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    Running: A Complete Beginner's Guide to Running for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners; Proven Tactics to Improve Running Performance and Prevent Injury

    by George M. Silverstein ...
    Narrated by Nick Dolle ...

    Unabridged

    34 min

    Let this audio program join you on a journey through the world of running. Learn skills and techniques to achieve your running goals.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Running is an incredibly unique and personal sport. It means something different to everyone.We understand that running is not a means-to-an-end but rather an integral part of a healthy and happy life.As ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    On Tennis

    Five Essays

    by David Foster Wallace ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 59 min

    From the author of Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster**: a collection of five brilliant essays on tennis, from the author's own experience as a junior player to his celebrated profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his powers.**A "long-time rabid fan of tennis," and a regionally ranked tennis player in his youth, David Foster Wallace wrote about the game like no one else. On Tennis p... ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    Drones for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Flying a Drone

    by Kevin J. Croft ...
    Narrated by Nick Dolle ...

    Unabridged

    27 min

    Learn how to master the drone controls and fly your UAV successfully.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.In this audio program we will cover the basics from safety precautions to remote control mastery. We’ll walk you step by step from proper take off, hovering, adjusting your throttle and altitude, and others. You will learn basic maneuvers like circular flying, continuous ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Johnathan Thurston

    The Autobiography

    by Johnathan Thurston ...
    Narrated by James Phelps ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 19 min

    The bestselling autobiography of a league legend.Johnathan Thurston is widely regarded as rugby league's greatest player. This autobiography will follow Thurston's journey from a Brisbane kid who was written off as too skinny, too slow and too wild to play professionally, to his debut with the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2003, to State of Origin star, to Dally M and Clive Churchill Medal winner, and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    最精彩与最糟糕的体育故事：让体育迷欢呼、尴尬、争论的13个瞬间

    by 贺刚 ...
    Narrated by 贺刚 ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 34 min

    当肾上腺素褪去，那些决定胜负的极限高压与致命失误背后，隐藏着怎样的人性真相与艰难抉择？抛开冷冰冰的冠军头衔与比分面板，这是一场专为硬核体育迷打造的听觉思想碰撞。无论你是在通勤拥堵中寻求精神释放，还是在挥洒汗水时渴望深度共鸣，都能在这段沉浸式的回放中，重新审视那些让你热血沸腾或扼腕叹息的赛场名场面。十三个真实发生且充满争议的巅峰时刻，被细腻地拆解为高光、低谷与规则边界的残酷试探。我们将带你跨越单纯的看台视角，深入当事人、媒体与公众的情绪旋涡，在欢呼与尴尬交织的复杂境地中，探寻体育之所以震撼灵魂的终级魅力。你将在本书中发现：绝地反击背后的真实心理战，重温体育精神如何跨越时代的隔阂击中人心。拆解高压环境下的致命失态与战术失误，以同理心透视英雄跌落神坛的脆弱瞬间。聚焦规则、公平与唯胜负论的激烈交锋，在没有标准答案的世纪争议中重建评价尺度。剥离赛后的信息茧房，全景还原场上反应 ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Uplifted

    The Evolution of a Climbing Life

    by Sonnie Trotter ...
    Narrated by Sonnie Trotter ...
    Series series Patagonia

    Unabridged

    6 hours 26 min

    How is a person changed by commitment to their passion, and how does their commitment change over time? These are questions that esteemed climber Sonnie Trotter asks as he reflects on the most thrilling adventures of his sport and his life.2025 is Sonnie Trotter’s 30th year climbing. He’s been at the forefront of the sport for most of that time, specializing in first ascents on rock faces most ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    Rivers Always Reach the Sea

    Angling Stories

    by Monte Burke ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 26 min

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Saban and Lords of the Fly comes an exquisite collection of angling stories that span the twenty-first century.The thirty-one pieces in Rivers Always Reach the Sea—essays, as well as profiles of some of the biggest names in angling, including Lefty Kreh and Andy Mill—take the listener... ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Inspiring Olympic Gold Medalist Stories: True Tales of Grit, Glory, and the Mindset Behind the World’s Greatest Wins

    by Ryan Cole ...
    Narrated by Ryan Cole ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 58 min

    Master the psychological drama of elite sports and forge an unstoppable mindset to conquer any real-world adversity. Perfect for firing up your morning commute or pushing through a tough workout, these gripping narratives pull you straight into the gritty reality of training before dawn. Feel the intense pulse of the starting blocks and the icy precision of the downhill slopes.Whether you are ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Got Your Number

    The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own

    by Mike Greenberg, Paul Hembekides ...
    Narrated by Mike Greenberg ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 49 min

    ESPN personality ( Get Up and #Greeny) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partners with mega-producer Hembo to settle once and for all which legends flat-out own which numbers. In short essays certain to provoke debate between and amongst all generations, Greeny uses his lifetime of sports knowledge to spin yarns of the legends among the legends and tell you why some have claimed ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    Official Rules of Tennis

    by My Ebook Publishing House ...
    Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

    Unabridged

    36 min

    Learning to play tennis has never been easier than with this book. Including helpful interpretations in addition to the official rules and regulations, this is the singular resource to everything tennis. The book then takes the reader through the sport and discusses the hardware of the game - racquets, balls, nets and court surfaces. With detailed sections, this guide will prove an invaluable ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Hey Rube

    Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness

    by Hunter S. Thompson ...
    Narrated by Scott Sowers ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 24 min

    Sports, politics, and sex collide in Hunter S. Thompson’s wildly popular ESPN.com columns. From the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and father of “Gonzo” journalism comes Hey Rube.Insightful, incendiary, outrageously brilliant, such was the man who galvanized American journalism with his radical ideas and gonzo tactics. For over half a century, Hunter S. Thompson devastated his readers ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Who's Your Caddy?

