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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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  • Mental Toughness for Young Athletes Unleashed cover art

    • Mental Toughness for Young Athletes Unleashed

    • Practical Youth Sports Psychology Strategies for Mindset Training to Instantly Boost Focus, Resilience, and Confidence in Just Minutes a Day
    • By: Rush Hemphill
    • Narrated by: Ian Patrick Freely
    • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

    • Mental Toughness for Young Athletes Unleashed is a step-by-step guide to help athletes develop mental resilience, confidence, and a winning mindset.

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    • The Secret Footballer

    • What Goes on Tour
    • By: The Secret Footballer
    • Narrated by: Damien Lynch
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 17-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 196 ratings

    • Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour by The Secret Footballer....

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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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  • We Can't Run Away from This cover art

    • We Can't Run Away from This

    • Racing to Improve Running’s Footprint in Our Climate Emergency
    • By: Damian Hall
    • Narrated by: Stewart Crank
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

    • What if running in beautiful places was paradoxically contributing to the destruction of those precious environments and causing irreversible global harm to people and animals, too? Ultrarunner Damian Hall examines the impact of running in our climate and ecological emergency....

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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 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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    • Overtime

    • Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football
    • By: John U. Bacon
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

    • For the past year, John U. Bacon has received unprecedented access to Jim Harbaugh’s University of Michigan football team: coaches, players, and staffers, in closed-door meetings, locker rooms, meals, and classes....

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    • How to Validate People

    • Listen and Hear Better to Form Deep Connections Fast (Master Your Communication and Social Skills)
    • By: Ian Tuhovsky
    • Narrated by: Randy Streu
    • Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

    • If you want relations that bring joy, fulfilment, and peace into your life. Then you’re looking at the right book. Most people have a hard time nurturing long-term, meaningful relationships....

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    • Toolbox

    • Building Better Pro-Wrestling
    • By: Mike Quackenbush
    • Narrated by: Mike Quackenbush
    • Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • Pro wrestling has always been wrapped in mystery. After a century of masquerading as legitimate sport, at last pro wrestling has begun to show the potential of its form. At its core, it is live combat theatre, and no one has done more to codify and analyze this art form than Mike Quackenbush....

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    • 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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    • Boot Sale

    • Inside the Strange and Secret World of Football's Transfer Window
    • By: Nige Tassell
    • Narrated by: Rich Keeble
    • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

    • For football fans who hungrily feed on gossip and rumour, Christmas comes twice a year - once in August and again in January....

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  • The Dirtiest Race in History cover art

    • The Dirtiest Race in History

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

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    • Bundle the Bodybuilding Bible for Men 1 & 2

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

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

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  • The Professor in the Cage cover art

    • The Professor in the Cage

    • Why Men Fight and Why We like to Watch
    • By: Jonathan Gottschall
    • Narrated by: Quincy Dunn-Baker
    • Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • When a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge and an opportunity....

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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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  • 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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