coaching—inspired and instilled just enough fear into his teams to make them overachieve. By 2016, however, the national team was in a funk—coach Jurgen Klinsmann had brought the team to near elimination during the qualifying rounds for Russia. Cue Arena’s return to the stage, and the team’s return to form. Arena’s book will appear just as the team makes its final preparations for the World Cup, and at last fans will learn what makes this hugely successful coach tick. And the thousands of coaches around the country will turn to What's Wrong With Us? to see exactly how they can instill Arena’s blueprint for success on their own bands of young players.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gazza-in-italy-by-daniel-storey--65128830https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gazza in Italy Author: Daniel Storey Narrator: James Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, funny and insightful analysis of Paul Gascoigne’s crazy up and downs during his three years at Lazio – a period which shows his entire career in microcosm. 4th July, 1990. Turin, Italy England are on the brink of reaching their first World Cup final in 24 years. Twenty-three-year old Paul Gascoigne has been one of the breakout stars of the tournament. His athleticism, speed of thought and incredible natural gifts have given England fans renewed faith in their perennially underachieving national side. Then in the 99th minute of a tense semi-final against Germany, Gascoigne lunges into a mistimed tackle. The ref awards him his second yellow card of the tournament, meaning that if England were to win, he would miss the final. Gascoigne turns away, tries to hold it together, but can’t. Floods of tears run down his face. We understand. We feel his pain and anguish. The legend of Gazza is born. Two years later, after an injury-stricken season at Spurs, he arrives at Lazio for a then record transfer fee. Expectations are sky high; he is welcomed as a footballing Messiah by the Roman fans. But all is not what it seems. There are doubts over his fitness, doubts over how he will adjust to life in Italy, doubts over whether his obvious potential can finally be achieved. The three subsequent years in Italy, shot through with incredible highs and self-inflicted lows, show Gascoigne in all his complexity – an immense natural talent flawed by a too-fragile personality. In Gazza in Italy, award-winning writer Daniel Storey brilliantly shines a light on an unexamined moment in Gascoigne’s career that encapsulates everything that we have come to associate with this most mercurial of talents: childish joy, public gaffes, wondrous skill and saddening self-destruction. Funny and harrowing in equal measure, this book allows us a better, more rounded understanding of one of our greatest sporting idols, and of a tragically misunderstood human being.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339873Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gazza in Italy Author: Daniel Storey Narrator: James Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gazza in Italy Author: Daniel Storey Narrator: James Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, funny and insightful analysis of Paul Gascoigne’s crazy up and downs during his three years at Lazio – a period which shows his entire career in microcosm. 4th July, 1990. Turin, Italy England are on the brink of reaching their first World Cup final in 24 years. Twenty-three-year old Paul Gascoigne has been one of the breakout stars of the tournament. His athleticism, speed of thought and incredible natural gifts have given England fans renewed faith in their perennially underachieving national side. Then in the 99th minute of a tense semi-final against Germany, Gascoigne lunges into a mistimed tackle. The ref awards him his second yellow card of the tournament, meaning that if England were to win, he would miss the final. Gascoigne turns away, tries to hold it together, but can’t. Floods of tears run down his face. We understand. We feel his pain and anguish. The legend of Gazza is born. Two years later, after an injury-stricken season at Spurs, he arrives at Lazio for a then record transfer fee. Expectations are sky high; he is welcomed as a footballing Messiah by the Roman fans. But all is not what it seems. There are doubts over his fitness, doubts over how he will adjust to life in Italy, doubts over whether his obvious potential can finally be achieved. The three subsequent years in Italy, shot through with incredible highs and self-inflicted lows, show Gascoigne in all his complexity – an immense natural talent flawed by a too-fragile personality. In Gazza in Italy, award-winning writer Daniel Storey brilliantly shines a light on an unexamined moment in Gascoigne’s career that encapsulates everything that we have come to associate with this most mercurial of talents: childish joy, public gaffes, wondrous skill and saddening self-destruction. Funny and harrowing in equal measure, this book allows us a better, more rounded understanding of one of our greatest sporting idols, and of a tragically misunderstood human being.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-winning-formula-leadership-strategy-and-motivation-the-f1-way-by-david-coulthard--65128778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winning Formula: Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way Author: David Coulthard Narrator: David Coulthard, Peter Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Why is F1 the perfect example for leadership, motivation and strategy? And what can we learn from it? How does a pit crew change four wheels in 1.9 seconds? And what does that mean for a company like Blackberry? What is Ron Dennis' secret to good time management? And how can that help TV producers? In The Winning Formula, driver, commentator and entrepreneur David Coulthard opens the doors to the secretive world of F1 and reveals in simple, entertaining and utterly compelling terms how he has been able to master this mind-boggling variety of disciplines by applying the skills honed from his years at the top of the world's most demanding motorsport. By recounting his own stories, and combining them with first-hand experience of stellar individuals such as Lewis Hamilton, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel, Coulthard provides a fascinating fly-on-the-wall insight into F1 but at the same time offers an invaluable guide to the business of sport and the sport of business.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335782Thu, 17 May 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winning Formula: Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way Author: David Coulthard Narrator: David Coulthard, Peter Forbes Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winning Formula: Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way Author: David Coulthard Narrator: David Coulthard, Peter Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Why is F1 the perfect example for leadership, motivation and strategy? And what can we learn from it? How does a pit crew change four wheels in 1.9 seconds? And what does that mean for a company like Blackberry? What is Ron Dennis' secret to good time management? And how can that help TV producers? In The Winning Formula, driver, commentator and entrepreneur David Coulthard opens the doors to the secretive world of F1 and reveals in simple, entertaining and utterly compelling terms how he has been able to master this mind-boggling variety of disciplines by applying the skills honed from his years at the top of the world's most demanding motorsport. By recounting his own stories, and combining them with first-hand experience of stellar individuals such as Lewis Hamilton, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel, Coulthard provides a fascinating fly-on-the-wall insight into F1 but at the same time offers an invaluable guide to the business of sport and the sport of business.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jim-brown-last-man-standing-by-dave-zirin--65128814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Brown: Last Man Standing Author: Dave Zirin Narrator: Dave Zirin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A unique biography of Jim Brown—football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist—written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin. Jim Brown is recognized as perhaps the greatest football player to ever live. But his phenomenal nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns is only part of his remarkable story, the opening salvo to a much more sprawling epic. Brown parlayed his athletic fame into stardom in Hollywood, where it was thought that he could become “the black John Wayne.” He was an outspoken Black Power icon in the 1960s, and he formed Black Economic Unions to challenge racism in the business world. For this and for his decades of work as a truce negotiator with street gangs, Brown—along with such figures as Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, and Billie Jean King—is revered as a socially conscious athlete. On the most hypermasculine cultural canvases of the United States—NFL football, the Black Power movement, Hollywood's blaxploitation films, gang intervention both inside and outside prison walls—Jim Brown has made his mark. Yet in the landscape of the most toxic expression of “what makes a man”—numerous accusations of violence against women—he has left a jagged mark as well. Dave Zirin's book redefines an American icon, and not always in a flattering light. At eighty-one years old, Brown continues to speak out and look for fights. His recent public support of Donald Trump and criticism of Colin Kaepernick are just the latest examples of someone who seems restless if he is not in conflict. Jim Brown is a raw and thrilling account of Brown's remarkable life and a must-read for sports fans and students of the black freedom struggle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333776Tue, 15 May 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Brown: Last Man Standing Author: Dave Zirin Narrator: Dave Zirin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Brown: Last Man Standing Author: Dave Zirin Narrator: Dave Zirin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A unique biography of Jim Brown—football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist—written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin. Jim Brown is recognized as perhaps the greatest football player to ever live. But his phenomenal nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns is only part of his remarkable story, the opening salvo to a much more sprawling epic. Brown parlayed his athletic fame into stardom in Hollywood, where it was thought that he could become “the black John Wayne.” He was an outspoken Black Power icon in the 1960s, and he formed Black Economic Unions to challenge racism in the business world. For this and for his decades of work as a truce negotiator with street gangs, Brown—along with such figures as Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, and Billie Jean King—is revered as a socially conscious athlete. On the most hypermasculine cultural canvases of the United States—NFL football, the Black Power movement, Hollywood's blaxploitation films, gang intervention both inside and outside prison walls—Jim Brown has made his mark. Yet in the landscape of the most toxic expression of “what makes a man”—numerous accusations of violence against women—he has left a jagged mark as well. Dave Zirin's book redefines an American icon, and not always in a flattering light. At eighty-one years old, Brown continues to speak out and look for fights. His recent public support of Donald Trump and criticism of Colin Kaepernick are just the latest examples of someone who seems restless if he is not in conflict. Jim Brown is a raw and thrilling account of Brown's remarkable life and a must-read for sports fans and students of the black freedom struggle.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-keith-hernandez-a-memoir-by-keith-hernandez--65128813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir Author: Keith Hernandez Narrator: Keith Hernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping literary memoir and New York Times bestseller. Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman. During his illustrious career with the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he was a perennial fan favorite, earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves, a National League co-MVP Award, and a batting title. But it was his unique blend of intelligence, humor, and talent -- not to mention his unflappable leadership, playful antics, and competitive temperament -- that transcended the sport and propelled him to a level of renown that few other athletes have achieved, including his memorable appearances on the television show Seinfeld. Now, with a striking mix of candor and self-reflection, Hernandez takes us along on his journey to baseball immortality. There are the hellacious bus rides and south-of-the-border escapades of his minor league years. His major league benchings, unending plate adjustments, and role in one of the most exciting batting races in history against Pete Rose. Indeed, from the Little League fields of Northern California to the dusty proving grounds of triple-A ball to the grand stages of Busch Stadium and beyond, I'm Keith Hernandez reveals as much about America's favorite pastime as it does about the man himself. What emerges is an honest and compelling assessment of the game's past, present, and future: a memoir that showcases one of baseball's most unique and experienced minds at his very best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330708Tue, 15 May 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir Author: Keith Hernandez Narrator: Keith Hernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir Author: Keith Hernandez Narrator: Keith Hernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping literary memoir and New York Times bestseller. Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman. During his illustrious career with the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he was a perennial fan favorite, earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves, a National League co-MVP Award, and a batting title. But it was his unique blend of intelligence, humor, and talent -- not to mention his unflappable leadership, playful antics, and competitive temperament -- that transcended the sport and propelled him to a level of renown that few other athletes have achieved, including his memorable appearances on the television show Seinfeld. Now, with a striking mix of candor and self-reflection, Hernandez takes us along on his journey to baseball immortality. There are the hellacious bus rides and south-of-the-border escapades of his minor league years. His major league benchings, unending plate adjustments, and role in one of the most exciting batting races in history against Pete Rose. Indeed, from the Little League fields of Northern California to the dusty proving grounds of triple-A ball to the grand stages of Busch Stadium and beyond, I'm Keith Hernandez reveals as much about America's favorite pastime as it does about the man himself. What emerges is an honest and compelling assessment of the game's past, present, and future: a memoir that showcases one of baseball's most unique and experienced minds at his very best.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kickflip-boys-a-memoir-of-freedom-rebellion-and-the-chaos-of-fatherhood-by-neal-thompson--65128771https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kickflip Boys: A Memoir of Freedom, Rebellion, and the Chaos of Fatherhood Author: Neal Thompson Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “With a dispassionate but tender eye, Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of being the father of adolescent boys—and of adolescence itself, observed and remembered.” —Michael Chabon What makes a good father, and what makes one a failure? Does less-is-more parenting inspire independence and strength, or does it encourage defiance and  trouble? Kickflip Boys is the story of a father’s struggle to understand his willful skateboarder sons, challengers of authority and convention, to accept his role as a vulnerable “skate dad,” and to confront his fears that the boys are destined for an unconventional and potentially fraught future. With searing honesty, Neal Thompson traces his sons’ progression through all the stages of skateboarding: splurging on skate shoes and boards, having run-ins with security guards, skipping classes and defying teachers, painting graffiti, drinking and smoking, and more. As the story veers from funny to treacherous and back, from skateparks to the streets, Thompson must confront his complicity and fallibility. He also reflects on his upbringing in rural New Jersey, and his own adventures with skateboards, drugs, danger, and defiance.  A story of thrill-seeking teens, of hope and love, freedom and failure, Kickflip Boys reveals a sport and a community that have become a refuge for adolescent boys who don’t fit in. Ultimately, it’s the survival story of a loving modern American family, of acceptance, forgiveness, and letting go.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329749Tue, 15 May 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kickflip Boys: A Memoir of Freedom, Rebellion, and the Chaos of Fatherhood Author: Neal Thompson Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kickflip Boys: A Memoir of Freedom, Rebellion, and the Chaos of Fatherhood Author: Neal Thompson Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “With a dispassionate but tender eye, Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of being the father of adolescent boys—and of adolescence itself, observed and remembered.” —Michael Chabon What makes a good father, and what makes one a failure? Does less-is-more parenting inspire independence and strength, or does it encourage defiance and  trouble? Kickflip Boys is the story of a father’s struggle to understand his willful skateboarder sons, challengers of authority and convention, to accept his role as a vulnerable “skate dad,” and to confront his fears that the boys are destined for an unconventional and potentially fraught future. With searing honesty, Neal Thompson traces his sons’ progression through all the stages of skateboarding: splurging on skate shoes and boards, having run-ins with security guards, skipping classes and defying teachers, painting graffiti, drinking and smoking, and more. As the story veers from funny to treacherous and back, from skateparks to the streets, Thompson must confront his complicity and fallibility. He also reflects on his upbringing in rural New Jersey, and his own adventures with skateboards, drugs, danger, and defiance.  A story of thrill-seeking teens, of hope and love, freedom and failure, Kickflip Boys reveals a sport and a community that have become a refuge for adolescent boys who don’t fit in. Ultimately, it’s the survival story of a loving modern American family, of acceptance, forgiveness, and letting go.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pact-a-ufc-champion-a-boy-with-cancer-and-their-promise-to-win-the-ultimate-battle-by-cody-garbrandt--65128762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pact: A UFC Champion, a Boy with Cancer, and their Promise to Win the Ultimate Battle Author: Cody Garbrandt Narrator: Dave Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A UFC champion and a boy with leukemia, in the fight of their lives.  Cody Garbrandt dreamed of being a UFC champion. In his darkest moments, when those dreams were dashed, he dug deep with the help of an unlikely friend—five-year-old Maddux Maple, a local hometown fan with leukemia. They made a pact: Cody would be in the UFC and win the championship, and Maddux would beat cancer.  Read their moving story in Cody’s new book, The Pact, and go behind the scenes into Cody’s training and how he made his dreams come true.  Cody Garbrandt grew up in a rough town in the Central Appalachian region of Ohio, surrounded by a longstanding culture of fighting—and drugs. Raised in this environment by a single mom (his dad left him at the young age of three to reside in the Ohio State Penitentiary), Cody grew up fighting, and he grew up wild. His future seemed predestined to end in the coal mines, or in prison. Thankfully, Cody had visions of something more. His American Dream? Mixed Martial Arts. But a path to success wasn’t clear. He spent as much time fighting in the streets as he did in the gym—one bad decision away from losing everything. Then, at age 20, Cody’s brother introduced him to five-year old Maddux Maple. Maddux was deathly ill with leukemia, his survival by no means assured. A unique friendship developed as they made a promise to each other: Maddux would beat cancer, and Cody would make it to the UFC and become world champion. Through five long years of pain and hardship, they both persevered; Cody, through the agony and sacrifices of fighting his way to the top, and Maddux through the horrors of chemotherapy. They loved and supported each other. They served as each other’s inspiration. And in December 2016, they made good on their pact: Cody won his UFC Championship belt, which he promptly presented to Maddux—the boy who had beaten cancer into remission.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333573Tue, 08 May 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pact: A UFC Champion, a Boy with Cancer, and their Promise to Win the Ultimate Battle Author: Cody Garbrandt Narrator: Dave Hoffman Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pact: A UFC Champion, a Boy with Cancer, and their Promise to Win the Ultimate Battle Author: Cody Garbrandt Narrator: Dave Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A UFC champion and a boy with leukemia, in the fight of their lives.  Cody Garbrandt dreamed of being a UFC champion. In his darkest moments, when those dreams were dashed, he dug deep with the help of an unlikely friend—five-year-old Maddux Maple, a local hometown fan with leukemia. They made a pact: Cody would be in the UFC and win the championship, and Maddux would beat cancer.  Read their moving story in Cody’s new book, The Pact, and go behind the scenes into Cody’s training and how he made his dreams come true.  Cody Garbrandt grew up in a rough town in the Central Appalachian region of Ohio, surrounded by a longstanding culture of fighting—and drugs. Raised in this environment by a single mom (his dad left him at the young age of three to reside in the Ohio State Penitentiary), Cody grew up fighting, and he grew up wild. His future seemed predestined to end in the coal mines, or in prison. Thankfully, Cody had visions of something more. His American Dream? Mixed Martial Arts. But a path to success wasn’t clear. He spent as much time fighting in the streets as he did in the gym—one bad decision away from losing everything. Then, at age 20, Cody’s brother introduced him to five-year old Maddux Maple. Maddux was deathly ill with leukemia, his survival by no means assured. A unique friendship developed as they made a promise to each other: Maddux would beat cancer, and Cody would make it to the UFC and become world champion. Through five long years of pain and hardship, they both persevered; Cody, through the agony and sacrifices of fighting his way to the top, and Maddux through the horrors of chemotherapy. They loved and supported each other. They served as each other’s inspiration. And in December 2016, they made good on their pact: Cody won his UFC Championship belt, which he promptly presented to Maddux—the boy who had beaten cancer into remission.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/masters-of-modern-soccer-how-the-world-s-best-play-the-twenty-first-century-game-by-grant-wahl--65128829https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game Author: Grant Wahl Narrator: Grant Wahl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This in-depth analysis of modern soccer reveals how elite players and coaches strategize on and off the field to execute in high-pressure situations.   “A worthy addition to any soccer fan’s shelf.”—The Wall Street Journal In Masters of Modern Soccer, America’s premier soccer journalist, Grant Wahl, reveals what players and managers are thinking before, during, and after games and delivers a true behind-the-scenes perspective on the inner workings of the sport’s brightest minds.    Wahl follows world-class players from across the globe, examining how they do their jobs and gaining deep insight from the players on how goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards function individually and as a unit to excel and win. He also shadows a manager and director of soccer as they juggle the challenges of coaching, preparation, and the short- and long-term strategies of how to identify and acquire talent and deploy it on the field.    These central figures share the little details that matter, position by position:   • Attacking midfielder Christian Pulisic explains why he wears his soccer cleats a size too small to make his first touch even better.  • Forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernández reveals the Mexican national team’s secret synchronized patterns that create space for him in front of the goal.  • Defender Vincent Kompany tells you why his teammates’ pressure on the ball means he can defend his man more tightly in the penalty box.  • Defensive midfielder Xabi Alonso describes his disdain for slide tackles and the tendency among even the best professional midfielders to play too closely to one another.  • Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer tells the origin story of his sweeper-keeper role, which has allowed him to redefine the position for the modern game.  • Head coach Roberto Martínez explains the differences between coaching clubs and national teams and why one of the first things he looks for in any game situation is numerical advantage.  • Director of football Michael Zorc discusses what he looks for when it comes to identifying players he can buy low and sell high, Moneyball-style, while still competing to win trophies.  The definitive analysis of the craft of soccer, Masters of Modern Soccer will change the way any fan, player, coach, or sideline enthusiast experiences the game.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331097Tue, 01 May 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game Author: Grant Wahl Narrator: Grant Wahl Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game Author: Grant Wahl Narrator: Grant Wahl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This in-depth analysis of modern soccer reveals how elite players and coaches strategize on and off the field to execute in high-pressure situations.   “A worthy addition to any soccer fan’s shelf.”—The Wall Street Journal In Masters of Modern Soccer, America’s premier soccer journalist, Grant Wahl, reveals what players and managers are thinking before, during, and after games and delivers a true behind-the-scenes perspective on the inner workings of the sport’s brightest minds.    Wahl follows world-class players from across the globe, examining how they do their jobs and gaining deep insight from the players on how goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards function individually and as a unit to excel and win. He also shadows a manager and director of soccer as they juggle the challenges of coaching, preparation, and the short- and long-term strategies of how to identify and acquire talent and deploy it on the field.    These central figures share the little details that matter, position by position:   • Attacking midfielder Christian Pulisic explains why he wears his soccer cleats a size too small to make his first touch even better.  • Forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernández reveals the Mexican national team’s secret synchronized patterns that create space for him in front of the goal.  • Defender Vincent Kompany tells you why his teammates’ pressure on the ball means he can defend his man more tightly in the penalty box.  • Defensive midfielder Xabi Alonso describes his disdain for slide tackles and the tendency among even the best professional midfielders to play too closely to one another.  • Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer tells the origin story of his sweeper-keeper role, which has allowed him to redefine the position for the modern game.  • Head coach Roberto Martínez explains the differences between coaching clubs and national teams and why one of the first things he looks for in any game situation is numerical advantage.  • Director of football Michael Zorc discusses what he looks for when it comes to identifying players he can buy low and sell high, Moneyball-style, while still competing to win trophies.  The definitive analysis of the craft of soccer, Masters of Modern Soccer will change the way any fan, player, coach, or sideline enthusiast experiences the game.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-push-a-climber-s-journey-of-endurance-risk-and-going-beyond-limits-to-climb-the-dawn-wall-by-tommy-caldwell--65128827https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall Author: Tommy Caldwell Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin Audio presents The Push by Tommy Caldwell, read by Johnathan McClain. A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan. On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history Yosemite's nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after nineteen days on the route. Caldwell's odds-defying feat was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete. This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell s affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan s biggest, steepest, blankest face the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father. The Push is an arresting story of focus, drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation, a book that will appeal to anyone]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330297Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall Author: Tommy Caldwell Narrator: Johnathan McClain...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall Author: Tommy Caldwell Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin Audio presents The Push by Tommy Caldwell, read by Johnathan McClain. A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan. On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history Yosemite's nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after nineteen days on the route. Caldwell's odds-defying feat was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete. This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell s affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan s biggest, steepest, blankest face the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father. The Push is an arresting story of focus, drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation, a book that will appeal to anyone]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-your-mind-run-a-memoir-of-thinking-my-way-to-victory-by-deena-kastor-michelle-hamilton--65128846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory Author: Deena Kastor, Michelle Hamilton Narrator: Deena Kastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.79 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 12 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Deena Kastor is one of the greatest bodies in distance running, but this book captures what is so groundbreaking about her mind.”—Alexi Pappas, Olympian, writer, and filmmaker “Inspiring, fascinating, and insightful. Practical for anyone trying to overcome the biggest impediments to climbing that next hill of growth.”—Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential Deena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college, when her competitive method—run as hard as possible, for fear of losing—brought her to the brink of burnout. On the verge of quitting, she took a chance on legendary coach Joe Vigil, who had started the first professional distance-running team in the US. At his Colorado training center, she encountered the notion that shaping her mind to be more encouraging, kind, and resilient could make her faster than she’d ever imagined possible. Building a mind so strong would take years of effort and discipline, but it would propel Kastor to the pinnacle of running—to American records in every distance from the 5K to the marathon—and to the accomplishment of earning America’s first Olympic medal in the marathon in twenty years.   Let Your Mind Run is a fascinating, intimate look inside the mind of an elite athlete, a remarkable story of achievement, and an insightful primer on how the small steps of cultivating possibility can give anyone a competitive edge.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330520Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory Author: Deena Kastor, Michelle Hamilton Narrator: Deena Kastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory Author: Deena Kastor, Michelle Hamilton Narrator: Deena Kastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.79 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 12 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Deena Kastor is one of the greatest bodies in distance running, but this book captures what is so groundbreaking about her mind.”—Alexi Pappas, Olympian, writer, and filmmaker “Inspiring, fascinating, and insightful. Practical for anyone trying to overcome the biggest impediments to climbing that next hill of growth.”—Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential Deena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college, when her competitive method—run as hard as possible, for fear of losing—brought her to the brink of burnout. On the verge of quitting, she took a chance on legendary coach Joe Vigil, who had started the first professional distance-running team in the US. At his Colorado training center, she encountered the notion that shaping her mind to be more encouraging, kind, and resilient could make her faster than she’d ever imagined possible. Building a mind so strong would take years of effort and discipline, but it would propel Kastor to the pinnacle of running—to American records in every distance from the 5K to the marathon—and to the accomplishment of earning America’s first Olympic medal in the marathon in twenty years.   Let Your Mind Run is a fascinating, intimate look inside the mind of an elite athlete, a remarkable story of achievement, and an insightful primer on how the small steps of cultivating possibility can give anyone a competitive edge.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/things-that-make-white-people-uncomfortable-by-dave-zirin-michael-bennett--65128844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things That Make White People Uncomfortable Author: Dave Zirin, Michael Bennett Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Super Bowl Champion and two-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor. One of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, he is also a fearless activist, grassroots philanthropist, and organizer. Bennett, a defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, has gained international recognition for his public support for the Black Lives Matter Movement and women's rights. Bennett donates all his endorsement money and half of the proceeds from his jersey sales to fund health and education projects for poor underserved youth and minority communities, and has recently expanded his reach globally to provide STEM programming in Africa. Dave Zirin has been called the 'finest, most important writer on sports and politics in America,' by Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at the Harvard Divinity School. He is sports editor for The Nation and author of several titles for Haymarket Books, including his critically acclaimed book The John Carlos Story, written with 1968 Olympian John Carlos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331421Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things That Make White People Uncomfortable Author: Dave Zirin, Michael Bennett Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things That Make White People Uncomfortable Author: Dave Zirin, Michael Bennett Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Super Bowl Champion and two-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor. One of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, he is also a fearless activist, grassroots philanthropist, and organizer. Bennett, a defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, has gained international recognition for his public support for the Black Lives Matter Movement and women's rights. Bennett donates all his endorsement money and half of the proceeds from his jersey sales to fund health and education projects for poor underserved youth and minority communities, and has recently expanded his reach globally to provide STEM programming in Africa. Dave Zirin has been called the 'finest, most important writer on sports and politics in America,' by Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at the Harvard Divinity School. He is sports editor for The Nation and author of several titles for Haymarket Books, including his critically acclaimed book The John Carlos Story, written with 1968 Olympian John Carlos.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rise-surviving-the-fight-of-my-life-by-paige-vanzant--65128757https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: Surviving the Fight of My Life Author: Paige Vanzant Narrator: Chloe Cannon, Paige Vanzant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: AN INSPIRING MEMOIR FOR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND CAME UP SWINGING As a young girl growing up in Newberg, Oregon, Paige Sletten was all energy and full of potential. A natural athlete, Paige excelled at dancing, made the cheerleading squad earlier than most, and even had aspirations of becoming a Disney child star. With a tight-knit family, Paige's life was on track for greatness. Then, one fateful fall night in high school, everything changed when Paige faced a life-threatening sexual assault. It was in the gym where she 'pounded the life out of those ashen memories,' becoming stronger with every punch, kick, and lunge. In this beautiful tale of survival, she writes: I inhale the power. I exhale the bullshit. One strike at a time. Fighting became Paige's safe haven; something to live for, and Rise is the inspiring story of how she ultimately transformed into a bone-breaking, head-smashing fighter known as Paige VanZant. It is the deeply moving story of a warrior who transformed her pain into power and has become one of the toughest women in the world; an inspiring journey of someone who was knocked down in the most devastating way and came up swinging.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330904Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: Surviving the Fight of My Life Author: Paige Vanzant Narrator: Chloe Cannon, Paige Vanzant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: Surviving the Fight of My Life Author: Paige Vanzant Narrator: Chloe Cannon, Paige Vanzant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: AN INSPIRING MEMOIR FOR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND CAME UP SWINGING As a young girl growing up in Newberg, Oregon, Paige Sletten was all energy and full of potential. A natural athlete, Paige excelled at dancing, made the cheerleading squad earlier than most, and even had aspirations of becoming a Disney child star. With a tight-knit family, Paige's life was on track for greatness. Then, one fateful fall night in high school, everything changed when Paige faced a life-threatening sexual assault. It was in the gym where she 'pounded the life out of those ashen memories,' becoming stronger with every punch, kick, and lunge. In this beautiful tale of survival, she writes: I inhale the power. I exhale the bullshit. One strike at a time. Fighting became Paige's safe haven; something to live for, and Rise is the inspiring story of how she ultimately transformed into a bone-breaking, head-smashing fighter known as Paige VanZant. It is the deeply moving story of a warrior who transformed her pain into power and has become one of the toughest women in the world; an inspiring journey of someone who was knocked down in the most devastating way and came up swinging.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-final-race-the-incredible-world-war-ii-story-of-the-olympian-who-inspired-chariots-of-fire-by-eric-t-eichinger--65128864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Final Race: The Incredible World War II Story of the Olympian Who Inspired Chariots of Fire Author: Eric T. Eichinger Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: On July 19, 1924, Eric Liddell was on top of the world. He was the most famous Briton at the time, having just won the gold in the Olympic 400-meter race. The story of that race―and the one he didn’t run―was told in the popular movie classic Chariots of Fire. But what most of us don’t know is what became of Eric Liddell in the years after the credits rolled. As the storm clouds of World War II rolled in, Eric Liddell had already made decisions in his life that gave him the resilience to stand tall while others fell into despair. His strength of character led him to choose an uncertain future in China during World War II to continue helping the Chinese. He lived purposefully, even as his world crumbled and he experienced the horror and deprivations of a Japanese internment camp. Eric’s story is a story of hope in the face of uncertainty, resilience in the face of unspeakable odds, and an inspiring vision of what life means, even when the final hour comes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330194Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Final Race: The Incredible World War II Story of the Olympian Who Inspired Chariots of Fire Author: Eric T. Eichinger Narrator: Lloyd James Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Final Race: The Incredible World War II Story of the Olympian Who Inspired Chariots of Fire Author: Eric T. Eichinger Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: On July 19, 1924, Eric Liddell was on top of the world. He was the most famous Briton at the time, having just won the gold in the Olympic 400-meter race. The story of that race―and the one he didn’t run―was told in the popular movie classic Chariots of Fire. But what most of us don’t know is what became of Eric Liddell in the years after the credits rolled. As the storm clouds of World War II rolled in, Eric Liddell had already made decisions in his life that gave him the resilience to stand tall while others fell into despair. His strength of character led him to choose an uncertain future in China during World War II to continue helping the Chinese. He lived purposefully, even as his world crumbled and he experienced the horror and deprivations of a Japanese internment camp. Eric’s story is a story of hope in the face of uncertainty, resilience in the face of unspeakable odds, and an inspiring vision of what life means, even when the final hour comes.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-by-paul-o-connell--65128843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle Author: Paul O'connell Narrator: John Cormack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Battle by Paul O'Connell, read by John Cormack. There has never been a rugby player quite like Paul O'Connell. His name is synonymous with passion, heart and determination. But he is also the thinking man's rugby player, a legendary student of the game. As the heartbeat of Munster, British and Irish Lions captain in 2009, and captain of the first Ireland team to retain the Six Nations championship, O'Connell became the most beloved and respected of the golden generation of Irish rugby players - and was widely regarded as one of the very best players in the world. There was nothing inevitable - or even likely - about any of this, and in an autobiography as intense and thoughtful as its author, O'Connell explores the forces and struggles that turned him into the player and leader that he became. The Battle is a book for everyone who wants to understand the roots of achievement and the inner world of an elite sportsman. It will take its place alongside the very finest sports books of recent years.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329551Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle Author: Paul O'connell Narrator: John Cormack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle Author: Paul O'connell Narrator: John Cormack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Battle by Paul O'Connell, read by John Cormack. There has never been a rugby player quite like Paul O'Connell. His name is synonymous with passion, heart and determination. But he is also the thinking man's rugby player, a legendary student of the game. As the heartbeat of Munster, British and Irish Lions captain in 2009, and captain of the first Ireland team to retain the Six Nations championship, O'Connell became the most beloved and respected of the golden generation of Irish rugby players - and was widely regarded as one of the very best players in the world. There was nothing inevitable - or even likely - about any of this, and in an autobiography as intense and thoughtful as its author, O'Connell explores the forces and struggles that turned him into the player and leader that he became. The Battle is a book for everyone who wants to understand the roots of achievement and the inner world of an elite sportsman. It will take its place alongside the very finest sports books of recent years.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-season-in-the-sun-the-rise-of-mickey-mantle-by-johnny-smith-randy-roberts--65128851https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Author: Johnny Smith, Randy Roberts Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries and critics to become the most celebrated athlete of his time. Taking us from the action on the diamond to Mantle's off-the-field exploits, Roberts and Smith depict Mantle not as an ideal role model or a bitter alcoholic, but a complex man whose faults were smoothed over by sportswriters eager to keep the truth about sports heroes at bay. An incisive portrait of an American icon, A Season in the Sun is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328869Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Author: Johnny Smith, Randy Roberts Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Author: Johnny Smith, Randy Roberts Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries and critics to become the most celebrated athlete of his time. Taking us from the action on the diamond to Mantle's off-the-field exploits, Roberts and Smith depict Mantle not as an ideal role model or a bitter alcoholic, but a complex man whose faults were smoothed over by sportswriters eager to keep the truth about sports heroes at bay. An incisive portrait of an American icon, A Season in the Sun is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-outside-my-journey-through-life-and-the-game-i-love-by-ray-allen-michael-arkush--65128824https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Outside: My Journey Through LIfe and the Game I Love Author: Ray Allen, Michael Arkush Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The record-holding two-time National Basketball Association champion reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir. Playing in the NBA for eighteen years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, this most dedicated competitor was legendary for his sharp shooting. From the Outside, complete with a foreword by Spike Lee, is his story in his words: a no-holds-barred look at his life and career, filled with behind-the-scenes stories and surprising revelations about the game he has always cherished. Allen talks openly about his fellow players, coaches, owners, and friends, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett. He reveals how, as a kid growing up in a military family, he learned about responsibility and respect—the key to making those perfect free throws and critical three-point shots. From the Outside is the portrait of a gifted athlete and a serious man with a strongly defined philosophy about the game and the right way it should be played—a philosophy that, at times, set him apart from colleagues and coaches, while inspiring so many others, and lead to the most pivotal shot of his career: the unforgettable 3-pointer in the final seconds of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Throughout, Allen makes clear that success in basketball is as much about what happens off the court as on, that devotion and commitment are the true essence of the game—and of life itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328875Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Outside: My Journey Through LIfe and the Game I Love Author: Ray Allen, Michael Arkush Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Outside: My Journey Through LIfe and the Game I Love Author: Ray Allen, Michael Arkush Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The record-holding two-time National Basketball Association champion reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir. Playing in the NBA for eighteen years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, this most dedicated competitor was legendary for his sharp shooting. From the Outside, complete with a foreword by Spike Lee, is his story in his words: a no-holds-barred look at his life and career, filled with behind-the-scenes stories and surprising revelations about the game he has always cherished. Allen talks openly about his fellow players, coaches, owners, and friends, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett. He reveals how, as a kid growing up in a military family, he learned about responsibility and respect—the key to making those perfect free throws and critical three-point shots. From the Outside is the portrait of a gifted athlete and a serious man with a strongly defined philosophy about the game and the right way it should be played—a philosophy that, at times, set him apart from colleagues and coaches, while inspiring so many others, and lead to the most pivotal shot of his career: the unforgettable 3-pointer in the final seconds of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Throughout, Allen makes clear that success in basketball is as much about what happens off the court as on, that devotion and commitment are the true essence of the game—and of life itself.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiger-woods-by-armen-keteyian-jeff-benedict--65128754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger Woods Author: Armen Keteyian, Jeff Benedict Narrator: Roger Casey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 12 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times Bestseller * “A whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true.” —The Wall Street Journal * “There is beauty and awe in this perfectly pitched biography.” —The New York Times * “Comprehensive, propulsive...and unsparing.” —The New Yorker Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews with people from every corner of Tiger Woods’s life this is “a searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (GOLF Magazine)—who has made one of the most remarkable comebacks of all time. In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life. But it turned out he had been living a double life for years—one that exploded in the aftermath of a Thanksgiving night crash that exposed his serial infidelity and sent his personal and professional lives over a cliff. In this “searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (GOLF magazine), Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian dig deep behind the headlines to produce a richly reported answer to the question that has mystified millions of sports fans for nearly a decade: who is Tiger Woods, really? Drawing on more than four hundred interviews with people from every corner of Woods’s life—many of whom have never spoken about him on the record before—Benedict and Keteyian construct a captivating psychological profile of a mixed race child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to be the “chosen one,” to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well. But at what cost? Benedict and Keteyian provide the starling answers in this definitive biography that is destined to linger in the minds of readers for years to come. “Irresistible…Immensely readable…Benedict and Keteyian bring us along for the ride in a whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true” (The Wall Street Journal). Ultimately, Tiger Woods is “a big American story…exhilarating, depressing, tawdry, and moving in almost equal measure” (The New York Times).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330533Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger Woods Author: Armen Keteyian, Jeff Benedict Narrator: Roger Casey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger Woods Author: Armen Keteyian, Jeff Benedict Narrator: Roger Casey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 12 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times Bestseller * “A whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true.” —The Wall Street Journal * “There is beauty and awe in this perfectly pitched biography.” —The New York Times * “Comprehensive, propulsive...and unsparing.” —The New Yorker Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews with people from every corner of Tiger Woods’s life this is “a searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (GOLF Magazine)—who has made one of the most remarkable comebacks of all time. In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life. But it turned out he had been living a double life for years—one that exploded in the aftermath of a Thanksgiving night crash that exposed his serial infidelity and sent his personal and professional lives over a cliff. In this “searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (GOLF magazine), Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian dig deep behind the headlines to produce a richly reported answer to the question that has mystified millions of sports fans for nearly a decade: who is Tiger Woods, really? Drawing on more than four hundred interviews with people from every corner of Woods’s life—many of whom have never spoken about him on the record before—Benedict and Keteyian construct a captivating psychological profile of a mixed race child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to be the “chosen one,” to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well. But at what cost? Benedict and Keteyian provide the starling answers in this definitive biography that is destined to linger in the minds of readers for years to come. “Irresistible…Immensely readable…Benedict and Keteyian bring us along for the ride in a whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true” (The Wall Street Journal). Ultimately, Tiger Woods is “a big American story…exhilarating, depressing, tawdry, and moving in almost equal measure” (The New York Times).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-american-murder-by-james-patterson--65128826https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All-American Murder Author: James Patterson Narrator: Peter Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER on the murder behind the Netflix documentary Killer Inside He had it all. A $40 million NFL contract. Fame. Adoration – until he was convicted of murder, and jailed for life without parole. A true story told by the master of crime fiction, All-American Murder is the tale of Aaron Hernandez, once the NFL's youngest player, a star for the New England Patriots and a Super Bowl veteran. His every move played out in the headlines, and yet he led a secret life – one that ended in a maximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast? This explosive account of the rise and fall of a life cut short in the dark shadow of fame, culminating in Hernandez's own untimely death behind bars, is built on original, in-depth reporting. Was Hernandez a victim himself, suffering violence-inducing brain damage from the sport that meant everything to him – or was he just a heartless killer? ‘The man behind the hugely popular Alex Cross series has interviewed those closest to Hernandez to get the full, winding story on the NFL star turned murderer.’ The Sun ‘Patterson unravels Hernandez’s complicated and troubling story.’ CBS News 'This disturbing true-crime thriller is another fast and captivating Patterson read.' USA Today]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328916Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All-American Murder Author: James Patterson Narrator: Peter Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All-American Murder Author: James Patterson Narrator: Peter Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER on the murder behind the Netflix documentary Killer Inside He had it all. A $40 million NFL contract. Fame. Adoration – until he was convicted of murder, and jailed for life without parole. A true story told by the master of crime fiction, All-American Murder is the tale of Aaron Hernandez, once the NFL's youngest player, a star for the New England Patriots and a Super Bowl veteran. His every move played out in the headlines, and yet he led a secret life – one that ended in a maximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast? This explosive account of the rise and fall of a life cut short in the dark shadow of fame, culminating in Hernandez's own untimely death behind bars, is built on original, in-depth reporting. Was Hernandez a victim himself, suffering violence-inducing brain damage from the sport that meant everything to him – or was he just a heartless killer? ‘The man behind the hugely popular Alex Cross series has interviewed those closest to Hernandez to get the full, winding story on the NFL star turned murderer.’ The Sun ‘Patterson unravels Hernandez’s complicated and troubling story.’ CBS News 'This disturbing true-crime thriller is another fast and captivating Patterson read.' USA Today]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gator-my-life-in-pinstripes-by-ron-guidry-andrew-beaton--65128852https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gator: My Life in Pinstripes Author: Ron Guidry, Andrew Beaton Narrator: Ron Guidry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storied and celebrated teams in sports history--the world champion New York Yankees during their heyday in the Bronx Zoo years, with manic manager Billy Martin, headline loving owner George Steinbrenner, and an ego-driven all-star cast that included everyone from slugger Reggie Jackson and All star catcher Thurman Munson to Cy Young Award winners Sparky Lyle and Catfish Hunter. Ron Guidry, known as Gator and Louisiana Lightning to his teammates, quickly rose in 1977 to become the ace of the Yankees' stellar pitching staff, helping the team regarded as the most famous and notorious in Yankee history win the World Series. In 1978, he went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA and won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in baseball, helping to bring home the Yankees' second straight World Series championship. A four-time All Star and five-time Golden Glove winner, he played from 1976 to 1988, served as the Yankees' captain in the 1980s, and remains one of the greatest pitchers in Yankee history. In Gator, Guidry takes us inside the clubhouse to tell us what it was like to play amidst the chaos and almost daily confrontations between Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner, Martin's altercations with star slugger Reggie 'the straw that stirs the drink' Jackson. He talks poignantly about the death of Thurman Munson in 1979, and the impact that had on Ron and on the club. He tells stories about players like Lou Pinella, Willie Randolph, Bucky Dent, Catfish Hunter, Chris Chambliss, and Mickey Rivers, and coach Yogi Berra (who in 1984 became the Yankees' manager) and Elston Howard.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329429Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gator: My Life in Pinstripes Author: Ron Guidry, Andrew Beaton Narrator: Ron Guidry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gator: My Life in Pinstripes Author: Ron Guidry, Andrew Beaton Narrator: Ron Guidry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storied and celebrated teams in sports history--the world champion New York Yankees during their heyday in the Bronx Zoo years, with manic manager Billy Martin, headline loving owner George Steinbrenner, and an ego-driven all-star cast that included everyone from slugger Reggie Jackson and All star catcher Thurman Munson to Cy Young Award winners Sparky Lyle and Catfish Hunter. Ron Guidry, known as Gator and Louisiana Lightning to his teammates, quickly rose in 1977 to become the ace of the Yankees' stellar pitching staff, helping the team regarded as the most famous and notorious in Yankee history win the World Series. In 1978, he went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA and won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in baseball, helping to bring home the Yankees' second straight World Series championship. A four-time All Star and five-time Golden Glove winner, he played from 1976 to 1988, served as the Yankees' captain in the 1980s, and remains one of the greatest pitchers in Yankee history. In Gator, Guidry takes us inside the clubhouse to tell us what it was like to play amidst the chaos and almost daily confrontations between Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner, Martin's altercations with star slugger Reggie 'the straw that stirs the drink' Jackson. He talks poignantly about the death of Thurman Munson in 1979, and the impact that had on Ron and on the club. He tells stories about players like Lou Pinella, Willie Randolph, Bucky Dent, Catfish Hunter, Chris Chambliss, and Mickey Rivers, and coach Yogi Berra (who in 1984 became the Yankees' manager) and Elston Howard.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ninety-percent-mental-an-all-star-player-turned-mental-skills-coach-reveals-the-hidden-game-of-baseball-by-bob-tewksbury-scott-miller--65128834https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ninety Percent Mental: An All-Star Player Turned Mental Skills Coach Reveals the Hidden Game of Baseball Author: Bob Tewksbury, Scott Miller Narrator: Bob Tewksbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former Major League pitcher and mental skills coach for two of baseball's legendary franchises (the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants) Bob Tewksbury takes fans inside the psychology of baseball. In Ninety Percent Mental, Bob Tewksbury shows readers a side of the game only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport's most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. Fans watching the game on television or even at the stadium don't have access to the mind games a pitcher must play in order to get through an at-bat, an inning, a game. Tewksbury explores the fascinating psychology behind baseball, such as how players use techniques of imagery, self-awareness, and strategic thinking to maximize performance, and how a pitcher's strategy changes throughout a game. He also offers an in-depth look into some of baseball's most monumental moments and intimate anecdotes from a 'who's who' of the game, including legendary players who Tewksbury played with and against (such as Mark McGwire, Craig Biggio, and Greg Maddux), game-changing managers and executives (Joe Torre, Bruce Bochy, Brian Sabean), and current star players (Jon Lester, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew Miller, Rich Hill). With Tewksbury's esoteric knowledge as a thinking-fan's player and his expertise as a 'baseball whisperer', this entertaining book is perfect for any fan who wants to see the game in a way he or she has never seen it before. Ninety Percent Mental will deliver an unprecedented look at the mound games and mind games of Major League Baseball.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330899Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ninety Percent Mental: An All-Star Player Turned Mental Skills Coach Reveals the Hidden Game of Baseball Author: Bob Tewksbury, Scott Miller Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ninety Percent Mental: An All-Star Player Turned Mental Skills Coach Reveals the Hidden Game of Baseball Author: Bob Tewksbury, Scott Miller Narrator: Bob Tewksbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former Major League pitcher and mental skills coach for two of baseball's legendary franchises (the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants) Bob Tewksbury takes fans inside the psychology of baseball. In Ninety Percent Mental, Bob Tewksbury shows readers a side of the game only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport's most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. Fans watching the game on television or even at the stadium don't have access to the mind games a pitcher must play in order to get through an at-bat, an inning, a game. Tewksbury explores the fascinating psychology behind baseball, such as how players use techniques of imagery, self-awareness, and strategic thinking to maximize performance, and how a pitcher's strategy changes throughout a game. He also offers an in-depth look into some of baseball's most monumental moments and intimate anecdotes from a 'who's who' of the game, including legendary players who Tewksbury played with and against (such as Mark McGwire, Craig Biggio, and Greg Maddux), game-changing managers and executives (Joe Torre, Bruce Bochy, Brian Sabean), and current star players (Jon Lester, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew Miller, Rich Hill). With Tewksbury's esoteric knowledge as a thinking-fan's player and his expertise as a 'baseball whisperer', this entertaining book is perfect for any fan who wants to see the game in a way he or she has never seen it before. Ninety Percent Mental will deliver an unprecedented look at the mound games and mind games of Major League Baseball.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-wrestling-life-2-more-inspiring-stories-of-dan-gable-by-dan-gable--65128849https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable Author: Dan Gable Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: When most people think of the celebrated greatness that is Coach Dan Gable, they think of an almost mythic intensity toward wrestling. Gable breathes and bleeds the sport, and faithfully applies lessons learned from both on and off the mat. Expanding upon Gable's first collection of stories, A Wrestling Life 2 goes a little deeper into the mindset and life events that have shaped the man, the wrestler, and the coach. Through stories funny, heartfelt, intense, and always engaging, Gable shares more about the life he has led and what can be learned from those experiences. He goes on to detail what have come to be known as the Gable Trained principles that he follows to keep his life full of 'wins,' the revelations about how to cultivate success at the highest levels, and the reasons behind these steps for living well. A Wrestling Life spent two months on the New York Times sports bestseller list, and has become an instant classic of sports memoirs. A Wrestling Life 2 is sure to add to Gable's ever-growing legacy and entertain and inspire wrestling fans everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329691Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable Author: Dan Gable Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable Author: Dan Gable Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: When most people think of the celebrated greatness that is Coach Dan Gable, they think of an almost mythic intensity toward wrestling. Gable breathes and bleeds the sport, and faithfully applies lessons learned from both on and off the mat. Expanding upon Gable's first collection of stories, A Wrestling Life 2 goes a little deeper into the mindset and life events that have shaped the man, the wrestler, and the coach. Through stories funny, heartfelt, intense, and always engaging, Gable shares more about the life he has led and what can be learned from those experiences. He goes on to detail what have come to be known as the Gable Trained principles that he follows to keep his life full of 'wins,' the revelations about how to cultivate success at the highest levels, and the reasons behind these steps for living well. A Wrestling Life spent two months on the New York Times sports bestseller list, and has become an instant classic of sports memoirs. A Wrestling Life 2 is sure to add to Gable's ever-growing legacy and entertain and inspire wrestling fans everywhere.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-wind-a-sunfish-sailor-an-island-and-the-voyage-that-brought-a-family-together-by-nathaniel-philbrick--65128850https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Narrator: Nathaniel Philbrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A charming memoir of midlife by the bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Hurricane's Eye, recounting his attempt to recapture a national sailing championship he'd won at twenty-two. “There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the exhilaration of a close race in a real blow—the wind howling and spray flying as my Sunfish and I punched through the waves to the finish.” In the spring of 1992, Nat Philbrick was in his late thirties, living with his family on Nantucket, feeling stranded and longing for that thrill of victory he once felt after winning a national sailing championship in his youth. Was it a midlife crisis? It was certainly a watershed for the journalist-turned-stay-at-home dad, who impulsively decided to throw his hat into the ring, or water, again. With the bemused approval of his wife and children, Philbrick used the off-season on the island as his solitary training ground, sailing his tiny Sunfish to its remotest corners, experiencing the haunting beauty of its tidal creeks, inlets, and wave-battered sandbars. On ponds, bays, rivers, and finally at the championship on a lake in the heartland of America, he sailed through storms and memories, racing for the prize, but finding something unexpected about himself instead.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329116Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Narrator: Nathaniel Philbrick...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Narrator: Nathaniel Philbrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A charming memoir of midlife by the bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Hurricane's Eye, recounting his attempt to recapture a national sailing championship he'd won at twenty-two. “There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the exhilaration of a close race in a real blow—the wind howling and spray flying as my Sunfish and I punched through the waves to the finish.” In the spring of 1992, Nat Philbrick was in his late thirties, living with his family on Nantucket, feeling stranded and longing for that thrill of victory he once felt after winning a national sailing championship in his youth. Was it a midlife crisis? It was certainly a watershed for the journalist-turned-stay-at-home dad, who impulsively decided to throw his hat into the ring, or water, again. With the bemused approval of his wife and children, Philbrick used the off-season on the island as his solitary training ground, sailing his tiny Sunfish to its remotest corners, experiencing the haunting beauty of its tidal creeks, inlets, and wave-battered sandbars. On ponds, bays, rivers, and finally at the championship on a lake in the heartland of America, he sailed through storms and memories, racing for the prize, but finding something unexpected about himself instead.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-game-of-throws-by-neil-adams-mbe--65128780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Game of Throws Author: Neil Adams MBE Narrator: Neil Adams MBE Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 28, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: At 24 Neil Adams was at the top of his game. He was on the Olympic team, had almost every Judo championship title in the world under his belt and had recently been awarded an MBE. This is not his Olympic Story. This is not a 'good old, glory days' kind of tale. This is about what happens after, when the sponsors have disappeared, when the shine of the medal has dulled into the public's distant memory. When you are left alone to deal with bills and life decisions that suddenly have nothing to do with Judo, BBC Superstars or Glory. This is the story of a man rebuilding his life on and off the mats. Neil Adams MBE is celebrating 50 years of Judo by sharing what he hopes to be his legacy. This is not only the highs and lows of 30 years after the Olympics, but the journey that made him the man he is today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330030Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Game of Throws Author: Neil Adams MBE Narrator: Neil Adams MBE Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Game of Throws Author: Neil Adams MBE Narrator: Neil Adams MBE Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 28, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: At 24 Neil Adams was at the top of his game. He was on the Olympic team, had almost every Judo championship title in the world under his belt and had recently been awarded an MBE. This is not his Olympic Story. This is not a 'good old, glory days' kind of tale. This is about what happens after, when the sponsors have disappeared, when the shine of the medal has dulled into the public's distant memory. When you are left alone to deal with bills and life decisions that suddenly have nothing to do with Judo, BBC Superstars or Glory. This is the story of a man rebuilding his life on and off the mats. Neil Adams MBE is celebrating 50 years of Judo by sharing what he hopes to be his legacy. This is not only the highs and lows of 30 years after the Olympics, but the journey that made him the man he is today.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-the-fall-by-jon-krakauer--65128894https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Fall Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328544Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Fall Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Fall Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/loving-them-to-death-by-jon-krakauer--65128863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loving Them to Death Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328550Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loving Them to Death Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loving Them to Death Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/classic-krakauer-mark-foo-s-last-ride-after-the-fall-and-other-essays-from-the-vault-by-jon-krakauer--65128861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Krakauer: 'Mark Foo's Last Ride,' 'After the Fall,' and Other Essays from the Vault Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Bringing together work originally published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian—all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop—Classic Krakauer powerfully demonstrates the author’s ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328360Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Krakauer: 'Mark Foo's Last Ride,' 'After the Fall,' and Other Essays from the Vault Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Krakauer: 'Mark Foo's Last Ride,' 'After the Fall,' and Other Essays from the Vault Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Bringing together work originally published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian—all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop—Classic Krakauer powerfully demonstrates the author’s ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fred-beckey-is-still-on-the-loose-by-jon-krakauer--65128848https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred Beckey Is Still On the Loose Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328546Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred Beckey Is Still On the Loose Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred Beckey Is Still On the Loose Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mark-foo-s-last-ride-by-jon-krakauer--65128847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark Foo's Last Ride Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328551Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark Foo's Last Ride Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark Foo's Last Ride Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-and-anger-on-everest-by-jon-krakauer--65128842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death and Anger on Everest Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328545Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death and Anger on Everest Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 16 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death and Anger on Everest Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-goal-a-coach-a-team-and-the-game-that-brought-a-divided-town-together-by-amy-bass--65128841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together Author: Amy Bass Narrator: Amy Bass, Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state -- and ultimately national -- glory. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team -- and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding -- One Goal is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328648Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together Author: Amy Bass Narrator: Amy Bass, Will Collyer Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together Author: Amy Bass Narrator: Amy Bass, Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state -- and ultimately national -- glory. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team -- and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding -- One Goal is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bring-the-noise-the-jurgen-klopp-story-by-raphael-honigstein--65128840https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story Author: Raphael Honigstein Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: JüKlopp's coaching career began in the German second tier at the unfashionable club of FSV Mainz 05, whom he steered to the Bundesliga for the first time in forty-one years. In 2008, he joined Borussia Dortmund, where he achieved back-to-back league titles and took the club to the UEFA Champions League final. He left Germany for one of the England's most challenging jobs: to manage Liverpool, a once-mighty club that had not managed sustained success since the 1980s. It was not a task for the fainthearted. Anfield, Liverpool's home, is a temple to flamboyant attacking soccer powered by passion. In Klopp, Liverpool finally found a manager who embodied the essence of the club. Klopp is dynamic, expressive, restless, driven-he feels every move and play, every tactical shift, every contact on the field. His eyes betray a wild ecstasy and agony as his team thrives or falls. His game plan demands relentless commitment-the famous gegenpress-and he is one of the great personal motivators in all sport. Raphael Honigstein, author of Das Reboot and Budesliga correspondent for the Guardian, has interviewed Klopp and followed his career since his early years, and better than anyone knows how to 'bring the noise' to his subject.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325373Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story Author: Raphael Honigstein Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story Author: Raphael Honigstein Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: JüKlopp's coaching career began in the German second tier at the unfashionable club of FSV Mainz 05, whom he steered to the Bundesliga for the first time in forty-one years. In 2008, he joined Borussia Dortmund, where he achieved back-to-back league titles and took the club to the UEFA Champions League final. He left Germany for one of the England's most challenging jobs: to manage Liverpool, a once-mighty club that had not managed sustained success since the 1980s. It was not a task for the fainthearted. Anfield, Liverpool's home, is a temple to flamboyant attacking soccer powered by passion. In Klopp, Liverpool finally found a manager who embodied the essence of the club. Klopp is dynamic, expressive, restless, driven-he feels every move and play, every tactical shift, every contact on the field. His eyes betray a wild ecstasy and agony as his team thrives or falls. His game plan demands relentless commitment-the famous gegenpress-and he is one of the great personal motivators in all sport. Raphael Honigstein, author of Das Reboot and Budesliga correspondent for the Guardian, has interviewed Klopp and followed his career since his early years, and better than anyone knows how to 'bring the noise' to his subject.]]>185rgencleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/descent-to-mars-by-jon-krakauer--65128837https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Descent to Mars Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328548Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Descent to Mars Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Descent to Mars Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gates-of-the-arctic-by-jon-krakauer--65128835https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gates of the Arctic Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328547Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gates of the Arctic Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gates of the Arctic Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/embrace-the-misery-by-jon-krakauer--65128825https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Embrace the Misery Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328552Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Embrace the Misery Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Embrace the Misery Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-under-the-volcano-by-jon-krakauer--65128807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living Under the Volcano Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328549Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living Under the Volcano Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living Under the Volcano Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. In these fascinating essays--first published in the pages of The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone, among others--Jon Krakauer shows why he is considered one of the finest investigative journalists of our time. The articles, gathered together here for the first time, take us from an otherworldly cave in New Mexico to the heights of Mt. Everest; from the foot of the volcano Mt. Ranier to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska; from the notebook of one Fred Becky, who has catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. These extraordinary articles are unified by the author's passion for nature and unrelenting search for truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-s-too-short-to-go-so-f-cking-slow-lessons-from-an-epic-friendship-that-went-the-distance-by-susan-lacke--65128946https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow: Lessons from an Epic Friendship That Went the Distance Author: Susan Lacke Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Susan and Carlos were unlikely friends. She was a young, overweight college professor and a bit of a trainwreck—juggling a divorce, a pack-a-day habit, and hiding empty boxes of wine under her bed. He was her boss, an Ironman triathlete, with life figured out. She was a whiner, he was a hard-ass. He had his shit together, she most assuredly did not. Trash-talking workouts, breakdowns, a devastating diagnosis—this heartwarming story of training buddies reveals a deep and abiding friendship that traversed life, sport, and everything in between. Their journey reveals the inspiring power of sports and friendship to change lives forever. Amusing and poignant, Life's Too Short To Go So F*cking Slow is about running and triathlon, growth and heartbreak, and an epic friendship that went the distance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325411Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow: Lessons from an Epic Friendship That Went the Distance Author: Susan Lacke Narrator: Amy McFadden Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow: Lessons from an Epic Friendship That Went the Distance Author: Susan Lacke Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Susan and Carlos were unlikely friends. She was a young, overweight college professor and a bit of a trainwreck—juggling a divorce, a pack-a-day habit, and hiding empty boxes of wine under her bed. He was her boss, an Ironman triathlete, with life figured out. She was a whiner, he was a hard-ass. He had his shit together, she most assuredly did not. Trash-talking workouts, breakdowns, a devastating diagnosis—this heartwarming story of training buddies reveals a deep and abiding friendship that traversed life, sport, and everything in between. Their journey reveals the inspiring power of sports and friendship to change lives forever. Amusing and poignant, Life's Too Short To Go So F*cking Slow is about running and triathlon, growth and heartbreak, and an epic friendship that went the distance.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/la-guida-completa-all-alimentazione-nel-ciclismo-massimizza-il-tuo-potenziale-by-joseph-correa--65128859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: La Guida Completa all'alimentazione nel Ciclismo: Massimizza il tuo Potenziale Author: Joseph Correa Narrator: Willy Milan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 59 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: La Guida Completa all'Alimentazione nel ciclismo ti insegnerà come incrementare il tuo RMR (tasso metabolico a riposo) per accelerare il tuo metabolismo e aiutarti a cambiare il tuo corpo in meglio. Imparare come mantenersi al top della forma e raggiungere il tuo peso ideale attraverso un'alimentazione intelligente che ti permette di performare al meglio. Mangiare carboidrati complessi, proteine, e grassi naturali nella giusta quantità e percentuale come anche incrementare il tuo RMR ti renderà più veloce, più agile, e più resistente. Questo libro ti aiuterà a: -Prevenire la comparsa di crampi. -Infortunarti meno spesso. -Riprenderti velocemente dopo competizioni o allenamenti. -Avere più energia prima, durante, e dopo una competizione. Mangiando nel modo giusto e migliorando il modo in cui alimenti il tuo corpo ridurrai anche gli infortuni e sarai meno incline ad essi in futuro. L' essere troppo pesante o troppo esile sono due ragioni comuni che causano infortuni ed è la ragione principale per la quale molti atleti hanno problemi nel raggiungere la loro performance migliore. Vengono spiegati nel dettaglio tre piani di alimentazione. Puoi scegliere qual'é il migliore per te in base alla tua condizione fisica generale. Uno dei primi cambiamenti notati dalle persone che hanno iniziato questo piano alimentare è la resistenza. Esse si sentono meno stanche e con più energia. Qualsiasi atleta voglia essere nella migliore forma possibile di sempre ha bisogno di leggere questo libro e di iniziare a fare cambiamenti a lungo termine che li porteranno dove vogliono arrivare. Non importa dove sei ora o cosa stai facendo, puoi sempre migliorare te stesso.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324970Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: La Guida Completa all'alimentazione nel Ciclismo: Massimizza il tuo Potenziale Author: Joseph Correa Narrator: Willy Milan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: La Guida Completa all'alimentazione nel Ciclismo: Massimizza il tuo Potenziale Author: Joseph Correa Narrator: Willy Milan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 59 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: La Guida Completa all'Alimentazione nel ciclismo ti insegnerà come incrementare il tuo RMR (tasso metabolico a riposo) per accelerare il tuo metabolismo e aiutarti a cambiare il tuo corpo in meglio. Imparare come mantenersi al top della forma e raggiungere il tuo peso ideale attraverso un'alimentazione intelligente che ti permette di performare al meglio. Mangiare carboidrati complessi, proteine, e grassi naturali nella giusta quantità e percentuale come anche incrementare il tuo RMR ti renderà più veloce, più agile, e più resistente. Questo libro ti aiuterà a: -Prevenire la comparsa di crampi. -Infortunarti meno spesso. -Riprenderti velocemente dopo competizioni o allenamenti. -Avere più energia prima, durante, e dopo una competizione. Mangiando nel modo giusto e migliorando il modo in cui alimenti il tuo corpo ridurrai anche gli infortuni e sarai meno incline ad essi in futuro. L' essere troppo pesante o troppo esile sono due ragioni comuni che causano infortuni ed è la ragione principale per la quale molti atleti hanno problemi nel raggiungere la loro performance migliore. Vengono spiegati nel dettaglio tre piani di alimentazione. Puoi scegliere qual'é il migliore per te in base alla tua condizione fisica generale. Uno dei primi cambiamenti notati dalle persone che hanno iniziato questo piano alimentare è la resistenza. Esse si sentono meno stanche e con più energia. Qualsiasi atleta voglia essere nella migliore forma possibile di sempre ha bisogno di leggere questo libro e di iniziare a fare cambiamenti a lungo termine che li porteranno dove vogliono arrivare. Non importa dove sei ora o cosa stai facendo, puoi sempre migliorare te stesso.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-the-ultimate-basketball-player-learn-the-secrets-used-by-the-best-professional-basketball-players-and-coaches-to-improve-your-cond--65128857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating the Ultimate Basketball Player: Learn the Secrets Used by the Best Professional Basketball Players and Coaches to Improve Your Conditioning, Nutrition, and Mental Toughness Author: Joseph Correa Narrator: Andrea Erickson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: To reach your true potential you need to be at your optimal physical and mental condition and in order to do this you need to start an organized plan that will help you develop your strength, mobility, nutrition, and mental toughness. This book will do that. Eating right and training hard are two of the pieces of the puzzle but you need the third piece to make it all happen. The third piece is mental toughness and that can be obtained through meditation and visualization techniques taught in this book. This book will provide you with the following: -Normal and advanced training calendars -Dynamic warm-up exercises -High performance training exercises -Active recovery exercises -Nutrition calendar to increase muscle -Nutrition calendar to burn fat -Muscle building recipes -Fat burning recipes -Advanced breathing techniques to enhance performance -Meditation techniques -Visualization techniques -Visualization sessions to improve performance Physical conditioning and strength training, smart nutrition, and advanced meditation/visualization techniques are the three keys to achieve optimal performance. Most athletes are missing one or two of these fundamental ingredients but by making the decision to change you will have the potential to achieve a new “ULTIMATE” you. Athletes who begin this training plan will see the following: -Increased muscle growth -Reduced stress levels -Enhanced strength, mobility, and reaction -Better capacity to focus for long periods of time -Become faster and more enduring -Lower muscle fatigue -Faster recovery times after competing or training -Increased flexibility -Overcome nervousness better -Better control over you breathing -Control over your emotions under pressure Make the choice. Make the change. Make a new “ULTIMATE” you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324960Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating the Ultimate Basketball Player: Learn the Secrets Used by the Best Professional Basketball Players and Coaches to Improve Your Conditioning,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating the Ultimate Basketball Player: Learn the Secrets Used by the Best Professional Basketball Players and Coaches to Improve Your Conditioning, Nutrition, and Mental Toughness Author: Joseph Correa Narrator: Andrea Erickson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: To reach your true potential you need to be at your optimal physical and mental condition and in order to do this you need to start an organized plan that will help you develop your strength, mobility, nutrition, and mental toughness. This book will do that. Eating right and training hard are two of the pieces of the puzzle but you need the third piece to make it all happen. The third piece is mental toughness and that can be obtained through meditation and visualization techniques taught in this book. This book will provide you with the following: -Normal and advanced training calendars -Dynamic warm-up exercises -High performance training exercises -Active recovery exercises -Nutrition calendar to increase muscle -Nutrition calendar to burn fat -Muscle building recipes -Fat burning recipes -Advanced breathing techniques to enhance performance -Meditation techniques -Visualization techniques -Visualization sessions to improve performance Physical conditioning and strength training, smart nutrition, and advanced meditation/visualization techniques are the three keys to achieve optimal performance. Most athletes are missing one or two of these fundamental ingredients but by making the decision to change you will have the potential to achieve a new “ULTIMATE” you. Athletes who begin this training plan will see the following: -Increased muscle growth -Reduced stress levels -Enhanced strength, mobility, and reaction -Better capacity to focus for long periods of time -Become faster and more enduring -Lower muscle fatigue -Faster recovery times after competing or training -Increased flexibility -Overcome nervousness better -Better control over you breathing -Control over your emotions under pressure Make the choice. Make the change. Make a new “ULTIMATE” you.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mechanic-the-secret-world-of-the-f1-pitlane-by-marc-elvis-priestley--65128869https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane Author: Marc 'elvis' Priestley Narrator: Marc 'elvis' Priestley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mechanic, written and read by Marc 'Elvis' Priestley. In the high octane atmosphere of the Formula One pit lane, the spotlight is most often on the superstar drivers. And yet, without the technical knowledge, competitive determination and outright obsession from his garage of mechanics, no driver could possibly hope to claim a spot on the podium. These are the guys who make every World Champion, and any mistakes can have critical consequences. That's not to say the F1 crew is just a group of highly skilled technical engineers, tweaking machinery in wind tunnels and crunching data through high spec computers. These boys can seriously let their hair down. Whether it be parties on luxury yachts in Monaco or elaborate photo opportunities in gravity-defying aeroplanes, this is a world which thrills on and off the track. Join McLaren's former Number One mechanic, Marc 'Elvis' Priestley as he tours the world, revealing some of Formula One's most outrageous secrets and the fiercest rivalries, all fuelled by the determination to win. This is Formula One as you've never seen it before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323601Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane Author: Marc 'elvis' Priestley Narrator: Marc 'elvis' Priestley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane Author: Marc 'elvis' Priestley Narrator: Marc 'elvis' Priestley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mechanic, written and read by Marc 'Elvis' Priestley. In the high octane atmosphere of the Formula One pit lane, the spotlight is most often on the superstar drivers. And yet, without the technical knowledge, competitive determination and outright obsession from his garage of mechanics, no driver could possibly hope to claim a spot on the podium. These are the guys who make every World Champion, and any mistakes can have critical consequences. That's not to say the F1 crew is just a group of highly skilled technical engineers, tweaking machinery in wind tunnels and crunching data through high spec computers. These boys can seriously let their hair down. Whether it be parties on luxury yachts in Monaco or elaborate photo opportunities in gravity-defying aeroplanes, this is a world which thrills on and off the track. Join McLaren's former Number One mechanic, Marc 'Elvis' Priestley as he tours the world, revealing some of Formula One's most outrageous secrets and the fiercest rivalries, all fuelled by the determination to win. This is Formula One as you've never seen it before.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-athletes-to-watch-in-the-2018-winter-olympics-by-kit-ramgopal--65128854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 9 Athletes to Watch in the 2018 Winter Olympics Author: Kit Ramgopal Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The 2018 Winter Olympics will be the stage for many compelling stories. Athletes like Ashley Wagner and Sven Kramer are windows into hidden social phenomena, from figure skating's eating disorders to the Dutch obsession with speed skating. Controversies like the Russian doping scandal, the NHL player ban, and the question of whether North Korea will compete or disrupt are creating human drama that affects thousands of athletes. Paralympic athlete Oksana Masters' story of overcoming great odds to challenge for Olympic gold will inspire listeners. Other competitors, like Lindsey Vonn and Lizzy Yarnold, are simply living legends in the sports of downhill skiing and skeleton. Get pumped up for what's shaping up to be the most dramatic winter games ever!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323382Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 9 Athletes to Watch in the 2018 Winter Olympics Author: Kit Ramgopal Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 9 Athletes to Watch in the 2018 Winter Olympics Author: Kit Ramgopal Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The 2018 Winter Olympics will be the stage for many compelling stories. Athletes like Ashley Wagner and Sven Kramer are windows into hidden social phenomena, from figure skating's eating disorders to the Dutch obsession with speed skating. Controversies like the Russian doping scandal, the NHL player ban, and the question of whether North Korea will compete or disrupt are creating human drama that affects thousands of athletes. Paralympic athlete Oksana Masters' story of overcoming great odds to challenge for Olympic gold will inspire listeners. Other competitors, like Lindsey Vonn and Lizzy Yarnold, are simply living legends in the sports of downhill skiing and skeleton. Get pumped up for what's shaping up to be the most dramatic winter games ever!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-american-murder-the-rise-and-fall-of-aaron-hernandez-the-superstar-whose-life-ended-on-murderers-row-by-alex-abramovich-james-patter--65128845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row Series: #1 of James Patterson True Crime Author: Alex Abramovich, James Patterson Narrator: Peter Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 167 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 19 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This New York Times bestselling memoir examines an NFL player's rise and fall from the Patriots to prison, recounting the first-degree murder conviction that led to his untimely death—and shocking posthumous CTE diagnosis. Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached the Super Bowl. His every move as a tight end with the New England Patriots played out the headlines, yet he led a secret life—one that ended in a maximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast? Between the summers of 2012 and 2013, not long after Hernandez made his first Pro Bowl, he was linked to a series of violent incidents culminating in the death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who dated the sister of Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins. All-American Murder is the first book to investigate Aaron Hernandez's first-degree murder conviction and the mystery of his own shocking and untimely death.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323111Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row Series: #1 of James Patterson True Crime...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row Series: #1 of James Patterson True Crime Author: Alex Abramovich, James Patterson Narrator: Peter Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 167 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 19 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This New York Times bestselling memoir examines an NFL player's rise and fall from the Patriots to prison, recounting the first-degree murder conviction that led to his untimely death—and shocking posthumous CTE diagnosis. Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached the Super Bowl. His every move as a tight end with the New England Patriots played out the headlines, yet he led a secret life—one that ended in a maximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast? Between the summers of 2012 and 2013, not long after Hernandez made his first Pro Bowl, he was linked to a series of violent incidents culminating in the death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who dated the sister of Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins. All-American Murder is the first book to investigate Aaron Hernandez's first-degree murder conviction and the mystery of his own shocking and untimely death.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gratitude-in-motion-a-true-story-of-hope-determination-and-the-everyday-heroes-around-us-by-colleen-kelly-alexander--65128816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gratitude in Motion: A True Story of Hope, Determination, and the Everyday Heroes Around Us Author: Colleen Kelly Alexander Narrator: Colleen Kelly Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: It was a beautiful fall day in Connecticut when Colleen Kelly Alexander, a lifelong athlete, rode her bike home from work. She had survived both a diagnosis of lupus and brain surgery, had a fulfilling career, and was married at last to the love of her life. Everything was good as she coasted along, meeting the eyes of a truck driver as he approached the stop sign beside her. He didn't stop. The truck hit Colleen, running over her lower body with front and back tires and dragging her across the pavement. As she bled out in the street, nearby strangers surrounded her and the driver attempted to get away. An EMT herself, Colleen knew she had to stay awake. 'I've just been reconnected with my soulmate,' she told the medic. 'We want to have a baby. I can't die now. Please don't let me die.' Five weeks in a coma and twenty-nine surgeries later, Colleen survived. Rather than let the trauma and PTSD control her life, she became determined to find a way to make something positive from her pain. She decided she'd run again and dedicate her race medals to the everyday heroes around us, including the medical staff and blood donors who saved her life. Since then Colleen has run fifty races and completed forty triathlons, including four half-Ironman events. Now a spokesperson for the Red Cross, Colleen shares her incredible inspirational story to encourage others to take that first step forward.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323372Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gratitude in Motion: A True Story of Hope, Determination, and the Everyday Heroes Around Us Author: Colleen Kelly Alexander Narrator: Colleen Kelly...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gratitude in Motion: A True Story of Hope, Determination, and the Everyday Heroes Around Us Author: Colleen Kelly Alexander Narrator: Colleen Kelly Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 16, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: It was a beautiful fall day in Connecticut when Colleen Kelly Alexander, a lifelong athlete, rode her bike home from work. She had survived both a diagnosis of lupus and brain surgery, had a fulfilling career, and was married at last to the love of her life. Everything was good as she coasted along, meeting the eyes of a truck driver as he approached the stop sign beside her. He didn't stop. The truck hit Colleen, running over her lower body with front and back tires and dragging her across the pavement. As she bled out in the street, nearby strangers surrounded her and the driver attempted to get away. An EMT herself, Colleen knew she had to stay awake. 'I've just been reconnected with my soulmate,' she told the medic. 'We want to have a baby. I can't die now. Please don't let me die.' Five weeks in a coma and twenty-nine surgeries later, Colleen survived. Rather than let the trauma and PTSD control her life, she became determined to find a way to make something positive from her pain. She decided she'd run again and dedicate her race medals to the everyday heroes around us, including the medical staff and blood donors who saved her life. Since then Colleen has run fifty races and completed forty triathlons, including four half-Ironman events. Now a spokesperson for the Red Cross, Colleen shares her incredible inspirational story to encourage others to take that first step forward.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confessions-of-a-basketball-junkie-by-dirk-dunbar--65128877https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Basketball Junkie Author: Dirk Dunbar Narrator: Dirk Dunbar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Dirk Dunbar's Confessions of a Basketball Junkie is a compelling read that offers a personal glimpse into the archetypal journey that we are all destined to navigate-from the call, departure, and tribulations to the return to the place and person we are meant to be. Filled with poetry and athletic anecdotes, mystical and humorous experiences, and truth-seeking explorations into our local and planetary purpose, this masterful memoir affirms the grandeur of being at home in the universe. While evoking the wonders of childhood, memories of growing up, and the joys of parenting, Dunbar reveals the challenge and value of a living a well-examined life. He takes us through remarkably relatable experiences that traverse the culture and "feel" of his small Northern Michigan birthplace to people and places in Iceland, Germany, Greece, and Egypt. The voyage ends with his post-basketball life as a teacher, parent, and author/activist in Maine and Florida, highlighting how we are all the sum of our experiences and relationships. In ways that stimulate tolerance and spiritual growth, this delightful account of the human spirit captures the passion of Jesus and Buddha and the wisdom of Native Americans and Daoists as well as offering unique insights into literature, film, and music. All this while recapping a phenomenal, yet injury filled basketball career that is captivating, painful, and inspiring. The ideas are big, but simply and profoundly expressed. This book is sure to touch athletes, incite seekers, and enthrall human-interest readers worldwide.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323669Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Basketball Junkie Author: Dirk Dunbar Narrator: Dirk Dunbar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Basketball Junkie Author: Dirk Dunbar Narrator: Dirk Dunbar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Dirk Dunbar's Confessions of a Basketball Junkie is a compelling read that offers a personal glimpse into the archetypal journey that we are all destined to navigate-from the call, departure, and tribulations to the return to the place and person we are meant to be. Filled with poetry and athletic anecdotes, mystical and humorous experiences, and truth-seeking explorations into our local and planetary purpose, this masterful memoir affirms the grandeur of being at home in the universe. While evoking the wonders of childhood, memories of growing up, and the joys of parenting, Dunbar reveals the challenge and value of a living a well-examined life. He takes us through remarkably relatable experiences that traverse the culture and "feel" of his small Northern Michigan birthplace to people and places in Iceland, Germany, Greece, and Egypt. The voyage ends with his post-basketball life as a teacher, parent, and author/activist in Maine and Florida, highlighting how we are all the sum of our experiences and relationships. In ways that stimulate tolerance and spiritual growth, this delightful account of the human spirit captures the passion of Jesus and Buddha and the wisdom of Native Americans and Daoists as well as offering unique insights into literature, film, and music. All this while recapping a phenomenal, yet injury filled basketball career that is captivating, painful, and inspiring. The ideas are big, but simply and profoundly expressed. This book is sure to touch athletes, incite seekers, and enthrall human-interest readers worldwide.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tracking-the-wild-coomba-the-life-of-legendary-skier-doug-coombs-by-robert-cocuzzo--65128868https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs Author: Robert Cocuzzo Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Arguably the greatest extreme skier to ever live, Doug Coombs pioneered hundreds of first descents down the biggest, steepest, most dangerous mountains in the world―from the Grand Teton “Otter Body” in Jackson Hole; to Mount Vinson, the highest point in Antarctica; to far-flung drops such as Wyatt Peak in Kyrgyzstan. He graced magazine covers, wowed moviegoers, became the face of top ski companies, and ascended as the king of big-mountain extreme skiing. His place at the top was confirmed in 1991 when he won the very first World Extreme Ski Competition in Valdez, Alaska. Now his story is told for the first time in Robert Cocuzzo’s Tracking the Wild Coomba. From the slopes of his childhood in New England; to the steep chutes of his early career in Montana and Wyoming; to the deep, avalanche-prone powder of his guiding years in Alaska; and, ultimately, to the terrifying terrain of the French Alps, Coombs’s greatness was in how he skied. What most people didn’t know was that Coombs skied so perfectly in part because he had no other choice―at the age of sixteen he crashed off a jump in New Hampshire and broke his neck. Doctors said it was a miracle he wasn’t paralyzed, and that another bad fall could kill him. Many believe it was this second chance that inspired the extraordinary life he led until his tragic death in 2006, the result of an attempted rescue of a fellow skier.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313728Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs Author: Robert Cocuzzo Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs Author: Robert Cocuzzo Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Arguably the greatest extreme skier to ever live, Doug Coombs pioneered hundreds of first descents down the biggest, steepest, most dangerous mountains in the world―from the Grand Teton “Otter Body” in Jackson Hole; to Mount Vinson, the highest point in Antarctica; to far-flung drops such as Wyatt Peak in Kyrgyzstan. He graced magazine covers, wowed moviegoers, became the face of top ski companies, and ascended as the king of big-mountain extreme skiing. His place at the top was confirmed in 1991 when he won the very first World Extreme Ski Competition in Valdez, Alaska. Now his story is told for the first time in Robert Cocuzzo’s Tracking the Wild Coomba. From the slopes of his childhood in New England; to the steep chutes of his early career in Montana and Wyoming; to the deep, avalanche-prone powder of his guiding years in Alaska; and, ultimately, to the terrifying terrain of the French Alps, Coombs’s greatness was in how he skied. What most people didn’t know was that Coombs skied so perfectly in part because he had no other choice―at the age of sixteen he crashed off a jump in New Hampshire and broke his neck. Doctors said it was a miracle he wasn’t paralyzed, and that another bad fall could kill him. Many believe it was this second chance that inspired the extraordinary life he led until his tragic death in 2006, the result of an attempted rescue of a fellow skier.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-build-a-car-the-autobiography-of-the-world-s-greatest-formula-1-designer-by-adrian-newey--65128858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer Author: Adrian Newey Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian’s unrivalled 36-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he’s been involved. A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian’s thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form – he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, always with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna’s death during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates, through Adrian’s remarkable life story, precisely what makes Formula One so thrilling – its potential for the total synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style, efficiency and speed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311908Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer Author: Adrian Newey Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer Author: Adrian Newey Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian’s unrivalled 36-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he’s been involved. A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian’s thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form – he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, always with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna’s death during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates, through Adrian’s remarkable life story, precisely what makes Formula One so thrilling – its potential for the total synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style, efficiency and speed.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lewis-hamilton-championship-year-2017-by-rebecca-clancy--65128875https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lewis Hamilton: Championship Year 2017 Author: Rebecca Clancy Narrator: Rupert Bush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 2017 marked a record-breaking year for Lewis Hamilton as he became only the fifth driver in history to win more than three World Championships, joining the motor racing greats. Through in-depth race reports and analysis from Times writers Rebecca Clancy and Mark Hughes, this unauthorised audiobook edited by Clancy will relive that achievement. The list of Hamilton’s accolades is long and distinguished. The Englishman has finished on the podium in more than half of the grands prix he has contested, started on the front row more times than any other driver and is the only British quadruple world champion. Such is the extent of his speed, ferocity and tactical skill on the track that the 1996 world champion Damon Hill has called him “one of the greatest, most talented drivers” to compete in the sport. Yet despite the countless awards and records, the 2017 season was full of challenges. From extreme weather conditions in Shanghai to opening lap mayhem in Singapore, there was little opportunity to take his foot off the pedal, especially with the constant threat of Sebastian Vettel, his keen Ferrari rival. Over the course of the season, The Times and The Sunday Times have followed every race, team and driver competing on the Formula One circuit. With unparalleled expertise and access, this audiobook will give a unique insight into the season, analysing Hamilton’s performance and celebrating his astonishing success.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313129Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lewis Hamilton: Championship Year 2017 Author: Rebecca Clancy Narrator: Rupert Bush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lewis Hamilton: Championship Year 2017 Author: Rebecca Clancy Narrator: Rupert Bush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 2017 marked a record-breaking year for Lewis Hamilton as he became only the fifth driver in history to win more than three World Championships, joining the motor racing greats. Through in-depth race reports and analysis from Times writers Rebecca Clancy and Mark Hughes, this unauthorised audiobook edited by Clancy will relive that achievement. The list of Hamilton’s accolades is long and distinguished. The Englishman has finished on the podium in more than half of the grands prix he has contested, started on the front row more times than any other driver and is the only British quadruple world champion. Such is the extent of his speed, ferocity and tactical skill on the track that the 1996 world champion Damon Hill has called him “one of the greatest, most talented drivers” to compete in the sport. Yet despite the countless awards and records, the 2017 season was full of challenges. From extreme weather conditions in Shanghai to opening lap mayhem in Singapore, there was little opportunity to take his foot off the pedal, especially with the constant threat of Sebastian Vettel, his keen Ferrari rival. Over the course of the season, The Times and The Sunday Times have followed every race, team and driver competing on the Formula One circuit. With unparalleled expertise and access, this audiobook will give a unique insight into the season, analysing Hamilton’s performance and celebrating his astonishing success.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/form-my-autobiography-by-kieren-fallon--65128893https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Form: My Autobiography Author: Kieren Fallon Narrator: Frank Grimes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR Kieren Fallon was one of the world’s greatest jockeys, but his career was littered with controversial incidents. Now, in his powerful and honest autobiography, he tells all. 'The most eagerly anticipated racing autobiography for many years' Greg Wood, Guardian As a jockey, Kieren Fallon had a unique rapport with his horses, often coaxing them to victory when others had struggled. His skill and commitment made him a punter’s favourite.  His magnificent record, which saw him crowned Champion Jockey on six occasions, ensured he became one of racing’s biggest stars.   But that was only ever part of the story. Having come over to the UK from Ireland to make his name, Fallon’s combative nature brought him to the attention of the racing authorities. When he dragged a rival jockey off his mount in 1994, he began a series of run-ins that would eventually see him on trial in the Old Bailey, accused of race fixing. Although the judge eventually ruled that there was no case to answer, the damage to his career and reputation had been done.   In Form, Kieren Fallon provides a searingly honest account of his life, and the pressures he faced to get to the top of his sport, where winning was never enough, and where relaxation came in the shape of a bottle of vodka or a meal that had to be ‘flipped’ immediately to ensure he maintained his weight. He worked with some of the best trainers and won all the biggest races, but true happiness only ever really came to him when he was on the back of a horse – a joy that he still feels now that he has retired from racing as he rides work early in the morning. Brutally honest as well as entertaining, this is a unique sporting memoir.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309194Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Form: My Autobiography Author: Kieren Fallon Narrator: Frank Grimes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Form: My Autobiography Author: Kieren Fallon Narrator: Frank Grimes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR Kieren Fallon was one of the world’s greatest jockeys, but his career was littered with controversial incidents. Now, in his powerful and honest autobiography, he tells all. 'The most eagerly anticipated racing autobiography for many years' Greg Wood, Guardian As a jockey, Kieren Fallon had a unique rapport with his horses, often coaxing them to victory when others had struggled. His skill and commitment made him a punter’s favourite.  His magnificent record, which saw him crowned Champion Jockey on six occasions, ensured he became one of racing’s biggest stars.   But that was only ever part of the story. Having come over to the UK from Ireland to make his name, Fallon’s combative nature brought him to the attention of the racing authorities. When he dragged a rival jockey off his mount in 1994, he began a series of run-ins that would eventually see him on trial in the Old Bailey, accused of race fixing. Although the judge eventually ruled that there was no case to answer, the damage to his career and reputation had been done.   In Form, Kieren Fallon provides a searingly honest account of his life, and the pressures he faced to get to the top of his sport, where winning was never enough, and where relaxation came in the shape of a bottle of vodka or a meal that had to be ‘flipped’ immediately to ensure he maintained his weight. He worked with some of the best trainers and won all the biggest races, but true happiness only ever really came to him when he was on the back of a horse – a joy that he still feels now that he has retired from racing as he rides work early in the morning. Brutally honest as well as entertaining, this is a unique sporting memoir.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/klopp-bring-the-noise-by-raphael-honigstein--65128887https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Klopp: Bring the Noise Author: Raphael Honigstein Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Klopp: Bring the Noise by Raphael Honigstein, read by Adam James. 'I like the total intensification, when there are crashes and bangs everywhere, pure adrenaline and no one being able to breathe' Jürgen Klopp's super-sized personality and all-or-nothing style of football and management made him the perfect choice to pump up the volume at Anfield. The appointment sparked hysteria in the city with fans and club officials delighted to get the coach they’d long admired from afar and eager to see the impact he would have on the club and the Premier League. With exclusive access to Klopp's friends, family, colleagues and players, Raphael Honigstein goes behind-the-scenes at Liverpool, Mainz and Dortmund to tell the definitive story of Klopp’s career, transformative footballing genius and how he is bringing the noise to Anfield. Klopp's the manager to turn players into winners, to get that little bit more from them and transform teams like mid-table Borussia Dortmund into title winners and one of Europe’s most acclaimed sides in just two seasons. He’s authentic, approachable and funny, charming media and fans alike. He’s also merciless and exceptionally driven, his quick temper bubbling away barely under the surface. Expectations have been high and even when results haven’t gone their way, Liverpool’s exciting football and Klopp’s pitch-side passion have enthralled, culminating in a triumphant return to Champions League football. Klopp follows his story from its Black Forest beginnings, as a player with 'fifth division skills and a first division brain', his accidental fall into management and the success at Mainz and Dortmund which paved the way to Anfield.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309389Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Klopp: Bring the Noise Author: Raphael Honigstein Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Klopp: Bring the Noise Author: Raphael Honigstein Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Klopp: Bring the Noise by Raphael Honigstein, read by Adam James. 'I like the total intensification, when there are crashes and bangs everywhere, pure adrenaline and no one being able to breathe' Jürgen Klopp's super-sized personality and all-or-nothing style of football and management made him the perfect choice to pump up the volume at Anfield. The appointment sparked hysteria in the city with fans and club officials delighted to get the coach they’d long admired from afar and eager to see the impact he would have on the club and the Premier League. With exclusive access to Klopp's friends, family, colleagues and players, Raphael Honigstein goes behind-the-scenes at Liverpool, Mainz and Dortmund to tell the definitive story of Klopp’s career, transformative footballing genius and how he is bringing the noise to Anfield. Klopp's the manager to turn players into winners, to get that little bit more from them and transform teams like mid-table Borussia Dortmund into title winners and one of Europe’s most acclaimed sides in just two seasons. He’s authentic, approachable and funny, charming media and fans alike. He’s also merciless and exceptionally driven, his quick temper bubbling away barely under the surface. Expectations have been high and even when results haven’t gone their way, Liverpool’s exciting football and Klopp’s pitch-side passion have enthralled, culminating in a triumphant return to Champions League football. Klopp follows his story from its Black Forest beginnings, as a player with 'fifth division skills and a first division brain', his accidental fall into management and the success at Mainz and Dortmund which paved the way to Anfield.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/game-face-a-lifetime-of-hard-earned-lessons-on-and-off-the-basketball-court-by-bernard-king--65128836https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court Author: Bernard King Narrator: Bernard King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A memoir by the NBA Hall of Fame player, active from 1977-1993 and widely regarded as one of the all-time great New York Knicks. NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King is one of the most dynamic scorers in basketball history. King was notoriously private as a player, and rarely spoke to the press-not about his career and never about his personal life. And even beyond his prolific scoring, King will forever be remembered for the gruesome knee injury he suffered in 1985. Doctors who told him he'd never play again were shocked when he not only became the first player to return to the NBA from a torn ACL, but returned at an All Star level. In Game Face, King finally opens up about his life on and off the court. In his book, King's basketball I.Q. is on full display as he breaks down defenses using his own unique system for taking shots from predetermined spots on the floor. King talks about matching up against some of the all-time NBA greats, from Michael Jordan, Julius Erving and Charles Barkley to Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing and many others. He also tackles issues of race and family off the court, as well as breaking a personal cycle of negativity and self-destructiveness with the help of his family. Engaging, shocking, revelatory, yet always positive and upbeat, Bernard King's memoir appeals to multiple generations of basketball fans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307666Tue, 07 Nov 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court Author: Bernard King Narrator: Bernard King Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court Author: Bernard King Narrator: Bernard King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A memoir by the NBA Hall of Fame player, active from 1977-1993 and widely regarded as one of the all-time great New York Knicks. NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King is one of the most dynamic scorers in basketball history. King was notoriously private as a player, and rarely spoke to the press-not about his career and never about his personal life. And even beyond his prolific scoring, King will forever be remembered for the gruesome knee injury he suffered in 1985. Doctors who told him he'd never play again were shocked when he not only became the first player to return to the NBA from a torn ACL, but returned at an All Star level. In Game Face, King finally opens up about his life on and off the court. In his book, King's basketball I.Q. is on full display as he breaks down defenses using his own unique system for taking shots from predetermined spots on the floor. King talks about matching up against some of the all-time NBA greats, from Michael Jordan, Julius Erving and Charles Barkley to Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing and many others. He also tackles issues of race and family off the court, as well as breaking a personal cycle of negativity and self-destructiveness with the help of his family. Engaging, shocking, revelatory, yet always positive and upbeat, Bernard King's memoir appeals to multiple generations of basketball fans.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strongman-my-story-by-eddie-the-beast-hall--65128897https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strongman: My Story Author: Eddie 'the Beast' Hall Narrator: Steven Hartley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audio edition of Strongman: My Story by Eddie 'The Beast' Hall, read by Steven Hartley. Meet the Beast that beat the Mountain. Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall is the biggest name and talent in one of the fastest growing sports. In 2017 he was the first Brit in 24 years to win the World’s Strongest Man competition, beating The Mountain from Game of Thrones. He is the biggest superstar you haven’t heard of. Everything about Eddie is huge. Standing at 6’3 he weighs almost 30 stone, and to make it through his hellish four-hour gym sessions he needs to eat a minimum of 10,000 calories a day. He eats a raw steak during weight sessions. His right eyeball once burst out of its socket under the strain. He put it back in. The size of Eddie’s fan base now matches his immense frame, with over 1 million followers on social media. He is the subject of a major Netflix documentary, Eddie: Strongman, and he draws crowds of thousands at the strongman arena tour Giants Live. In his remarkable autobiography, Eddie takes you inside the world of the professional strongman – the nutrition, the training and competitions themselves. This is a visceral story of sporting achievement, an athlete pushing himself to the limits, and the personal journey of a man on the path to becoming being the best of the best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307503Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strongman: My Story Author: Eddie 'the Beast' Hall Narrator: Steven Hartley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strongman: My Story Author: Eddie 'the Beast' Hall Narrator: Steven Hartley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audio edition of Strongman: My Story by Eddie 'The Beast' Hall, read by Steven Hartley. Meet the Beast that beat the Mountain. Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall is the biggest name and talent in one of the fastest growing sports. In 2017 he was the first Brit in 24 years to win the World’s Strongest Man competition, beating The Mountain from Game of Thrones. He is the biggest superstar you haven’t heard of. Everything about Eddie is huge. Standing at 6’3 he weighs almost 30 stone, and to make it through his hellish four-hour gym sessions he needs to eat a minimum of 10,000 calories a day. He eats a raw steak during weight sessions. His right eyeball once burst out of its socket under the strain. He put it back in. The size of Eddie’s fan base now matches his immense frame, with over 1 million followers on social media. He is the subject of a major Netflix documentary, Eddie: Strongman, and he draws crowds of thousands at the strongman arena tour Giants Live. In his remarkable autobiography, Eddie takes you inside the world of the professional strongman – the nutrition, the training and competitions themselves. This is a visceral story of sporting achievement, an athlete pushing himself to the limits, and the personal journey of a man on the path to becoming being the best of the best.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-blueprint-lebron-james-cleveland-s-deliverance-and-the-making-of-the-modern-nba-by-jason-lloyd--65128914https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blueprint: LeBron James, Cleveland's Deliverance, and the Making of the Modern NBA Author: Jason Lloyd Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An unputdownable, must-have sports book for every LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, and NBA fan. June 19, 2016: the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals and broke the Cleveland Curse. It was the triumph fans had been waiting fifty-two years for, and it wasn’t easy to get there—but thanks to LeBron James, an audacious plan to build a winning team, a couple of maverick GMs, and an incredible community of fans, it happened; and 2016 saw the birth of a new Cavaliers dynasty. But how did they get there? It was a roller-coaster ride from tragedy to triumph, one that Jason Lloyd, a longtime Northeast Ohio resident turned reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal, got to see firsthand. He was witness to the Blueprint, as he calls it, which the Cavs put together to win their star player back from Miami and build a team that could win the ultimate championship. It incorporated several losing seasons, some high-risk draft picks, and an entirely new understanding of how to build a championship team. The best part of the plan is that it worked, culminating in the most exciting Finals series in NBA history. And, most important, the end of the Cleveland Curse. Jason Lloyd, a true insider, tells the story of how the NBA really works, and how everyone—from the front office to the stars on the court to the new generation of coaches—worked together to create an unforgettable winning team.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306987Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blueprint: LeBron James, Cleveland's Deliverance, and the Making of the Modern NBA Author: Jason Lloyd Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blueprint: LeBron James, Cleveland's Deliverance, and the Making of the Modern NBA Author: Jason Lloyd Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An unputdownable, must-have sports book for every LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, and NBA fan. June 19, 2016: the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals and broke the Cleveland Curse. It was the triumph fans had been waiting fifty-two years for, and it wasn’t easy to get there—but thanks to LeBron James, an audacious plan to build a winning team, a couple of maverick GMs, and an incredible community of fans, it happened; and 2016 saw the birth of a new Cavaliers dynasty. But how did they get there? It was a roller-coaster ride from tragedy to triumph, one that Jason Lloyd, a longtime Northeast Ohio resident turned reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal, got to see firsthand. He was witness to the Blueprint, as he calls it, which the Cavs put together to win their star player back from Miami and build a team that could win the ultimate championship. It incorporated several losing seasons, some high-risk draft picks, and an entirely new understanding of how to build a championship team. The best part of the plan is that it worked, culminating in the most exciting Finals series in NBA history. And, most important, the end of the Cleveland Curse. Jason Lloyd, a true insider, tells the story of how the NBA really works, and how everyone—from the front office to the stars on the court to the new generation of coaches—worked together to create an unforgettable winning team.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/relentless-a-memoir-by-julian-edelman--65128881https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless: A Memoir Author: Julian Edelman Narrator: Gregory Abbey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Bill Belichick: 'Julian is the epitome of competitiveness, toughness, and the great things that are possible when someone is determined to achieve their goals.' Tom Brady: 'It's a privilege for me to play with someone as special as Julian.' The Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog kid who was always doubted to becoming one of the most reliable and inspiring players in the NFL. When the Patriots were down 28-3 in Super Bowl LI, there was at least one player who refused to believe they would lose: Julian Edelman. And he said so. It wasn't only because of his belief in his teammates, led by the master of the comeback, his friend and quarterback Tom Brady-or the coaching staff run by the legendary Bill Belichick. It was also because he had been counted out in most of his life and career, and he had proved them all wrong. Whether it was in Pop Warner football, where his Redwood City, California, team won a national championship; in high school where he went from a 4'10', 95-pound freshman running back to quarterback for an undefeated Woodside High team; or college, where he rewrote records at Kent State as a dual-threat quarterback, Edelman far exceeded everyone's expectations. Everyone's expectations, that is, except his own and those of his father, who took extreme and unorthodox measures to drive Edelman to quiet the doubters with ferocious competitiveness. When he was drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round, the 5'10' college quarterback was asked to field punts and play wide receiver, though he'd never done either. But gradually, under the tutelage of a demanding coaching staff and countless hours of off-season training with Tom Brady, he became one of the NFL's most dynamic punt returners and top receivers who can deliver in the biggest games. Relentless is the story of Edelman's rise, and the continuing dominance of the Patriot dynasty, filled with memories of growing up with a father who was as demanding as any NFL coach, his near-constant fight to keep his intensity and competitiveness in check in high school and college, and his celebrated nine seasons with the Patriots. Julian shares insights into his relationships and rivalries, and his friendships with teammates such as Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Matt Slater, and Randy Moss. Finally, he reveals the story behind 'the catch' and life on the inside of a team for the ages. Inspiring, honest, and unapologetic, Relentless proves that the heart of a champion can never be measured.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307011Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless: A Memoir Author: Julian Edelman Narrator: Gregory Abbey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless: A Memoir Author: Julian Edelman Narrator: Gregory Abbey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Bill Belichick: 'Julian is the epitome of competitiveness, toughness, and the great things that are possible when someone is determined to achieve their goals.' Tom Brady: 'It's a privilege for me to play with someone as special as Julian.' The Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog kid who was always doubted to becoming one of the most reliable and inspiring players in the NFL. When the Patriots were down 28-3 in Super Bowl LI, there was at least one player who refused to believe they would lose: Julian Edelman. And he said so. It wasn't only because of his belief in his teammates, led by the master of the comeback, his friend and quarterback Tom Brady-or the coaching staff run by the legendary Bill Belichick. It was also because he had been counted out in most of his life and career, and he had proved them all wrong. Whether it was in Pop Warner football, where his Redwood City, California, team won a national championship; in high school where he went from a 4'10', 95-pound freshman running back to quarterback for an undefeated Woodside High team; or college, where he rewrote records at Kent State as a dual-threat quarterback, Edelman far exceeded everyone's expectations. Everyone's expectations, that is, except his own and those of his father, who took extreme and unorthodox measures to drive Edelman to quiet the doubters with ferocious competitiveness. When he was drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round, the 5'10' college quarterback was asked to field punts and play wide receiver, though he'd never done either. But gradually, under the tutelage of a demanding coaching staff and countless hours of off-season training with Tom Brady, he became one of the NFL's most dynamic punt returners and top receivers who can deliver in the biggest games. Relentless is the story of Edelman's rise, and the continuing dominance of the Patriot dynasty, filled with memories of growing up with a father who was as demanding as any NFL coach, his near-constant fight to keep his intensity and competitiveness in check in high school and college, and his celebrated nine seasons with the Patriots. Julian shares insights into his relationships and rivalries, and his friendships with teammates such as Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Matt Slater, and Randy Moss. Finally, he reveals the story behind 'the catch' and life on the inside of a team for the ages. Inspiring, honest, and unapologetic, Relentless proves that the heart of a champion can never be measured.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-first-major-the-inside-story-of-the-2016-ryder-cup-by-john-feinstein--65128855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup Author: John Feinstein Narrator: John Feinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled, a dramatic chronicle of the bitterly-fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a U.S. team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the Cup out of American hands. Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven Ryder Cup matches, and tensions were running high for the showdown that took place in October, 2016 in Hazeltine, Minnesota, just days after American legend Arnold Palmer had died. What resulted was one of the most raucous and heated three days in the Cup's long history. Award-winning author John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the dramatic stories as they unfolded: veteran Phil Mickelson's two-year roller-coaster as he upended the American preparation process and helped assemble a superb team; superstar Rory McIlroy becoming the clear-cut emotional leader of the European team, and his reasons for wanting to beat the US team so badly this time around; the raucous matches between McIlroy and American Patrick Reed - resulting in both incredible golf, and several moments that threatened to come to blows; the return of Tiger Woods not as a player but an assistant captain, and his obsession with helping the US win - which was never the case when he was playing. John Feinstein's classic bestseller, A Good Walk Spoiled, set the bar for golf books. Now Feinstein provides his unique take on the Ryder Cup, which has clearly become golf's most intense and emotional event...it's 'first Major.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306531Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup Author: John Feinstein Narrator: John Feinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup Author: John Feinstein Narrator: John Feinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled, a dramatic chronicle of the bitterly-fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a U.S. team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the Cup out of American hands. Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven Ryder Cup matches, and tensions were running high for the showdown that took place in October, 2016 in Hazeltine, Minnesota, just days after American legend Arnold Palmer had died. What resulted was one of the most raucous and heated three days in the Cup's long history. Award-winning author John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the dramatic stories as they unfolded: veteran Phil Mickelson's two-year roller-coaster as he upended the American preparation process and helped assemble a superb team; superstar Rory McIlroy becoming the clear-cut emotional leader of the European team, and his reasons for wanting to beat the US team so badly this time around; the raucous matches between McIlroy and American Patrick Reed - resulting in both incredible golf, and several moments that threatened to come to blows; the return of Tiger Woods not as a player but an assistant captain, and his obsession with helping the US win - which was never the case when he was playing. John Feinstein's classic bestseller, A Good Walk Spoiled, set the bar for golf books. Now Feinstein provides his unique take on the Ryder Cup, which has clearly become golf's most intense and emotional event...it's 'first Major.']]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fire-on-the-track-betty-robinson-and-the-triumph-of-the-early-olympic-women-by-roseanne-montillo--65128907https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women Author: Roseanne Montillo Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered running for a train in rural Illinois mere months before her Olympic debut. Amsterdam made her a star. But at the top of her game, her career (and life) almost came to a tragic end when a plane she and her cousin were piloting crashed. So dire was Betty's condition that she was taken to the local morgue; only upon the undertaker's inspection was it determined she was still breathing. Betty, once a natural runner who always coasted to victory, soon found herself fighting to walk.  While Betty was recovering, the other women of Track and Field were given the chance to shine in the Los Angeles Games, building on Betty's pioneering role as the first female Olympic champion in the sport. These athletes became more visible and more accepted, as stars like Babe Didrikson and Stella Walsh showed the world what women could do. And—miraculously—through grit and countless hours of training, Betty earned her way onto the 1936 Olympic team, again locking her sights on gold as she and her American teammates went up against the German favorites in Hitler's Berlin. Told in vivid detail with novelistic flair, Fire on the Track is an unforgettable portrait of these trailblazers in action.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303625Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women Author: Roseanne Montillo Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women Author: Roseanne Montillo Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered running for a train in rural Illinois mere months before her Olympic debut. Amsterdam made her a star. But at the top of her game, her career (and life) almost came to a tragic end when a plane she and her cousin were piloting crashed. So dire was Betty's condition that she was taken to the local morgue; only upon the undertaker's inspection was it determined she was still breathing. Betty, once a natural runner who always coasted to victory, soon found herself fighting to walk.  While Betty was recovering, the other women of Track and Field were given the chance to shine in the Los Angeles Games, building on Betty's pioneering role as the first female Olympic champion in the sport. These athletes became more visible and more accepted, as stars like Babe Didrikson and Stella Walsh showed the world what women could do. And—miraculously—through grit and countless hours of training, Betty earned her way onto the 1936 Olympic team, again locking her sights on gold as she and her American teammates went up against the German favorites in Hitler's Berlin. Told in vivid detail with novelistic flair, Fire on the Track is an unforgettable portrait of these trailblazers in action.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-nonsense-the-autobiography-by-joey-barton--65128862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Nonsense: The Autobiography Author: Joey Barton Narrator: Joey Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR - HEAR HIS BRILLIANT STORY, AS READ BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF. The Sunday Times bestseller  So, you think you know Joey Barton. Think again. No Nonsense is a game-changing autobiography which will redefine the most fascinating figure in British football. It is the raw yet redemptive story of a man shaped by rejection and the consequences of his mistakes. He has represented England, and been a pivotal player for Manchester City, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Marseille, Burnley and Glasgow Rangers, but his career has featured recurring controversy. The low point of being sent to prison for assault in 2008 proved to be the catalyst for the re-evaluation of his life.    No Nonsense reflects Barton’s character – it is candid, challenging, entertaining and intelligent. He does not spare himself, in revealing the formative influences of a tough upbringing in Liverpool, and gives a survivor’s insight into a game which, to use his phrase, 'eats people alive'. The book is emotionally driven, and explains how he has redirected his energies since the birth of his children. In addition to dealing with his past, he expands on his plans for the future. In this updated edition he speaks frankly about the gambling addiction that has left him facing a hefty ban. The millions who follow his commentaries on social media, and those who witnessed him on BBC’s Question Time, will be given another reason to pause, and look beyond the caricature. 'Compelling' Donald McRae, Guardian 'Brilliant' Matt Lawton, Daily Mail]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306383Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Nonsense: The Autobiography Author: Joey Barton Narrator: Joey Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Nonsense: The Autobiography Author: Joey Barton Narrator: Joey Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR - HEAR HIS BRILLIANT STORY, AS READ BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF. The Sunday Times bestseller  So, you think you know Joey Barton. Think again. No Nonsense is a game-changing autobiography which will redefine the most fascinating figure in British football. It is the raw yet redemptive story of a man shaped by rejection and the consequences of his mistakes. He has represented England, and been a pivotal player for Manchester City, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Marseille, Burnley and Glasgow Rangers, but his career has featured recurring controversy. The low point of being sent to prison for assault in 2008 proved to be the catalyst for the re-evaluation of his life.    No Nonsense reflects Barton’s character – it is candid, challenging, entertaining and intelligent. He does not spare himself, in revealing the formative influences of a tough upbringing in Liverpool, and gives a survivor’s insight into a game which, to use his phrase, 'eats people alive'. The book is emotionally driven, and explains how he has redirected his energies since the birth of his children. In addition to dealing with his past, he expands on his plans for the future. In this updated edition he speaks frankly about the gambling addiction that has left him facing a hefty ban. The millions who follow his commentaries on social media, and those who witnessed him on BBC’s Question Time, will be given another reason to pause, and look beyond the caricature. 'Compelling' Donald McRae, Guardian 'Brilliant' Matt Lawton, Daily Mail]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/draft-animals-living-the-pro-cycling-dream-once-in-a-while-by-phil-gaimon--65128943https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While) Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Phil Gaimon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Like countless other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard training, living out of a suitcase, and never taking 'no' for an answer, he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world. Now, Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour, cycling's highest level. He takes listeners along for his seasons in Europe, covering everything from rabid, water-bottle-stealing Belgian fans, to contract renewals, to riding in poisonous smog, to making friends in a sport plagued by doping. Draft Animals reveals a story as much about bike racing as it is about the never-ending ladder of achieving goals, failure, and finding happiness if you land somewhere in-between.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315305Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While) Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Phil Gaimon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While) Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Phil Gaimon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Like countless other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard training, living out of a suitcase, and never taking 'no' for an answer, he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world. Now, Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour, cycling's highest level. He takes listeners along for his seasons in Europe, covering everything from rabid, water-bottle-stealing Belgian fans, to contract renewals, to riding in poisonous smog, to making friends in a sport plagued by doping. Draft Animals reveals a story as much about bike racing as it is about the never-ending ladder of achieving goals, failure, and finding happiness if you land somewhere in-between.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-chair-the-smooth-hops-and-bad-bounces-from-the-inside-world-of-the-acclaimed-los-angeles-dodgers-general-manager-by-joseph-a-reave--65128903https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Chair: The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Author: Joseph A. Reaves, Ned Colletti Narrator: Ned Colletti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than Moneyball] in some ways: It’s a nearly unprecedented opportunity to see what running a baseball franchise looks like through the eyeballs of an actual general manager. . . [Colletti] has a gift for entertaining storytelling. . . These are stories modern general managers rarely tell, except in late-night gatherings at their favorite bars with people they know and trust. So to read them here, told in such colorful detail, makes you feel as if Ned Colletti has just invited you to plop down on the next bar stool.” --Wall Street Journal “Ned Colletti is a baseball treasure with fascinating stories to tell from inside the game. The Big Chair is your all-access pass. After reading this book, you will not only understand the job of a general manager better but also the game of baseball itself.”—Tom Verducci, author of The Cubs Way and co-author of The Yankee Years An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the career of famed former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager (a position also known as “The Big Chair”), whose tenure spanned nine of the most exciting and turbulent years in the franchise’s history.   During his tenure with the Dodgers, Colletti had the highest winning percentage of any general manager in the National League. In The Big Chair, he lets readers in on the real GM experience from his unique vantage point—sharing the inner workings of three of the top franchises in the sport, revealing the out-of-the-headlines machinations behind the trades, the hires and the deals; how the money really works; how the decision-making really works; how much power the players really have and why—the real brass tacks of some of the most pivotal decisions made in baseball history that led to great success along with heartbreak and failure on the field. Baseball fans will come for the grit and insight, stay for the heart, and pass it on for the wisdom. Ned Colletti began his MLB career with his beloved hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, more than 35 years ago. He worked in Chicago for a dozen years and was in the front office when the Cubs won the National League East in 1984 and 1989, after which he moved on as director of baseball operations for the SF Giants. By 1996, he became the Assistant GM for the Giants, before being hired as the GM in Los Angeles in 2006. There he oversaw the Dodgers through the highly publicized and acrimonious divorce battle between Frank and Jamie McCourt that culminated in the equally highly publicized sale of the team. He was present at the press conference where Don Mattingly, having just watched his team eliminated from the playoffs, used the post-season conference to vehemently discuss his lack of a contract extension. He brought marquee names like Greg Maddux and Clayton Kershaw to LA, as well as marquee drama with the likes of Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig; hired future Hall of Famer Joe Torre as manager; and oversaw fourteen Dodgers playoff wins. And these are just a few of the highlights.  Colletti serves up a huge dish of first-hand experiences with some of the biggest names in baseball history (Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Don Mattingly, Don Zimmer, Tommy Lasorda, Scott Boras, Vin Scully, and more). From his humble early years living in a Chicago garage to his path to one of the most prestigious positions in professional sports, his very public and illustrious career has left a permanent handprint in the history of America's sport—and now he's ready to share the insight only those who have sat in The Big Chair have ever seen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302123Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Chair: The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Author: Joseph A. Reaves, Ned...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Chair: The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Author: Joseph A. Reaves, Ned Colletti Narrator: Ned Colletti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than Moneyball] in some ways: It’s a nearly unprecedented opportunity to see what running a baseball franchise looks like through the eyeballs of an actual general manager. . . [Colletti] has a gift for entertaining storytelling. . . These are stories modern general managers rarely tell, except in late-night gatherings at their favorite bars with people they know and trust. So to read them here, told in such colorful detail, makes you feel as if Ned Colletti has just invited you to plop down on the next bar stool.” --Wall Street Journal “Ned Colletti is a baseball treasure with fascinating stories to tell from inside the game. The Big Chair is your all-access pass. After reading this book, you will not only understand the job of a general manager better but also the game of baseball itself.”—Tom Verducci, author of The Cubs Way and co-author of The Yankee Years An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the career of famed former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager (a position also known as “The Big Chair”), whose tenure spanned nine of the most exciting and turbulent years in the franchise’s history.   During his tenure with the Dodgers, Colletti had the highest winning percentage of any general manager in the National League. In The Big Chair, he lets readers in on the real GM experience from his unique vantage point—sharing the inner workings of three of the top franchises in the sport, revealing the out-of-the-headlines machinations behind the trades, the hires and the deals; how the money really works; how the decision-making really works; how much power the players really have and why—the real brass tacks of some of the most pivotal decisions made in baseball history that led to great success along with heartbreak and failure on the field. Baseball fans will come for the grit and insight, stay for the heart, and pass it on for the wisdom. Ned Colletti began his MLB career with his beloved hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, more than 35 years ago. He worked in Chicago for a dozen years and was in the front office when the Cubs won the National League East in 1984 and 1989, after which he moved on as director of baseball operations for the SF Giants. By 1996, he became the Assistant GM for the Giants, before being hired as the GM in Los Angeles in 2006. There he oversaw the Dodgers through the highly publicized and acrimonious divorce battle between Frank and Jamie McCourt that culminated in the equally highly publicized sale of the team. He was present at the press conference where Don Mattingly, having just watched his team eliminated from the playoffs, used the post-season conference to vehemently discuss his lack of a contract extension. He brought marquee names like Greg Maddux and Clayton Kershaw to LA, as well as marquee drama with the likes of Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig; hired future Hall of Famer Joe Torre as manager; and oversaw fourteen Dodgers playoff wins. And these are just a few of the highlights.  Colletti serves up a huge dish of first-hand experiences with some of the biggest names in baseball history (Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Don Mattingly, Don Zimmer, Tommy Lasorda, Scott Boras, Vin Scully, and more). From his humble early years living in a Chicago garage to his path to one of the most prestigious positions in professional...]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/play-big-lessons-in-being-limitless-from-the-first-woman-to-coach-in-the-nfl-by-jen-welter--65128882https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL Author: Jen Welter Narrator: Jen Welter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An inspiring, gutsy handbook for success from the first woman to ever coach in the NFL When Jen Welter became a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2015, she was the first woman to ever break the glass sideline of the NFL. In Play Big, Welter reveals the grit that it took to be a trailblazer in the ultimate boys' club. Pre-NFL, Welter was an undersized, underestimated athlete who made sacrifice after sacrifice to achieve her football dreams -- rising to the top of women's football leagues and eventually daring to play against men twice her size. Play Big lays out how she succeeded despite the odds, through force of will and determination, revealing the wisdom Welter gained over countless setbacks and challenges. With vivid wit and candor, Play Big will coach you to do the same -- whatever your obstacles might be -- while translating Welter's hard-earned advice for cultivating true perseverance and toughness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306873Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL Author: Jen Welter Narrator: Jen Welter Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL Author: Jen Welter Narrator: Jen Welter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An inspiring, gutsy handbook for success from the first woman to ever coach in the NFL When Jen Welter became a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2015, she was the first woman to ever break the glass sideline of the NFL. In Play Big, Welter reveals the grit that it took to be a trailblazer in the ultimate boys' club. Pre-NFL, Welter was an undersized, underestimated athlete who made sacrifice after sacrifice to achieve her football dreams -- rising to the top of women's football leagues and eventually daring to play against men twice her size. Play Big lays out how she succeeded despite the odds, through force of will and determination, revealing the wisdom Welter gained over countless setbacks and challenges. With vivid wit and candor, Play Big will coach you to do the same -- whatever your obstacles might be -- while translating Welter's hard-earned advice for cultivating true perseverance and toughness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-beautiful-work-in-progress-by-mirna-valerio--65128890https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Beautiful Work In Progress Author: Mirna Valerio Narrator: Mirna Valerio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Runners’ vocabulary is full of acronyms like DNS for “Did Not Start” and DNF for “Did Not Finish,” but when Mirna Valerio stepped up to the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for “Did Not Quit.” Valerio has tied on her running shoes all across the country, from the dusty back roads of central New Jersey to the busy Route 222 corridor in Pennsylvania to the sweltering deserts of Arizona. When you meet her on the trail, you might be surprised to see she doesn’t quite fit the typical image of a long-distance runner. She’s neither skinny nor white, and she’s here to show just how misguided these stereotypes can be. In this prejudice-busting, body-positive memoir told with raw honesty, an adventurous spirit, and a sharp sense of humor, Valerio takes readers along on her journey from first-time racer to ultramarathoner and proves that anyone can become a successful athlete.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300946Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Beautiful Work In Progress Author: Mirna Valerio Narrator: Mirna Valerio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Beautiful Work In Progress Author: Mirna Valerio Narrator: Mirna Valerio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Runners’ vocabulary is full of acronyms like DNS for “Did Not Start” and DNF for “Did Not Finish,” but when Mirna Valerio stepped up to the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for “Did Not Quit.” Valerio has tied on her running shoes all across the country, from the dusty back roads of central New Jersey to the busy Route 222 corridor in Pennsylvania to the sweltering deserts of Arizona. When you meet her on the trail, you might be surprised to see she doesn’t quite fit the typical image of a long-distance runner. She’s neither skinny nor white, and she’s here to show just how misguided these stereotypes can be. In this prejudice-busting, body-positive memoir told with raw honesty, an adventurous spirit, and a sharp sense of humor, Valerio takes readers along on her journey from first-time racer to ultramarathoner and proves that anyone can become a successful athlete.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/through-the-valley-of-the-shadow-by-jim-terbush--65128883https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow Author: Jim Terbush Narrator: Jim Terbush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: On June 13, 1999, a rumble began high on a sheer cliff wall, like faraway thunder, at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. 100 tons of rock rained down on three young climbers. Peter, a college student from Colorado, turned to a long-ago climbing lesson taught to him by his father. As a little boy first astride a mountain, he learned to always protect a partner at the end of the rope...to never let go. He was not anchored and could have easily slipped from his harness and run for cover, but he didn't. He maintained a proper belay to the end, saving the life of his friend on lead dangling 60 feet above him, while sacrificing his own life in the process. Many called Peter a hero. He certainly had the traits. According to Sue Shellenbarger, in the Wall Street Journal in 2012, 'Certain traits make it more likely that a person will make a split-second decision to take a heroic risk. People who like to take charge of situations, who respond sympathetically to others, and who have a strong sense of moral and social responsibility are more likely to intervene than people who lack those traits. They consciously try to keep fear from hampering their pursuit of goals, and they tend to block out the possibility of injury or material loss.' Through the Valley of the Shadow by Jim Terbush is the story of his son Peter's brief life...a hero who exemplified servant leadership. Jim tells of the servant leadership principles woven into the skills training at the yearly Terbush Memorial Outdoor Leadership Summit held in Peter's honor in Gunnison, CO. This is also a story about a father's love for his son, about discovery, adventure, love of the outdoors, and a love of God. Jim reveals how he was and is sustained by faith during his struggle with grief for his son. His writing in turn, infuses us with the strength to confront the most profound challenges in our own lives. ©2014 Jim Terbush (P)2017 Brook Forest Voices LLC]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow Author: Jim Terbush Narrator: Jim Terbush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow Author: Jim Terbush Narrator: Jim Terbush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: On June 13, 1999, a rumble began high on a sheer cliff wall, like faraway thunder, at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. 100 tons of rock rained down on three young climbers. Peter, a college student from Colorado, turned to a long-ago climbing lesson taught to him by his father. As a little boy first astride a mountain, he learned to always protect a partner at the end of the rope...to never let go. He was not anchored and could have easily slipped from his harness and run for cover, but he didn't. He maintained a proper belay to the end, saving the life of his friend on lead dangling 60 feet above him, while sacrificing his own life in the process. Many called Peter a hero. He certainly had the traits. According to Sue Shellenbarger, in the Wall Street Journal in 2012, 'Certain traits make it more likely that a person will make a split-second decision to take a heroic risk. People who like to take charge of situations, who respond sympathetically to others, and who have a strong sense of moral and social responsibility are more likely to intervene than people who lack those traits. They consciously try to keep fear from hampering their pursuit of goals, and they tend to block out the possibility of injury or material loss.' Through the Valley of the Shadow by Jim Terbush is the story of his son Peter's brief life...a hero who exemplified servant leadership. Jim tells of the servant leadership principles woven into the skills training at the yearly Terbush Memorial Outdoor Leadership Summit held in Peter's honor in Gunnison, CO. This is also a story about a father's love for his son, about discovery, adventure, love of the outdoors, and a love of God. Jim reveals how he was and is sustained by faith during his struggle with grief for his son. His writing in turn, infuses us with the strength to confront the most profound challenges in our own lives. ©2014 Jim Terbush (P)2017 Brook Forest Voices LLC]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tb12-method-how-to-achieve-a-lifetime-of-sustained-peak-performance-by-tom-brady--65128918https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance Author: Tom Brady Narrator: Tom Brady, Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 63 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller by the 7-time Super Bowl champion The first book by NFL legend Tom Brady, former quarterback with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who reached unimaginable heights of excellence into his forties—a gorgeously illustrated and deeply practical “athlete’s bible” that reveals Brady’s revolutionary approach to sustained peak performance for athletes of all kinds and all ages. In this new edition of The TB12 Method, Tom Brady further explains and details the revolutionary training, conditioning, and wellness system that has kept him atop the NFL at an age when most players are deep into retirement. Brady—along with the expert Body Coaches at TB12, the performance lifestyle brand he cofounded in 2013 with Alex Guerrero—explain the principles and philosophies of pliability, a paradigm-shifting fitness concept that focuses on a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living. Filled with lessons from Brady’s own training regimen, The TB12 Method provides step-by-step guidance on how develop and maintain one’s own peak performance while dramatically decreasing injury risks. This illustrated, highly visual manual also offers more effective approaches to functional strength & conditioning, proper hydration, supplementation, cognitive fitness, restorative sleep, and nutritious, easy-to-execute recipes to help readers fuel-up and recover. Brady steadfastly believes that the TB12 approach has kept him competitive while extending his career, and that it can make any athlete, male or female, in any sport and at any level achieve his or her own peak performance and do what they love, better and for longer. With instructions, drills, photos, in-depth case studies that Brady himself has used, along with personal anecdotes and experiences from his legendary career, The TB12 Method gives you a better way to train and get results with Tom Brady himself as living proof.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302985Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance Author: Tom Brady Narrator: Tom Brady, Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance Author: Tom Brady Narrator: Tom Brady, Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 63 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller by the 7-time Super Bowl champion The first book by NFL legend Tom Brady, former quarterback with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who reached unimaginable heights of excellence into his forties—a gorgeously illustrated and deeply practical “athlete’s bible” that reveals Brady’s revolutionary approach to sustained peak performance for athletes of all kinds and all ages. In this new edition of The TB12 Method, Tom Brady further explains and details the revolutionary training, conditioning, and wellness system that has kept him atop the NFL at an age when most players are deep into retirement. Brady—along with the expert Body Coaches at TB12, the performance lifestyle brand he cofounded in 2013 with Alex Guerrero—explain the principles and philosophies of pliability, a paradigm-shifting fitness concept that focuses on a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living. Filled with lessons from Brady’s own training regimen, The TB12 Method provides step-by-step guidance on how develop and maintain one’s own peak performance while dramatically decreasing injury risks. This illustrated, highly visual manual also offers more effective approaches to functional strength & conditioning, proper hydration, supplementation, cognitive fitness, restorative sleep, and nutritious, easy-to-execute recipes to help readers fuel-up and recover. Brady steadfastly believes that the TB12 approach has kept him competitive while extending his career, and that it can make any athlete, male or female, in any sport and at any level achieve his or her own peak performance and do what they love, better and for longer. With instructions, drills, photos, in-depth case studies that Brady himself has used, along with personal anecdotes and experiences from his legendary career, The TB12 Method gives you a better way to train and get results with Tom Brady himself as living proof.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boxing-kings-when-american-heavyweights-ruled-the-ring-by-paul-beston--65128934https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring Author: Paul Beston Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Boxing Kings tells the story of the heavyweight title in the days when it was a defining institution in the United States. Author Paul Beston places special emphasis on those champions who held a central place in American culture beyond just in the boxing ring, including John L. Sullivan, who made the title a commercial property; Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first black man to claim the title; Joe Louis, whose contributions to racial tolerance and social progress transcended even his greatness in the ring; Rocky Marciano, who became an embodiment of the American Dream; Muhammad Ali, who took on the U.S. government and revolutionized professional sports with his showmanship; and Mike Tyson, a hard-punching student of boxing history who exemplified the modern celebrity. The gallery of champions also includes comics, dandies, bookworms, divas, ex-cons, workingmen, and a tough-guy-turned-preacher. The Boxing Kings treats these and other champions as three-dimensional human beings, flawed but sympathetic men placed on great public stages. As the title shifts from one claimant to another, their stories also open a window into the larger history of the U.S.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315418Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring Author: Paul Beston Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring Author: Paul Beston Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Boxing Kings tells the story of the heavyweight title in the days when it was a defining institution in the United States. Author Paul Beston places special emphasis on those champions who held a central place in American culture beyond just in the boxing ring, including John L. Sullivan, who made the title a commercial property; Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first black man to claim the title; Joe Louis, whose contributions to racial tolerance and social progress transcended even his greatness in the ring; Rocky Marciano, who became an embodiment of the American Dream; Muhammad Ali, who took on the U.S. government and revolutionized professional sports with his showmanship; and Mike Tyson, a hard-punching student of boxing history who exemplified the modern celebrity. The gallery of champions also includes comics, dandies, bookworms, divas, ex-cons, workingmen, and a tough-guy-turned-preacher. The Boxing Kings treats these and other champions as three-dimensional human beings, flawed but sympathetic men placed on great public stages. As the title shifts from one claimant to another, their stories also open a window into the larger history of the U.S.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unstoppable-my-life-so-far-by-maria-sharapova--65128867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unstoppable: My Life So Far Author: Maria Sharapova Narrator: Maria Sharapova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Unstoppable written and read by Maria Sharapova. The fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria Sharapova In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right. This is Maria Sharapova's gripping and fearless autobiography, telling her story from her roots in the small Siberian town her parents fled to after the Chernobyl disaster, through her arrival in the US with nothing and her phenomenal rise to success - winning Wimbledon aged just seventeen - to the disasters that threatened her career and her fight back. Here the five-time Grand Slam winner gives us candid insights into her relationship with her father, who gave up his job and life in Russia to dedicate himself to his daughter; the truth behind her famous rivalry with Serena Williams; the injuries and suspension controversy that threatened to end it all; and her recent battle to get back on court. Told with the same combative, no-holds-barred attitude as her game, it's a story of crazy luck, mistakes, rivalries, sacrifice, survival and, above all, the constant, unwavering determination to win.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302445Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unstoppable: My Life So Far Author: Maria Sharapova Narrator: Maria Sharapova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unstoppable: My Life So Far Author: Maria Sharapova Narrator: Maria Sharapova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Unstoppable written and read by Maria Sharapova. The fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria Sharapova In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right. This is Maria Sharapova's gripping and fearless autobiography, telling her story from her roots in the small Siberian town her parents fled to after the Chernobyl disaster, through her arrival in the US with nothing and her phenomenal rise to success - winning Wimbledon aged just seventeen - to the disasters that threatened her career and her fight back. Here the five-time Grand Slam winner gives us candid insights into her relationship with her father, who gave up his job and life in Russia to dedicate himself to his daughter; the truth behind her famous rivalry with Serena Williams; the injuries and suspension controversy that threatened to end it all; and her recent battle to get back on court. Told with the same combative, no-holds-barred attitude as her game, it's a story of crazy luck, mistakes, rivalries, sacrifice, survival and, above all, the constant, unwavering determination to win.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marathon-woman-running-the-race-to-revolutionize-women-s-sports-by-kathrine-switzer--65128911https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports Author: Kathrine Switzer Narrator: Kathrine Switzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A new edition of a sports icon's memoir, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's historic running of the Boston Marathon as the first woman to run. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the all-male Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event's directors who attempted to violently eject her. In one of the most iconic sports moments, Switzer escaped and finished the race. She made history-and is poised to do it again on the fiftieth anniversary of that initial race, when she will run the 2017 Boston Marathon at age 70. Now a spokesperson for Reebok, Switzer is also the founder of 261 Fearless, a foundation dedicated to creating opportunities for women on all fronts, as this groundbreaking sports hero has done throughout her life. 'Kathrine Switzer is the Susan B. Anthony of women's marathoning.'-Joan Benoit Samuelson, first Olympic gold medalist in the women's marathon]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300248Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports Author: Kathrine Switzer Narrator: Kathrine Switzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports Author: Kathrine Switzer Narrator: Kathrine Switzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A new edition of a sports icon's memoir, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's historic running of the Boston Marathon as the first woman to run. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the all-male Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event's directors who attempted to violently eject her. In one of the most iconic sports moments, Switzer escaped and finished the race. She made history-and is poised to do it again on the fiftieth anniversary of that initial race, when she will run the 2017 Boston Marathon at age 70. Now a spokesperson for Reebok, Switzer is also the founder of 261 Fearless, a foundation dedicated to creating opportunities for women on all fronts, as this groundbreaking sports hero has done throughout her life. 'Kathrine Switzer is the Susan B. Anthony of women's marathoning.'-Joan Benoit Samuelson, first Olympic gold medalist in the women's marathon]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/horses-that-buck-by-margot-kahn--65128885https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Horses That Buck Author: Margot Kahn Narrator: Wilford Brimley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: August 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider Cody Bill Smith said simply, Horses that buck. Smith redefined the image of America's iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner's life in Montana, he fantasized a life in rodeo and went on to earn thirteen trips to the national finals, becoming one of the greatest of all riders. This biography puts readers in the saddle to experience the life of a champion rider in his quest for the gold buckle. Drawing on interviews with Smith and his family and friends, Margot Kahn recreates the days in the late 1960s and early 1970s when rodeo first became a major sports enterprise. She captures the realities of that world: winning enough money to get to the next competition, and competing even when in pain. She also tells how, in his career's second phase, Smith married cowgirl Carole O'Rourke and went into business raising horses, gaining notoriety for his gentle hand with animals and winning acclaim for his and Carole's Circle 7 brand. Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1979 and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2000, Smith was a legend in his own time. His story is a genuine slice of rodeo life "a life of magic for those good enough to win. This book will delight rodeo and cowboy enthusiasts alike. Original, inspiring, and quietly moving, Horses That Buck is the portrait of a modern man who has helped shape the new American West. "...a marvelously told biography of Bill Smith, the Montana native who became a long-running champion rodeo bronc rider. (Kahn's) meticulous effort pays real dividends." -- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer "The most beautifully written rodeo or human story I have ever read." -- Larry Mahan, six-time World Champion All-Around Cowboy]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312169Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Horses That Buck Author: Margot Kahn Narrator: Wilford Brimley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: August 11, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Horses That Buck Author: Margot Kahn Narrator: Wilford Brimley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: August 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider Cody Bill Smith said simply, Horses that buck. Smith redefined the image of America's iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner's life in Montana, he fantasized a life in rodeo and went on to earn thirteen trips to the national finals, becoming one of the greatest of all riders. This biography puts readers in the saddle to experience the life of a champion rider in his quest for the gold buckle. Drawing on interviews with Smith and his family and friends, Margot Kahn recreates the days in the late 1960s and early 1970s when rodeo first became a major sports enterprise. She captures the realities of that world: winning enough money to get to the next competition, and competing even when in pain. She also tells how, in his career's second phase, Smith married cowgirl Carole O'Rourke and went into business raising horses, gaining notoriety for his gentle hand with animals and winning acclaim for his and Carole's Circle 7 brand. Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1979 and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2000, Smith was a legend in his own time. His story is a genuine slice of rodeo life "a life of magic for those good enough to win. This book will delight rodeo and cowboy enthusiasts alike. Original, inspiring, and quietly moving, Horses That Buck is the portrait of a modern man who has helped shape the new American West. "...a marvelously told biography of Bill Smith, the Montana native who became a long-running champion rodeo bronc rider. (Kahn's) meticulous effort pays real dividends." -- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer "The most beautifully written rodeo or human story I have ever read." -- Larry Mahan, six-time World Champion All-Around Cowboy]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/total-competition-lessons-in-strategy-from-formula-one-by-ross-brawn-adam-parr--65128856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One Author: Ross Brawn, Adam Parr Narrator: Adam Parr, Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'A must-have insight into the awe-inspiring career of a true motor racing great' Daily Express Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published. Across four decades, Ross Brawn was one of the most innovative and successful technical directors and then team principals in Formula One. Leading Benetton, Ferrari, Honda, Brawn and Mercedes, he worked with drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton to make them world champions. In 2017, he was appointed F1's managing director, motor sports, by the sport's new owners Liberty Media. Now, in this fascinating book written with Adam Parr (who was CEO and then chairman of Williams for five years), he looks back over his career and methods to assess how he did it, and where occasionally he got things wrong.  Total Competition is a definitive portrait of modern motorsport. In the book, Brawn and Parr explore the unique pressures of Formula One, their battles with Bernie Ecclestone, and the cut-throat world they inhabited, where coming second is never good enough. This book will appeal not only to the millions of Formula One fans who want to understand how Brawn operates, it will also provide many lessons in how to achieve your own business goals.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300229Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One Author: Ross Brawn, Adam Parr Narrator: Adam Parr, Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One Author: Ross Brawn, Adam Parr Narrator: Adam Parr, Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'A must-have insight into the awe-inspiring career of a true motor racing great' Daily Express Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published. Across four decades, Ross Brawn was one of the most innovative and successful technical directors and then team principals in Formula One. Leading Benetton, Ferrari, Honda, Brawn and Mercedes, he worked with drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton to make them world champions. In 2017, he was appointed F1's managing director, motor sports, by the sport's new owners Liberty Media. Now, in this fascinating book written with Adam Parr (who was CEO and then chairman of Williams for five years), he looks back over his career and methods to assess how he did it, and where occasionally he got things wrong.  Total Competition is a definitive portrait of modern motorsport. In the book, Brawn and Parr explore the unique pressures of Formula One, their battles with Bernie Ecclestone, and the cut-throat world they inhabited, where coming second is never good enough. This book will appeal not only to the millions of Formula One fans who want to understand how Brawn operates, it will also provide many lessons in how to achieve your own business goals.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chuck-noll-his-life-s-work-by-michael-maccambridge--65128948https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chuck Noll: His Life's Work Author: Michael Maccambridge Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Chuck Noll won four Super Bowls and presided over one of the greatest football dynasties in history, the Pittsburgh Steelers of the '70s. Later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his achievements as a competitor and a coach are the stuff of legend. But Noll always remained an intensely private and introspective man, never revealing much of himself as a person or as a coach, not even to the players and fans who revered him. Chuck Noll did not need a dramatic public profile to be the catalyst for one of the greatest transformations in sports history. In the nearly four decades before he was hired, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the least successful team in professional football, never winning so much as a division title. After Noll's arrival, his quiet but steely leadership quickly remolded the team into the most accomplished in the history of professional football. And what he built endured well beyond his time with the Steelers—who have remained one of America's great NFL teams, accumulating a total of six Super Bowls, eight AFC championships, and dozens of division titles and playoff berths.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316374Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chuck Noll: His Life's Work Author: Michael Maccambridge Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chuck Noll: His Life's Work Author: Michael Maccambridge Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Chuck Noll won four Super Bowls and presided over one of the greatest football dynasties in history, the Pittsburgh Steelers of the '70s. Later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his achievements as a competitor and a coach are the stuff of legend. But Noll always remained an intensely private and introspective man, never revealing much of himself as a person or as a coach, not even to the players and fans who revered him. Chuck Noll did not need a dramatic public profile to be the catalyst for one of the greatest transformations in sports history. In the nearly four decades before he was hired, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the least successful team in professional football, never winning so much as a division title. After Noll's arrival, his quiet but steely leadership quickly remolded the team into the most accomplished in the history of professional football. And what he built endured well beyond his time with the Steelers—who have remained one of America's great NFL teams, accumulating a total of six Super Bowls, eight AFC championships, and dozens of division titles and playoff berths.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-hurt-my-journey-from-despair-to-hope-by-john-u-bacon-john-saunders--65128886https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope Author: John U. Bacon, John Saunders Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: For the first time ever, the popular late host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters and ABC's college football openly discusses a lifelong battle with depression. During his three decades on ESPN and ABC, John Saunders became one of the nation's most respected and beloved sportscasters. In this moving, jarring, and ultimately inspiring memoir, Saunders discusses his troubled childhood, the traumatic brain injury he suffered in 2011, and the severe depression that nearly cost him his life. As Saunders writes, Playing Hurt is not an autobiography of a sports celebrity but a memoir of a man facing his own mental illness, and emerging better off for the effort. I will take you into the heart of my struggle with depression, including insights into some of its causes, its consequences, and its treatments. I invite you behind the facade of my apparently 'perfect' life as a sportscaster, with a wonderful wife and two healthy, happy adult daughters. I have a lot to be thankful for, and I am truly grateful. But none of these things can protect me or anyone else from the disease of depression and its potentially lethal effects. Mine is a rare story: that of a black man in the sports industry openly grappling with depression. I will share the good, the bad, and the ugly, including the lengths I've gone to to conceal my private life from the public. So why write a book? Because I want to end the pain and heartache that comes from leading a double life. I also want to reach out to the millions of people, especially men, who think they're alone and can't ask for help. John Saunders died suddenly on August 10, 2016, from an enlarged heart, diabetes, and other complications. This book is his ultimate act of generosity to help those who suffer from mental illness, and those who love them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297363Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope Author: John U. Bacon, John Saunders Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope Author: John U. Bacon, John Saunders Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: For the first time ever, the popular late host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters and ABC's college football openly discusses a lifelong battle with depression. During his three decades on ESPN and ABC, John Saunders became one of the nation's most respected and beloved sportscasters. In this moving, jarring, and ultimately inspiring memoir, Saunders discusses his troubled childhood, the traumatic brain injury he suffered in 2011, and the severe depression that nearly cost him his life. As Saunders writes, Playing Hurt is not an autobiography of a sports celebrity but a memoir of a man facing his own mental illness, and emerging better off for the effort. I will take you into the heart of my struggle with depression, including insights into some of its causes, its consequences, and its treatments. I invite you behind the facade of my apparently 'perfect' life as a sportscaster, with a wonderful wife and two healthy, happy adult daughters. I have a lot to be thankful for, and I am truly grateful. But none of these things can protect me or anyone else from the disease of depression and its potentially lethal effects. Mine is a rare story: that of a black man in the sports industry openly grappling with depression. I will share the good, the bad, and the ugly, including the lengths I've gone to to conceal my private life from the public. So why write a book? Because I want to end the pain and heartache that comes from leading a double life. I also want to reach out to the millions of people, especially men, who think they're alone and can't ask for help. John Saunders died suddenly on August 10, 2016, from an enlarged heart, diabetes, and other complications. This book is his ultimate act of generosity to help those who suffer from mental illness, and those who love them.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/play-like-a-girl-how-a-soccer-school-in-kenya-s-slums-started-a-revolution-by-ellie-roscher--65128819https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution Author: Ellie Roscher Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his mother, and his grandmother and having a daughter himself, he felt that he needed to make a difference. In 2002, Abdul started a soccer team for girls called Girls Soccer in Kibera (GSK), with the hope of fostering a supportive community and providing emotional and mental support for the young women in the town. The soccer program was a success, but the looming dangers of slum life persisted, and the young women continued to fall victim to the worst kinds of human atrocities. Indeed, it was the unyielding injustice of these conditions that led Abdul to the conclusion that soccer alone was not enough to create the systemic changes needed. In 2006, the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy (KGSA) was established to begin to help create those changes, and it continues its work today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution Author: Ellie Roscher Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution Author: Ellie Roscher Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his mother, and his grandmother and having a daughter himself, he felt that he needed to make a difference. In 2002, Abdul started a soccer team for girls called Girls Soccer in Kibera (GSK), with the hope of fostering a supportive community and providing emotional and mental support for the young women in the town. The soccer program was a success, but the looming dangers of slum life persisted, and the young women continued to fall victim to the worst kinds of human atrocities. Indeed, it was the unyielding injustice of these conditions that led Abdul to the conclusion that soccer alone was not enough to create the systemic changes needed. In 2006, the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy (KGSA) was established to begin to help create those changes, and it continues its work today.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-made-maddy-run-the-secret-struggles-and-tragic-death-of-an-all-american-teen-by-kate-fagan--65128965https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen Author: Kate Fagan Narrator: Kate Fagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller. If you scrolled through the Instagram feed of 19-year-old Maddy Holleran, you would see a perfect life: a freshman at an Ivy League school, recruited for the track team, who was also beautiful, popular, and fiercely intelligent. This was a girl who succeeded at everything she tried, and who was only getting started. But when Maddy began her long-awaited college career, her parents noticed something changed. Previously indefatigable Maddy became withdrawn, and her thoughts centered on how she could change her life. In spite of thousands of hours of practice and study, she contemplated transferring from the school that had once been her dream. When Maddy's dad, Jim, dropped her off for the first day of spring semester, she held him a second longer than usual. That would be the last time Jim would see his daughter. What Made Maddy Run began as a piece that Kate Fagan, a columnist for espnW, wrote about Maddy's life. What started as a profile of a successful young athlete whose life ended in suicide became so much larger when Fagan started to hear from other college athletes also struggling with mental illness. This is the story of Maddy Holleran's life, and her struggle with depression, which also reveals the mounting pressures young people -- and college athletes in particular -- face to be perfect, especially in an age of relentless connectivity and social media saturation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297166Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen Author: Kate Fagan Narrator: Kate Fagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen Author: Kate Fagan Narrator: Kate Fagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller. If you scrolled through the Instagram feed of 19-year-old Maddy Holleran, you would see a perfect life: a freshman at an Ivy League school, recruited for the track team, who was also beautiful, popular, and fiercely intelligent. This was a girl who succeeded at everything she tried, and who was only getting started. But when Maddy began her long-awaited college career, her parents noticed something changed. Previously indefatigable Maddy became withdrawn, and her thoughts centered on how she could change her life. In spite of thousands of hours of practice and study, she contemplated transferring from the school that had once been her dream. When Maddy's dad, Jim, dropped her off for the first day of spring semester, she held him a second longer than usual. That would be the last time Jim would see his daughter. What Made Maddy Run began as a piece that Kate Fagan, a columnist for espnW, wrote about Maddy's life. What started as a profile of a successful young athlete whose life ended in suicide became so much larger when Fagan started to hear from other college athletes also struggling with mental illness. This is the story of Maddy Holleran's life, and her struggle with depression, which also reveals the mounting pressures young people -- and college athletes in particular -- face to be perfect, especially in an age of relentless connectivity and social media saturation.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-busqueda-de-gobi-una-perrita-con-un-gran-corazon-una-maravillosa-historia-real-by-dion-leonard--65128913https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La búsqueda de Gobi: Una perrita con un gran corazón (Una maravillosa historia real) Author: Dion Leonard Narrator: Alejandro Vargas-Lugo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: La búsqueda de Gobi es la milagrosa historia de Dion Leonard, un corredor de ultramaratones experimentado que se encontró con una perrita callejera mientras competía en una carrera de 155 millas a través del desierto de Gobi en China. La adorable cachorro, que luego nombró «Gobi», demostró que lo que le faltaba en tamaño, lo compensaba con el corazón. Gobi recorrió junto a Dion gigantescas dunas de arena y atravesó las montañas Tian Shan, aldeas y las arenas negras del desierto de Gobi, manteniendo el ritmo con él durante casi ochenta millas. Dion fue testigo de la increíble determinación y corazón de Gobi, y se dio cuenta que su propio corazón experimentaba también un cambio. Dion permitía que Gobi durmiera en su tienda de campaña por las noches, le compartía agua y alimentos de sus propias provisiones limitadas, a veces también la cargaba, aun sabiendo que eso significaba retrasarse en la carrera, o peor aún, le impedería terminar en absoluto. En las carreras anteriores de Dion, él se enfocaba en ganar y ser el mejor, pero esta vez su objetivo era asegurarse que su amistad con Gobi continuara mucho después de llegar a la meta. Sin embargo, antes de que pudiera llevarla a casa, Gobi desapareció en una inmensa ciudad china. Con la ayuda de desconocidos y el apoyo de gente alrededor del mundo, Dion inició la búsqueda para reencontrar al asombroso animal que le demostró a él y al mundo entero que los milagros son posibles.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294584Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La búsqueda de Gobi: Una perrita con un gran corazón (Una maravillosa historia real) Author: Dion Leonard Narrator: Alejandro Vargas-Lugo...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La búsqueda de Gobi: Una perrita con un gran corazón (Una maravillosa historia real) Author: Dion Leonard Narrator: Alejandro Vargas-Lugo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: La búsqueda de Gobi es la milagrosa historia de Dion Leonard, un corredor de ultramaratones experimentado que se encontró con una perrita callejera mientras competía en una carrera de 155 millas a través del desierto de Gobi en China. La adorable cachorro, que luego nombró «Gobi», demostró que lo que le faltaba en tamaño, lo compensaba con el corazón. Gobi recorrió junto a Dion gigantescas dunas de arena y atravesó las montañas Tian Shan, aldeas y las arenas negras del desierto de Gobi, manteniendo el ritmo con él durante casi ochenta millas. Dion fue testigo de la increíble determinación y corazón de Gobi, y se dio cuenta que su propio corazón experimentaba también un cambio. Dion permitía que Gobi durmiera en su tienda de campaña por las noches, le compartía agua y alimentos de sus propias provisiones limitadas, a veces también la cargaba, aun sabiendo que eso significaba retrasarse en la carrera, o peor aún, le impedería terminar en absoluto. En las carreras anteriores de Dion, él se enfocaba en ganar y ser el mejor, pero esta vez su objetivo era asegurarse que su amistad con Gobi continuara mucho después de llegar a la meta. Sin embargo, antes de que pudiera llevarla a casa, Gobi desapareció en una inmensa ciudad china. Con la ayuda de desconocidos y el apoyo de gente alrededor del mundo, Dion inició la búsqueda para reencontrar al asombroso animal que le demostró a él y al mundo entero que los milagros son posibles.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-and-starbucks-an-nba-superstar-s-journey-through-addiction-and-recovery-by-vin-baker--65128929https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and Starbucks: An NBA Superstar's Journey Through Addiction and Recovery Author: Vin Baker Narrator: Arnell Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An astonishing memoir of redemption—the moving story of a former top NBA player who miraculously rebounded from a monumental fall thanks to hard work and his deep, transformative faith. Sixteen years ago, Vin Baker was an NBA All-Star, an Olympic Gold medalist, and a multimillionaire. While he excelled on the court, Vin harbored a dark secret: a dependency on drugs and alcohol that began after the clean-cut preacher’s son turned pro. Eventually becoming a full-blown yet functional alcoholic, Vin convinced himself he played better under the influence—until his addiction cost him his basketball career, his fortune, and his health. But Vin’s story isn’t a tragic fall from grace. It is a joyous tale of salvation. For Vin, hitting rock bottom was a difficult yet transformative experience that led him to renew his relationship with God and embrace life in a rich and fulfilling new way. Today the manager of a Starbucks and a youth minister, Vin has found more security and happiness in his ordinary working life than in all his years in the glamorous world of professional basketball. God and Starbucks is a wise and unflinching look at the real dangers of addiction and the importance of taking charge of your life with meaning and purpose. It’s a powerful memoir about reaching the top and beginning again from the bottom—an inspiring personal tale of humility and grace that reminds us what is truly important in our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295743Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and Starbucks: An NBA Superstar's Journey Through Addiction and Recovery Author: Vin Baker Narrator: Arnell Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and Starbucks: An NBA Superstar's Journey Through Addiction and Recovery Author: Vin Baker Narrator: Arnell Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An astonishing memoir of redemption—the moving story of a former top NBA player who miraculously rebounded from a monumental fall thanks to hard work and his deep, transformative faith. Sixteen years ago, Vin Baker was an NBA All-Star, an Olympic Gold medalist, and a multimillionaire. While he excelled on the court, Vin harbored a dark secret: a dependency on drugs and alcohol that began after the clean-cut preacher’s son turned pro. Eventually becoming a full-blown yet functional alcoholic, Vin convinced himself he played better under the influence—until his addiction cost him his basketball career, his fortune, and his health. But Vin’s story isn’t a tragic fall from grace. It is a joyous tale of salvation. For Vin, hitting rock bottom was a difficult yet transformative experience that led him to renew his relationship with God and embrace life in a rich and fulfilling new way. Today the manager of a Starbucks and a youth minister, Vin has found more security and happiness in his ordinary working life than in all his years in the glamorous world of professional basketball. God and Starbucks is a wise and unflinching look at the real dangers of addiction and the importance of taking charge of your life with meaning and purpose. It’s a powerful memoir about reaching the top and beginning again from the bottom—an inspiring personal tale of humility and grace that reminds us what is truly important in our lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-quarterback-whisperer-how-to-build-an-elite-nfl-quarterback-by-bruce-arians--65128905https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback Author: Bruce Arians Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck; and the resurgent Carson Palmer. That coach is Bruce Arians. A larger than life visionary who trained under the tutelage of Bear Bryant, Arians has had a major impact on the development and success of each of these players. For proof beyond the stats, go to the sources. 'Bruce is gonna love you when you need some loving, but he's gonna jump on you when you're not doing right.' -- Peyton Manning 'He coaches the way players want to be coached.' -- Ben Roethlisberger 'He made players comfortable around him and let everybody have their own personality. He didn't force anybody to be someone they weren't. It may sound a little corny or cheesy, but there's merit to that. I felt comfortable being myself and I felt he had my back.' -- Andrew Luck 'We're a resilient group. It trickles down from the head coach. I think good teams, really good teams, and hopefully great teams take on their coach's mentality. I think that's what B.A. brings . . . ' -- Carson Palmer Known around the game as the 'quarterback whisperer', Arians has an uncanny ability to both personally connect with his quarterbacks and to locate what the individual triggers are for that player to succeed. No two quarterbacks are the same. And yet with Arians they always share success. In this book Arians will explain how he does it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293911Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback Author: Bruce Arians Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback Author: Bruce Arians Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck; and the resurgent Carson Palmer. That coach is Bruce Arians. A larger than life visionary who trained under the tutelage of Bear Bryant, Arians has had a major impact on the development and success of each of these players. For proof beyond the stats, go to the sources. 'Bruce is gonna love you when you need some loving, but he's gonna jump on you when you're not doing right.' -- Peyton Manning 'He coaches the way players want to be coached.' -- Ben Roethlisberger 'He made players comfortable around him and let everybody have their own personality. He didn't force anybody to be someone they weren't. It may sound a little corny or cheesy, but there's merit to that. I felt comfortable being myself and I felt he had my back.' -- Andrew Luck 'We're a resilient group. It trickles down from the head coach. I think good teams, really good teams, and hopefully great teams take on their coach's mentality. I think that's what B.A. brings . . . ' -- Carson Palmer Known around the game as the 'quarterback whisperer', Arians has an uncanny ability to both personally connect with his quarterbacks and to locate what the individual triggers are for that player to succeed. No two quarterbacks are the same. And yet with Arians they always share success. In this book Arians will explain how he does it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/but-seriously-by-john-mcenroe--65128901https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But Seriously Author: John McEnroe Narrator: John McEnroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: He is one of the most controversial and beloved athletes in history, a tennis legend and a volcanic, mesmerizing presence. But after reaching the top of his game - what came next? Fifteen years after his international number-one bestseller You Cannot Be Serious, John McEnroe is back and ready to talk. Now the undisputed elder statesman of tennis, McEnroe has won over his critics as a brilliant commentator at the US Open, Wimbledon, and other Grand Slam tournaments - with outspoken views on the modern game, its top players, and the world of 21st century sport and celebrity. Who are the game's winners and losers? What's it like playing guitar onstage with the Rolling Stones, hitting balls with today's greats, confronting his former on-court nemeses, getting scammed by an international art dealer, and raising a big family while balancing McEnroe-sized expectations? In But Seriously, John McEnroe confronts his demons and reveals his struggle to reinvent himself from champion and tennis legend to father, broadcaster, and author. The result is a richly personal account, blending anecdote and reflection with razor sharp and brutally honest opinions, all in McEnroe's signature style. This is the sports book of the year: wildly entertaining, very funny, surprisingly touching, and 100% McEnroe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292746Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But Seriously Author: John McEnroe Narrator: John McEnroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But Seriously Author: John McEnroe Narrator: John McEnroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: He is one of the most controversial and beloved athletes in history, a tennis legend and a volcanic, mesmerizing presence. But after reaching the top of his game - what came next? Fifteen years after his international number-one bestseller You Cannot Be Serious, John McEnroe is back and ready to talk. Now the undisputed elder statesman of tennis, McEnroe has won over his critics as a brilliant commentator at the US Open, Wimbledon, and other Grand Slam tournaments - with outspoken views on the modern game, its top players, and the world of 21st century sport and celebrity. Who are the game's winners and losers? What's it like playing guitar onstage with the Rolling Stones, hitting balls with today's greats, confronting his former on-court nemeses, getting scammed by an international art dealer, and raising a big family while balancing McEnroe-sized expectations? In But Seriously, John McEnroe confronts his demons and reveals his struggle to reinvent himself from champion and tennis legend to father, broadcaster, and author. The result is a richly personal account, blending anecdote and reflection with razor sharp and brutally honest opinions, all in McEnroe's signature style. This is the sports book of the year: wildly entertaining, very funny, surprisingly touching, and 100% McEnroe.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/knowing-the-score-my-family-and-our-tennis-story-by-judy-murray--65128865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knowing the Score: My Family and Our Tennis Story Author: Judy Murray Narrator: Judy Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Knowing the Score, written and read by Judy Murray. It was the day I put the tennis balls into the tumble dryer that I realised I thought about tennis a little bit differently. What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. From the soggy community courts of Dunblane to the white heat of Centre Court at Wimbledon, Judy Murray’s extraordinary memoir charts the challenges she has faced, from desperate finances and growing pains to entrenched sexism. We all need a story of ‘yes we can’ to make us believe great things are possible. This is that story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294260Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knowing the Score: My Family and Our Tennis Story Author: Judy Murray Narrator: Judy Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knowing the Score: My Family and Our Tennis Story Author: Judy Murray Narrator: Judy Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Knowing the Score, written and read by Judy Murray. It was the day I put the tennis balls into the tumble dryer that I realised I thought about tennis a little bit differently. What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. From the soggy community courts of Dunblane to the white heat of Centre Court at Wimbledon, Judy Murray’s extraordinary memoir charts the challenges she has faced, from desperate finances and growing pains to entrenched sexism. We all need a story of ‘yes we can’ to make us believe great things are possible. This is that story.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-gobi-a-little-dog-with-a-very-big-heart-by-dion-leonard--65128912https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart Author: Dion Leonard Narrator: Simon Bubb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert. Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan Mountains and across massive sand dunes, keeping pace with him for 77 miles. As Dion witnessed the incredible determination and heart of this small animal, he found his own heart undergoing a change as well. Whereas in the past these races were all about winning and being the best, his goal now was to make sure he and Gobi’s friendship continued well after the finish line, and he undertook another difficult journey to bring Gobi home to Scotland. However, before he could take her home, Gobi went missing in the sprawling Chinese city where she was being kept. Dion, with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet, set out to track her down, and reunite with the dog that changed his life. Finding Gobi: - Proves that miracles are possible—anywhere and at any time - Gives vivid details of an ultra-marathon and what it’s like to run one of the toughest races on the planet - Connects to that special bond that humankind has with dogs and what it can open up in our hearts Read this inspiring story and discover how miracles truly are possible—and find your own heart changing as well.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292127Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart Author: Dion Leonard Narrator: Simon Bubb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart Author: Dion Leonard Narrator: Simon Bubb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert. Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan Mountains and across massive sand dunes, keeping pace with him for 77 miles. As Dion witnessed the incredible determination and heart of this small animal, he found his own heart undergoing a change as well. Whereas in the past these races were all about winning and being the best, his goal now was to make sure he and Gobi’s friendship continued well after the finish line, and he undertook another difficult journey to bring Gobi home to Scotland. However, before he could take her home, Gobi went missing in the sprawling Chinese city where she was being kept. Dion, with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet, set out to track her down, and reunite with the dog that changed his life. Finding Gobi: - Proves that miracles are possible—anywhere and at any time - Gives vivid details of an ultra-marathon and what it’s like to run one of the toughest races on the planet - Connects to that special bond that humankind has with dogs and what it can open up in our hearts Read this inspiring story and discover how miracles truly are possible—and find your own heart changing as well.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ultimate-glory-frisbee-obsession-and-my-wild-youth-by-david-gessner--65128919https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth Author: David Gessner Narrator: David Gessner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of.  With humor and raw honesty, Gessner explores what it means to devote one’s life to something that many consider ridiculous. Today, Ultimate is played by millions, but in the 1980s, it was an obscure sport with a (mostly) undeserved stoner reputation. Its early heroes were as scrappy as the sport they loved, driven by fierce competition, intense rivalries, epic parties, and the noble ideals of the Spirit of the Game.  Ultimate Glory is a portrait of the artist as a young ruffian. Gessner shares the field and his seemingly insane obsession with a cast of closely knit, larger-than-life characters. As his sport grows up, so does he, and eventually he gives up chasing flying discs to pursue a career as a writer. But he never forgets his love for this misunderstood sport and the rare sense of purpose he attained as a member of its priesthood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293274Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth Author: David Gessner Narrator: David Gessner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth Author: David Gessner Narrator: David Gessner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of.  With humor and raw honesty, Gessner explores what it means to devote one’s life to something that many consider ridiculous. Today, Ultimate is played by millions, but in the 1980s, it was an obscure sport with a (mostly) undeserved stoner reputation. Its early heroes were as scrappy as the sport they loved, driven by fierce competition, intense rivalries, epic parties, and the noble ideals of the Spirit of the Game.  Ultimate Glory is a portrait of the artist as a young ruffian. Gessner shares the field and his seemingly insane obsession with a cast of closely knit, larger-than-life characters. As his sport grows up, so does he, and eventually he gives up chasing flying discs to pursue a career as a writer. But he never forgets his love for this misunderstood sport and the rare sense of purpose he attained as a member of its priesthood.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-speck-in-the-sea-a-story-of-survival-and-rescue-by-anthony-sosinski-john-aldridge--65128940https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue Author: Anthony Sosinski, John Aldridge Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The harrowing adventure-at-sea memoir recounting the heroic search-and-rescue mission for lost Montauk fisherman John Aldridge, which Daniel James Brown calls 'A terrific read.' I am floating in the middle of the night, and nobody in the world even knows I am missing. Nobody is looking for me. You can't get more alone than that. You can't be more lost. I've got too many people who love me. There's no way I'm dying like this. In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was thrown off the back of the Anna Mary while his fishing partner, Anthony Sosinski, slept below. As desperate hours ticked by, Sosinski, the families, the local fishing community, and the U.S. Coast Guard in three states mobilized in an unprecedented search effort that culminated in a rare and exhilarating success. A tale of survival, perseverance, and community, A Speck in the Sea tells of one man's struggle to survive as friends and strangers work to bring him home. Aldridge's wrenching first-person account intertwines with the narrative of the massive, constantly evolving rescue operation designed to save him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292150Tue, 23 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue Author: Anthony Sosinski, John Aldridge Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue Author: Anthony Sosinski, John Aldridge Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The harrowing adventure-at-sea memoir recounting the heroic search-and-rescue mission for lost Montauk fisherman John Aldridge, which Daniel James Brown calls 'A terrific read.' I am floating in the middle of the night, and nobody in the world even knows I am missing. Nobody is looking for me. You can't get more alone than that. You can't be more lost. I've got too many people who love me. There's no way I'm dying like this. In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was thrown off the back of the Anna Mary while his fishing partner, Anthony Sosinski, slept below. As desperate hours ticked by, Sosinski, the families, the local fishing community, and the U.S. Coast Guard in three states mobilized in an unprecedented search effort that culminated in a rare and exhilarating success. A tale of survival, perseverance, and community, A Speck in the Sea tells of one man's struggle to survive as friends and strangers work to bring him home. Aldridge's wrenching first-person account intertwines with the narrative of the massive, constantly evolving rescue operation designed to save him.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chasing-space-an-astronaut-s-story-of-grit-grace-and-second-chances-by-leland-melvin--65128915https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances Author: Leland Melvin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success. Leland Melvin is the only person in human history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though his path from the gridiron to the heavens was riddled with setbacks and injury, Leland persevered to reach the stars. While training with NASA, Melvin suffered a severe injury that left him deaf. Leland was relegated to earthbound assignments, but chose to remain and support his astronaut family. His loyalty paid off. Recovering partial hearing, he earned his eligibility for space travel. He served as mission specialist for two flights aboard the shuttle Atlantis, working on the International Space Station. In this inspirational memoir, the former NASA astronaut and professional athlete offers an examination of the intersecting role of community, perseverance, and grace that align to shape our opportunities and outcomes. Chasing Space is not the story of one man, but the story of many men, women, scientists, and mentors who helped him defy the odds and live out an uncommon destiny. As a chemist, athlete, engineer and space traveler, Leland’s life story is a study in the science of achievement. His personal insights illuminate how grit and grace, are the keys to overcoming adversity and rising to success.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291905Tue, 23 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances Author: Leland Melvin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances Author: Leland Melvin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success. Leland Melvin is the only person in human history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though his path from the gridiron to the heavens was riddled with setbacks and injury, Leland persevered to reach the stars. While training with NASA, Melvin suffered a severe injury that left him deaf. Leland was relegated to earthbound assignments, but chose to remain and support his astronaut family. His loyalty paid off. Recovering partial hearing, he earned his eligibility for space travel. He served as mission specialist for two flights aboard the shuttle Atlantis, working on the International Space Station. In this inspirational memoir, the former NASA astronaut and professional athlete offers an examination of the intersecting role of community, perseverance, and grace that align to shape our opportunities and outcomes. Chasing Space is not the story of one man, but the story of many men, women, scientists, and mentors who helped him defy the odds and live out an uncommon destiny. As a chemist, athlete, engineer and space traveler, Leland’s life story is a study in the science of achievement. His personal insights illuminate how grit and grace, are the keys to overcoming adversity and rising to success.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/believe-boxing-olympics-and-my-life-outside-the-ring-by-nicola-adams--65128933https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe: Boxing, Olympics and my life outside the ring Author: Nicola Adams Narrator: Emma Swan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Believe by Nicola Adams, read by Emma Swan. At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - becamethe first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again. Growing up in Leeds, Nicola stumbled into boxing in her local sports centre while her mum was at aerobics. Age 13 she decided that she would win an Olympic Gold: nobody was going to stop her. Years of relentless training, fundraising and determination have seen Nicola battle through injury, prejudice and defeat to become one of Britain best-loved athletes and an inspiration to all those who are chasing after a seemingly impossible dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293991Thu, 18 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe: Boxing, Olympics and my life outside the ring Author: Nicola Adams Narrator: Emma Swan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe: Boxing, Olympics and my life outside the ring Author: Nicola Adams Narrator: Emma Swan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Believe by Nicola Adams, read by Emma Swan. At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - becamethe first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again. Growing up in Leeds, Nicola stumbled into boxing in her local sports centre while her mum was at aerobics. Age 13 she decided that she would win an Olympic Gold: nobody was going to stop her. Years of relentless training, fundraising and determination have seen Nicola battle through injury, prejudice and defeat to become one of Britain best-loved athletes and an inspiration to all those who are chasing after a seemingly impossible dream.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coach-wooden-and-me-our-50-year-friendship-on-and-off-the-court-by-kareem-abdul-jabbar--65128932https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Narrator: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history. When future NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still an 18-year-old high school basketball prospect from New York City named Lew Alcindor, he accepted a scholarship from UCLA largely on the strength of Coach John Wooden's reputation as a winner. It turned out to be the right choice, as Alcindor and his teammates won an unprecedented three NCAA championship titles. But it also marked the beginning of one of the most extraordinary and enduring friendships in the history of sports. In Coach Wooden and Me, Abdul-Jabbar reveals the inspirational story of how his bond with John Wooden evolved from a history-making coach-player mentorship into a deep and genuine friendship that transcended sports, shaped the course of both men's lives, and lasted for half a century. Coach Wooden and Me is a stirring tribute to the subtle but profound influence that Wooden had on Kareem as a player, and then as a person, as they began to share their cultural, religious, and family values while facing some of life's biggest obstacles. From his first day of practice, when the players were taught the importance of putting on their athletic socks properly; to gradually absorbing the sublime wisdom of Coach Wooden's now famous 'Pyramid of Success'; to learning to cope with the ugly racism that confronted black athletes during the turbulent Civil Rights era as well as losing loved ones, Abdul-Jabbar fondly recalls how Coach Wooden's fatherly guidance not only paved the way for his unmatched professional success but also made possible a lifetime of personal fulfillment. Full of intimate, never-before-published details and delivered with the warmth and erudition of a grateful student who has learned his lessons well, Coach Wooden and Me is at once a celebration of the unique philosophical outlook of college basketball's most storied coach and a moving testament to the all-conquering power of friendship. Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller President Barack Obama's Favorite Book of 2017 A Boston Globe and Huffington Post Best Book of 2017 Pick]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290974Tue, 16 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Narrator: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Narrator: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history. When future NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still an 18-year-old high school basketball prospect from New York City named Lew Alcindor, he accepted a scholarship from UCLA largely on the strength of Coach John Wooden's reputation as a winner. It turned out to be the right choice, as Alcindor and his teammates won an unprecedented three NCAA championship titles. But it also marked the beginning of one of the most extraordinary and enduring friendships in the history of sports. In Coach Wooden and Me, Abdul-Jabbar reveals the inspirational story of how his bond with John Wooden evolved from a history-making coach-player mentorship into a deep and genuine friendship that transcended sports, shaped the course of both men's lives, and lasted for half a century. Coach Wooden and Me is a stirring tribute to the subtle but profound influence that Wooden had on Kareem as a player, and then as a person, as they began to share their cultural, religious, and family values while facing some of life's biggest obstacles. From his first day of practice, when the players were taught the importance of putting on their athletic socks properly; to gradually absorbing the sublime wisdom of Coach Wooden's now famous 'Pyramid of Success'; to learning to cope with the ugly racism that confronted black athletes during the turbulent Civil Rights era as well as losing loved ones, Abdul-Jabbar fondly recalls how Coach Wooden's fatherly guidance not only paved the way for his unmatched professional success but also made possible a lifetime of personal fulfillment. Full of intimate, never-before-published details and delivered with the warmth and erudition of a grateful student who has learned his lessons well, Coach Wooden and Me is at once a celebration of the unique philosophical outlook of college basketball's most storied coach and a moving testament to the all-conquering power of friendship. Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller President Barack Obama's Favorite Book of 2017 A Boston Globe and Huffington Post Best Book of 2017 Pick]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lou-fifty-years-of-kicking-dirt-playing-hard-and-winning-big-in-the-sweet-spot-of-baseball-by-lou-piniella-bill-madden--65128873https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball Author: Lou Piniella, Bill Madden Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back over his nearly fifty-year career as a player and a manager, sharing insights and stories about some of his most memorable moments and some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. For nearly five decades, Lou Piniella has been a fixture in Major League Baseball, as an outfielder with the legendary New York Yankees of the 1970s, and as a manager for five teams in both the American and National leagues. With respected veteran sportswriter Bill Madden, Piniella now reflects on his storied career, offering fans a glimpse of life on the field, in the dugout, and inside the clubhouse. Piniella speaks from the heart about his teams and his players, offering a detailed, up-close portrait of the Bronx Zoo’s raucous personalities such as Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter, as well as his close friendship with Thurman Munson and his unusual relationship with George Steinbrenner. He also delves deep into his post-Yankee experiences, from winning a World Series for the controversial owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott, to transforming the perennial cellar-dwelling Seattle Mariners into one of the league’s best teams. Some of the game’s brightest stars are here: Ken Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, and Alex Rodriguez, Piniella’s supremely talented and controversial protégé. Throughout his time in the majors, Piniella has witnessed MLB grow into a multi-billion-dollar business. Piniella reflects on those changes, voicing his highly critical opinions on a range of controversial subjects, including steroids. Hilarious and uproarious, filled with eight pages of photos, Lou brings into focus a man whose deeply rooted passion for baseball has defined his life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292257Tue, 16 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball Author: Lou Piniella, Bill Madden Narrator: Johnny Heller...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball Author: Lou Piniella, Bill Madden Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back over his nearly fifty-year career as a player and a manager, sharing insights and stories about some of his most memorable moments and some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. For nearly five decades, Lou Piniella has been a fixture in Major League Baseball, as an outfielder with the legendary New York Yankees of the 1970s, and as a manager for five teams in both the American and National leagues. With respected veteran sportswriter Bill Madden, Piniella now reflects on his storied career, offering fans a glimpse of life on the field, in the dugout, and inside the clubhouse. Piniella speaks from the heart about his teams and his players, offering a detailed, up-close portrait of the Bronx Zoo’s raucous personalities such as Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter, as well as his close friendship with Thurman Munson and his unusual relationship with George Steinbrenner. He also delves deep into his post-Yankee experiences, from winning a World Series for the controversial owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott, to transforming the perennial cellar-dwelling Seattle Mariners into one of the league’s best teams. Some of the game’s brightest stars are here: Ken Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, and Alex Rodriguez, Piniella’s supremely talented and controversial protégé. Throughout his time in the majors, Piniella has witnessed MLB grow into a multi-billion-dollar business. Piniella reflects on those changes, voicing his highly critical opinions on a range of controversial subjects, including steroids. Hilarious and uproarious, filled with eight pages of photos, Lou brings into focus a man whose deeply rooted passion for baseball has defined his life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winners-are-driven-a-champion-s-guide-to-success-in-business-and-life-by-bobby-unser--65128839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335204 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guide to Success in Business and Life Author: Bobby Unser Narrator: Jim Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Throughout his life, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has approached his racing career and personal life the same way—with a relentless drive to succeed. Talk to him today and he’ll tell you, “I never really retired from racing, I just retired from what I was racing.” This philosophy has allowed him to achieve success in business and in life, and it can help you do the same.In Winners Are Driven, racing legend Bobby Unser discusses the principles, strategies, and beliefs that have earned him prosperity, fame, and victory; and reveals how you can apply his winning formula. Blending his personal experiences from both on and off the track with some of today’s most compelling business stories, Unser will help you go faster, take the lead, and win!Step-by-step, Unser details each of his tenets and discusses how you can apply them to reach your goals. He begins by explaining how the road to success should start with a burning desire to succeed at whatever you do. From here you’ll discover how to visualize a clear objective, sustain mental toughness, plot a course consisting of small objectives that ultimately lead to the prize, and create a workable and flexible strategy to get there. To complete the cycle, Unser shows you how to put your plans into action, recover from failure, rely on family for support, and finish strong. But that’s not all. Winners Are Driven also demonstrates how you can increase your performance while elevating the standard of those around you. You’ll learn how trust and integrity as well as accountability and responsibility can play a significant role in both individual endeavors and team projects.Overcoming life’s most difficult obstacles and finding the motivation to keep moving toward the checkered flag can be difficult if you’re not prepared. Drawing from the experiences that made him a racing legend—from Pikes Peak Hill Climb to the Indianapolis 500—Bobby Unser will guide you on your quest for success and show you how Winners Are Driven.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335204Tue, 16 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335204 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guide to Success in Business and Life Author: Bobby Unser Narrator: Jim Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335204 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guide to Success in Business and Life Author: Bobby Unser Narrator: Jim Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Throughout his life, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has approached his racing career and personal life the same way—with a relentless drive to succeed. Talk to him today and he’ll tell you, “I never really retired from racing, I just retired from what I was racing.” This philosophy has allowed him to achieve success in business and in life, and it can help you do the same.In Winners Are Driven, racing legend Bobby Unser discusses the principles, strategies, and beliefs that have earned him prosperity, fame, and victory; and reveals how you can apply his winning formula. Blending his personal experiences from both on and off the track with some of today’s most compelling business stories, Unser will help you go faster, take the lead, and win!Step-by-step, Unser details each of his tenets and discusses how you can apply them to reach your goals. He begins by explaining how the road to success should start with a burning desire to succeed at whatever you do. From here you’ll discover how to visualize a clear objective, sustain mental toughness, plot a course consisting of small objectives that ultimately lead to the prize, and create a workable and flexible strategy to get there. To complete the cycle, Unser shows you how to put your plans into action, recover from failure, rely on family for support, and finish strong. But that’s not all. Winners Are Driven also demonstrates how you can increase your performance while elevating the standard of those around you. You’ll learn how trust and integrity as well as accountability and responsibility can play a significant role in both individual endeavors and team projects.Overcoming life’s most difficult obstacles and finding the motivation to keep moving toward the checkered flag can be difficult if you’re not prepared. Drawing from the experiences that made him a racing legend—from Pikes Peak Hill Climb to the Indianapolis 500—Bobby Unser will guide you on your quest for success and show you how Winners Are Driven.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-model-what-confidence-beauty-and-power-really-look-like-by-rebecca-paley-ashley-graham--65128941https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like Author: Rebecca Paley, Ashley Graham Narrator: Ashley Graham, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “Evocative.”  — The Cut One of the most outspoken voices gracing the cover of magazines today encourages women to be their most confident selves, recognize their personal beauty, and reach for their highest dreams in this wise, warm, and inspiring memoir. Voluptuous beauty Ashley Graham has been modeling professionally since the age of thirteen. Discovered at a shopping mall in Nebraska, her stunning face and sexy curves have graced the covers of top magazines, including Cosmopolitan and British Vogue, and she was the first size 14 model to appear on the front of the wildly popular Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The face of brands such as H&M Studio, she is also a judge for the latest season of America’s Next Top Model. And that’s only the beginning for this extraordinary talent. Ashley is leading a new generation of women breaking ground and demolishing stereotypes, transforming our ideals about body image and what is fashionable and beautiful. A woman who proves that when it comes to beauty, size is just a number, she is the voice for the body positivity movement today and a role model for all women—no matter their individual body type, shape, or weight. In this collection of insightful, provocative essays illustrated with a dozen photos, Ashley shares her perspective on how ideas around body image are evolving—and how we still have work to do; the fun—and stress—of a career in the fashion world; her life before modeling; and her path to accepting her size without limiting her dreams—defying rigid industry standards and naysayers who told her it couldn’t be done. As she talks about her successes and setbacks, Ashley offers support for every woman coming to terms with who she is, bolster her self-confidence, and motivates her to be her strongest, healthiest, and most beautiful self.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291169Tue, 09 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like Author: Rebecca Paley, Ashley Graham Narrator: Ashley Graham, Almarie Guerra Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like Author: Rebecca Paley, Ashley Graham Narrator: Ashley Graham, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: “Evocative.”  — The Cut One of the most outspoken voices gracing the cover of magazines today encourages women to be their most confident selves, recognize their personal beauty, and reach for their highest dreams in this wise, warm, and inspiring memoir. Voluptuous beauty Ashley Graham has been modeling professionally since the age of thirteen. Discovered at a shopping mall in Nebraska, her stunning face and sexy curves have graced the covers of top magazines, including Cosmopolitan and British Vogue, and she was the first size 14 model to appear on the front of the wildly popular Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The face of brands such as H&M Studio, she is also a judge for the latest season of America’s Next Top Model. And that’s only the beginning for this extraordinary talent. Ashley is leading a new generation of women breaking ground and demolishing stereotypes, transforming our ideals about body image and what is fashionable and beautiful. A woman who proves that when it comes to beauty, size is just a number, she is the voice for the body positivity movement today and a role model for all women—no matter their individual body type, shape, or weight. In this collection of insightful, provocative essays illustrated with a dozen photos, Ashley shares her perspective on how ideas around body image are evolving—and how we still have work to do; the fun—and stress—of a career in the fashion world; her life before modeling; and her path to accepting her size without limiting her dreams—defying rigid industry standards and naysayers who told her it couldn’t be done. As she talks about her successes and setbacks, Ashley offers support for every woman coming to terms with who she is, bolster her self-confidence, and motivates her to be her strongest, healthiest, and most beautiful self.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/teammate-my-journey-in-baseball-and-a-world-series-for-the-ages-by-david-ross--65128900https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages Author: David Ross Narrator: Gregory Abbey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Packed with 'compelling inside stories' (Chicago Tribune), Teammate is the inspiring memoir from 'Grandpa Rossy,' the veteran catcher who became the heart and soul of the 2016 Chicago Cubs championship team and was named manager in 2019. In 2016 the Cubs snapped a 108-year curse, winning the World Series in a history-making, seven-game series against the Cleveland Indians. Of the many storylines to Chicago's fairytale season, one stood out: the late-career renaissance of David Ross, the 39-year-old catcher who had played back-up for 13 of his 15 pro seasons. Beyond Ross's remarkably strong play, he became the ultimate positive force in the Cubs locker room, mentoring and motivating his fellow players, some of them nearly twenty years his junior. Thanks to Cubs Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, 'Grandpa Rossy' became a social media sensation. No one, however, could have predicted that Ross's home run in his final career at bat would help seal the Cubs championship. Now, in Teammate, Ross shares the inspiring story of his life in baseball, framed by the events of that unforgettable November night.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290563Tue, 09 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages Author: David Ross Narrator: Gregory Abbey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages Author: David Ross Narrator: Gregory Abbey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Packed with 'compelling inside stories' (Chicago Tribune), Teammate is the inspiring memoir from 'Grandpa Rossy,' the veteran catcher who became the heart and soul of the 2016 Chicago Cubs championship team and was named manager in 2019. In 2016 the Cubs snapped a 108-year curse, winning the World Series in a history-making, seven-game series against the Cleveland Indians. Of the many storylines to Chicago's fairytale season, one stood out: the late-career renaissance of David Ross, the 39-year-old catcher who had played back-up for 13 of his 15 pro seasons. Beyond Ross's remarkably strong play, he became the ultimate positive force in the Cubs locker room, mentoring and motivating his fellow players, some of them nearly twenty years his junior. Thanks to Cubs Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, 'Grandpa Rossy' became a social media sensation. No one, however, could have predicted that Ross's home run in his final career at bat would help seal the Cubs championship. Now, in Teammate, Ross shares the inspiring story of his life in baseball, framed by the events of that unforgettable November night.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dinner-with-dimaggio-memories-of-an-american-hero-by-rock-positano-john-positano--65128899https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of An American Hero Author: Rock Positano, John Positano Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A revealing account of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his life—“a rare, intimate portrait…that pries open Joltin’ Joe’s perpetually buttoned-up privacy” (The New York Times) with stories about the Yankees, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other celebrities. In 1990, Dr. Rock Positano, a thirty-two-year-old foot and ankle specialist, met Joe DiMaggio. Despite the forty years between them, an unlikely friendship developed after the doctor successfully treated the baseball champ’s heel spur injury. Joe mentored Rock but came to rely on his young friend to show him a good time in New York, the town that made him a legend. In time, the famously reserved DiMaggio opened up to Dr. Positano and talked about his joys, his disappointments, and his sorrows as he reflected on his extraordinary life. The stories and experiences he shared with Dr. Positano comprise an intimate portrait of one of the great stars of baseball and icon of the twentieth century. “Readers do not have to be baseball fans to be captivated by this memoir, which explores such universal themes as friendship, celebrity, aging, and mortality” (Library Journal, starred review). DiMaggio was a complicated figure—sometimes demanding, sometimes big-hearted, always impeccable, loyal, and a true stand-up guy. This memoir of a decade-long friendship reveals the very private DiMaggio as “a wholly human portrait of an American icon navigating his way through an adoring yet relentlessly demanding public” (Booklist, starred review), while serving up illuminating stories and rare insights about the people in his life, including his teammates, Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Woody Allen, and many more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292144Tue, 09 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of An American Hero Author: Rock Positano, John Positano Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of An American Hero Author: Rock Positano, John Positano Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A revealing account of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his life—“a rare, intimate portrait…that pries open Joltin’ Joe’s perpetually buttoned-up privacy” (The New York Times) with stories about the Yankees, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other celebrities. In 1990, Dr. Rock Positano, a thirty-two-year-old foot and ankle specialist, met Joe DiMaggio. Despite the forty years between them, an unlikely friendship developed after the doctor successfully treated the baseball champ’s heel spur injury. Joe mentored Rock but came to rely on his young friend to show him a good time in New York, the town that made him a legend. In time, the famously reserved DiMaggio opened up to Dr. Positano and talked about his joys, his disappointments, and his sorrows as he reflected on his extraordinary life. The stories and experiences he shared with Dr. Positano comprise an intimate portrait of one of the great stars of baseball and icon of the twentieth century. “Readers do not have to be baseball fans to be captivated by this memoir, which explores such universal themes as friendship, celebrity, aging, and mortality” (Library Journal, starred review). DiMaggio was a complicated figure—sometimes demanding, sometimes big-hearted, always impeccable, loyal, and a true stand-up guy. This memoir of a decade-long friendship reveals the very private DiMaggio as “a wholly human portrait of an American icon navigating his way through an adoring yet relentlessly demanding public” (Booklist, starred review), while serving up illuminating stories and rare insights about the people in his life, including his teammates, Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Woody Allen, and many more.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ask-a-pro-deep-thoughts-and-unreliable-advice-from-america-s-foremost-cycling-sage-by-phil-gaimon--65128895https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask a Pro: Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America's Foremost Cycling Sage Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Despite the howling protests from his peers, no one’s ever been more willing to spill the beans on what it’s really like inside the pro cycling peloton than the sarcastic scribe Phil Gaimon. Building on the outrageous success of his hilarious 2014 debut, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, Gaimon gathers the absolute gems from his monthly Q&A feature column in VeloNews magazine into his new book, Ask a Pro, adding a dose of fresh commentary and even more acerbic and sharp-eyed insights. With six years of material to work with—including his incredible rise into the pro ranks, the devastating loss of his contract for 2015, and his bold return to the Big League—Gaimon covers every possible topic, from the team dinner table to the toilet, with plenty of stops along the way. Gaimon wields his outsider’s wit to cast a cock-eyed gaze at the peculiar manners, mores, and traditions that make the medieval sport of cycling so irresistible to watch. Ask a Pro includes new resources from Gaimon, too, including dubious advice on winning the race buffet, a cautionary guide for host housing, and Phil’s pre-race warm-up routine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316041Tue, 09 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask a Pro: Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America's Foremost Cycling Sage Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask a Pro: Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America's Foremost Cycling Sage Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Despite the howling protests from his peers, no one’s ever been more willing to spill the beans on what it’s really like inside the pro cycling peloton than the sarcastic scribe Phil Gaimon. Building on the outrageous success of his hilarious 2014 debut, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, Gaimon gathers the absolute gems from his monthly Q&A feature column in VeloNews magazine into his new book, Ask a Pro, adding a dose of fresh commentary and even more acerbic and sharp-eyed insights. With six years of material to work with—including his incredible rise into the pro ranks, the devastating loss of his contract for 2015, and his bold return to the Big League—Gaimon covers every possible topic, from the team dinner table to the toilet, with plenty of stops along the way. Gaimon wields his outsider’s wit to cast a cock-eyed gaze at the peculiar manners, mores, and traditions that make the medieval sport of cycling so irresistible to watch. Ask a Pro includes new resources from Gaimon, too, including dubious advice on winning the race buffet, a cautionary guide for host housing, and Phil’s pre-race warm-up routine.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/built-for-speed-by-john-mcguinness--65128937https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Built for Speed Author: John McGuinness Narrator: Joe McGann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Built for Speed by John McGuinness, read by Joe McGann. ‘Then I was there myself, just another face in the crowd, watching the bikes fly by. The smells, the noise and the speed were all there for me to experience. It was like a massive injection in my head and it just blew my mind. I knew within seconds that I was going to be a TT racer. I didn’t know how or what I was going to have to do to achieve this, and my dad wasn’t going to be keen. Everyone around me was aware of the dangers, but from that moment I knew I had to do it.’ John McGuinness is one of the all-time giants of road racing, with a huge host of victories to his name. But his easy humour and down-to-earth attitude off the bike have always kept people guessing: what’s the truth about the man inside the helmet, that has kept him at the top of such a sport for over 20 years? His autobiography tells the whole story, from his humble beginnings in Morecambe and getting his first bike at the age of 3, to working as a bricklayer and cockle fisherman before deciding to follow his dream, and finally to his many victories in the most dangerous sporting event on the planet. He tells of what it takes to be a champion in such an exacting sport, and to keep winning even though all logic tells you to stop – and when so many of your fellow racers are paying the ultimate price for doing it. This thrilling autobiography gets into the head of the man who stares death in the face, and doesn’t even flinch.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292631Thu, 04 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Built for Speed Author: John McGuinness Narrator: Joe McGann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Built for Speed Author: John McGuinness Narrator: Joe McGann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Built for Speed by John McGuinness, read by Joe McGann. ‘Then I was there myself, just another face in the crowd, watching the bikes fly by. The smells, the noise and the speed were all there for me to experience. It was like a massive injection in my head and it just blew my mind. I knew within seconds that I was going to be a TT racer. I didn’t know how or what I was going to have to do to achieve this, and my dad wasn’t going to be keen. Everyone around me was aware of the dangers, but from that moment I knew I had to do it.’ John McGuinness is one of the all-time giants of road racing, with a huge host of victories to his name. But his easy humour and down-to-earth attitude off the bike have always kept people guessing: what’s the truth about the man inside the helmet, that has kept him at the top of such a sport for over 20 years? His autobiography tells the whole story, from his humble beginnings in Morecambe and getting his first bike at the age of 3, to working as a bricklayer and cockle fisherman before deciding to follow his dream, and finally to his many victories in the most dangerous sporting event on the planet. He tells of what it takes to be a champion in such an exacting sport, and to keep winning even though all logic tells you to stop – and when so many of your fellow racers are paying the ultimate price for doing it. This thrilling autobiography gets into the head of the man who stares death in the face, and doesn’t even flinch.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unscripted-the-unpredictable-moments-that-make-life-extraordinary-by-ernie-johnson-jr--65128969https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary Author: Ernie Johnson Jr. Narrator: Ernie Johnson Jr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Ernie Johnson, Jr., has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs—and life's greatest rewards—come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated. In this heartfelt, gripping autobiography, the three-time Sports Emmy Award winner and popular host of TNT's Inside the NBA provides a remarkably candid look at his life both on and off the screen. From his relationship with his sportscaster father to his own rise to the top of sports broadcasting, from battling cancer to raising six children with his wife, Cheryl, including a special needs child adopted from Romania, Ernie has taken the important lessons he learned from his father and passed them on to his own children. This is the untold story, the one Ernie has lived after the lights are turned off and the cameras stop rolling. Sports fans, cancer survivors, fathers and sons, adoptive parents, those whose lives have been touched by a person with special needs, anyone who loves stories about handling life's surprises with grace—Unscripted is for all of these.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316269Tue, 02 May 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary Author: Ernie Johnson Jr. Narrator: Ernie Johnson Jr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary Author: Ernie Johnson Jr. Narrator: Ernie Johnson Jr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Ernie Johnson, Jr., has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs—and life's greatest rewards—come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated. In this heartfelt, gripping autobiography, the three-time Sports Emmy Award winner and popular host of TNT's Inside the NBA provides a remarkably candid look at his life both on and off the screen. From his relationship with his sportscaster father to his own rise to the top of sports broadcasting, from battling cancer to raising six children with his wife, Cheryl, including a special needs child adopted from Romania, Ernie has taken the important lessons he learned from his father and passed them on to his own children. This is the untold story, the one Ernie has lived after the lights are turned off and the cameras stop rolling. Sports fans, cancer survivors, fathers and sons, adoptive parents, those whose lives have been touched by a person with special needs, anyone who loves stories about handling life's surprises with grace—Unscripted is for all of these.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/centaur-shortlisted-for-the-william-hill-sports-book-of-the-year-2017-by-declan-murphy-ami-rao--65128927https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Centaur: Shortlisted For The William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017 Author: Declan Murphy, Ami Rao Narrator: Stephen Hogan, Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Centaur by Declan Murphy and Ami Rao, read by Stephen Hogan and Julie Maisey. As heard on BBC Radio 4: Midweek. Coping with your own death, when you are not yet dead, is a strange thing... A natural on a horse since he was able to walk, and imbued with a pure love of riding, Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant jockeys of his generation before his world came crashing down at the final hurdle of a race at Haydock Park. His skull shattered in twelve places, he was believed to be dead, the last rites were read and the Racing Post published his obituary. Miraculously, and the word is not used lightly, he survived and defied medical thinking in recovering to the extent that eighteen months after his fall, he was able to saddle up for one more race. As usual, he won. For 23 years, Declan has been unable to tell his story, to bring to words existence on the frontier between life and death, to describe the incredible bond between man and horse. But now, in an extraordinary collaboration with Ami Rao, she has helped him find those words, a way to piece together what happened before, during and after, what it all meant and what it means to us all. It is a story of triumph, fear, love and loss, by turns primal, heartbreaking and inspirational, and ultimately, it is the story of hope, and of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292627Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Centaur: Shortlisted For The William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017 Author: Declan Murphy, Ami Rao Narrator: Stephen Hogan, Julie Maisey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Centaur: Shortlisted For The William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017 Author: Declan Murphy, Ami Rao Narrator: Stephen Hogan, Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Centaur by Declan Murphy and Ami Rao, read by Stephen Hogan and Julie Maisey. As heard on BBC Radio 4: Midweek. Coping with your own death, when you are not yet dead, is a strange thing... A natural on a horse since he was able to walk, and imbued with a pure love of riding, Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant jockeys of his generation before his world came crashing down at the final hurdle of a race at Haydock Park. His skull shattered in twelve places, he was believed to be dead, the last rites were read and the Racing Post published his obituary. Miraculously, and the word is not used lightly, he survived and defied medical thinking in recovering to the extent that eighteen months after his fall, he was able to saddle up for one more race. As usual, he won. For 23 years, Declan has been unable to tell his story, to bring to words existence on the frontier between life and death, to describe the incredible bond between man and horse. But now, in an extraordinary collaboration with Ami Rao, she has helped him find those words, a way to piece together what happened before, during and after, what it all meant and what it means to us all. It is a story of triumph, fear, love and loss, by turns primal, heartbreaking and inspirational, and ultimately, it is the story of hope, and of life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secrets-of-my-life-by-caitlyn-jenner--65128880https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets of My Life Author: Caitlyn Jenner Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.37 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.07 of Total 15 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community. Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete. Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz Bissinger, that Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world and set free to exist on her own terms. Since then, Caitlyn has undertaken an arduous emotional and physical odyssey to achieve the completeness she always felt was missing. In The Secrets of My Life, Caitlyn reflects on the inner conflict she experienced growing up in an era of rigidly defined gender identities, and the cruel irony of being hailed by an entire nation as the ultimate symbol of manhood. She recounts her Olympic triumph, her rise to fame, and relates how her sense of frustration and shame grew with the passing years and the lengths to which she had to go to conceal her true self. Caitlyn in turn uncovers the toll that these personal struggles had on her three marriages and, subsequently, the relationships with her children. She also talks candidly about her life in the public eye as a member of the Kardashian clan, what led to her decision to become Caitlyn, and how she, her family, the transgender community, and the rest of the world has since embraced her new life. Filled with incredibly personal and moving stories of struggle and victory, of anxiety and fear, and, finally, of surrender and acceptance, The Secrets of My Life reveals the real Caitlyn Jenner by tracing her long and eventful journey to becoming herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289278Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets of My Life Author: Caitlyn Jenner Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets of My Life Author: Caitlyn Jenner Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.37 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.07 of Total 15 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community. Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete. Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz Bissinger, that Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world and set free to exist on her own terms. Since then, Caitlyn has undertaken an arduous emotional and physical odyssey to achieve the completeness she always felt was missing. In The Secrets of My Life, Caitlyn reflects on the inner conflict she experienced growing up in an era of rigidly defined gender identities, and the cruel irony of being hailed by an entire nation as the ultimate symbol of manhood. She recounts her Olympic triumph, her rise to fame, and relates how her sense of frustration and shame grew with the passing years and the lengths to which she had to go to conceal her true self. Caitlyn in turn uncovers the toll that these personal struggles had on her three marriages and, subsequently, the relationships with her children. She also talks candidly about her life in the public eye as a member of the Kardashian clan, what led to her decision to become Caitlyn, and how she, her family, the transgender community, and the rest of the world has since embraced her new life. Filled with incredibly personal and moving stories of struggle and victory, of anxiety and fear, and, finally, of surrender and acceptance, The Secrets of My Life reveals the real Caitlyn Jenner by tracing her long and eventful journey to becoming herself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-phenomenon-pressure-the-yips-and-the-pitch-that-changed-my-life-by-rick-ankiel--65128904https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life Author: Rick Ankiel Narrator: Rick Ankiel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it. The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as 'the Yips.' It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of people watching. And it has never gone away. Yet the true test of Ankiel's character came not on the mound, but in the long days and nights that followed as he searched for a way to get back in the game. For four and a half years, he fought the Yips with every arrow in his quiver: psychotherapy, medication, deep-breathing exercises, self-help books, and, eventually, vodka. And then, after reconsidering his whole life at the age of twenty-five, Ankiel made an amazing turnaround: returning to the Major Leagues as a hitter and playing seven successful seasons. This book is an incredible story about a universal experience -- pressure -- and what happened when a person on the brink had to make a choice about who he was going to be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290353Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life Author: Rick Ankiel Narrator: Rick Ankiel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life Author: Rick Ankiel Narrator: Rick Ankiel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it. The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as 'the Yips.' It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of people watching. And it has never gone away. Yet the true test of Ankiel's character came not on the mound, but in the long days and nights that followed as he searched for a way to get back in the game. For four and a half years, he fought the Yips with every arrow in his quiver: psychotherapy, medication, deep-breathing exercises, self-help books, and, eventually, vodka. And then, after reconsidering his whole life at the age of twenty-five, Ankiel made an amazing turnaround: returning to the Major Leagues as a hitter and playing seven successful seasons. This book is an incredible story about a universal experience -- pressure -- and what happened when a person on the brink had to make a choice about who he was going to be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/return-of-the-king-lebron-james-the-cleveland-cavaliers-and-the-greatest-comeback-in-nba-history-by-brian-windhorst-dave-mcmenamin--65128952https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History Author: Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin Narrator: Dave McMenamin, Brian Windhorst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestseller, get the inside scoop into LeBron James's return -- and ultimate triumph -- in Cleveland. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the Cavs use secret meetings to put together the deal to add star Kevin Love? Who really made the controversial decision to fire coach David Blatt when the team was in first place? Where did the greatest comeback in NBA history truly begin-and end? Return of the King takes you onto the private planes, inside the locker-room conversations, and into the middle of the intense huddles where one of the greatest stories in basketball history took place, resulting in the Cavs winning the 2016 NBA title after trailing the Golden State Warriors three games to one. You'll hear from all the characters involved: the players, the executives, the agents, and the owners as they reveal stories never before told. Get the background on all the controversies, the rivalries, and the bad blood from two reporters who were there for every day, plot twist, and social media snafu as they take you through the fascinating ride that culminated in a heart-stopping Game Seven.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290060Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History Author: Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History Author: Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin Narrator: Dave McMenamin, Brian Windhorst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestseller, get the inside scoop into LeBron James's return -- and ultimate triumph -- in Cleveland. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the Cavs use secret meetings to put together the deal to add star Kevin Love? Who really made the controversial decision to fire coach David Blatt when the team was in first place? Where did the greatest comeback in NBA history truly begin-and end? Return of the King takes you onto the private planes, inside the locker-room conversations, and into the middle of the intense huddles where one of the greatest stories in basketball history took place, resulting in the Cavs winning the 2016 NBA title after trailing the Golden State Warriors three games to one. You'll hear from all the characters involved: the players, the executives, the agents, and the owners as they reveal stories never before told. Get the background on all the controversies, the rivalries, and the bad blood from two reporters who were there for every day, plot twist, and social media snafu as they take you through the fascinating ride that culminated in a heart-stopping Game Seven.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-cubs-a-love-story-by-scott-simon--65128931https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Cubs: A Love Story Author: Scott Simon Narrator: Scott Simon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured—and now triumphant—franchise. Heartbreak and hope. Charmed and haunted. My Cubs is Scott Simon’s love letter to his Chicago Cubs, World Series winners for the first time in over a century. Replete with personal reflections, club lore, memorable anecdotes, and tales of frenetic fandom, My Cubs recounts the franchise’s pivotal moments with the wise and adoring intimacy of a long-suffering devotee and Chicago native. Simon illustrates how the condition of “Cubness” has defined the life of so many Chicagoans and how the team’s fortunes became intertwined with the aspirations of its faithful. With the curse finally broken on November 2, 2016, My Cubs is the perfect portrayal of paradise lost and found.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289090Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Cubs: A Love Story Author: Scott Simon Narrator: Scott Simon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Cubs: A Love Story Author: Scott Simon Narrator: Scott Simon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured—and now triumphant—franchise. Heartbreak and hope. Charmed and haunted. My Cubs is Scott Simon’s love letter to his Chicago Cubs, World Series winners for the first time in over a century. Replete with personal reflections, club lore, memorable anecdotes, and tales of frenetic fandom, My Cubs recounts the franchise’s pivotal moments with the wise and adoring intimacy of a long-suffering devotee and Chicago native. Simon illustrates how the condition of “Cubness” has defined the life of so many Chicagoans and how the team’s fortunes became intertwined with the aspirations of its faithful. With the curse finally broken on November 2, 2016, My Cubs is the perfect portrayal of paradise lost and found.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/golden-the-miraculous-rise-of-steph-curry-by-marcus-thompson--65128892https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry Author: Marcus Thompson Narrator: Caz Harleaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The #1 national bestseller and inside story of Steph Curry, the greatest shooter basketball has ever seen. Golden is the first book to provide an all-access look at Steph Curry and the team that has fueled Dub Nation—by longtime Warriors beat reporter and Bay Area News Group sports columnist Marcus Thompson, the go-to expert on all things Golden State. A lifelong Warriors fan turned insider Thompson is uniquely qualified to tell the definitive story of a singular talent, pulling back the curtain on the crazy work ethic and on-court intensity that make Curry great—and the emphasis on family and faith that keeps him grounded. Combining the competitive grit and fun-loving spirit of his mother with the mild demeanor, easy charm, and sharp shooting of his father, former NBA player Dell Curry, Steph Curry derives support and strength from his close-knit kin and his commitment to Christianity. This hard-working, wholesome image however is both a blessing and curse in a League of big personalities. Thompson unravels the complicated underpinnings of the Steph Curry hate with a nuanced analysis of how class and complexion come into play when a child with an NBA pedigree becomes the face of a sport traditionally honed on inner-city black top and dominated by the less privileged. With unprecedented access, Thompson draws from exclusive interviews with Steph Curry, his family, his teammates, Coach Steve Kerr, and the Warriors owners to bring readers inside the locker room and courtside with this remarkable athlete and man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290124Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry Author: Marcus Thompson Narrator: Caz Harleaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry Author: Marcus Thompson Narrator: Caz Harleaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The #1 national bestseller and inside story of Steph Curry, the greatest shooter basketball has ever seen. Golden is the first book to provide an all-access look at Steph Curry and the team that has fueled Dub Nation—by longtime Warriors beat reporter and Bay Area News Group sports columnist Marcus Thompson, the go-to expert on all things Golden State. A lifelong Warriors fan turned insider Thompson is uniquely qualified to tell the definitive story of a singular talent, pulling back the curtain on the crazy work ethic and on-court intensity that make Curry great—and the emphasis on family and faith that keeps him grounded. Combining the competitive grit and fun-loving spirit of his mother with the mild demeanor, easy charm, and sharp shooting of his father, former NBA player Dell Curry, Steph Curry derives support and strength from his close-knit kin and his commitment to Christianity. This hard-working, wholesome image however is both a blessing and curse in a League of big personalities. Thompson unravels the complicated underpinnings of the Steph Curry hate with a nuanced analysis of how class and complexion come into play when a child with an NBA pedigree becomes the face of a sport traditionally honed on inner-city black top and dominated by the less privileged. With unprecedented access, Thompson draws from exclusive interviews with Steph Curry, his family, his teammates, Coach Steve Kerr, and the Warriors owners to bring readers inside the locker room and courtside with this remarkable athlete and man.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arnie-the-life-of-arnold-palmer-by-tom-callahan--65128962https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer Author: Tom Callahan Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: At last, a major biography of one of golf’s greatest legends. Arnold Palmer changed golf--and sports--forever. The winner of more than 90 tournaments, including four Masters, the numbers on his resume don’t do justice to the greatness of his achievements. Because Palmer wasn’t just a golfer in the golden age of the sport, knocking heads with other greats like Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player--he also was one of the first sportsmen to understand the marketing possibilities of his, and all, sports. Forging an alliance with sports agent Mark McCormick, Palmer parlayed his brilliance on the course into deals and paydays previously unheard of, and paved the way for the multi-million dollar deals that are standard across all sports. But no one ever ended up hating Palmer for being a businessman as much as a golfer--instead, he was beloved for his powerful hitting, his nerve on the greens, and his great relationships with fans, whose nickname for him (”the King”) was heartfelt. When Palmer died, in 2016, it was front-page news across the country. Tom Callahan knew Palmer well for many years, and has assembled, here, a trove of anecdotes and great stories from all the key people in Palmer’s life. Put together, the stories tell an extraordinary sports and human story, the definitive oral biography of one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289078Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer Author: Tom Callahan Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer Author: Tom Callahan Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: At last, a major biography of one of golf’s greatest legends. Arnold Palmer changed golf--and sports--forever. The winner of more than 90 tournaments, including four Masters, the numbers on his resume don’t do justice to the greatness of his achievements. Because Palmer wasn’t just a golfer in the golden age of the sport, knocking heads with other greats like Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player--he also was one of the first sportsmen to understand the marketing possibilities of his, and all, sports. Forging an alliance with sports agent Mark McCormick, Palmer parlayed his brilliance on the course into deals and paydays previously unheard of, and paved the way for the multi-million dollar deals that are standard across all sports. But no one ever ended up hating Palmer for being a businessman as much as a golfer--instead, he was beloved for his powerful hitting, his nerve on the greens, and his great relationships with fans, whose nickname for him (”the King”) was heartfelt. When Palmer died, in 2016, it was front-page news across the country. Tom Callahan knew Palmer well for many years, and has assembled, here, a trove of anecdotes and great stories from all the key people in Palmer’s life. Put together, the stories tell an extraordinary sports and human story, the definitive oral biography of one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/42-faith-the-rest-of-the-jackie-robinson-story-by-ed-henry--65128917https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story Author: Ed Henry Narrator: Ed Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed history   Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well. Through recently discovered sermons, interviews with Robinson’s family and friends, and even an unpublished book by the player himself, Henry details a side of Jackie’s humanity that few have taken the time to see.   Branch Rickey, the famed owner who risked it all by signing Jackie to his first contract, is also shown as a complex individual who wanted nothing more than to make his God-fearing mother proud of him. Few know the level at which Rickey struggled with his decision, only moving forward after a private meeting with a minister he’d just met. It turns out Rickey was not as certain about signing Robinson as historians have always assumed.   With many baseball stories to enthrall even the most ardent enthusiast, 42 Faith also digs deep into why Jackie was the man he was and what both drove him and challenged him after his retirement. From his early years before baseball, to his time with Rickey and the Dodgers, to his failing health in his final years, we see a man of faith that few have recognized.   This book will add a whole new dimension to Robinson’s already awe-inspiring legacy. Yes, Jackie and Branch are both still heroes long after their deaths.  Now, we learn more fully than ever before, there was an assist from God too.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289771Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story Author: Ed Henry Narrator: Ed Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story Author: Ed Henry Narrator: Ed Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed history   Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well. Through recently discovered sermons, interviews with Robinson’s family and friends, and even an unpublished book by the player himself, Henry details a side of Jackie’s humanity that few have taken the time to see.   Branch Rickey, the famed owner who risked it all by signing Jackie to his first contract, is also shown as a complex individual who wanted nothing more than to make his God-fearing mother proud of him. Few know the level at which Rickey struggled with his decision, only moving forward after a private meeting with a minister he’d just met. It turns out Rickey was not as certain about signing Robinson as historians have always assumed.   With many baseball stories to enthrall even the most ardent enthusiast, 42 Faith also digs deep into why Jackie was the man he was and what both drove him and challenged him after his retirement. From his early years before baseball, to his time with Rickey and the Dodgers, to his failing health in his final years, we see a man of faith that few have recognized.   This book will add a whole new dimension to Robinson’s already awe-inspiring legacy. Yes, Jackie and Branch are both still heroes long after their deaths.  Now, we learn more fully than ever before, there was an assist from God too.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ballplayer-by-carroll-rogers-walton-chipper-jones--65128896https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ballplayer Author: Carroll Rogers Walton, Chipper Jones Narrator: Chipper Jones, Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.   Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a country kid from small town Pierson, Florida. A kid who grew up playing baseball in the backyard with his dad dreaming that one day he’d be a major league ballplayer.     With his trademark candor and astonishing recall, Chipper Jones tells the story of his rise to the MLB ranks and what it took to stay with one organization his entire career in an era of booming free agency. His journey begins with learning the art of switch-hitting and takes off after the Braves made him the number one overall pick in the 1990 draft, setting him on course to become the linchpin of their lineup at the height of their fourteen-straight division-title run.   Ballplayer takes readers into the clubhouse of the Braves’ extraordinary dynasty, from the climax of the World Series championship in 1995 to the last-gasp division win by the 2005 “Baby Braves”; all the while sharing pitch-by-pitch dissections of clashes at the plate with some of the all-time great starters, such as Clemens and Johnson, as well as closers such as Wagner and Papelbon. He delves into his relationships with Bobby Cox and his famous Braves brothers—Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, among them—and opponents from Cal Ripken Jr. to Barry Bonds. The National League MVP also opens up about his overnight rise to superstardom and the personal pitfalls that came with fame; his spirited rivalry with the New York Mets; his reflections on baseball in the modern era—outrageous money, steroids, and all—and his special last season in 2012.   Ballplayer immerses us in the best of baseball, as if we’re sitting next to Chipper in the dugout on an endless spring day. Read by Mark Deakins, with the prologue and epilogue read by the Author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284845Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ballplayer Author: Carroll Rogers Walton, Chipper Jones Narrator: Chipper Jones, Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ballplayer Author: Carroll Rogers Walton, Chipper Jones Narrator: Chipper Jones, Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.   Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a country kid from small town Pierson, Florida. A kid who grew up playing baseball in the backyard with his dad dreaming that one day he’d be a major league ballplayer.     With his trademark candor and astonishing recall, Chipper Jones tells the story of his rise to the MLB ranks and what it took to stay with one organization his entire career in an era of booming free agency. His journey begins with learning the art of switch-hitting and takes off after the Braves made him the number one overall pick in the 1990 draft, setting him on course to become the linchpin of their lineup at the height of their fourteen-straight division-title run.   Ballplayer takes readers into the clubhouse of the Braves’ extraordinary dynasty, from the climax of the World Series championship in 1995 to the last-gasp division win by the 2005 “Baby Braves”; all the while sharing pitch-by-pitch dissections of clashes at the plate with some of the all-time great starters, such as Clemens and Johnson, as well as closers such as Wagner and Papelbon. He delves into his relationships with Bobby Cox and his famous Braves brothers—Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, among them—and opponents from Cal Ripken Jr. to Barry Bonds. The National League MVP also opens up about his overnight rise to superstardom and the personal pitfalls that came with fame; his spirited rivalry with the New York Mets; his reflections on baseball in the modern era—outrageous money, steroids, and all—and his special last season in 2012.   Ballplayer immerses us in the best of baseball, as if we’re sitting next to Chipper in the dugout on an endless spring day. Read by Mark Deakins, with the prologue and epilogue read by the Author]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/casey-stengel-baseball-s-greatest-character-by-marty-appel--65128949https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character Author: Marty Appel Narrator: Marty Appel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon 'Casey' Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson . . . and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets. As a legendary manager, he formed indelible, complicated relationships with Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Billy Martin. For more than five glorious decades, Stengel was the undisputed, quirky, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball--and along the way he revolutionized the role of manager while winning a spectactular ten pennants and seven World Series Championships.   But for a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight--an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball--Stengel remains an enigma. Acclaimed New York Yankees' historian and bestselling author Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel's quirks and foibles, unearthing a tremendous trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history. Weaving in never-before-published family documents, Appel creates an intimate portrait of a private man who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966 and named 'Baseball's Greatest Character' by MLB Network's Prime 9. Casey Stengel is a biography that will be treasured by fans of our national pastime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284539Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character Author: Marty Appel Narrator: Marty Appel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character Author: Marty Appel Narrator: Marty Appel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon 'Casey' Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson . . . and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets. As a legendary manager, he formed indelible, complicated relationships with Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Billy Martin. For more than five glorious decades, Stengel was the undisputed, quirky, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball--and along the way he revolutionized the role of manager while winning a spectactular ten pennants and seven World Series Championships.   But for a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight--an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball--Stengel remains an enigma. Acclaimed New York Yankees' historian and bestselling author Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel's quirks and foibles, unearthing a tremendous trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history. Weaving in never-before-published family documents, Appel creates an intimate portrait of a private man who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966 and named 'Baseball's Greatest Character' by MLB Network's Prime 9. Casey Stengel is a biography that will be treasured by fans of our national pastime.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1997-masters-my-story-by-tiger-woods--65128909https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 1997 Masters: My Story Author: Tiger Woods Narrator: Scott Van Pelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: To mark the anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course. In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until the Masters Tournament that his career would definitively change forever. Woods, then only 21, won the Masters by a historic 12 shots, which remains the widest margin of victory in the tournament's history, making it an iconic moment for him and sports. Now, Woods is ready to explore his history with the game, how it has changed over the years, and what it was like winning such an important event. With never-before-heard stories, this book will provide keen insight from one of the game's all-time greats.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283583Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 1997 Masters: My Story Author: Tiger Woods Narrator: Scott Van Pelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 1997 Masters: My Story Author: Tiger Woods Narrator: Scott Van Pelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: To mark the anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course. In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until the Masters Tournament that his career would definitively change forever. Woods, then only 21, won the Masters by a historic 12 shots, which remains the widest margin of victory in the tournament's history, making it an iconic moment for him and sports. Now, Woods is ready to explore his history with the game, how it has changed over the years, and what it was like winning such an important event. With never-before-heard stories, this book will provide keen insight from one of the game's all-time greats.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-calling-a-life-rocked-by-mountains-by-barry-blanchard--65128945https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains Series: Part of Patagonia Author: Barry Blanchard Narrator: Barry Blanchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cadets. Soon kicked out for insubordination, he was already hooked on climbing and saw alpinism as a way to make his single mother proud and end his family’s cycle of poverty. He describes early climbs attempted with nothing to guide him but written trail descriptions and the cajones of youth. He slowly acquires the skills, equipment and partners necessary to tackle more and more difficult climbs, farther and farther afield: throughout the Canadian Rockies, into Alaska and the French Alps and on to Everest, Peru, and the challenging mountains in Pakistan. From each he learns lessons that only nature and extreme endeavor can teach. This is the story of the culture of climbing in the days of punk rock, spurred on by the rhythm of adrenaline and the arrogance of youth. It is also a portrait of the power of the mountains to lift us – physically, emotionally, intellectually,]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183Tue, 07 Mar 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains Series: Part of Patagonia Author: Barry Blanchard Narrator: Barry Blanchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains Series: Part of Patagonia Author: Barry Blanchard Narrator: Barry Blanchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cadets. Soon kicked out for insubordination, he was already hooked on climbing and saw alpinism as a way to make his single mother proud and end his family’s cycle of poverty. He describes early climbs attempted with nothing to guide him but written trail descriptions and the cajones of youth. He slowly acquires the skills, equipment and partners necessary to tackle more and more difficult climbs, farther and farther afield: throughout the Canadian Rockies, into Alaska and the French Alps and on to Everest, Peru, and the challenging mountains in Pakistan. From each he learns lessons that only nature and extreme endeavor can teach. This is the story of the culture of climbing in the days of punk rock, spurred on by the rhythm of adrenaline and the arrogance of youth. It is also a portrait of the power of the mountains to lift us – physically, emotionally, intellectually,]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dynastic-bombastic-fantastic-reggie-rollie-catfish-and-charlie-finley-s-swingin-a-s-by-jason-turbow--65128944https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's Author: Jason Turbow Narrator: Jason Turbow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative team in baseball history. Never before had an entire organization so collectively traumatized baseball's establishment with its outlandish behavior and business decisions—or with its indisputable winning record: five straight division titles and three straight championships. The high drama that played out on the field was exceeded only by the drama in the clubhouse and front office. But those A's, with their garish uniforms and outlandish facial hair, redefined soon...virtually every aspect of the game for coming generations. Under the visionary leadership of Charles O. Finley, the team assembled such luminary figures as Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue. Finley acted as his own general manager, and, with an insatiable need for control, dictated everything from the playlist of the ballpark organist to the menu for the media lounge. The advent of free agency spelled the end of Finley's reign; within two years, his dynasty was lost. A sprawling, brawling history of one of the game's most unforgettable teams, Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic is a paean to a turbulent yet magical time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317942Tue, 07 Mar 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's Author: Jason Turbow Narrator: Jason Turbow Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's Author: Jason Turbow Narrator: Jason Turbow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative team in baseball history. Never before had an entire organization so collectively traumatized baseball's establishment with its outlandish behavior and business decisions—or with its indisputable winning record: five straight division titles and three straight championships. The high drama that played out on the field was exceeded only by the drama in the clubhouse and front office. But those A's, with their garish uniforms and outlandish facial hair, redefined soon...virtually every aspect of the game for coming generations. Under the visionary leadership of Charles O. Finley, the team assembled such luminary figures as Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue. Finley acted as his own general manager, and, with an insatiable need for control, dictated everything from the playlist of the ballpark organist to the menu for the media lounge. The advent of free agency spelled the end of Finley's reign; within two years, his dynasty was lost. A sprawling, brawling history of one of the game's most unforgettable teams, Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic is a paean to a turbulent yet magical time.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pro-cycling-on-10-a-day-from-fat-kid-to-euro-pro-by-phil-gaimon--65128922https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Plump, grumpy, slumped on the couch, and going nowhere fast at age 16, Phil Gaimon began riding a bicycle with the grand ambition of shedding a few pounds before going off to college. He soon fell into racing and discovered he was a natural, riding his way into a pro contract after just one season despite utter ignorance of a century of cycling etiquette. Now, in his book Pro Cycling on $10 a Day, Phil brings the full powers of his wit to tell his story. Presented here as a guide--and a warning--to aspiring racers who dream of joining the professional racing circus, Phil's adventures in road rash serve as a hilarious and cautionary tale of frustrating team directors and broken promises. Phil's education in the ways of the peloton, his discouraging negotiations for a better contract, his endless miles crisscrossing America in pursuit of race wins, and his conviction that somewhere just around the corner lies the ticket to the big time fuel this tale of hope and ambition from one of cycling's best story-tellers. Pro Cycling on $10 a Day chronicles the racer's daily lot of blood-soaked bandages, sleazy motels, cheap food, and overflowing toilets. But it also celebrates the true beauty of the sport and the worth of the journey, proving in the end that even among the narrow ranks of world-class professional cycling, there will always be room for a hard-working outsider.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289439Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro Author: Phil Gaimon Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Plump, grumpy, slumped on the couch, and going nowhere fast at age 16, Phil Gaimon began riding a bicycle with the grand ambition of shedding a few pounds before going off to college. He soon fell into racing and discovered he was a natural, riding his way into a pro contract after just one season despite utter ignorance of a century of cycling etiquette. Now, in his book Pro Cycling on $10 a Day, Phil brings the full powers of his wit to tell his story. Presented here as a guide--and a warning--to aspiring racers who dream of joining the professional racing circus, Phil's adventures in road rash serve as a hilarious and cautionary tale of frustrating team directors and broken promises. Phil's education in the ways of the peloton, his discouraging negotiations for a better contract, his endless miles crisscrossing America in pursuit of race wins, and his conviction that somewhere just around the corner lies the ticket to the big time fuel this tale of hope and ambition from one of cycling's best story-tellers. Pro Cycling on $10 a Day chronicles the racer's daily lot of blood-soaked bandages, sleazy motels, cheap food, and overflowing toilets. But it also celebrates the true beauty of the sport and the worth of the journey, proving in the end that even among the narrow ranks of world-class professional cycling, there will always be room for a hard-working outsider.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-barriers-a-blind-man-s-journey-to-kayak-the-grand-canyon-by-buddy-levy-erik-weihenmayer--65128956https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon Author: Buddy Levy, Erik Weihenmayer Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction, and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.” —Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik’s life: “Don’t make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.” No Barriers is Erik’s response to that challenge. It is the moving story of his journey since descending Mount Everest: from leading expeditions around the world with blind Tibetan teenagers to helping injured soldiers climb their way home from war, from adopting a son from Nepal to facing the most terrifying reach of his life: to solo kayak the thunderous whitewater of the Grand Canyon. Along the course of Erik’s journey, he meets other trailblazers—adventurers, scientists, artists, and activists—who, despite trauma, hardship, and loss, have broken through barriers of their own. These pioneers show Erik surprising ways forward that surpass logic and defy traditional thinking. Like the rapids of the Grand Canyon, created by inexorable forces far beneath the surface, No Barriers is a dive into the heart and mind at the core of the turbulent human experience. It is an exploration of the light that burns in all of us, the obstacles that threaten to extinguish that light, and the treacherous ascent towards growth and rebirth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281890Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon Author: Buddy Levy, Erik Weihenmayer Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon Author: Buddy Levy, Erik Weihenmayer Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction, and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.” —Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik’s life: “Don’t make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.” No Barriers is Erik’s response to that challenge. It is the moving story of his journey since descending Mount Everest: from leading expeditions around the world with blind Tibetan teenagers to helping injured soldiers climb their way home from war, from adopting a son from Nepal to facing the most terrifying reach of his life: to solo kayak the thunderous whitewater of the Grand Canyon. Along the course of Erik’s journey, he meets other trailblazers—adventurers, scientists, artists, and activists—who, despite trauma, hardship, and loss, have broken through barriers of their own. These pioneers show Erik surprising ways forward that surpass logic and defy traditional thinking. Like the rapids of the Grand Canyon, created by inexorable forces far beneath the surface, No Barriers is a dive into the heart and mind at the core of the turbulent human experience. It is an exploration of the light that burns in all of us, the obstacles that threaten to extinguish that light, and the treacherous ascent towards growth and rebirth.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dust-bowl-girls-the-inspiring-story-of-the-team-that-barnstormed-its-way-to-basketball-glory-by-lydia-reeder--65128871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Author: Lydia Reeder Narrator: Virginia Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices faced by their families, the women followed Babb and his dream. He shaped the Cardinals into a formidable team, and something extraordinary began to happen: with passion for the sport and heartfelt loyalty to one another and their coach, they won every game. For author Lydia Reeder, this is a family story: coach Sam Babb is her great-uncle. When her grandmother handed her a worn, yellowed folder that contained newspaper articles, letters, and photographs of Sam and the Cardinals, she said, You might want to tell their story someday. Now, with extensive research and the gathered memories of the surviving Cardinals, she has.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317900Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Author: Lydia Reeder Narrator: Virginia Wolf Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Author: Lydia Reeder Narrator: Virginia Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices faced by their families, the women followed Babb and his dream. He shaped the Cardinals into a formidable team, and something extraordinary began to happen: with passion for the sport and heartfelt loyalty to one another and their coach, they won every game. For author Lydia Reeder, this is a family story: coach Sam Babb is her great-uncle. When her grandmother handed her a worn, yellowed folder that contained newspaper articles, letters, and photographs of Sam and the Cardinals, she said, You might want to tell their story someday. Now, with extensive research and the gathered memories of the surviving Cardinals, she has.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pitching-in-a-pinch-by-christy-mathewson--65128925https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pitching in a Pinch Author: Christy Mathewson Narrator: Lee Smalley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this book Mathewson is telling the reader of the game as it is played in the Big Leagues.... It’s as good as his pitching and some exciting things have happened in the Big Leagues, stories that never found their way into the newspapers. Matty has told them. This is a true tale of Big Leaguers, their habits and their methods of playing the game, written by one of them. (Summary by John N. Wheeler -- from the Introduction)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290579Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pitching in a Pinch Author: Christy Mathewson Narrator: Lee Smalley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pitching in a Pinch Author: Christy Mathewson Narrator: Lee Smalley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this book Mathewson is telling the reader of the game as it is played in the Big Leagues.... It’s as good as his pitching and some exciting things have happened in the Big Leagues, stories that never found their way into the newspapers. Matty has told them. This is a true tale of Big Leaguers, their habits and their methods of playing the game, written by one of them. (Summary by John N. Wheeler -- from the Introduction)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-guy-like-me-by-john-scott--65128938https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Guy Like Me Author: John Scott Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the NHL’s most unexpected All-Star MVP comes a sports memoir unlike any other. Hilarious, candid, and reflective, A Guy Like Me recounts the heartwarming story of John Scott: an average joe who became a sports icon overnight. Known as a willing-and-able fighter and bruiser in the league, John Scott was a surprising and tongue-and-cheek nominee for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game. He’d been in the league for over eight NHL seasons, playing for teams such as the Wild, Blackhawks, Rangers, Sabres, and the Sharks. Scott’s best attribute as an NHL player was dropping his gloves—never the best player, he did become the most feared fighter in the NHL, racking up extensive penalty minutes. In order to prevent him from playing in the game, his current team—the Phoenix Coyotes—traded Scott to the Montreal Canadiens, who demoted him to the AHL team in an attempt to disqualify him from playing in the All-Star Game. Fans were outraged and Scott was devastated. He’d been downgraded in his job—forced to relocate while his wife was pregnant with twin girls. But the fans wouldn’t back down and insisted the NHL let Scott play in the game. What followed was an inspiring and unforgettable Cinderella story. Detailing his life growing up and with plenty of his signature humor, A Guy Like Me is a moving, witty, and remarkable memoir that you won’t be able to put down.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280864Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Guy Like Me Author: John Scott Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Guy Like Me Author: John Scott Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the NHL’s most unexpected All-Star MVP comes a sports memoir unlike any other. Hilarious, candid, and reflective, A Guy Like Me recounts the heartwarming story of John Scott: an average joe who became a sports icon overnight. Known as a willing-and-able fighter and bruiser in the league, John Scott was a surprising and tongue-and-cheek nominee for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game. He’d been in the league for over eight NHL seasons, playing for teams such as the Wild, Blackhawks, Rangers, Sabres, and the Sharks. Scott’s best attribute as an NHL player was dropping his gloves—never the best player, he did become the most feared fighter in the NHL, racking up extensive penalty minutes. In order to prevent him from playing in the game, his current team—the Phoenix Coyotes—traded Scott to the Montreal Canadiens, who demoted him to the AHL team in an attempt to disqualify him from playing in the All-Star Game. Fans were outraged and Scott was devastated. He’d been downgraded in his job—forced to relocate while his wife was pregnant with twin girls. But the fans wouldn’t back down and insisted the NHL let Scott play in the game. What followed was an inspiring and unforgettable Cinderella story. Detailing his life growing up and with plenty of his signature humor, A Guy Like Me is a moving, witty, and remarkable memoir that you won’t be able to put down.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/relentless-spirit-the-unconventional-raising-of-a-champion-by-dick-franklin-d-a-franklin-missy-franklin-daniel-paisner--65128955https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion Author: Dick Franklin, D.A. Franklin, Missy Franklin, Daniel Paisner Narrator: Emily Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family.  The word relentless has many meanings for swimmer Missy Franklin.  In the pool, it reminds her to remain steady and persistent, unyielding in intensity and strength.  In life, it tells her to reach down for her very best, even when it feels like there’s nothing left.  The motto “don’t quit” doesn’t do it for Missy, but relentless gets her where she needs to be. And when Missy faces a challenge or a setback, her relentless spirit is what empowers her to learn, adapt, and move forward into the future.   In Relentless Spirit, Missy and her parents, D.A. and Dick Franklin, share the story of how Missy became the athlete she is today, a six-time Olympic medalist, five of them gold. Since her Olympic debut in London’s 2012 games—when Missy was just seventeen—people who have met the Franklins or seen them on TV have wondered what it was like to raise such a champion. What was the training like? How did Missy handle school? How did the family find the right facilities, coaches, and support network?   The story that Missy, and her parents, share inside is both inspiring and heartwarming, explaining how she became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family, which includes Missy’s faith journey, something she writes about with inspirational candor.   Including the highs, the tough moments, and everything in-between, Relentless Spirit tells the story of a woman—and a family—full of love, heart, faith, and resilience.  Read by Emily Rankin, with D.A. and Dick Franklin]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279590Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion Author: Dick Franklin, D.A. Franklin, Missy Franklin, Daniel Paisner Narrator: Emily Rankin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion Author: Dick Franklin, D.A. Franklin, Missy Franklin, Daniel Paisner Narrator: Emily Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family.  The word relentless has many meanings for swimmer Missy Franklin.  In the pool, it reminds her to remain steady and persistent, unyielding in intensity and strength.  In life, it tells her to reach down for her very best, even when it feels like there’s nothing left.  The motto “don’t quit” doesn’t do it for Missy, but relentless gets her where she needs to be. And when Missy faces a challenge or a setback, her relentless spirit is what empowers her to learn, adapt, and move forward into the future.   In Relentless Spirit, Missy and her parents, D.A. and Dick Franklin, share the story of how Missy became the athlete she is today, a six-time Olympic medalist, five of them gold. Since her Olympic debut in London’s 2012 games—when Missy was just seventeen—people who have met the Franklins or seen them on TV have wondered what it was like to raise such a champion. What was the training like? How did Missy handle school? How did the family find the right facilities, coaches, and support network?   The story that Missy, and her parents, share inside is both inspiring and heartwarming, explaining how she became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family, which includes Missy’s faith journey, something she writes about with inspirational candor.   Including the highs, the tough moments, and everything in-between, Relentless Spirit tells the story of a woman—and a family—full of love, heart, faith, and resilience.  Read by Emily Rankin, with D.A. and Dick Franklin]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-tall-fighting-for-my-life-inside-and-outside-the-ring-by-dewey-bozella--65128898https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand Tall: Fighting for My Life, Inside and Outside the Ring Author: Dewey Bozella Narrator: Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring memoir, Dewey Bozella recounts his life and the twenty-six years he spent behind bars for a murder he did not commit—a stirring tale of courage, strength, faith, and perseverance. In the late 1970s, Dewey Bozella was wrongfully accused of murdering Emma Crapser, a ninety-two-year-old resident of Poughkeepsie, New York. Sentenced to twenty years to life in prison, Bozella fiercely maintained his innocence throughout his ordeal at Sing Sing, and even refused the prosecutor’s offer of instant freedom in exchange for admission of guilt. But in 2009, more than a quarter century later, Dewey Bozella would reclaim his identity and his humanity when his conviction was vacated. In this powerful memoir, Bozella tells his harrowing and amazing story—interweaving his time in prison with stories of a childhood marked by violence and pain. He shares the joys of marrying the love of his life from behind bars, becoming a champion boxer, and earning his education; the agony of being denied parole four times, and living in a cellblock with his brother’s murderer and, eventually, the killer whose thumbprint was found in Emma Crapser’s apartment. Yet the fighter in Bozella never gave up. He would become a free man thanks to his undying faith, stalwart persistence, the aid of the Innocence Project, and Wilmer Hale, the Park Avenue law firm whose young pro bono attorney doggedly worked toward his release when all hope seemed lost. Today, Bozella considers himself blessed. Stand Tall is a testament to optimism and love. It is the compelling story of a man who fought against inequity and hardship and, against all odds, came out on top.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279274Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand Tall: Fighting for My Life, Inside and Outside the Ring Author: Dewey Bozella Narrator: Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand Tall: Fighting for My Life, Inside and Outside the Ring Author: Dewey Bozella Narrator: Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring memoir, Dewey Bozella recounts his life and the twenty-six years he spent behind bars for a murder he did not commit—a stirring tale of courage, strength, faith, and perseverance. In the late 1970s, Dewey Bozella was wrongfully accused of murdering Emma Crapser, a ninety-two-year-old resident of Poughkeepsie, New York. Sentenced to twenty years to life in prison, Bozella fiercely maintained his innocence throughout his ordeal at Sing Sing, and even refused the prosecutor’s offer of instant freedom in exchange for admission of guilt. But in 2009, more than a quarter century later, Dewey Bozella would reclaim his identity and his humanity when his conviction was vacated. In this powerful memoir, Bozella tells his harrowing and amazing story—interweaving his time in prison with stories of a childhood marked by violence and pain. He shares the joys of marrying the love of his life from behind bars, becoming a champion boxer, and earning his education; the agony of being denied parole four times, and living in a cellblock with his brother’s murderer and, eventually, the killer whose thumbprint was found in Emma Crapser’s apartment. Yet the fighter in Bozella never gave up. He would become a free man thanks to his undying faith, stalwart persistence, the aid of the Innocence Project, and Wilmer Hale, the Park Avenue law firm whose young pro bono attorney doggedly worked toward his release when all hope seemed lost. Today, Bozella considers himself blessed. Stand Tall is a testament to optimism and love. It is the compelling story of a man who fought against inequity and hardship and, against all odds, came out on top.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-romford-pele-it-s-only-ray-parlour-s-autobiography-by-ray-parlour--65128963https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romford Pelé: It’s only Ray Parlour’s autobiography Author: Ray Parlour Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Trophies … The Tuesday Club … The Prawn Crackers … Marc Overmars may have given him the nickname, but the Romford Pele is a legend in his own right. Over 16 action-packed years, from a trainee scrubbing the boots of the first XI, to a record-breaking 333 Premier League appearances, Ray Parlour’s never-say-die performances, curly locks and mischievous sense of humour have gone down in Arsenal history. Battling tirelessly on the pitch, often in the shadows of his star-name teammates, Parlour won three premier league titles and four FA Cup trophies with the Gunners. But he was also the heart and soul of the dressing room, the training ground and the after work drink. From nights out with Tony Adams, to teaching Thierry Henry cockney rhyming slang, from playing golf with Dennis Bergkamp to trading Inspector Clouseau jokes with Arsène Wenger, this wonderfully funny and candid autobiography looks back on a golden age of the beautiful game, reliving the banter, the stories and the success. Ray Parlour is an Arsenal legend. During his 16-year career he won 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups and the UEFA Cup. One of the most underrated players of his generation, he was also part of Arsenal’s famous Invincible team of 2003/4, which went the entire Premier League season unbeaten. He is now a regular pundit for TalkSport and Sky Sports. He enjoys a short back and sides.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280190Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romford Pelé: It’s only Ray Parlour’s autobiography Author: Ray Parlour Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romford Pelé: It’s only Ray Parlour’s autobiography Author: Ray Parlour Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Trophies … The Tuesday Club … The Prawn Crackers … Marc Overmars may have given him the nickname, but the Romford Pele is a legend in his own right. Over 16 action-packed years, from a trainee scrubbing the boots of the first XI, to a record-breaking 333 Premier League appearances, Ray Parlour’s never-say-die performances, curly locks and mischievous sense of humour have gone down in Arsenal history. Battling tirelessly on the pitch, often in the shadows of his star-name teammates, Parlour won three premier league titles and four FA Cup trophies with the Gunners. But he was also the heart and soul of the dressing room, the training ground and the after work drink. From nights out with Tony Adams, to teaching Thierry Henry cockney rhyming slang, from playing golf with Dennis Bergkamp to trading Inspector Clouseau jokes with Arsène Wenger, this wonderfully funny and candid autobiography looks back on a golden age of the beautiful game, reliving the banter, the stories and the success. Ray Parlour is an Arsenal legend. During his 16-year career he won 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups and the UEFA Cup. One of the most underrated players of his generation, he was also part of Arsenal’s famous Invincible team of 2003/4, which went the entire Premier League season unbeaten. He is now a regular pundit for TalkSport and Sky Sports. He enjoys a short back and sides.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ride-the-revolution-the-inside-stories-from-women-in-cycling-by-suze-clemitson--65128954https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ride the Revolution - The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling Author: Suze Clemitson Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Featuring contributions from: Emma O'Reilly, the soigneur for the U.S. Postal Service Team and one of the people responsible for bringing Lance Armstrong down as part of David Walsh's investigation; Betsy Andreu, wife of ex-professional cyclist Frankie Andreu and another Lance Armstrong nemesis; and Jen See, who interviews Marianne Vos, arguably the greatest cyclist in the world right now. When Marie Marvingt decided to ride the 1908 Tour de France she was told "absolument, non!" Instead, she rode each stage fifteen minutes after the official racers had departed and finished all 4,488 kms of the parcours--a feat that only 36 of the 110 men who entered the race could equal. Her motto? "I decided to do everything better, always and forever." It's in the spirit of Breakneck Marie that this book has been written. These fresh and vibrant voices examine the sport from a new perspective to provide insights that rarely make it into the mainstream: what is it like to be a top women rider or to work in their support team? Where is the women's sport heading and when will more women be represented at the highest level of sport's governance?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285434Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ride the Revolution - The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling Author: Suze Clemitson Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ride the Revolution - The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling Author: Suze Clemitson Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Featuring contributions from: Emma O'Reilly, the soigneur for the U.S. Postal Service Team and one of the people responsible for bringing Lance Armstrong down as part of David Walsh's investigation; Betsy Andreu, wife of ex-professional cyclist Frankie Andreu and another Lance Armstrong nemesis; and Jen See, who interviews Marianne Vos, arguably the greatest cyclist in the world right now. When Marie Marvingt decided to ride the 1908 Tour de France she was told "absolument, non!" Instead, she rode each stage fifteen minutes after the official racers had departed and finished all 4,488 kms of the parcours--a feat that only 36 of the 110 men who entered the race could equal. Her motto? "I decided to do everything better, always and forever." It's in the spirit of Breakneck Marie that this book has been written. These fresh and vibrant voices examine the sport from a new perspective to provide insights that rarely make it into the mainstream: what is it like to be a top women rider or to work in their support team? Where is the women's sport heading and when will more women be represented at the highest level of sport's governance?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-zlatan-ibrahimovic-by-zlatan-ibrahimovic--65128902https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic Author: Zlatan Ibrahimovic Narrator: James Hillier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Guardiola has no balls. He drove me like a Fiat . . . I'm a Ferrari' Zlatan Ibrahimovic - professional football's most mercurial player, Swedish national hero, tabloid fixture, fashion icon, modern day-philosopher and black belt in Taekwondo. Born to a Muslim father from Bosnia, and a Catholic mother from Croatia, Zlatan recounts his extraordinary life story, from his poverty-stricken upbringing as an immigrant in Malmö, Sweden, to becoming one of the world's most sought-after and expensive players, gracing Europe's finest clubs, from Ajax to Juventus, Internazionale to Barcelona, Milan to Paris Saint-Germain, and now Manchester United.. I AM ZLATAN reveals a rare and ferocious intelligence, willpower and God-given talent most recently exhibited when Zlatan scored all 4 goals for Sweden in a 4-2 victory against England. His fourth goal, a 30-yard overhead kick with his back to goal is widely regarded as one of the greatest goals of all time. The BBC described it as a goal that 'combined unfathomable imagination and expert technique'.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279591Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic Author: Zlatan Ibrahimovic Narrator: James Hillier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic Author: Zlatan Ibrahimovic Narrator: James Hillier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Guardiola has no balls. He drove me like a Fiat . . . I'm a Ferrari' Zlatan Ibrahimovic - professional football's most mercurial player, Swedish national hero, tabloid fixture, fashion icon, modern day-philosopher and black belt in Taekwondo. Born to a Muslim father from Bosnia, and a Catholic mother from Croatia, Zlatan recounts his extraordinary life story, from his poverty-stricken upbringing as an immigrant in Malmö, Sweden, to becoming one of the world's most sought-after and expensive players, gracing Europe's finest clubs, from Ajax to Juventus, Internazionale to Barcelona, Milan to Paris Saint-Germain, and now Manchester United.. I AM ZLATAN reveals a rare and ferocious intelligence, willpower and God-given talent most recently exhibited when Zlatan scored all 4 goals for Sweden in a 4-2 victory against England. His fourth goal, a 30-yard overhead kick with his back to goal is widely regarded as one of the greatest goals of all time. The BBC described it as a goal that 'combined unfathomable imagination and expert technique'.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/snake-the-legendary-life-of-ken-stabler-by-mike-freeman--65128971https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler Author: Mike Freeman Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The first in-depth biography of one of the most talented and infamous legends to play in the National Football League—the life and times of pro football’s first bad boy, famed Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler. Ken ''The Snake'' Stabler was the embodiment of the original Men in Black—the freewheeling, hard-hitting Oakland Raiders. The league’s first swashbuckling pass thrower, the mythical southpaw Southerner famous for come-from-behind drives late in the game, Stabler led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl championship in 1977. In an era dominated by gentleman quarterbacks like Roger Staubach and Bob Griese, this 1974 NFL MVP, four-time Pro-bowler, and Super Bowl champion was an iconoclast who partied as hard as he played and lived life unapologetically on his own—not the NFL’s—terms. Though Stabler’s legacy is larger-than-life, there has never before been an exclusive account of him, until now. Snake goes deep under the surface of Stabler’s persona to reveal a man who, despite his penchant for partying and debauchery, was committed to winning and being the best player he could be. From his college days playing for Bear Bryant at Alabama to his years with the Raiders under coach John Madden, his broadcasting career to his death in 2015 and the revelation that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as C.T.E., Snake probes the myriad facets of Stabler’s life on and off the field to tell his complete story, and explores how his legacy and the culture and times that pivotally shaped it, continues to impact football today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278276Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler Author: Mike Freeman Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler Author: Mike Freeman Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The first in-depth biography of one of the most talented and infamous legends to play in the National Football League—the life and times of pro football’s first bad boy, famed Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler. Ken ''The Snake'' Stabler was the embodiment of the original Men in Black—the freewheeling, hard-hitting Oakland Raiders. The league’s first swashbuckling pass thrower, the mythical southpaw Southerner famous for come-from-behind drives late in the game, Stabler led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl championship in 1977. In an era dominated by gentleman quarterbacks like Roger Staubach and Bob Griese, this 1974 NFL MVP, four-time Pro-bowler, and Super Bowl champion was an iconoclast who partied as hard as he played and lived life unapologetically on his own—not the NFL’s—terms. Though Stabler’s legacy is larger-than-life, there has never before been an exclusive account of him, until now. Snake goes deep under the surface of Stabler’s persona to reveal a man who, despite his penchant for partying and debauchery, was committed to winning and being the best player he could be. From his college days playing for Bear Bryant at Alabama to his years with the Raiders under coach John Madden, his broadcasting career to his death in 2015 and the revelation that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as C.T.E., Snake probes the myriad facets of Stabler’s life on and off the field to tell his complete story, and explores how his legacy and the culture and times that pivotally shaped it, continues to impact football today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lucky-bastard-my-life-my-dad-and-the-things-i-m-not-allowed-to-say-on-tv-by-joe-buck--65128926https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV Author: Joe Buck Narrator: Joe Buck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestselling memoir, the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the country—including the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched, historic, Chicago Cubs–winning World Series—reveals why he is one lucky bastard. Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere: broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, calling the World Series every year, announcing the Super Bowl every three years. They know his father, Jack Buck, is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Louis.   Yet they have no idea who Joe really is. Or how he got here. They don’t know how he almost blew his career. They haven’t read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era.   They don’t know how hard he can laugh at himself—or that he thinks some of his critics have a point. And they don’t know what it was really like to grow up in his father’s shadow. Joe and Jack were best friends, but it wasn’t that simple. Jack, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for almost fifty years, helped Joe get his broadcasting start at eighteen. But Joe had to prove himself, first as a minor league radio announcer and then on local TV, national TV with ESPN, and then finally on FOX. He now has a successful, Emmy-winning career, but only after a lot of dues-paying, learning, and pretty damn entertaining mistakes that are recounted in this book.   In his memoir, Joe takes us through his life on and off the field. He shares the lessons he learned from his father, the errors he made along the way, and the personal mountain he climbed and conquered, all of which have truly made him a Lucky Bastard.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275469Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV Author: Joe Buck Narrator: Joe Buck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV Author: Joe Buck Narrator: Joe Buck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestselling memoir, the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the country—including the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched, historic, Chicago Cubs–winning World Series—reveals why he is one lucky bastard. Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere: broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, calling the World Series every year, announcing the Super Bowl every three years. They know his father, Jack Buck, is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Louis.   Yet they have no idea who Joe really is. Or how he got here. They don’t know how he almost blew his career. They haven’t read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era.   They don’t know how hard he can laugh at himself—or that he thinks some of his critics have a point. And they don’t know what it was really like to grow up in his father’s shadow. Joe and Jack were best friends, but it wasn’t that simple. Jack, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for almost fifty years, helped Joe get his broadcasting start at eighteen. But Joe had to prove himself, first as a minor league radio announcer and then on local TV, national TV with ESPN, and then finally on FOX. He now has a successful, Emmy-winning career, but only after a lot of dues-paying, learning, and pretty damn entertaining mistakes that are recounted in this book.   In his memoir, Joe takes us through his life on and off the field. He shares the lessons he learned from his father, the errors he made along the way, and the personal mountain he climbed and conquered, all of which have truly made him a Lucky Bastard.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-the-cheering-stops-an-nfl-wife-s-story-of-concussions-loss-and-the-faith-that-saw-her-through-by-cyndy-feasel--65128908https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife’s Story of Concussions, Loss, and the Faith that Saw Her Through Author: Cyndy Feasel Narrator: Michelle Lasley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former NFL wife Cyndy Feasel tells the tragic story of her family’s journey into chaos and darkness resulting from the damage her husband suffered due to football-related concussions and head trauma—and the faith that saved her. “If I’d only known what I loved the most would end up killing me and taking away everything I loved, I would have never done it.” – Grant Feasel Grant Feasel spent ten years in the NFL, playing 117 games as a center and a long snapper mostly for the Seattle Seahawks. The skull-battering, jaw-shaking collisions he absorbed during those years ultimately destroyed his marriage and fractured his family. Grant died on July 15, 2012, at the age of 52, the victim of alcohol abuse and a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Cyndy Feasel watched their life together become a living hell as alcohol became Grant’s medication for a disease rooted in the scores of concussions he suffered on the football field. Helmet-to-helmet collisions opened the door to CTE and transformed him from a sunny, strong, and loving man into a dark shadow of his former self. In this raw and emotional memoir that takes a closer look at the destruction wrought by a game millions love, Cyndy describes in painful and excruciating detail what can happen to an NFL player and his family when the stadium empties and the lights go down. A powerful tale of warning for football moms and NFL wives everywhere, After the Cheering Stops is also a story of the hard-won hope found in God’s presence when everything else falls apart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278664Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife’s Story of Concussions, Loss, and the Faith that Saw Her Through Author: Cyndy Feasel Narrator: Michelle Lasley...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife’s Story of Concussions, Loss, and the Faith that Saw Her Through Author: Cyndy Feasel Narrator: Michelle Lasley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Former NFL wife Cyndy Feasel tells the tragic story of her family’s journey into chaos and darkness resulting from the damage her husband suffered due to football-related concussions and head trauma—and the faith that saved her. “If I’d only known what I loved the most would end up killing me and taking away everything I loved, I would have never done it.” – Grant Feasel Grant Feasel spent ten years in the NFL, playing 117 games as a center and a long snapper mostly for the Seattle Seahawks. The skull-battering, jaw-shaking collisions he absorbed during those years ultimately destroyed his marriage and fractured his family. Grant died on July 15, 2012, at the age of 52, the victim of alcohol abuse and a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Cyndy Feasel watched their life together become a living hell as alcohol became Grant’s medication for a disease rooted in the scores of concussions he suffered on the football field. Helmet-to-helmet collisions opened the door to CTE and transformed him from a sunny, strong, and loving man into a dark shadow of his former self. In this raw and emotional memoir that takes a closer look at the destruction wrought by a game millions love, Cyndy describes in painful and excruciating detail what can happen to an NFL player and his family when the stadium empties and the lights go down. A powerful tale of warning for football moms and NFL wives everywhere, After the Cheering Stops is also a story of the hard-won hope found in God’s presence when everything else falls apart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-out-loud-sports-cancer-and-the-things-worth-fighting-for-by-brian-curtis-craig-sager--65128947https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For Author: Brian Curtis, Craig Sager Narrator: Craig Sager, Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller A moving and inspiring memoir from the beloved sports broadcaster Craig Sager on his battle with leukemia and how he maintained a positive outlook on life in face of incredible circumstances. This program is read by Holter Graham and Craig Sager II. “Time is something that cannot be bought, it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply. Time is simply how you live your life.” —Craig Sager Thanks to an eccentric wardrobe filled with brightly colored suits and a love of sports that knows no bounds, Craig Sager is one of the most beloved and recognizable broadcasters on television. So when the sports world learned that he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) there was an outpouring of love and support from everyone who was inspired by his colorful life and his fearless decision to continue doing the job he loved—despite being told that he would have only three-to-six months to live. Sager has undergone three stem cell transplants—with his son as the donor for two of them—and more than twenty chemotherapy cycles since his diagnosis. In Living Out Loud, Craig Sager shares incredible stories from his remarkable career and chronicles his heroic battle. Whether he’s sprinting across Wrigley Field mid-game as a college student with cops in pursuit, chasing down Hank Aaron on the field for an interview after Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, running with the bulls in Pamplona, or hunkering down to face the daunting physical challenges of fighting leukemia, Craig Sager is always ready to defy expectations, embrace life, and live it to the fullest. Including a foreword by Charles Barkley and with unique insight and narration from his son Craig Sager II, this entertaining, honest, and introspective account of a life lived in sports reveals the enduring lessons Sager has learned throughout his career and reminds you that no matter what life throws at you, to always look at the bright side.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278777Tue, 08 Nov 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For Author: Brian Curtis, Craig Sager Narrator: Craig Sager, Holter Graham Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For Author: Brian Curtis, Craig Sager Narrator: Craig Sager, Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller A moving and inspiring memoir from the beloved sports broadcaster Craig Sager on his battle with leukemia and how he maintained a positive outlook on life in face of incredible circumstances. This program is read by Holter Graham and Craig Sager II. “Time is something that cannot be bought, it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply. Time is simply how you live your life.” —Craig Sager Thanks to an eccentric wardrobe filled with brightly colored suits and a love of sports that knows no bounds, Craig Sager is one of the most beloved and recognizable broadcasters on television. So when the sports world learned that he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) there was an outpouring of love and support from everyone who was inspired by his colorful life and his fearless decision to continue doing the job he loved—despite being told that he would have only three-to-six months to live. Sager has undergone three stem cell transplants—with his son as the donor for two of them—and more than twenty chemotherapy cycles since his diagnosis. In Living Out Loud, Craig Sager shares incredible stories from his remarkable career and chronicles his heroic battle. Whether he’s sprinting across Wrigley Field mid-game as a college student with cops in pursuit, chasing down Hank Aaron on the field for an interview after Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, running with the bulls in Pamplona, or hunkering down to face the daunting physical challenges of fighting leukemia, Craig Sager is always ready to defy expectations, embrace life, and live it to the fullest. Including a foreword by Charles Barkley and with unique insight and narration from his son Craig Sager II, this entertaining, honest, and introspective account of a life lived in sports reveals the enduring lessons Sager has learned throughout his career and reminds you that no matter what life throws at you, to always look at the bright side.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shaken-discoving-your-true-identity-in-the-midst-of-life-s-storms-by-tim-tebow--65128928https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shaken: Discoving Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms Author: Tim Tebow Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 109 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 13 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ECPA BESTSELLER • Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come?   “With this book, Tim encourages readers to keep moving and stay strong while battling life’s obstacles.”—Cam Newton, quarterback for the Carolina Panthers   Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times.   In this powerful book, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow passionately shares glimpses of his journey staying grounded in the face of disappointment, criticism, and intense media scrutiny.   Tebow talks about what he’s learned along the way, building confidence in his identity in God, not the world. This moving book also features practical wisdom from Scripture and insights gained from others who have impacted him in life-changing ways.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275235Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shaken: Discoving Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms Author: Tim Tebow Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shaken: Discoving Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms Author: Tim Tebow Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 109 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 13 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ECPA BESTSELLER • Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come?   “With this book, Tim encourages readers to keep moving and stay strong while battling life’s obstacles.”—Cam Newton, quarterback for the Carolina Panthers   Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times.   In this powerful book, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow passionately shares glimpses of his journey staying grounded in the face of disappointment, criticism, and intense media scrutiny.   Tebow talks about what he’s learned along the way, building confidence in his identity in God, not the world. This moving book also features practical wisdom from Scripture and insights gained from others who have impacted him in life-changing ways.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/showboat-the-life-of-kobe-bryant-by-roland-lazenby--65128923https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant Author: Roland Lazenby Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. 'Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats' (Kurt Helin, NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the best shooting guards in NBA league history: Kobe Bryant is among basketball's absolute greatest players, and his importance to the sport is undeniable. Third on the NBA career scoring list and owner of five championship rings, he is an undisputed all-time great, one deserving of this deep and definitive biography. Even within the flashiest franchise in all of sports -- the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played his entire career -- Bryant always took center stage, and his final game captivated the basketball world, indeed the country. Roland Lazenby delves deep to look behind this public image, using classic basketball reporting and dozens of new interviews to reveal the whole picture, from Bryant's childhood through his playing years. Showboatis filled with large personalities and provocative stories, including details of Bryant's complicated personal life and explosive relationships on the court, and is a riveting and essential read for every hoops fan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274533Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant Author: Roland Lazenby Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant Author: Roland Lazenby Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. 'Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats' (Kurt Helin, NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the best shooting guards in NBA league history: Kobe Bryant is among basketball's absolute greatest players, and his importance to the sport is undeniable. Third on the NBA career scoring list and owner of five championship rings, he is an undisputed all-time great, one deserving of this deep and definitive biography. Even within the flashiest franchise in all of sports -- the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played his entire career -- Bryant always took center stage, and his final game captivated the basketball world, indeed the country. Roland Lazenby delves deep to look behind this public image, using classic basketball reporting and dozens of new interviews to reveal the whole picture, from Bryant's childhood through his playing years. Showboatis filled with large personalities and provocative stories, including details of Bryant's complicated personal life and explosive relationships on the court, and is a riveting and essential read for every hoops fan.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-football-ramble-by-jim-campbell-luke-moore-pete-donaldson-marcus-speller--65128958https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Football Ramble Author: Jim Campbell, Luke Moore, Pete Donaldson, Marcus Speller Narrator: Jim Campbell, Luke Moore, Pete Donaldson, Marcus Speller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world and their sold-out live shows have been a massive hit. This book is a collaboration from all four presenters and will tackle the real issues from fans you won’t see or hear on Sky Sports, or anywhere else for that matter. From the weird and wonderful, from the Alan Pardew to the Kevin Keegan, the Ramble has it covered. Putting all aspects of the game under the microscope, this book is a timely reminder of why we just can’t take our minds off football.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279155Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Football Ramble Author: Jim Campbell, Luke Moore, Pete Donaldson, Marcus Speller Narrator: Jim Campbell, Luke Moore, Pete Donaldson, Marcus Speller...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Football Ramble Author: Jim Campbell, Luke Moore, Pete Donaldson, Marcus Speller Narrator: Jim Campbell, Luke Moore, Pete Donaldson, Marcus Speller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world and their sold-out live shows have been a massive hit. This book is a collaboration from all four presenters and will tackle the real issues from fans you won’t see or hear on Sky Sports, or anywhere else for that matter. From the weird and wonderful, from the Alan Pardew to the Kevin Keegan, the Ramble has it covered. Putting all aspects of the game under the microscope, this book is a timely reminder of why we just can’t take our minds off football.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guy-martin-worms-to-catch-by-guy-martin--65128920https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guy Martin: Worms to Catch Author: Guy Martin Narrator: Dean Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: ‘I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.’ In August 2015 Guy Martin crashed out of the lead of an Ulster Grand Prix superbike race held on the world’s fastest racetrack. He had invasive surgery to bolt his broken spine and hand back together, and within days he decided he needed some time away from road racing. But he wasn’t about to take it easy … In his brand new book, discover how Britain’s favourite daredevil fills his time when road racing is taken out of the equation. He set about breaking records on the world’s biggest Wall of Death, cycling 2,745 miles across the length of the United States (while sleeping rough), attempting to be the fastest person ever on two wheels and travelling to Latvia to investigate his family’s roots. There’s some thrilling racing too, including wild Harley choppers on dirt and turbo-charged Transit vans through the Nevada desert. And there’s the day job to get back to in North Lincolnshire – the truck yard and the butty van.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275800Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guy Martin: Worms to Catch Author: Guy Martin Narrator: Dean Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guy Martin: Worms to Catch Author: Guy Martin Narrator: Dean Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: ‘I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.’ In August 2015 Guy Martin crashed out of the lead of an Ulster Grand Prix superbike race held on the world’s fastest racetrack. He had invasive surgery to bolt his broken spine and hand back together, and within days he decided he needed some time away from road racing. But he wasn’t about to take it easy … In his brand new book, discover how Britain’s favourite daredevil fills his time when road racing is taken out of the equation. He set about breaking records on the world’s biggest Wall of Death, cycling 2,745 miles across the length of the United States (while sleeping rough), attempting to be the fastest person ever on two wheels and travelling to Latvia to investigate his family’s roots. There’s some thrilling racing too, including wild Harley choppers on dirt and turbo-charged Transit vans through the Nevada desert. And there’s the day job to get back to in North Lincolnshire – the truck yard and the butty van.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-fight-your-fight-by-ronda-rousey--65128951https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Fight / Your Fight Author: Ronda Rousey Narrator: Ronda Rousey, R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 110 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 32 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE ONLY OFFICIAL RONDA ROUSEY BOOK “The fight is yours to win.” Her story, her voice. In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory. Marked by her signature charm, barbed wit, and undeniable power, Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life-in and outside the Octagon-reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame, the secret behind her undefeated UFC record, and what it takes to become the toughest woman on Earth. Rousey shares hard-won lessons on how to be the best at what you do, including how to find fulfillment in the sacrifices, how to turn limitations into opportunities, and how to be the best on your worst day. Packed with raw emotion, drama, and wisdom, this is an unforgettable book by one of the most remarkable women in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275927Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Fight / Your Fight Author: Ronda Rousey Narrator: Ronda Rousey, R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Fight / Your Fight Author: Ronda Rousey Narrator: Ronda Rousey, R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 110 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 32 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE ONLY OFFICIAL RONDA ROUSEY BOOK “The fight is yours to win.” Her story, her voice. In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory. Marked by her signature charm, barbed wit, and undeniable power, Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life-in and outside the Octagon-reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame, the secret behind her undefeated UFC record, and what it takes to become the toughest woman on Earth. Rousey shares hard-won lessons on how to be the best at what you do, including how to find fulfillment in the sacrifices, how to turn limitations into opportunities, and how to be the best on your worst day. Packed with raw emotion, drama, and wisdom, this is an unforgettable book by one of the most remarkable women in the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hockey-card-stories-by-ken-reid--65128921https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hockey Card Stories Author: Ken Reid Narrator: Ken Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Hockey Card Stories reveals what was really going on in your favourite old hockey cards through the eyes of the players depicted on them. Some of the cards are definitely worth a few bucks, some a few cents - but every story told here is priceless. Sportsnet's Ken Reid presents the cards you loved and the airbrushed monstrosities that made you howl, the cards that have been packed away in boxes forever, and others you can't believe ever existed. Whether it's a case of mistaken identity or simply a great old photo, a fantastic 1970s haircut and 'stache, a wicked awesome goalie mask or a future Hall of Famer's off-season fashion sense, a wide variety of players - from superstars like Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin, and Phil Esposito to the likes of Bill Armstrong who played only one game in the NHL - chime in on one of their most famous cards.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275692Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hockey Card Stories Author: Ken Reid Narrator: Ken Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hockey Card Stories Author: Ken Reid Narrator: Ken Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Hockey Card Stories reveals what was really going on in your favourite old hockey cards through the eyes of the players depicted on them. Some of the cards are definitely worth a few bucks, some a few cents - but every story told here is priceless. Sportsnet's Ken Reid presents the cards you loved and the airbrushed monstrosities that made you howl, the cards that have been packed away in boxes forever, and others you can't believe ever existed. Whether it's a case of mistaken identity or simply a great old photo, a fantastic 1970s haircut and 'stache, a wicked awesome goalie mask or a future Hall of Famer's off-season fashion sense, a wide variety of players - from superstars like Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin, and Phil Esposito to the likes of Bill Armstrong who played only one game in the NHL - chime in on one of their most famous cards.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-life-well-played-my-stories-by-arnold-palmer--65128968https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Life Well Played: My Stories Author: Arnold Palmer Narrator: Rich Lerner, Arnold Palmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This program opens with an introduction read by Arnold Palmer and is narrated by Rich Lerner of the Golf Channel. A Life Well Played offers wisdom and lessons from on and off the golf course by the legendary golfer 'This wasn’t a “job” for me. This was a true privilege, because Arnold Palmer’s story is important, and not simply because he’s an American icon. His story’s an inspiration, even a guide for all of us on how to live “a life well played,” because as you’ll hear in the book, Arnie lived and played by a simple principle. 'Go for it.'' - Rich Lerner on his experience narrating A Life Well Played This book is Palmer’s parting gift to the world -- a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers, golfers and non-golfers alike, will celebrate and cherish. No one has won more fans around the world and no player has had a bigger impact on the sport of golf than Arnold Palmer. In fact, Palmer is considered by many to be the most important professional golfer in history, an American icon. In A Life Well Played, Palmer takes stock of the many experiences of his life, bringing new details and insights to some familiar stories and sharing new ones. This book is for Arnie's Army and all golf fans but it is more than just a golf book; Palmer had tremendous success off the course as well and is most notable for his exemplary sportsmanship and business success, while always giving back to the fans who made it all possible. Gracious, fair, and a true gentleman, 'Arnie' was the gold standard of how to conduct yourself in your career, life, and relationships. Perfect for men and women of all ages, his final book offers advice and guidance, sharing personal stories of his career on the course, success in business, and the great relationships that gave meaning to his life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275398Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Life Well Played: My Stories Author: Arnold Palmer Narrator: Rich Lerner, Arnold Palmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Life Well Played: My Stories Author: Arnold Palmer Narrator: Rich Lerner, Arnold Palmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This program opens with an introduction read by Arnold Palmer and is narrated by Rich Lerner of the Golf Channel. A Life Well Played offers wisdom and lessons from on and off the golf course by the legendary golfer 'This wasn’t a “job” for me. This was a true privilege, because Arnold Palmer’s story is important, and not simply because he’s an American icon. His story’s an inspiration, even a guide for all of us on how to live “a life well played,” because as you’ll hear in the book, Arnie lived and played by a simple principle. 'Go for it.'' - Rich Lerner on his experience narrating A Life Well Played This book is Palmer’s parting gift to the world -- a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers, golfers and non-golfers alike, will celebrate and cherish. No one has won more fans around the world and no player has had a bigger impact on the sport of golf than Arnold Palmer. In fact, Palmer is considered by many to be the most important professional golfer in history, an American icon. In A Life Well Played, Palmer takes stock of the many experiences of his life, bringing new details and insights to some familiar stories and sharing new ones. This book is for Arnie's Army and all golf fans but it is more than just a golf book; Palmer had tremendous success off the course as well and is most notable for his exemplary sportsmanship and business success, while always giving back to the fans who made it all possible. Gracious, fair, and a true gentleman, 'Arnie' was the gold standard of how to conduct yourself in your career, life, and relationships. Perfect for men and women of all ages, his final book offers advice and guidance, sharing personal stories of his career on the course, success in business, and the great relationships that gave meaning to his life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jamie-vardy-from-nowhere-my-story-by-jamie-vardy--65128964https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere, My Story Author: Jamie Vardy Narrator: Steven Kynman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The official autobiography of Jamie Vardy. An ordinary lad from Sheffield, Jamie Vardy has become known as an against-the-odds footballing hero the world over. Yet a few years ago, things couldn’t have been any more different. Rejected as a teenager by his boyhood club, Jamie thought his chance was gone. But from playing pub football and earning £30 a week at Stocksbridge Park Steels, while still working in a factory, his off-the-cuff performances saw him rise. Jamie had a wild and turbulent youth, something he doesn’t shy away from. But football became his saving grace and, once he filled his boots with goals at FC Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town, he moved to Leicester City. With a growing sense of focus, Jamie put his head in the game. After the miracle of surviving relegation, Leicester set out on their fairy-tale season. The team of unlikely outsiders bonded together to achieve the unthinkable: Jamie set the record as the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches and Leicester beat odds of 5000-1 to become champions. Defying all expectations, this is the story of the boy from nowhere who reached the top in his own unflinching, honest words. “Even now there are moments when I shake my head at the madness of it all – going from the factory floor and playing Sunday morning pub football with my mates, to scoring for my country against the World Cup winners in Berlin. It's the stuff of dreams. It hasn't always been an easy journey, some doubted that I was capable, and at times I was probably guilty of not helping myself, but nobody can question my passion for football or my commitment once I set foot on the pitch. There is so much that people don’t know and I look forward to sharing all of that and more in what I hope will be an inspiring story.” Jamie Vardy]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275015Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere, My Story Author: Jamie Vardy Narrator: Steven Kynman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere, My Story Author: Jamie Vardy Narrator: Steven Kynman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The official autobiography of Jamie Vardy. An ordinary lad from Sheffield, Jamie Vardy has become known as an against-the-odds footballing hero the world over. Yet a few years ago, things couldn’t have been any more different. Rejected as a teenager by his boyhood club, Jamie thought his chance was gone. But from playing pub football and earning £30 a week at Stocksbridge Park Steels, while still working in a factory, his off-the-cuff performances saw him rise. Jamie had a wild and turbulent youth, something he doesn’t shy away from. But football became his saving grace and, once he filled his boots with goals at FC Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town, he moved to Leicester City. With a growing sense of focus, Jamie put his head in the game. After the miracle of surviving relegation, Leicester set out on their fairy-tale season. The team of unlikely outsiders bonded together to achieve the unthinkable: Jamie set the record as the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches and Leicester beat odds of 5000-1 to become champions. Defying all expectations, this is the story of the boy from nowhere who reached the top in his own unflinching, honest words. “Even now there are moments when I shake my head at the madness of it all – going from the factory floor and playing Sunday morning pub football with my mates, to scoring for my country against the World Cup winners in Berlin. It's the stuff of dreams. It hasn't always been an easy journey, some doubted that I was capable, and at times I was probably guilty of not helping myself, but nobody can question my passion for football or my commitment once I set foot on the pitch. There is so much that people don’t know and I look forward to sharing all of that and more in what I hope will be an inspiring story.” Jamie Vardy]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/belichick-and-brady-two-men-the-patriots-and-how-they-revolutionized-football-by-michael-holley--65128966https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football Author: Michael Holley Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relationship that transformed the Patriots from a middling franchise to the envy of the NFL. No head coach-quarterback pair has been more successful in NFL history than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. They have won four Super Bowls, six AFC championships, and thirteen division titles. And now Holley takes us inside their relationship, dissecting how these men and their team came to dominate football. Belichick, a genius as a defensive coordinator, had been a five-year flop as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Upon his controversial arrival in Foxboro, though, he quickly began to remake the team at every level--scouts, coaches, and players. His bold, calculated approach had fans up in arms, sportswriters questioning his intelligence, and players wondering how long they would last on the team. Meanwhile, buried down in the 2000 NFL draft, the 199th overall pick was a skinny kid from the University of Michigan named Tom Brady who many scouts thought would never succeed at a professional level. The lowest of the four quarterbacks on the team's depth chart, he appeard to be just one of the guys. Like Belichick, though, he lived for football, and he knew the playbook as well as Drew Bledsoe, the franchise quarterback. And when Bledsoe was injured in 2001, Brady took the job and vowed to never give it back. The handsome Brady became a star, wearing hand-tailored suits, appearing in movies and on magazine covers, and marrying a supermodel. Belichick, with his trademark cut-off hoodies, was the opposite of a fashion plate. Together, the odd couple somehow rose above controversies and tragedies. Draft picks were lost, suspensions given, lawsuits filed. As their legends have grown, so have their critics, with some of those critics operating from NFL headquarters. Despite that, with Belichick's deft and brilliant strategy in the draft year in year out and Brady's exacting decision-making on the field, the Patriots cultivated an atmosphere of success and won a stunning 75 percent of their games together. Respected and reviled, Belichick and Brady have set the bar high for excellence in a league designed for parity. They have rarely been understood. Until now. Based on dozens of interviews with former and current players, coaches, and executives, Belichick and Brady is an eye-opening look at the minds, motives, and wild ambitions of two men who have left an indelible mark on the game of football.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274783Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football Author: Michael Holley Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football Author: Michael Holley Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relationship that transformed the Patriots from a middling franchise to the envy of the NFL. No head coach-quarterback pair has been more successful in NFL history than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. They have won four Super Bowls, six AFC championships, and thirteen division titles. And now Holley takes us inside their relationship, dissecting how these men and their team came to dominate football. Belichick, a genius as a defensive coordinator, had been a five-year flop as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Upon his controversial arrival in Foxboro, though, he quickly began to remake the team at every level--scouts, coaches, and players. His bold, calculated approach had fans up in arms, sportswriters questioning his intelligence, and players wondering how long they would last on the team. Meanwhile, buried down in the 2000 NFL draft, the 199th overall pick was a skinny kid from the University of Michigan named Tom Brady who many scouts thought would never succeed at a professional level. The lowest of the four quarterbacks on the team's depth chart, he appeard to be just one of the guys. Like Belichick, though, he lived for football, and he knew the playbook as well as Drew Bledsoe, the franchise quarterback. And when Bledsoe was injured in 2001, Brady took the job and vowed to never give it back. The handsome Brady became a star, wearing hand-tailored suits, appearing in movies and on magazine covers, and marrying a supermodel. Belichick, with his trademark cut-off hoodies, was the opposite of a fashion plate. Together, the odd couple somehow rose above controversies and tragedies. Draft picks were lost, suspensions given, lawsuits filed. As their legends have grown, so have their critics, with some of those critics operating from NFL headquarters. Despite that, with Belichick's deft and brilliant strategy in the draft year in year out and Brady's exacting decision-making on the field, the Patriots cultivated an atmosphere of success and won a stunning 75 percent of their games together. Respected and reviled, Belichick and Brady have set the bar high for excellence in a league designed for parity. They have rarely been understood. Until now. Based on dozens of interviews with former and current players, coaches, and executives, Belichick and Brady is an eye-opening look at the minds, motives, and wild ambitions of two men who have left an indelible mark on the game of football.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-nobody-was-watching-my-hard-fought-journey-to-the-top-of-the-soccer-world-by-carli-lloyd-wayne-coffey--65128936https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World Author: Carli Lloyd, Wayne Coffey Narrator: Carli Lloyd, Lynde Houck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the celebrated star of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, an inspiring, uplifting, and candid memoir of how she got there In 2015, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. It featured a gutsy, brilliant performance by team captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick—three goals in one game—during the first sixteen minutes.    But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling, her soccer career at a crossroads. Then she found a trusted trainer, James Galanis, who saw in Carli a player with raw talent, skill, and a great dedication to the game. What Carli lacked were fitness, mental toughness, and character. Together they set to work, training day and night, fighting, grinding it out. No one worked harder than Carli. And no one believed in her more than James. Despite all the naysayers, the times she was benched, moments when her self-confidence took a nosedive, she succeeded in becoming one of the best players in the world.    This candid reflection on a remarkable turnaround will take listeners inside the women's national team and inside the head of an athlete who willed herself to perform at the highest levels of competition.  With the Author's Note and Prologue read by the Author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275340Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World Author: Carli Lloyd, Wayne Coffey Narrator: Carli Lloyd, Lynde Houck...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World Author: Carli Lloyd, Wayne Coffey Narrator: Carli Lloyd, Lynde Houck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the celebrated star of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, an inspiring, uplifting, and candid memoir of how she got there In 2015, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. It featured a gutsy, brilliant performance by team captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick—three goals in one game—during the first sixteen minutes.    But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling, her soccer career at a crossroads. Then she found a trusted trainer, James Galanis, who saw in Carli a player with raw talent, skill, and a great dedication to the game. What Carli lacked were fitness, mental toughness, and character. Together they set to work, training day and night, fighting, grinding it out. No one worked harder than Carli. And no one believed in her more than James. Despite all the naysayers, the times she was benched, moments when her self-confidence took a nosedive, she succeeded in becoming one of the best players in the world.    This candid reflection on a remarkable turnaround will take listeners inside the women's national team and inside the head of an athlete who willed herself to perform at the highest levels of competition.  With the Author's Note and Prologue read by the Author]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-duran-my-autobiography-by-roberto-duran--65128959https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Duran: My Autobiography Author: Roberto Duran Narrator: Henry Levya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: They called him “Manos de Piedra”—Hands of Stone—and he was one of the greatest boxers of all time. Now Roberto Durán tells his unbelievable story: from the streets of Panama to being crowned one of the “Four Kings,” along with Hearns, Leonard, and Hagler, as he blazed a trail through the Golden Age of Boxing. Born into abject poverty, barely able to read or write, Durán quickly realized that his fists could both protect him on the streets and put food on the table. His reputation was established on the day when, for a bet, he knocked down a horse with a single punch. At the age of twenty-one, he claimed his first world title, against Ken Buchanan at Madison Square Garden. The legend of Manos de Piedra was born, but his most glorious moment was yet to come. In 1980, Durán delivered one of the greatest upsets in boxing history by defeating the previously unbeatable Sugar Ray Leonard. But greater fame brought greater distractions, and Durán’s endless partying took its toll before the two superstars faced each other again. Here, for the first time ever, Durán confronts the debacle of the rematch that entered sporting folklore, and the truth behind the moment he was heard to utter the infamous words “No más”—No more. Durán’s explosive performances in the ring were matched only by the volatility of his life outside it. He lurched from living like royalty to bankruptcy and, after being written off as a boxing also-ran, made a bloody, legendary comeback that gave his career the ultimate ending, and finally brought redemption. He came from nothing, and changed the world. I Am Durán is the autobiography of one of boxing’s most iconic legends.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272974Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Duran: My Autobiography Author: Roberto Duran Narrator: Henry Levya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Duran: My Autobiography Author: Roberto Duran Narrator: Henry Levya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: They called him “Manos de Piedra”—Hands of Stone—and he was one of the greatest boxers of all time. Now Roberto Durán tells his unbelievable story: from the streets of Panama to being crowned one of the “Four Kings,” along with Hearns, Leonard, and Hagler, as he blazed a trail through the Golden Age of Boxing. Born into abject poverty, barely able to read or write, Durán quickly realized that his fists could both protect him on the streets and put food on the table. His reputation was established on the day when, for a bet, he knocked down a horse with a single punch. At the age of twenty-one, he claimed his first world title, against Ken Buchanan at Madison Square Garden. The legend of Manos de Piedra was born, but his most glorious moment was yet to come. In 1980, Durán delivered one of the greatest upsets in boxing history by defeating the previously unbeatable Sugar Ray Leonard. But greater fame brought greater distractions, and Durán’s endless partying took its toll before the two superstars faced each other again. Here, for the first time ever, Durán confronts the debacle of the rematch that entered sporting folklore, and the truth behind the moment he was heard to utter the infamous words “No más”—No more. Durán’s explosive performances in the ring were matched only by the volatility of his life outside it. He lurched from living like royalty to bankruptcy and, after being written off as a boxing also-ran, made a bloody, legendary comeback that gave his career the ultimate ending, and finally brought redemption. He came from nothing, and changed the world. I Am Durán is the autobiography of one of boxing’s most iconic legends.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/believing-in-magic-my-story-of-love-overcoming-adversity-and-keeping-the-faith-by-cookie-johnson--65128950https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith Author: Cookie Johnson Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In her new memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever. On November 7, 1991, basketball icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson stunned the world with the news that he was HIV-positive. For the millions who watched, his announcement became a pivotal moment not only for the nation, but his family and wife. Twenty-five years later, Cookie Johnson shares her story and the emotional journey that started on that day—from life as a pregnant and joyous newlywed to one filled with the fear that her husband would die, she and her baby would be infected with the virus, and their family would be shunned. Believing in Magic is the story of her marriage to Earvin nearly four decades of loving each other, losing their way, and eventually finding a path they never imagined. November 7, 2016 will mark a quarter-century since the announcement and Cookie’s survival and triumph as a wife, mother, and God-fearing woman. Cookie has never shared her full account of the reasons that she stayed and her life with Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Believing in Magic is her story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272720Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith Author: Cookie Johnson Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith Author: Cookie Johnson Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In her new memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever. On November 7, 1991, basketball icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson stunned the world with the news that he was HIV-positive. For the millions who watched, his announcement became a pivotal moment not only for the nation, but his family and wife. Twenty-five years later, Cookie Johnson shares her story and the emotional journey that started on that day—from life as a pregnant and joyous newlywed to one filled with the fear that her husband would die, she and her baby would be infected with the virus, and their family would be shunned. Believing in Magic is the story of her marriage to Earvin nearly four decades of loving each other, losing their way, and eventually finding a path they never imagined. November 7, 2016 will mark a quarter-century since the announcement and Cookie’s survival and triumph as a wife, mother, and God-fearing woman. Cookie has never shared her full account of the reasons that she stayed and her life with Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Believing in Magic is her story.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/larry-h-miller-behind-the-drive-99-inspiring-stories-from-the-life-of-an-american-entrepreneur-by-bryan-miller--65128935https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Larry H. Miller: Behind the Drive: 99 Inspiring Stories from the Life of an American Entrepreneur Author: Bryan Miller Narrator: Tom Taylorson, Elijah Alexander, Traber Burns, Mirron Willis, Kirsten Potter, Kirby Heyborne, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Hear firsthand from multitudes of people whose lives were influenced, inspired, and even transformed by the compassion, generosity, and leadership of Larry H. Miller. Larry H. Miller played by his own rules. Owner of an NBA franchise and founder of one of the country’s largest automotive retail groups, Larry was a college dropout who went on to buy or build nearly one hundred businesses. While his life as a successful businessman played out in public, his health challenges, as well as his quiet acts of service, were known to very few. Behind the Drive contains ninety-nine uplifting and untold stories from every aspect and era of Larry’s life. Contributors range from NBA legends to religious officials, business moguls to political leaders, employees to childhood friends, and colleagues to competitors. These stories of an ordinary-yet-extraordinary man will inspire listeners to find and live their own greatness by following Larry’s example of working hard at something he loved, applying his God-given talents in service to others, and allowing his life to be guided by something greater than himself. This book is a guide for anyone who wishes to find success in today’s busy world. The stories in Behind the Drive have the power to lift and inspire the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as help everyone discover Larry’s formula for success: do work you love, get better at it every day, and serve others.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273758Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Larry H. Miller: Behind the Drive: 99 Inspiring Stories from the Life of an American Entrepreneur Author: Bryan Miller Narrator: Tom Taylorson, Elijah...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Larry H. Miller: Behind the Drive: 99 Inspiring Stories from the Life of an American Entrepreneur Author: Bryan Miller Narrator: Tom Taylorson, Elijah Alexander, Traber Burns, Mirron Willis, Kirsten Potter, Kirby Heyborne, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Hear firsthand from multitudes of people whose lives were influenced, inspired, and even transformed by the compassion, generosity, and leadership of Larry H. Miller. Larry H. Miller played by his own rules. Owner of an NBA franchise and founder of one of the country’s largest automotive retail groups, Larry was a college dropout who went on to buy or build nearly one hundred businesses. While his life as a successful businessman played out in public, his health challenges, as well as his quiet acts of service, were known to very few. Behind the Drive contains ninety-nine uplifting and untold stories from every aspect and era of Larry’s life. Contributors range from NBA legends to religious officials, business moguls to political leaders, employees to childhood friends, and colleagues to competitors. These stories of an ordinary-yet-extraordinary man will inspire listeners to find and live their own greatness by following Larry’s example of working hard at something he loved, applying his God-given talents in service to others, and allowing his life to be guided by something greater than himself. This book is a guide for anyone who wishes to find success in today’s busy world. The stories in Behind the Drive have the power to lift and inspire the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as help everyone discover Larry’s formula for success: do work you love, get better at it every day, and serve others.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/running-man-a-memoir-by-charlie-engle--65128970https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running Man: A Memoir Author: Charlie Engle Narrator: Charlie Engle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 11 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Charlie Engle’s “fascinating account of the high and low points of his life as an ultramarathon runner…is uplifting and inspirational” (Publishers Weekly) as he describes his globe-spanning races, his record-breaking run across the Sahara Desert, and how running helped him overcome drug addiction—and an unjust stint in federal prison. After a decade-long addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol, Charlie Engle hit bottom with a near-fatal six-day binge that ended in a hail of bullets. As Engle got sober, he turned to running, which became his lifeline, his pastime, and his salvation. He began with marathons, and when marathons weren’t far enough, he began to take on ultramarathons, races that went for thirty-five, fifty, and sometimes hundreds of miles, traveling to some of the most unforgiving places on earth to race. The Matt Damon-produced documentary, Running the Sahara, followed Engle as he lead a team on a harrowing, record breaking 4,500-mile run across the Sahara Desert, which helped raise millions of dollars for charity. Charlie’s growing notoriety led to an investigation and a subsequent unjust conviction for mortgage fraud for which he spent sixteen months in federal prison in Beckley, West Virginia. While in jail, Engle pounded the small prison track, running endlessly in circles. Soon his fellow inmates were joining him, struggling to keep their spirits up in dehumanizing circumstances. In Running Man, Charlie Engle tells the surprising, funny, and emotional story of his life, detailing his setbacks and struggles—from coping with addiction to serving time in prison—and how he blazed a path to freedom by putting one foot in front of the other. “A fast-paced, well-written account of a man who accepts pain, pushes beyond imagined limits, and ultimately finds redemption and peace” (Booklist), this is a raw and triumphant account about finding the threshold of human endurance, and transcending it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273500Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running Man: A Memoir Author: Charlie Engle Narrator: Charlie Engle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running Man: A Memoir Author: Charlie Engle Narrator: Charlie Engle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 11 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Charlie Engle’s “fascinating account of the high and low points of his life as an ultramarathon runner…is uplifting and inspirational” (Publishers Weekly) as he describes his globe-spanning races, his record-breaking run across the Sahara Desert, and how running helped him overcome drug addiction—and an unjust stint in federal prison. After a decade-long addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol, Charlie Engle hit bottom with a near-fatal six-day binge that ended in a hail of bullets. As Engle got sober, he turned to running, which became his lifeline, his pastime, and his salvation. He began with marathons, and when marathons weren’t far enough, he began to take on ultramarathons, races that went for thirty-five, fifty, and sometimes hundreds of miles, traveling to some of the most unforgiving places on earth to race. The Matt Damon-produced documentary, Running the Sahara, followed Engle as he lead a team on a harrowing, record breaking 4,500-mile run across the Sahara Desert, which helped raise millions of dollars for charity. Charlie’s growing notoriety led to an investigation and a subsequent unjust conviction for mortgage fraud for which he spent sixteen months in federal prison in Beckley, West Virginia. While in jail, Engle pounded the small prison track, running endlessly in circles. Soon his fellow inmates were joining him, struggling to keep their spirits up in dehumanizing circumstances. In Running Man, Charlie Engle tells the surprising, funny, and emotional story of his life, detailing his setbacks and struggles—from coping with addiction to serving time in prison—and how he blazed a path to freedom by putting one foot in front of the other. “A fast-paced, well-written account of a man who accepts pain, pushes beyond imagined limits, and ultimately finds redemption and peace” (Booklist), this is a raw and triumphant account about finding the threshold of human endurance, and transcending it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-is-possible-finding-the-faith-and-courage-to-follow-your-dreams-by-jen-bricker--65128972https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: *Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams Author: Jen Bricker Narrator: Jen Bricker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Born without Legs, She Inspires Others to Overcome Jen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: 'Never say 'can't.'' And pretty soon, there was nothing this small but mighty powerhouse set her sights on that she couldn't conquer: roller-skating, volleyball, power tumbling, and spinning from silk ribbons thirty feet in the air.Everything Is Possible is her incredible story--a story of God working out his plan for her life from beforeday one. Readers follow Jen from the challenges of growing up different to holding captive audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. Everything Is Possible shows readers what they can accomplish when they remove the words coincidence and limitation from their vocabulary. Filled with heart and spirit, as well as Jen's wit, wisdom, and no-holds-barred honesty, this inspiring true story points the way to purpose and joy. Foreword by Nick Vujicic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269773Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: *Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams Author: Jen Bricker Narrator: Jen Bricker Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: *Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams Author: Jen Bricker Narrator: Jen Bricker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Born without Legs, She Inspires Others to Overcome Jen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: 'Never say 'can't.'' And pretty soon, there was nothing this small but mighty powerhouse set her sights on that she couldn't conquer: roller-skating, volleyball, power tumbling, and spinning from silk ribbons thirty feet in the air.Everything Is Possible is her incredible story--a story of God working out his plan for her life from beforeday one. Readers follow Jen from the challenges of growing up different to holding captive audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. Everything Is Possible shows readers what they can accomplish when they remove the words coincidence and limitation from their vocabulary. Filled with heart and spirit, as well as Jen's wit, wisdom, and no-holds-barred honesty, this inspiring true story points the way to purpose and joy. Foreword by Nick Vujicic.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-bandanna-a-life-a-choice-a-legacy-by-tom-rinaldi--65128961https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. Author: Tom Rinaldi Narrator: Tom Rinaldi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller What would you do in the last hour of your life?   The story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a lasting lesson on character, calling and courage    One Sunday morning before church, when Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him a red handkerchief for his back pocket. Welles kept it with him that day, and just about every day to come; it became a fixture and his signature. A standout athlete growing up in Upper Nyack, NY, Welles was also a volunteer at the local fire department, along with his father. He cherished the necessity and the camaraderie, the meaning of the role. Fresh from college, he took a Wall Street job on the 104th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, but the dream of becoming a firefighter with the FDNY remained. When the Twin Towers fell, Welles’s parents had no idea what happened to him. In the unbearable days that followed, they came to accept that he would never come home. But the mystery of his final hours persisted. Eight months after the attacks, however, Welles’s mother read a news account from several survivors, badly hurt on the 78th floor of the South Tower, who said they and others had been led to safety by a stranger, carrying a woman on his back, down nearly twenty flights of stairs.  After leading them down, the young man turned around.  “I’m going back up,” was all he said. The survivors didn’t know his name, but despite the smoke and panic, one of them remembered a single detail clearly: the man was wearing a red bandanna.   Tom Rinaldi’s The Red Bandanna is about a fearless choice, about a crucible of terror and the indomitable spirit to answer it. Examining one decision in the gravest situation, it celebrates the difference one life can make.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270035Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. Author: Tom Rinaldi Narrator: Tom Rinaldi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. Author: Tom Rinaldi Narrator: Tom Rinaldi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller What would you do in the last hour of your life?   The story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a lasting lesson on character, calling and courage    One Sunday morning before church, when Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him a red handkerchief for his back pocket. Welles kept it with him that day, and just about every day to come; it became a fixture and his signature. A standout athlete growing up in Upper Nyack, NY, Welles was also a volunteer at the local fire department, along with his father. He cherished the necessity and the camaraderie, the meaning of the role. Fresh from college, he took a Wall Street job on the 104th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, but the dream of becoming a firefighter with the FDNY remained. When the Twin Towers fell, Welles’s parents had no idea what happened to him. In the unbearable days that followed, they came to accept that he would never come home. But the mystery of his final hours persisted. Eight months after the attacks, however, Welles’s mother read a news account from several survivors, badly hurt on the 78th floor of the South Tower, who said they and others had been led to safety by a stranger, carrying a woman on his back, down nearly twenty flights of stairs.  After leading them down, the young man turned around.  “I’m going back up,” was all he said. The survivors didn’t know his name, but despite the smoke and panic, one of them remembered a single detail clearly: the man was wearing a red bandanna.   Tom Rinaldi’s The Red Bandanna is about a fearless choice, about a crucible of terror and the indomitable spirit to answer it. Examining one decision in the gravest situation, it celebrates the difference one life can make.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/head-ball-coach-my-life-in-football-doing-it-differently-and-winning-by-buddy-martin-steve-spurrier--65128967https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Head Ball Coach: My Life in Football, Doing It Differently--and Winning Author: Buddy Martin, Steve Spurrier Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times Bestseller, College football's most colorful, endearing, and successful pioneer, Steve Spurrier, shares his story of a life in football -- from growing up in Tennessee to winning the Heisman Trophy to playing and coaching in the pros to leading the Florida Gators to six SEC Championships and a National Championship to elevating the South Carolina program to new heights -- and coaching like nobody else. He's been called brash, cocky, arrogant, pompous, egotistical, and hilarious, but, mostly, he's known as the Head Ball Coach, a self-ordained term introduced to the lexicon of football by none other than the man, himself, Steve Spurrier. He is the only coach who can claim to be the winningest coach at two different SEC schools, and the only person who has won both the Heisman Trophy as a player and a national championship as a coach. Or who has won a Heisman and coached a Heisman winner. From the beginning, Spurrier didn't want to sound like other coaches, dress like other coaches, and, especially, coach like other coaches. As a controversial football pioneer, he ushered in a different style of leadership and play. Spurrier's press conferences were glorious -- he refused to lapse into coachspeak and was always entertaining, although he took his football very seriously. He was known for his fierce competitiveness, roaming up and down the sidelines, often throwing his signature visor to the ground in disgust. Now resigned from coaching at age 70 -- he doesn't like to say 'retired' yet -- Spurrier has calmed down, but don't mistake that for a lack of fire. He can be just as feisty as the day he set foot on the East Tennessee dirt in Johnson City's Kiwanis Park, where he grew up to become one of the state's all-time greatest athletes, and went on to play for Florida where he launched one of sports history's all-time great careers. In his memoir, Spurrier talks for the first time about the circumstances under which he unexpectedly became a coach and why he resigned at South Carolina. He explains his unique style, the difference between winners and losers, his relationship with the media, why he follows the wisdom of ancient philosophers and warriors, his affinity everything taught by John Wooden, and the reasons behind his relaxed regimen for living well. Spurrier, as always, speaks candidly, bringing together his thoughts about his words, actions, and achievements, while telling countless wonderful anecdotes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270855Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Head Ball Coach: My Life in Football, Doing It Differently--and Winning Author: Buddy Martin, Steve Spurrier Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Head Ball Coach: My Life in Football, Doing It Differently--and Winning Author: Buddy Martin, Steve Spurrier Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times Bestseller, College football's most colorful, endearing, and successful pioneer, Steve Spurrier, shares his story of a life in football -- from growing up in Tennessee to winning the Heisman Trophy to playing and coaching in the pros to leading the Florida Gators to six SEC Championships and a National Championship to elevating the South Carolina program to new heights -- and coaching like nobody else. He's been called brash, cocky, arrogant, pompous, egotistical, and hilarious, but, mostly, he's known as the Head Ball Coach, a self-ordained term introduced to the lexicon of football by none other than the man, himself, Steve Spurrier. He is the only coach who can claim to be the winningest coach at two different SEC schools, and the only person who has won both the Heisman Trophy as a player and a national championship as a coach. Or who has won a Heisman and coached a Heisman winner. From the beginning, Spurrier didn't want to sound like other coaches, dress like other coaches, and, especially, coach like other coaches. As a controversial football pioneer, he ushered in a different style of leadership and play. Spurrier's press conferences were glorious -- he refused to lapse into coachspeak and was always entertaining, although he took his football very seriously. He was known for his fierce competitiveness, roaming up and down the sidelines, often throwing his signature visor to the ground in disgust. Now resigned from coaching at age 70 -- he doesn't like to say 'retired' yet -- Spurrier has calmed down, but don't mistake that for a lack of fire. He can be just as feisty as the day he set foot on the East Tennessee dirt in Johnson City's Kiwanis Park, where he grew up to become one of the state's all-time greatest athletes, and went on to play for Florida where he launched one of sports history's all-time great careers. In his memoir, Spurrier talks for the first time about the circumstances under which he unexpectedly became a coach and why he resigned at South Carolina. He explains his unique style, the difference between winners and losers, his relationship with the media, why he follows the wisdom of ancient philosophers and warriors, his affinity everything taught by John Wooden, and the reasons behind his relaxed regimen for living well. Spurrier, as always, speaks candidly, bringing together his thoughts about his words, actions, and achievements, while telling countless wonderful anecdotes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/counting-the-days-while-my-mind-slips-away-a-love-letter-to-my-family-by-ben-utecht--65128953https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away: A Love Letter to My Family Author: Ben Utecht Narrator: Ben Utecht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters—whom he someday may not recognize—and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Ben Utecht has accumulated a vast treasure of memories: tossing a football in the yard with his father, meeting his wife, with whom he’d build a loving partnership and bring four beautiful daughters into the world, writing and performing music, catching touchdown passes from quarterback Peyton Manning, and playing a Super Bowl Championship watched by ninety-three million people. But the game he has built his living on, the game he fell in love with as a child, is taking its toll in a devastating way. After at least five major concussions—and an untold number of micro-concussions—Ben suffered multiple mild traumatic brain injuries that have erased important memories. Knowing that his wife and daughters could someday be beyond his reach and desperate for them to understand how much he loves them, he recorded his memories for them to hold on to after his essential self is gone. Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away chronicles his remarkable journey from his early days throwing a football back and forth with his father to speaking about the long-term effects of concussions before Congress, and how his faith keeps him strong and grounded as he looks toward an uncertain future. Ben recounts the experiences that have shaped his life and imparts the lessons he’s learned along the way. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben’s story will captivate and encourage you to make the most of every day and treasure all of your memories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269442Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away: A Love Letter to My Family Author: Ben Utecht Narrator: Ben Utecht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away: A Love Letter to My Family Author: Ben Utecht Narrator: Ben Utecht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters—whom he someday may not recognize—and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Ben Utecht has accumulated a vast treasure of memories: tossing a football in the yard with his father, meeting his wife, with whom he’d build a loving partnership and bring four beautiful daughters into the world, writing and performing music, catching touchdown passes from quarterback Peyton Manning, and playing a Super Bowl Championship watched by ninety-three million people. But the game he has built his living on, the game he fell in love with as a child, is taking its toll in a devastating way. After at least five major concussions—and an untold number of micro-concussions—Ben suffered multiple mild traumatic brain injuries that have erased important memories. Knowing that his wife and daughters could someday be beyond his reach and desperate for them to understand how much he loves them, he recorded his memories for them to hold on to after his essential self is gone. Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away chronicles his remarkable journey from his early days throwing a football back and forth with his father to speaking about the long-term effects of concussions before Congress, and how his faith keeps him strong and grounded as he looks toward an uncertain future. Ben recounts the experiences that have shaped his life and imparts the lessons he’s learned along the way. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben’s story will captivate and encourage you to make the most of every day and treasure all of your memories.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carry-on-a-story-or-resilience-redemption-and-an-unlikely-family-by-lisa-fenn--65128916https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carry On: A Story or Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family Author: Lisa Fenn Narrator: Lisa Fenn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer’s unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds—blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family—would transform their lives. When award-winning ESPN producer Lisa Fenn returned to her hometown for a story about two wrestlers at one of Cleveland’s toughest public high schools, she had no idea that the trip would change her life. Both young men were disadvantaged students with significant physical disabilities. Dartanyon Crockett was legally blind as a result of Leber’s disease; Leroy Sutton lost both his legs at eleven, when he was run over by a train. Brought together by wrestling, they had developed a brother-like bond as they worked to overcome their disabilities. After forming a profound connection with Dartanyon and Leroy, Fenn realized she couldn't just walk away when filming ended; these boys had had to overcome the odds too many times. Instead, Fenn dedicated herself to ensuring their success long after the reporting was finished and the story aired—and an unlikely family of three was formed. The years ahead would be fraught with complex challenges, but Fenn stayed with the boys every step of the way—teaching them essential life skills, helping them heal old wounds and traumatic pasts, and providing the first steady and consistent support system they’d ever had. This powerful memoir is one of love, hope, faith, and strength—a story about an unusual family and the courage to carry on, even in the most extraordinary circumstances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270216Tue, 16 Aug 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carry On: A Story or Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family Author: Lisa Fenn Narrator: Lisa Fenn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carry On: A Story or Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family Author: Lisa Fenn Narrator: Lisa Fenn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer’s unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds—blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family—would transform their lives. When award-winning ESPN producer Lisa Fenn returned to her hometown for a story about two wrestlers at one of Cleveland’s toughest public high schools, she had no idea that the trip would change her life. Both young men were disadvantaged students with significant physical disabilities. Dartanyon Crockett was legally blind as a result of Leber’s disease; Leroy Sutton lost both his legs at eleven, when he was run over by a train. Brought together by wrestling, they had developed a brother-like bond as they worked to overcome their disabilities. After forming a profound connection with Dartanyon and Leroy, Fenn realized she couldn't just walk away when filming ended; these boys had had to overcome the odds too many times. Instead, Fenn dedicated herself to ensuring their success long after the reporting was finished and the story aired—and an unlikely family of three was formed. The years ahead would be fraught with complex challenges, but Fenn stayed with the boys every step of the way—teaching them essential life skills, helping them heal old wounds and traumatic pasts, and providing the first steady and consistent support system they’d ever had. This powerful memoir is one of love, hope, faith, and strength—a story about an unusual family and the courage to carry on, even in the most extraordinary circumstances.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wreck-my-life-journeying-from-broken-to-bold-by-mo-isom--65128960https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: *Wreck My Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold Author: Mo Isom Narrator: Mo Isom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Inspiring Story of How Brokenness Leads to Bold Faith Jesus promises peace and trouble for his followers. But most of us accept the peace and are confused and angry when adversity comes our way. All-American soccer star Mo Isom knows the struggle firsthand. While her life seemed like a success, she was battling an eating disorder, the suicide of her father, and a horrific car accident. It wasn't until God wrecked her life that she discovered the glory of renewal through Jesus Christ and that wreckage can be sacred rather than scarring. Readers take the journey from broken to bold with her and learn to surrender their lives to the King who was wrecked on their behalf.Endorsements 'Mo reminds us that brokenness is actually the very place God meets us the most, and the place where we can find Jesus like never before.'--Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion 'Every person who picks up this book will be challenged, entertained, and more connected with God by reading it.'--Annie Downs, author of Let's All Be Brave]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268895Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: *Wreck My Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold Author: Mo Isom Narrator: Mo Isom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: *Wreck My Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold Author: Mo Isom Narrator: Mo Isom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Inspiring Story of How Brokenness Leads to Bold Faith Jesus promises peace and trouble for his followers. But most of us accept the peace and are confused and angry when adversity comes our way. All-American soccer star Mo Isom knows the struggle firsthand. While her life seemed like a success, she was battling an eating disorder, the suicide of her father, and a horrific car accident. It wasn't until God wrecked her life that she discovered the glory of renewal through Jesus Christ and that wreckage can be sacred rather than scarring. Readers take the journey from broken to bold with her and learn to surrender their lives to the King who was wrecked on their behalf.Endorsements 'Mo reminds us that brokenness is actually the very place God meets us the most, and the place where we can find Jesus like never before.'--Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion 'Every person who picks up this book will be challenged, entertained, and more connected with God by reading it.'--Annie Downs, author of Let's All Be Brave]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hands-of-stone-the-life-and-legend-of-roberto-duran-by-christian-giudice--65128957https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran Author: Christian Giudice Narrator: Ozzie Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The subject of the major motion picture Hands of Stone starring Ana de Armas, Ellen Barkin, Robert De Niro, and Edgar Ramirez.  Roberto Duran is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest boxer of all time, he held world titles at four different weights and is the only boxer in history to have fought in five different decades. His bouts with fellow greats like Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler have gone down in fistic folklore. He finally retired in January of 2002 at age fifty-two, with a professional record of 104 wins (69 by KO) in 120 fights. They called him Manos de Piedra: “Hands of Stone.” Now journalist Christian Giudice has written the first—and definitive—story of Duran’s incredible life, both in and out of the ring. He has interviewed the fighter, his family, closest friends, and scores of his opponents to separate truth from myth. Duran was born in utter poverty in Panama and grew up in the streets, fighting to survive. His talent with his fists soon emerged, and he had his first professional fight in 1967. Duran grew into a fighter’s fighter. His hunger to destroy opponents and his willingness to take on anyone, anywhere, made him a huge favorite while his flamboyant lifestyle outside the ring made headline news. Duran was one of the first Latino fighters to become a mainstream sports star in the United States, and his natural talent, unprecedented achievements, and longevity made an indelible mark on the world of sport. 'A riveting read from the first page to the last.'—The Ring 'An extraordinary tale.'—The Times (London) 'A compelling book; at times it’s a profoundly detailed reconstruction of Duran’s world.'—Gerald Early, Belles-Lettres]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269513Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran Author: Christian Giudice Narrator: Ozzie Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran Author: Christian Giudice Narrator: Ozzie Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The subject of the major motion picture Hands of Stone starring Ana de Armas, Ellen Barkin, Robert De Niro, and Edgar Ramirez.  Roberto Duran is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest boxer of all time, he held world titles at four different weights and is the only boxer in history to have fought in five different decades. His bouts with fellow greats like Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler have gone down in fistic folklore. He finally retired in January of 2002 at age fifty-two, with a professional record of 104 wins (69 by KO) in 120 fights. They called him Manos de Piedra: “Hands of Stone.” Now journalist Christian Giudice has written the first—and definitive—story of Duran’s incredible life, both in and out of the ring. He has interviewed the fighter, his family, closest friends, and scores of his opponents to separate truth from myth. Duran was born in utter poverty in Panama and grew up in the streets, fighting to survive. His talent with his fists soon emerged, and he had his first professional fight in 1967. Duran grew into a fighter’s fighter. His hunger to destroy opponents and his willingness to take on anyone, anywhere, made him a huge favorite while his flamboyant lifestyle outside the ring made headline news. Duran was one of the first Latino fighters to become a mainstream sports star in the United States, and his natural talent, unprecedented achievements, and longevity made an indelible mark on the world of sport. 'A riveting read from the first page to the last.'—The Ring 'An extraordinary tale.'—The Times (London) 'A compelling book; at times it’s a profoundly detailed reconstruction of Duran’s world.'—Gerald Early, Belles-Lettres]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-running-by-haruki-murakami--65128811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In 1982 Murakami began running to keep fit. Here, he reflects on his running experiences. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must read for fans of this masterful writer, and for the increasing number of people who find a similar satisfaction in running.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334483Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In 1982 Murakami began running to keep fit. Here, he reflects on his running experiences. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must read for fans of this masterful writer, and for the increasing number of people who find a similar satisfaction in running.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/muhammad-ali-a-tribute-to-the-greatest-by-thomas-hauser--65128889https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest Author: Thomas Hauser Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer prize nominee and William Hill award-winning writer Thomas Hauser’s tribute to Ali, the greatest sporting icon the world has ever seen. Few global personalities have commanded an all-encompassing sporting and cultural audience like Muhammad Ali. Many have tried to interpret in words his impact and legacy. Now, Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest allows us to more fully appreciate the truth and understand both the man and the ways in which he helped recalibrate how the world perceives its transcendent figures. In this companion volume to his seminal biography of Ali, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Hauser provides an updated retrospective of Ali’s life. Relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries of Ali, and memories gathered over the course of decades on the cutting edge of boxing journalism, Hauser explores Ali in detail inside and outside the ring. Muhammad Ali has attained mythical status. But in recent years, he has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenise the electrifying nature of his persona. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitising his legacy is a disservice to history and to Ali himself. Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest strips away the revisionism to reveal the true Ali, and, through Hauser’s assembled writing and hitherto unpublished essays, recounts the life journey of a man universally recognised as a unique and treasured world icon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312112Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest Author: Thomas Hauser Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest Author: Thomas Hauser Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer prize nominee and William Hill award-winning writer Thomas Hauser’s tribute to Ali, the greatest sporting icon the world has ever seen. Few global personalities have commanded an all-encompassing sporting and cultural audience like Muhammad Ali. Many have tried to interpret in words his impact and legacy. Now, Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest allows us to more fully appreciate the truth and understand both the man and the ways in which he helped recalibrate how the world perceives its transcendent figures. In this companion volume to his seminal biography of Ali, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Hauser provides an updated retrospective of Ali’s life. Relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries of Ali, and memories gathered over the course of decades on the cutting edge of boxing journalism, Hauser explores Ali in detail inside and outside the ring. Muhammad Ali has attained mythical status. But in recent years, he has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenise the electrifying nature of his persona. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitising his legacy is a disservice to history and to Ali himself. Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest strips away the revisionism to reveal the true Ali, and, through Hauser’s assembled writing and hitherto unpublished essays, recounts the life journey of a man universally recognised as a unique and treasured world icon.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/under-our-skin-getting-real-about-race-and-getting-free-from-the-fears-and-frustrations-that-divide-us-by-benjamin-watson--65128942https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race--and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us Author: Benjamin Watson Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Can it ever get better? This is the question Benjamin Watson is asking. In a country aflame with the fallout from the racial divide—in which Ferguson, Charleston, and the Confederate flag dominate the national news, daily seeming to rip the wounds open ever wider—is there hope for honest and healing conversation? For finally coming to understand each other on issues that are ultimately about so much more than black and white? An NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints and a widely read and followed commentator on social media, Watson has taken the Internet by storm with his remarkable insights about some of the most sensitive and charged topics of our day. Now, in Under Our Skin, Watson draws from his own life, his family legacy, and his role as a father to sensitively and honestly examine both sides of the race debate and appeal to the power and possibility of faith as a step toward healing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314986Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race--and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us Author: Benjamin Watson Narrator: JD Jackson...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race--and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us Author: Benjamin Watson Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Can it ever get better? This is the question Benjamin Watson is asking. In a country aflame with the fallout from the racial divide—in which Ferguson, Charleston, and the Confederate flag dominate the national news, daily seeming to rip the wounds open ever wider—is there hope for honest and healing conversation? For finally coming to understand each other on issues that are ultimately about so much more than black and white? An NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints and a widely read and followed commentator on social media, Watson has taken the Internet by storm with his remarkable insights about some of the most sensitive and charged topics of our day. Now, in Under Our Skin, Watson draws from his own life, his family legacy, and his role as a father to sensitively and honestly examine both sides of the race debate and appeal to the power and possibility of faith as a step toward healing.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-my-improbable-journey-to-the-main-event-of-wrestlemania-by-daniel-bryan--65128930https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of Wrestlemania Author: Daniel Bryan Narrator: Daniel Bryan, Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: YES! YES! YES! Daniel Bryan is the real deal. Everyone’s favourite underdog, he’s proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. Just ask everyone who’s ever underestimated him…right before he went out and whipped the WWE Universe into a frenzy. This is Bryan’s behind-the-scenes story told for the first time ever — from his beginnings as a child wanting to wrestle to his ten years on the circuit before finally making it in WWE. When his 'YES!' chant becomes a full-fledged movement, his career skyrockets. This book chronicles all the hard work, values, influences, unique life choices and more leading to his watershed week at WrestleMania 30. You won’t want to miss it. Yes! We’re sure about this.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289202Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of Wrestlemania Author: Daniel Bryan Narrator: Daniel Bryan, Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of Wrestlemania Author: Daniel Bryan Narrator: Daniel Bryan, Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: YES! YES! YES! Daniel Bryan is the real deal. Everyone’s favourite underdog, he’s proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. Just ask everyone who’s ever underestimated him…right before he went out and whipped the WWE Universe into a frenzy. This is Bryan’s behind-the-scenes story told for the first time ever — from his beginnings as a child wanting to wrestle to his ten years on the circuit before finally making it in WWE. When his 'YES!' chant becomes a full-fledged movement, his career skyrockets. This book chronicles all the hard work, values, influences, unique life choices and more leading to his watershed week at WrestleMania 30. You won’t want to miss it. Yes! We’re sure about this.