    Looping For the Great, Near Great and Reprobates of Golf

    by Rick Reilly ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 31 min

    The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers—and some celebrity duffers—with hilarious results.Who knows golfers best? Who’s with them every minute of every round, hears their muttering, knows whether they cheat? Their caddies, of course. So sportswriter Rick Reilly figured that he could learn a ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    GAGNER

    La méthode du coach de Michael Jordan

    by Tim Grover ...
    Narrated by Nicolas Bourboin ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    La méthode sans détour pour être le meilleur en : business, sport et tous les domaines où se battre paie toujours.Dans ce livre, Tim Grover nous montre en quoi il est le meilleur des experts en développement personnel au monde. En s’appuyant sur trois décennies de travail avec les plus grands compétiteurs, il pulvérise les clichés et les méthodes de motivation traditionnelles, trop gnan-gnan à son ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Top of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W. C. Heinz

    A Library of America Special Publication

    by W. C. Heinz, Bill Littlefield ...
    Narrated by Bill Littlefield ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 40 min

    A pioneer of the long-form sports story, W. C. Heinz wrote with a freshness of perception, a gift for characterization, and a finely tuned ear for dialogue. Here is a first of its kind audio edition of some of his finest work, selected and read by Bill Littlefield (NPR's "Only a Game"), including “Brownsville Bum”—“the greatest magazine sports story I’ve ever read, bar none” (Jimmy Breslin)—and ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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    Fool's Paradise

    by John Gierach ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 57 min

    If John Gierach is living in a fool's paradise, then it's a paradise that his regular readers will recognize and new fans will delight in discovering. Laced with the inimitable blend of wit and wisdom that have made him fly-fishing's foremost scribe, Fool's Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever) and squalor (being stranded in a tent during a soaking ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life

    by Mike Golic, Mike Greenberg ...
    Narrated by Mike Golic, Mike Greenberg ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 25 min

    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, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Relentless

    A Memoir

    by Julian Edelman ...
    Narrated by Gregory Abbey ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    The Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog kid who became 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 ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Golf Dreams

    Writings on Golf

    by John Updike ...
    Narrated by John Updike ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 50 min

    Make it easy on yourself - read John Updike in Large Print!* All Random House Large Print Editions are published in a 16-point typeGolf is neither work nor play, John Updike tells us: "Golf is a trip."Golf has been the subject of many books and the province of many experts, but few have written as sympathetically, or as knowingly, about the peculiar charms of bad golf, and the satisfactions of an ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Sporting Gaffes Volume 2

    by Various ...
    Narrated by John Inverdale, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    36 min

    John Inverdale presents another hilarious selection of sporting clangers from the BBC archives. Here are some more wonderful giggles, goofs and gaffes that can turn an innocent sports report into a commentator’s nightmare – and a listener’s dream. Live on air, commentators and sports personalities can say the silliest things.Among those caught out this time are John Humphrys, Garry Richardson, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Sports Audio Books Bundle: Ice Hockey, Tennis, Poker, Bridge, Yachting and Jump Rope Workout

    by My Ebook Publishing House ...
    Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 41 min

    Now, for the first time ever, and only for a limited time, you can get this value-priced, limited edition box set.The Sports Audio Books Bundle includes six best-selling audiobooks.Audiobook #1: Ice Hockey Guide, by Steve RobertsonLearn more about the high powered, fast paced game of professional hockey. The rules are often misunderstood and confused. Ice Hockey Guide '" Basic Rules breaks down ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Standing in a River Waving a Stick

    by John Gierach ...
    Narrated by David Colacci ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 42 min

    Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writersWith his inimitable combination of wit and wisdom, John Gierach once again celebrates the fly-fishing life in Standing in a River Waving a Stick and notes its benefits as a sport, philosophical pursuit, even therapy: "The solution to any problem—work, love, ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Hockey 100

    by The Athletic, Sean McIndoe, Dan Robson ...
    Narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith ...
    Series Audiobook 4 - Sports series

    Unabridged

    14 hours 58 min

    **Read by award-winning audiobook narrator Jaime Lincoln Smith**The fastest, fiercest, and most unforgettable legends—a definitive ranking of the 100 greatest modern-day players ever to lace up skates, from the best sports writers on the planetHockey is a sport like no other. It requires its players to master the grace of a figure skater, absorb the punishment of a linebacker, and trade the bare ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Kings of the Ice - tome 2

    Watch your mouth

    by Kandi Steiner ...
    Narrated by Adam Fleuret, Alice Ebbor, Sébastien Michaud ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Kings of the Ice

    Unabridged

    12 hours 12 min

    Une référence incontournable de la romance contemporaine.Grace Tanev. La sœur de son coéquipier.Jaxson n’a absolument pas le droit de la toucher.Et pourtant…Lors de la cérémonie des Trophées à Austin, Jaxson Brittain fait la connaissance de Grace, la petite sœur de Vince. Pendant la soirée, elle le provoque, teste ses limites, cherche à voir jusqu’où le défenseur des Ospreys respectera la dis... ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Hooked by Fly Fishing

    Feel Good Stories of Family and Friends, Life Lessons, Mishaps, and Mayhem

    by Graham M. Mott ...
    Narrated by Phil Parker ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 35 min

    Experience the joy and peace of fly fishing in Hooked by Fly Fishing, a love letter to the sport by Graham M. Mott. "Hooked by Fly Fishing" brings you more than tales of trophy-sized trout and salmon caught in beautiful locations.Mott offers valuable insights, humorous anecdotes and life lessons learned along the way. His book will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted!Feel the thrill of ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus