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  • This Is the Life cover art

    • This Is the Life

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

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

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  • Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography cover art

    • Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography

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

    • Captain, father, leader, a fearless ambassador for the causes he believes in and a world-class midfielder, Jordan Henderson is all of these things—and it is why he is one of the most widely respected players of his generation....

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    • The Dirtiest Race in History

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

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  • Football and How to Survive It cover art

    • Football and How to Survive It

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

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

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  • To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition) cover art

    • To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)

    • By: Michael Bamberger
    • Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
    • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • To the Linksland is the captivating memoir of Bamberger’s golfing pilgrimage/extended honeymoon. From an all-night caddie bus on the back roads of southern Europe to Stark’s secret six-hole course in the Scottish Highlands, Bamberger takes you on a journey into the heart of golf.

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    • Those About to Die

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

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

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  • To the Limit cover art

    • To the Limit

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

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

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    • Bundle the Bodybuilding Bible for Men 1 & 2

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

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

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    • Dear England

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

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

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    • Red on Red

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

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

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

    • Going to the Match: The Passion for Football

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

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

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    • The Mannings

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

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  • The Competitive Buddha cover art

    • The Competitive Buddha

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

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

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

    • The People's Game: How to Save Football

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

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

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    • Fever Pitch

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

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

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    • The System

    • The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
    • By: Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • College football has never been more popular - or more chaotic. Millions fill 100,000-seat stadiums every Saturday; tens of millions more watch on television every weekend.....

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    • The Green Bullet

    • The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish Cycling’s Corruption
    • By: Matt Rendell
    • Narrated by: Matt Rendell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • Alejandro Valverde - the 'Green Bullet' - was a symbol of Spanish sport. Supremely talented, hard-working beyond belief, he was ranked no.1 in the world four times before retiring in 2022...

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    • League of Denial

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

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

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    • Colombia Es Pasion!

    • How a New Generation of Cyclists Changed a Nation
    • By: Matt Rendell
    • Narrated by: Matt Rendell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

    • By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years and the first from the South American nation of Colombia....

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