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    • By: Chris Yates
    • Narrated by: Chris Yates
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 15-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • A fishing book with a difference, The Secret Carp tells the true story of the events of a single day and night beside an English carp lake in high summer....

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    • The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
    • By: Ned Boulting
    • Narrated by: Ned Boulting
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 22-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923, he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story....

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    • Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf
    • By: Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake
    • Narrated by: Jack Whitaker
    • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-00
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he was eight years old, caddying at the Austin, Texas, Country Club. Eight decades later...

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    • By: Gerry Lopez
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Series: Patagonia
    • Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Written by one of the most revered surfers of his generation, Gerry Lopez's Surf Is Where You Find It is a collection of stories about a lifetime of surfing....

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    • One Man's Journey on the Shoulders of Cycling Giants
    • By: James Witts
    • Narrated by: David Thorpe
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In this entertaining and warm-hearted tale, James Witts gains access to the world's greatest teams and riders to reveal the tricks of the trade....

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    • The Battle for Women's Sport
    • By: Sharron Davies, Craig Lord
    • Narrated by: Gina Murray, Sharron Davies
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 22-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • On the face of it, women's sport is on the rise, garnering more attention and grassroots involvement than ever before. However, the truth is that in many respects progress is stalling, or even falling back...

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    • By: Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 30-11-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport....

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    • Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously
    • By: Bill McKibben
    • Narrated by: Rex Anderson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 15-04-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In his late 30s, celebrated essayist, journalist, and author Bill McKibben - never much of an athlete - decided the time had come for him to really test his body....

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    • A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts
    • By: Dave Lowry
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • In the Dojo provides a wealth of information that beginning students will pore over and advanced students will treasure....

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    • The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW
    • By: Scott E. Williams
    • Narrated by: Karl Miller
    • Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 23-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 169 ratings
    • ECW was one extreme contradiction piled on top of another....

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    • A Journey to the Heart of French Rugby
    • By: Peter Bills
    • Narrated by: Peter Bills
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 30-03-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • From French rugby's origins in Le Havre to the Catalan coast, acclaimed rugby writer Peter Bills travels the length and breadth of this vast country to reveal a country whose deep love of rugby has created a culture and playing style like no other....

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    • The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League
    • By: Joe Horrigan
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 27-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th-anniversary season....

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    • By: John Gierach
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels around North America seeking out quintessential fishing experiences....

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    • A Manual for the Climber as Athlete
    • By: Steve House, Scott Johnston, Mark Twight - foreword
    • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of US national champions and World Cup Nordic skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal....

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    • Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns
    • By: Gene Hill
    • Narrated by: Ray Childs
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 31-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • The legendary American outdoor writer’s finest collection...

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    • Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf
    • By: Rick Reilly
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 28-07-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Rick Reilly has been a senior sports writer for Sports Illustrated for the past 17 years, and has been named "Sports Writer of The Year" seven times....

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    • And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said
    • By: Rick Reilly
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In this hilariously funny essay collection, former ESPN columnist Rick Reilly com­piles the best of his sports columns - essays that include his expert opinion on athlete tattoos, NFL cheerleaders, and even running with the bulls in Pamplona....

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    • By: John Gierach
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 07-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In No Shortage of Good Days John Gierach takes listeners from the Smokies in Tennessee to his home waters in Colorado. It's all fishing and all irresistible....

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    • How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World
    • By: Glenn Stout
    • Narrated by: Gisela Chipe
    • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 29-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Based on years of archival research that unearthed Ederle’s memory from obscurity, Young Woman and the Sea is the exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel....

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