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/between-the-sunset-and-the-sea-a-view-of-16-british-mountains-by-simon-ingram--65128888https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Sunset and the Sea: A View of 16 British Mountains Author: Simon Ingram Narrator: Robbie Macnab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 12, 2015 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: ‘I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indefinable, unmistakable quickening of the pulse.’ In the late 18th century, mountains shifted from being universally reviled to becoming the most inspiring things on earth. Simply put, the monsters became muses – and an entire artistic movement was born. This movement became a love affair, the love affair became an obsession, and gradually but surely, obsession became lifestyle as mountains became stitched into the fabric of the British cultural tapestry. In his compelling new book, Simon Ingram explores how mountains became such a preoccupation for the modern western imagination, weaving his own adventures into a powerful narrative which provides a kind of experiential hit list for people who don’t have the time nor the will to climb a thousand mountains. For some of these mountains, the most amazing thing about them might be the journey they’ve taken to get here. Others, the tales of science, endeavour and art that have played out on their slopes. The mythology they’re drenched in. The history they’ve seen. The genius they’ve inspired. The danger that draws people to them. The life that clusters around them, human and otherwise. The extreme weather they conjure. The adventure they fuel. The way that some raise the hairs on the back of your neck, and trigger powerful, strange emotions. And moreover, what they’re like to be amidst, under, on – just what that indefinable quality is that the British mountains wield which takes possession of you so powerfully, and never goes away. Ingram takes us high into the rafters of Britain’s most forbidding, unflinching and unchanging wild places through all the seasons of the year – from the first blush of spring to the deepest, darkest bite of the mountain winter. From Beinn Dearg to Ben Nevis, he takes us on a journey spanning sixteen of Britain’s most evocative mountainous landscapes, and what they mean to us today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313508Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Sunset and the Sea: A View of 16 British Mountains Author: Simon Ingram Narrator: Robbie Macnab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Sunset and the Sea: A View of 16 British Mountains Author: Simon Ingram Narrator: Robbie Macnab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 12, 2015 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: ‘I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indefinable, unmistakable quickening of the pulse.’ In the late 18th century, mountains shifted from being universally reviled to becoming the most inspiring things on earth. Simply put, the monsters became muses – and an entire artistic movement was born. This movement became a love affair, the love affair became an obsession, and gradually but surely, obsession became lifestyle as mountains became stitched into the fabric of the British cultural tapestry. In his compelling new book, Simon Ingram explores how mountains became such a preoccupation for the modern western imagination, weaving his own adventures into a powerful narrative which provides a kind of experiential hit list for people who don’t have the time nor the will to climb a thousand mountains. For some of these mountains, the most amazing thing about them might be the journey they’ve taken to get here. Others, the tales of science, endeavour and art that have played out on their slopes. The mythology they’re drenched in. The history they’ve seen. The genius they’ve inspired. The danger that draws people to them. The life that clusters around them, human and otherwise. The extreme weather they conjure. The adventure they fuel. The way that some raise the hairs on the back of your neck, and trigger powerful, strange emotions. And moreover, what they’re like to be amidst, under, on – just what that indefinable quality is that the British mountains wield which takes possession of you so powerfully, and never goes away. Ingram takes us high into the rafters of Britain’s most forbidding, unflinching and unchanging wild places through all the seasons of the year – from the first blush of spring to the deepest, darkest bite of the mountain winter. From Beinn Dearg to Ben Nevis, he takes us on a journey spanning sixteen of Britain’s most evocative mountainous landscapes, and what they mean to us today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-climb-the-autobiography-by-chris-froome--65128891https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: The Autobiography Author: Chris Froome Narrator: Patrick Doherty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the revealing, inspirational memoir from the British winner of the Tour de France. The Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, riding through townships and past wild animals, and with few opportunities for an aspiring cyclist, to his unforgettable yellow jersey victory in the 2013 Tour de France. A journey unlike any other in the history of cycling, Froome has crossed continents, overcome the death of his mother and conquered debilitating illness to follow his dreams and represent Team GB and Team Sky. He has experienced soaring triumphs, humbling defeats, a public rivalry with Bradley Wiggins and, most recently, the pressures of Lance Armstrong's legacy. Extraordinary and life-affirming, The Climb is a story of determination, hardship and unimaginable success.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293449Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: The Autobiography Author: Chris Froome Narrator: Patrick Doherty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: The Autobiography Author: Chris Froome Narrator: Patrick Doherty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the revealing, inspirational memoir from the British winner of the Tour de France. The Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, riding through townships and past wild animals, and with few opportunities for an aspiring cyclist, to his unforgettable yellow jersey victory in the 2013 Tour de France. A journey unlike any other in the history of cycling, Froome has crossed continents, overcome the death of his mother and conquered debilitating illness to follow his dreams and represent Team GB and Team Sky. He has experienced soaring triumphs, humbling defeats, a public rivalry with Bradley Wiggins and, most recently, the pressures of Lance Armstrong's legacy. Extraordinary and life-affirming, The Climb is a story of determination, hardship and unimaginable success.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cycle-of-lies-the-fall-of-lance-armstrong-by-juliet-macur--65128866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong Author: Juliet Macur Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A fly-on-the-wall account of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal – the greatest drama in modern sporting history by the New York Times cycling correspondent. As Lance Armstrong’s precipitous fall from grace continues, New York Times sports reporter Juliet Macur takes the reader behind the scenes to bring you the astonishing twists and turns of an outrage that has rocked the world of cycling. With unprecedented access to the key players in the drama – from Armstrong’s fellow cyclists and top cycling officials to doctors, trainers and wives – ‘Cycle of Lies’ reveals how Armstrong built a fortress of people around him to protect his image and upend the lives of anybody who stood in his way. As America’s fallen idol faces potential perjury charges, ‘Cycle of Lies’ widens the focus to expose corruption at all levels of the sport in a thrilling work of contemporary narrative history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315734Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong Author: Juliet Macur Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong Author: Juliet Macur Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A fly-on-the-wall account of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal – the greatest drama in modern sporting history by the New York Times cycling correspondent. As Lance Armstrong’s precipitous fall from grace continues, New York Times sports reporter Juliet Macur takes the reader behind the scenes to bring you the astonishing twists and turns of an outrage that has rocked the world of cycling. With unprecedented access to the key players in the drama – from Armstrong’s fellow cyclists and top cycling officials to doctors, trainers and wives – ‘Cycle of Lies’ reveals how Armstrong built a fortress of people around him to protect his image and upend the lives of anybody who stood in his way. As America’s fallen idol faces potential perjury charges, ‘Cycle of Lies’ widens the focus to expose corruption at all levels of the sport in a thrilling work of contemporary narrative history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/undisputed-truth-my-autobiography-by-mike-tyson--65128884https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography Author: Mike Tyson Narrator: Joshua Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Love him or loathe him, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson is an icon and one of the most fascinating sporting figures of our time. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Tyson lays bare his demons and tells his story: from poverty to stardom to hell and back again In this, his first, autobiography, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson pulls no punches and lays bare the story of his remarkable life and career. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidis’s best-selling memoir ‘Scar Tissue’, this is a visceral, and unputdown-able story of a man born and raised to brutality, who reached the heights of stardom before falling to crime, substance abuse and infamy. Full of all the controversy and complexity that you would expect from a man who delighted as much as he shocked, this is a book that will surprise people and reveal a fascinating character beneath the exterior of violence. If you think you know all about Mike Tyson, read this book and think again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307278Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography Author: Mike Tyson Narrator: Joshua Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 9 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography Author: Mike Tyson Narrator: Joshua Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Love him or loathe him, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson is an icon and one of the most fascinating sporting figures of our time. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Tyson lays bare his demons and tells his story: from poverty to stardom to hell and back again In this, his first, autobiography, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson pulls no punches and lays bare the story of his remarkable life and career. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidis’s best-selling memoir ‘Scar Tissue’, this is a visceral, and unputdown-able story of a man born and raised to brutality, who reached the heights of stardom before falling to crime, substance abuse and infamy. Full of all the controversy and complexity that you would expect from a man who delighted as much as he shocked, this is a book that will surprise people and reveal a fascinating character beneath the exterior of violence. If you think you know all about Mike Tyson, read this book and think again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murray-walker-unless-i-m-very-much-mistaken-by-murray-walker--65128872https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken Author: Murray Walker Narrator: Murray Walker Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The voice of motor racing and much loved public figure – and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 – tells the story of his incident-packed life, with a brand new chapter on his globetrotting adventures since retirement. Murray Walker is a national treasure. When the man who made famous the catch phrase 'Unless I'm very much mistaken… I AM very much mistaken!!!' announced that he was retiring as ITV's Grand Prix commentator, the media reacted as if the sport itself was losing one of its biggest stars. His reputation for mistakes was the making of Walker. He was the fan who happened to be given the keys to the commentary box – and never wanted to give them back. His high-octane delivery kept viewers on the edge of their seats, while his passion for talking about the sport he loved was matched by an all-encompassing knowledge gained through hours of painstaking research before every race. In his book he writes about his childhood and the influence that his father, British motorcycle champion Graham Walker, had on his career. Failing to match his father's achievements on the track after active service in World War II, he made a successful career for himself in advertising which catapulted him to the top of his profession. An offer from the BBC to take over the commentary seat for their F1 broadcasts was too good to turn down, and it wasn't long before the infamous 'Murrayisms' enlivened a sport which until then had been shrouded in a cloak of unfathomable technical jargon and mind-numbing statistics. He also talks about the biggest changes in the sport over the last 50 years, in particular the safety issues which came to the fore after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna, which he witnessed first hand. His partnership with James Hunt behind the microphone is the subject of some hilarious anecdotes, while his views on drivers past and present such as Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher make for fascinating reading.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316149Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken Author: Murray Walker Narrator: Murray Walker Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken Author: Murray Walker Narrator: Murray Walker Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The voice of motor racing and much loved public figure – and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 – tells the story of his incident-packed life, with a brand new chapter on his globetrotting adventures since retirement. Murray Walker is a national treasure. When the man who made famous the catch phrase 'Unless I'm very much mistaken… I AM very much mistaken!!!' announced that he was retiring as ITV's Grand Prix commentator, the media reacted as if the sport itself was losing one of its biggest stars. His reputation for mistakes was the making of Walker. He was the fan who happened to be given the keys to the commentary box – and never wanted to give them back. His high-octane delivery kept viewers on the edge of their seats, while his passion for talking about the sport he loved was matched by an all-encompassing knowledge gained through hours of painstaking research before every race. In his book he writes about his childhood and the influence that his father, British motorcycle champion Graham Walker, had on his career. Failing to match his father's achievements on the track after active service in World War II, he made a successful career for himself in advertising which catapulted him to the top of his profession. An offer from the BBC to take over the commentary seat for their F1 broadcasts was too good to turn down, and it wasn't long before the infamous 'Murrayisms' enlivened a sport which until then had been shrouded in a cloak of unfathomable technical jargon and mind-numbing statistics. He also talks about the biggest changes in the sport over the last 50 years, in particular the safety issues which came to the fore after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna, which he witnessed first hand. His partnership with James Hunt behind the microphone is the subject of some hilarious anecdotes, while his views on drivers past and present such as Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher make for fascinating reading.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bobby-moore-by-the-person-who-knew-him-best-by-tina-moore--65128874https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bobby Moore: By the Person Who Knew Him Best Author: Tina Moore Narrator: Tina Moore Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 26, 2013 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE STORY WHICH INSPIRED THE MAJOR ITV DRAMA TINA AND BOBBY. Bobby Moore’s untimely death in 1993, at the age of 51, had a profound impact on the people of this country. As the only English football captain ever to raise the World Cup, he was not just a football icon but a national one. Yet Bobby was an intensely reserved, almost mysterious personality. Only one person was his true friend and confidante – his boyhood sweetheart, Tina, whom he met at 17 and married soon after. Tina Moore’s story of her life with Bobby, the triumphs and crises of his football career, the break-up of their marriage and what happened afterwards, is a moving tribute to a national icon by the person who knew him better than anyone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316160Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bobby Moore: By the Person Who Knew Him Best Author: Tina Moore Narrator: Tina Moore Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bobby Moore: By the Person Who Knew Him Best Author: Tina Moore Narrator: Tina Moore Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 26, 2013 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: THE STORY WHICH INSPIRED THE MAJOR ITV DRAMA TINA AND BOBBY. Bobby Moore’s untimely death in 1993, at the age of 51, had a profound impact on the people of this country. As the only English football captain ever to raise the World Cup, he was not just a football icon but a national one. Yet Bobby was an intensely reserved, almost mysterious personality. Only one person was his true friend and confidante – his boyhood sweetheart, Tina, whom he met at 17 and married soon after. Tina Moore’s story of her life with Bobby, the triumphs and crises of his football career, the break-up of their marriage and what happened afterwards, is a moving tribute to a national icon by the person who knew him better than anyone.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frankie-the-autobiography-of-frankie-dettori-by-frankie-dettori--65128879https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frankie: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori Author: Frankie Dettori Narrator: Andrew Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Frankie Dettori is a unique character in modern-day Britain: a millionaire champion jockey irresistible to the punters; a charismatic personality with an easy charm and immaculate dress sense that make him an instant favourite on TV chat shows; and a celebrity with a fascinating life story encompassing drama, passion, death and deliverance. In his own words, Frankie Dettori charts his rise from stable lad to champion jockey, revealing the endless hours of hard work, the fun along the way, and his determination to succeed against the odds. His book relives his nine Classic winners in the UK and features his notable victories at the St Leger, The Breeder’s Cup Mile, the Arc de Triomphe, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and, memorably, his seven winners on the same card at Ascot in 1996. We also discover the secrets of his successful partnerships with trainers like Luca Cumani and John Gosden, and owners such as Sheikh Mohammed of the Goldolphin organisation. This is also a human interest story. Frankie talks openly about using drugs to keep his weight down, his celebrity role as team captain on ‘A Question of Sport’, his rich and varied lifestyle outside of racing, and of the moment when he almost lost his life following a plane crash. Controversial, informative and hugely entertaining, Frankie Dettori’s life story will appeal to the millions of people who follow the sport as well as those intrigued to know more about one of the greatest talents that horse-racing has ever seen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319489Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frankie: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori Author: Frankie Dettori Narrator: Andrew Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frankie: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori Author: Frankie Dettori Narrator: Andrew Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Frankie Dettori is a unique character in modern-day Britain: a millionaire champion jockey irresistible to the punters; a charismatic personality with an easy charm and immaculate dress sense that make him an instant favourite on TV chat shows; and a celebrity with a fascinating life story encompassing drama, passion, death and deliverance. In his own words, Frankie Dettori charts his rise from stable lad to champion jockey, revealing the endless hours of hard work, the fun along the way, and his determination to succeed against the odds. His book relives his nine Classic winners in the UK and features his notable victories at the St Leger, The Breeder’s Cup Mile, the Arc de Triomphe, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and, memorably, his seven winners on the same card at Ascot in 1996. We also discover the secrets of his successful partnerships with trainers like Luca Cumani and John Gosden, and owners such as Sheikh Mohammed of the Goldolphin organisation. This is also a human interest story. Frankie talks openly about using drugs to keep his weight down, his celebrity role as team captain on ‘A Question of Sport’, his rich and varied lifestyle outside of racing, and of the moment when he almost lost his life following a plane crash. Controversial, informative and hugely entertaining, Frankie Dettori’s life story will appeal to the millions of people who follow the sport as well as those intrigued to know more about one of the greatest talents that horse-racing has ever seen.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/denzel-washington-by-anne-hill--65128860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Denzel Washington Author: Anne Hill Narrator: J.D. Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 15, 2013 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the Chelsea House Black Americans of Achievement series, this biography focuses on one of today's most talented and popular screen stars.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302229Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Denzel Washington Author: Anne Hill Narrator: J.D. Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 15, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Denzel Washington Author: Anne Hill Narrator: J.D. Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 15, 2013 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the Chelsea House Black Americans of Achievement series, this biography focuses on one of today's most talented and popular screen stars.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/linspired-the-remarkable-rise-of-jeremy-lin-by-mike-yorkey--65128924https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/288998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Linspired: The Remarkable Rise of Jeremy Lin Author: Mike Yorkey Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Linspired reveals the remarkable journey of the ultimate underdog, Jeremy Lin, superstar of the New York Knicks and the first American-born player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. In spite of being cut by two NBA teams before he signed with the Knicks, Lin always trusted that God had a plan for his life and his talents: 'I'm not exactly sure how it is all going to turn out, but I know for a fact that God has called me to be here now in the NBA,' says Lin in Linspired. After weeks of sitting at the end of the bench, a teammate’s injury finally placed Lin on the court. Since then, he has captivated sports fans throughout the world with his tremendous skill and humble response to “Linsanity.” Weighing in on this phenomenon are tennis’s Michael Chang, the first notable Asian-American athlete, Lin’s pastor, Stephen Chen, and Pat Williams, senior vice president of the Orlando Magic. Other features include eight pages of full-color photos and in-depth interviews with Lin himself. Here is the remarkable inside story of the meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/288998Mon, 28 May 2012 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/288998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Linspired: The Remarkable Rise of Jeremy Lin Author: Mike Yorkey Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/288998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Linspired: The Remarkable Rise of Jeremy Lin Author: Mike Yorkey Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Linspired reveals the remarkable journey of the ultimate underdog, Jeremy Lin, superstar of the New York Knicks and the first American-born player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. In spite of being cut by two NBA teams before he signed with the Knicks, Lin always trusted that God had a plan for his life and his talents: 'I'm not exactly sure how it is all going to turn out, but I know for a fact that God has called me to be here now in the NBA,' says Lin in Linspired. After weeks of sitting at the end of the bench, a teammate’s injury finally placed Lin on the court. Since then, he has captivated sports fans throughout the world with his tremendous skill and humble response to “Linsanity.” Weighing in on this phenomenon are tennis’s Michael Chang, the first notable Asian-American athlete, Lin’s pastor, Stephen Chen, and Pat Williams, senior vice president of the Orlando Magic. Other features include eight pages of full-color photos and in-depth interviews with Lin himself. Here is the remarkable inside story of the meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/muhammad-ali-in-his-own-words-by-muhammad-ali--65128822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Muhammad Ali In His Own Words Author: Muhammad Ali Narrator: Muhammad Ali Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This fascinating collection of archive interviews with Muhammad Ali begins in 1965 with an interview with Harry Carpenter, and culminates with a TV interview with Joanna Lumley in 1989. Along the way Ali makes several famous appearances on Parkinson in the 1970s, and talks to David Frost in The Frost Interview. The 1980s find him answering questions about his impending retirement and rumours that he is suffering from Parkinson's disease. In the course of these appearances he also discusses his fighting career, his frank views on religion and society, his vision of a separate black-only American state, and his lack of formal education. The interviews included in this collection are I, Cassius, BBC Radio (first broadcast 11 May 1965); Sports View, BBC radio (first broadcast 15 August 1967); The Richest Prize in Sport, BBC television (first broadcast 14 March 1968); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 17 October 1971); The Frost Interview (recorded 1974); Muhammad Ali: Most Boxers Can't Even Talk, BBC television (first broadcast 5 August 1975); archive interview, BBC radio (first broadcast 17 July 1977); Tonight, BBC television (first broadcast 15 January 1979); archive interview, BBC television (first broadcast 19 September 1984) and Wogan, BBC television (first broadcast 1989, hosted by Joanna Lumley). Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. ©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330685Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Muhammad Ali In His Own Words Author: Muhammad Ali Narrator: Muhammad Ali Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Muhammad Ali In His Own Words Author: Muhammad Ali Narrator: Muhammad Ali Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This fascinating collection of archive interviews with Muhammad Ali begins in 1965 with an interview with Harry Carpenter, and culminates with a TV interview with Joanna Lumley in 1989. Along the way Ali makes several famous appearances on Parkinson in the 1970s, and talks to David Frost in The Frost Interview. The 1980s find him answering questions about his impending retirement and rumours that he is suffering from Parkinson's disease. In the course of these appearances he also discusses his fighting career, his frank views on religion and society, his vision of a separate black-only American state, and his lack of formal education. The interviews included in this collection are I, Cassius, BBC Radio (first broadcast 11 May 1965); Sports View, BBC radio (first broadcast 15 August 1967); The Richest Prize in Sport, BBC television (first broadcast 14 March 1968); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 17 October 1971); The Frost Interview (recorded 1974); Muhammad Ali: Most Boxers Can't Even Talk, BBC television (first broadcast 5 August 1975); archive interview, BBC radio (first broadcast 17 July 1977); Tonight, BBC television (first broadcast 15 January 1979); archive interview, BBC television (first broadcast 19 September 1984) and Wogan, BBC television (first broadcast 1989, hosted by Joanna Lumley). Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. ©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-in-the-white-suit-the-stig-le-mans-the-fast-lane-and-me-by-ben-collins--65128870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me Author: Ben Collins Narrator: Ben Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 28, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more – including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear… When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered – who is The Man in the White Suit? They're about to find out. Ben Collins caught the car the bug young, kicking his dad's boss in the balls for not giving him a company Jag. This was the attitude that eventually led him to spend seven years sharing a cabin with Jeremy Clarkson's underwear, James May's PhD thesis and Richard Hammond's hairspray. Because he is The Stig. Now he tells all about life inside the iconic white helmet. What it's like to guide a blind ex-RAF officer around the Top Gear track; pit a drug dealer's Mitsubishi Evo against a Trojan tank; set a Vauxhall Monara against Chloe the dancing Ninja; and race double-decker Routemasters against bendy buses. Not to mention all the inside stuff on how the show's amazing driving sequences are made. He also reveals how he got to be there – setting a Dunsfold lap time faster than Michael Schumacher's. Breaking records with the best of the best at Daytona and Le Mans. It's an awesome story, told by an amazing man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320233Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me Author: Ben Collins Narrator: Ben Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me Author: Ben Collins Narrator: Ben Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 28, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more – including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear… When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered – who is The Man in the White Suit? They're about to find out. Ben Collins caught the car the bug young, kicking his dad's boss in the balls for not giving him a company Jag. This was the attitude that eventually led him to spend seven years sharing a cabin with Jeremy Clarkson's underwear, James May's PhD thesis and Richard Hammond's hairspray. Because he is The Stig. Now he tells all about life inside the iconic white helmet. What it's like to guide a blind ex-RAF officer around the Top Gear track; pit a drug dealer's Mitsubishi Evo against a Trojan tank; set a Vauxhall Monara against Chloe the dancing Ninja; and race double-decker Routemasters against bendy buses. Not to mention all the inside stuff on how the show's amazing driving sequences are made. He also reveals how he got to be there – setting a Dunsfold lap time faster than Michael Schumacher's. Breaking records with the best of the best at Daytona and Le Mans. It's an awesome story, told by an amazing man.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mike-and-mike-s-rules-for-sports-and-life-by-mike-greenberg-mike-golic--65128810https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life Author: Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic Narrator: Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 6, 2010 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Every morning more than three million listeners tune in to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio—mostly to hear the Mikes’ (Golic and Greenberg) riotous back-and-forth on everything from why baseball managers should dress like real people to how to lose a fight with the wife with dignity. In Mike and Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life, the beloved mic jockeys put their unique stamp on, well, the rules for sports and life. In years on the road, in the studio, and at home, Greeny and Golic have learned that it’s all about the big stuff: separating order from chaos, ensuring our survival as a species, and keeping peace. If you’re one of Golic and Greeny’s legions of followers, you probably can’t get enough of this sort of provocative, hilarious, and occasionally obsessive stuff. And if you’re one of those fans who live by the rule “There oughta be a rule,” then Mike and Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life is the audio book for you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340426Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life Author: Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic Narrator: Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life Author: Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic Narrator: Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 6, 2010 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Every morning more than three million listeners tune in to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio—mostly to hear the Mikes’ (Golic and Greenberg) riotous back-and-forth on everything from why baseball managers should dress like real people to how to lose a fight with the wife with dignity. In Mike and Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life, the beloved mic jockeys put their unique stamp on, well, the rules for sports and life. In years on the road, in the studio, and at home, Greeny and Golic have learned that it’s all about the big stuff: separating order from chaos, ensuring our survival as a species, and keeping peace. If you’re one of Golic and Greeny’s legions of followers, you probably can’t get enough of this sort of provocative, hilarious, and occasionally obsessive stuff. And if you’re one of those fans who live by the rule “There oughta be a rule,” then Mike and Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life is the audio book for you.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/open-an-autobiography-by-andre-agassi--65128853https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open: An Autobiography Author: Andre Agassi Narrator: Erik Davies Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 9, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court – but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game. Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts. Agassi makes us feel his panic as an undersized seven-year-old in Las Vegas, practicing all day under the obsessive gaze of his violent father. We see him at thirteen, banished to a Florida tennis camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning fast return. And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals the depression that shatters his confidence, and the mistake that nearly costs him everything. Finally, he recounts his spectacular resurrection and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one. In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi's game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed and power.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319593Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open: An Autobiography Author: Andre Agassi Narrator: Erik Davies Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 9, 2009...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open: An Autobiography Author: Andre Agassi Narrator: Erik Davies Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 9, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court – but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game. Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts. Agassi makes us feel his panic as an undersized seven-year-old in Las Vegas, practicing all day under the obsessive gaze of his violent father. We see him at thirteen, banished to a Florida tennis camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning fast return. And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals the depression that shatters his confidence, and the mistake that nearly costs him everything. Finally, he recounts his spectacular resurrection and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one. In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi's game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed and power.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unthinkable-the-scott-rigsby-story-by-scott-rigsby-jenna-glatzer--65128812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unthinkable: The Scott Rigsby Story Author: Scott Rigsby, Jenna Glatzer Narrator: Jon Gauger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 15, 2009 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 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 from behind by an eighteen-wheeler, Scott was thrown over the side and dragged 324 feet before being pinned under the trailer. Later, at the hospital, his right leg was amputated—the first of twenty-six surgeries he would endure over the next twelve years, including the loss of his other leg. Doctors said it would be more than a year before he could expect to walk again—let alone run. Nine years later, Scott did the unthinkable . . . On October 13, 2007, after arduous training, he became the first double-leg amputee using prosthetics ever to cross the finish line in the sporting world’s most grueling and prestigious event, the Ford Ironman World Championship triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Unthinkable documents Scott’s remarkable journey from the devastating crash that claimed both of his legs, and from his subsequent battle with depression and alcohol, to the dawning realization that God had a greater plan for his life. The unthinkable courage, determination, and faith Scott demonstrated in training for and competing in the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon will inspire and amaze you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340456Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unthinkable: The Scott Rigsby Story Author: Scott Rigsby, Jenna Glatzer Narrator: Jon Gauger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unthinkable: The Scott Rigsby Story Author: Scott Rigsby, Jenna Glatzer Narrator: Jon Gauger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 15, 2009 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 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 from behind by an eighteen-wheeler, Scott was thrown over the side and dragged 324 feet before being pinned under the trailer. Later, at the hospital, his right leg was amputated—the first of twenty-six surgeries he would endure over the next twelve years, including the loss of his other leg. Doctors said it would be more than a year before he could expect to walk again—let alone run. Nine years later, Scott did the unthinkable . . . On October 13, 2007, after arduous training, he became the first double-leg amputee using prosthetics ever to cross the finish line in the sporting world’s most grueling and prestigious event, the Ford Ironman World Championship triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Unthinkable documents Scott’s remarkable journey from the devastating crash that claimed both of his legs, and from his subsequent battle with depression and alcohol, to the dawning realization that God had a greater plan for his life. The unthinkable courage, determination, and faith Scott demonstrated in training for and competing in the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon will inspire and amaze you.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/get-her-off-the-pitch-how-sport-took-over-my-life-by-lynne-truss--65128831https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life Author: Lynne Truss Narrator: Lynne Truss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, surprisingly); tried unsuccessfully to interpret bizarre commentary and memorize results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love for golf. She was even nominated for Sports Writer of the Year. Get Her Off the Pitch! is the hilarious, perceptive and at times moving account of those four strange years. It is perfect for those for whom sport is a matter of life and death, for those who have no idea what all the fuss is about – and for everyone in between.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319599Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life Author: Lynne Truss Narrator: Lynne Truss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life Author: Lynne Truss Narrator: Lynne Truss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, surprisingly); tried unsuccessfully to interpret bizarre commentary and memorize results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love for golf. She was even nominated for Sports Writer of the Year. Get Her Off the Pitch! is the hilarious, perceptive and at times moving account of those four strange years. It is perfect for those for whom sport is a matter of life and death, for those who have no idea what all the fuss is about – and for everyone in between.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-with-the-enemy-a-baseball-prodigy-a-world-at-war-and-a-field-of-broken-dreams-by-gary-moore--65128789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams Author: Gary Moore Narrator: Toby Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 1, 2008 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In 1940, at just 15 years old, small-town baseball star Gene Moore was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who saw in him the potential to become one of the great catchers of all time. Before that could happen, though, WWII intervened. Gene's story, a surprising paean to the power and humanity of a game, is told here by his son, a first-time author who exhibits the confidence and pacing of a pro. His gripping material certainly helps: after several years overseas in the Navy's touring baseball team, Gene was brought back to Louisiana and assigned to guard secret German POWs, whose U-boat was captured just days before the storming of Normandy. There, Gene teaches his German captives how to play baseball, with a number of unintended and life-altering consequences. When Gene's finally able to return home to Sesser, Ill., he's 'on crutches, depressed and embarrassed,' holing up in the local bar and prompting one bartender to lament, 'he's become one of us, when we were hoping he would make us like him.' Gene's journey from promise to despair and back again, set against a long war and an even longer post-war recovery, retains every bit of its vitality and relevance, a 20th-century epic that demonstrates how, sometimes, letting go of a dream is the only way to discover one's great fortune.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340743Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams Author: Gary Moore Narrator: Toby Moore Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams Author: Gary Moore Narrator: Toby Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 1, 2008 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In 1940, at just 15 years old, small-town baseball star Gene Moore was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who saw in him the potential to become one of the great catchers of all time. Before that could happen, though, WWII intervened. Gene's story, a surprising paean to the power and humanity of a game, is told here by his son, a first-time author who exhibits the confidence and pacing of a pro. His gripping material certainly helps: after several years overseas in the Navy's touring baseball team, Gene was brought back to Louisiana and assigned to guard secret German POWs, whose U-boat was captured just days before the storming of Normandy. There, Gene teaches his German captives how to play baseball, with a number of unintended and life-altering consequences. When Gene's finally able to return home to Sesser, Ill., he's 'on crutches, depressed and embarrassed,' holing up in the local bar and prompting one bartender to lament, 'he's become one of us, when we were hoping he would make us like him.' Gene's journey from promise to despair and back again, set against a long war and an even longer post-war recovery, retains every bit of its vitality and relevance, a 20th-century epic that demonstrates how, sometimes, letting go of a dream is the only way to discover one's great fortune.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-should-have-been-at-work-by-des-lynam--65128878https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Should Have Been at Work Author: Des Lynam Narrator: Des Lynam Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 5, 2005 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One of the most sought-after celebrity titles of recent years, Des Lynam’s autobiography gives a frank and opinionated insight into the man behind the myth. Famously guarded about his private life, Des sets the record straight on all the stories that have been written about him, giving a unique view of life at the very top of his career – the personalities, the feuds, tragedies and glory. One of the most accomplished broadcasters of his generation, Des Lynam has graced our screens for more than thirty years.At the BBC, Des covered World Cups and European Championships; many Wimbledons; seven Olympic Games, including the Israeli shootings in Munich; travelling the world; and following his hero Muhammad Ali to fights in Zaire, Malaysia and the USA. Here he tells of the highs and the lows, the programmes he turned down – and the ones he wished he had! He also offers a candid account of life behind the scenes at the BBC – and of his five years at ITV, his reasons for going there and why his decision was justified but in other ways disastrous. This is the real Des: honest, warm, funny and brilliant – the man a whole nation has taken to heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320343Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Should Have Been at Work Author: Des Lynam Narrator: Des Lynam Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 5, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Should Have Been at Work Author: Des Lynam Narrator: Des Lynam Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 5, 2005 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One of the most sought-after celebrity titles of recent years, Des Lynam’s autobiography gives a frank and opinionated insight into the man behind the myth. Famously guarded about his private life, Des sets the record straight on all the stories that have been written about him, giving a unique view of life at the very top of his career – the personalities, the feuds, tragedies and glory. One of the most accomplished broadcasters of his generation, Des Lynam has graced our screens for more than thirty years.At the BBC, Des covered World Cups and European Championships; many Wimbledons; seven Olympic Games, including the Israeli shootings in Munich; travelling the world; and following his hero Muhammad Ali to fights in Zaire, Malaysia and the USA. Here he tells of the highs and the lows, the programmes he turned down – and the ones he wished he had! He also offers a candid account of life behind the scenes at the BBC – and of his five years at ITV, his reasons for going there and why his decision was justified but in other ways disastrous. This is the real Des: honest, warm, funny and brilliant – the man a whole nation has taken to heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-magical-sunday-but-winning-isn-t-everything-by-donald-t-phillips-phil-mickelson--65128790https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn't Everything) Author: Donald T. Phillips, Phil Mickelson Narrator: Gary Mcbride, Renee Mcbride, Sophia Mickelson, Amanda Mickelson, Amy Mickelson, Phil Mickelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The triumphant story of beloved golfer Phil Mickelson and the years of grit and tireless work that lead to his success, packed with personal insights and never-before-seen photos. Every year, he came so close only to fall short. Every year, the dream grew larger, only to fade away. Yet every year, his gallery of fans grew in support of his quest. Then, on April 11, 2004, for the most beloved golfer of the decade, everything changed. It is a moment ingrained in the hearts and minds of millions, a moment of epic triumph and destiny fulfilled that will be remembered for the ages. But for Phil Mickelson, winning the 2004 Masters was merely another step in an odyssey that began many years ago. Born into a sporting family, with a putter drawn on his birth announcement, Phil knew early on that golf would always be his passion. His parents embraced and nurtured that dream, but they taught him that winning isn't everything. In One Magical Sunday, Phil Mickelson takes us on a magical journey inside a life few have seen up close, but a life whose lessons can be cherished forever. As we travel hole-by-hole through that triumphant Sunday at the Masters, Phil looks back at the influences that made him the man he is today: his mom and dad, who mentored him on the balance between family and golf; his wife, Amy, who has given him so much happiness and fulfillment; and their three children, who remain their top priority. With personal insights from Phil's family and never-before-seen photos of his most treasured moments, One Magical Sunday is a book not only for Phil's millions of fans, but for everyone who finds inspiration in reading about a champion on and off the course.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342131Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn't Everything) Author: Donald T. Phillips, Phil Mickelson Narrator: Gary Mcbride, Renee Mcbride, Sophia Mickelson,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn't Everything) Author: Donald T. Phillips, Phil Mickelson Narrator: Gary Mcbride, Renee Mcbride, Sophia Mickelson, Amanda Mickelson, Amy Mickelson, Phil Mickelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The triumphant story of beloved golfer Phil Mickelson and the years of grit and tireless work that lead to his success, packed with personal insights and never-before-seen photos. Every year, he came so close only to fall short. Every year, the dream grew larger, only to fade away. Yet every year, his gallery of fans grew in support of his quest. Then, on April 11, 2004, for the most beloved golfer of the decade, everything changed. It is a moment ingrained in the hearts and minds of millions, a moment of epic triumph and destiny fulfilled that will be remembered for the ages. But for Phil Mickelson, winning the 2004 Masters was merely another step in an odyssey that began many years ago. Born into a sporting family, with a putter drawn on his birth announcement, Phil knew early on that golf would always be his passion. His parents embraced and nurtured that dream, but they taught him that winning isn't everything. In One Magical Sunday, Phil Mickelson takes us on a magical journey inside a life few have seen up close, but a life whose lessons can be cherished forever. As we travel hole-by-hole through that triumphant Sunday at the Masters, Phil looks back at the influences that made him the man he is today: his mom and dad, who mentored him on the balance between family and golf; his wife, Amy, who has given him so much happiness and fulfillment; and their three children, who remain their top priority. With personal insights from Phil's family and never-before-seen photos of his most treasured moments, One Magical Sunday is a book not only for Phil's millions of fans, but for everyone who finds inspiration in reading about a champion on and off the course.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cinderella-man-james-j-braddock-max-baer-and-the-greatest-upset-in-boxing-history-by-jeremy-schaap--65128939https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History Author: Jeremy Schaap Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 25, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: James J. Braddock, dubbed “Cinderella Man” by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help feed his wife and children. In less than twelve months Braddock went from the relief rolls to face heavyweight champion Max Baer, the Livermore Butcher Boy, renowned for having allegedly killed two men in the ring. A ten-to-one underdog, Braddock carried the hopes and dreams of the working class on his shoulders. And when boxing was the biggest sport in the world, when the heavyweight champion was the biggest star in the world, his unlikely upset made Braddock the most popular champion boxing has ever seen. Against the gritty backdrop of the Depression, Cinderella Man brings this dramatic all-American story to life, evoking a time when the sport of boxing resonated with a country trying desperately to get back on its feet. Rich in anecdote and color, steeped in history, and full of human interest, Cinderella Man is a classic David and Goliath tale that transcends the sport.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285228Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History Author: Jeremy Schaap Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History Author: Jeremy Schaap Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 25, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: James J. Braddock, dubbed “Cinderella Man” by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help feed his wife and children. In less than twelve months Braddock went from the relief rolls to face heavyweight champion Max Baer, the Livermore Butcher Boy, renowned for having allegedly killed two men in the ring. A ten-to-one underdog, Braddock carried the hopes and dreams of the working class on his shoulders. And when boxing was the biggest sport in the world, when the heavyweight champion was the biggest star in the world, his unlikely upset made Braddock the most popular champion boxing has ever seen. Against the gritty backdrop of the Depression, Cinderella Man brings this dramatic all-American story to life, evoking a time when the sport of boxing resonated with a country trying desperately to get back on its feet. Rich in anecdote and color, steeped in history, and full of human interest, Cinderella Man is a classic David and Goliath tale that transcends the sport.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/namath-a-biography-by-mark-kriegel--65128906https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Namath: A Biography Author: Mark Kriegel Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 14, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In between Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan there was Joe Namath, one of the  few sports heroes to transcend the game he played. Novelist and former sports-columnist Mark Kriegel’s bestselling biography of the iconic quarterback details his journey from steel-town pool halls to the upper reaches of American celebrity—and beyond. The first of his kind, Namath enabled a nation to see sports as show biz. For an entire generation he became a spectacle of booze and broads, a guy who made bachelorhood seem an almost sacred calling, but it was his audacious “guarantee” of victory in Super Bowl III that ensured his legend. This unforgettable portrait brings readers from the gridiron to the go-go nightclubs as Kriegel uncovers the truth behind Broadway Joe and why his legend has meant so much to so many.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311808Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Namath: A Biography Author: Mark Kriegel Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 14, 2004...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Namath: A Biography Author: Mark Kriegel Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 14, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In between Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan there was Joe Namath, one of the  few sports heroes to transcend the game he played. Novelist and former sports-columnist Mark Kriegel’s bestselling biography of the iconic quarterback details his journey from steel-town pool halls to the upper reaches of American celebrity—and beyond. The first of his kind, Namath enabled a nation to see sports as show biz. For an entire generation he became a spectacle of booze and broads, a guy who made bachelorhood seem an almost sacred calling, but it was his audacious “guarantee” of victory in Super Bowl III that ensured his legend. This unforgettable portrait brings readers from the gridiron to the go-go nightclubs as Kriegel uncovers the truth behind Broadway Joe and why his legend has meant so much to so many.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/funny-cide-how-a-horse-a-trainer-a-jockey-and-a-bunch-of-high-school-buddies-took-on-the-shieks-and-bluebloods-and-won-by-sally-jenkin--65128910https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Funny Cide: How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Shieks and Bluebloods...and Won Author: Sally Jenkins Narrator: Jamey Sheridan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 26, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: They had no business being there. They were up against million-dollar horses owned by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and Hollywood producers. They were ten regular guys, and all they wanted was to win a race. Instead, they won the hearts of America. In 2003, a three-year-old with the unlikely name of Funny Cide became 'the people's horse,' the unheralded New York-bred gelding who—in a time of war and economic jitters—inspired a nation by knocking off the champions and their millionaire owners and sweeping to the brink of the Triple Crown. Trained by a journeyman who'd spent over 30 years looking for 'the one,' ridden by a jockey fighting to come back after years of injuries and hard knocks, and owned by a band of high school buddies from Sackets Harbor, New York, Funny Cide became a hero and media sensation. Now, Sally Jenkins, award-winning co-author of Lance Armstrong's #1 bestseller It's Not About the Bike, tells the inside story of the Funny Cide team's ups and downs against overwhelming odds, illness, and even scandal, to capture the imagination of millions. It's a new American classic for the underdog in all of us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310067Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:32:44 +0000Theo KiehnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Funny Cide: How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Shieks and Bluebloods...and Won Author: Sally Jenkins...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Funny Cide: How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Shieks and Bluebloods...and Won Author: Sally Jenkins Narrator: Jamey Sheridan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 26, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: They had no business being there. They were up against million-dollar horses owned by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and Hollywood producers. They were ten regular guys, and all they wanted was to win a race. Instead, they won the hearts of America. In 2003, a three-year-old with the unlikely name of Funny Cide became 'the people's horse,' the unheralded New York-bred gelding who—in a time of war and economic jitters—inspired a nation by knocking off the champions and their millionaire owners and sweeping to the brink of the Triple Crown. Trained by a journeyman who'd spent over 30 years looking for 'the one,' ridden by a jockey fighting to come back after years of injuries and hard knocks, and owned by a band of high school buddies from Sackets Harbor, New York, Funny Cide became a hero and media sensation. Now, Sally Jenkins, award-winning co-author of Lance Armstrong's #1 bestseller It's Not About the Bike, tells the inside story of the Funny Cide team's ups and downs against overwhelming odds, illness, and even scandal, to capture the imagination of millions. It's a new American classic for the underdog in all of us.]]>605cleanfull