Sports
A Game of Life and Death in World War II
By: Buzz Bissinger / Narrated By: George Newbern
Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
Some decent writing about Okinawa, but… so very disjointed… and only 4 mins. of Mosquito Bowl…
Written and Narrated By: Kristin Knight Pace
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Wellll, this has its merits… -but- it has plenty of >meh< also
Pioneer in Racial Advancement
By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!
By: Tim Krabbé / Narrated By: Mark Meadows
Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
Great writing, wonderful experience!
A Novel
By: Emily Nemens / Narrated By: Vivienne Leheny, Malcolm Hillgartner, Will Ropp, James Patrick Cronin
Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
Was okay, but if you like to think of sport figures as heroes…? OUCH
The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
By: Andy Hall / Narrated By: Jim Manchester
Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
A dozen young men went up, sooo few came back down… a gripping account of a tragedy
Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
By: Lara Prior-Palmer / Narrated By: Henrietta Meire
Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
Yes, Lara is a TOTAL ditz, self-absorbed, ill-prepared, you name it. But (So sue me)? She had me giggling!
A Novel
Written and Narrated By: David Duchovny
Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
What a great book! Laughter, tears, you name it…!
The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Wayne Coffey / Narrated By: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
Structural problem turns an exciting event into a, dare I say it: Snooooze fest?!?
By: Garth Stein / Narrated By: Christopher Evan Welch
Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
Such brilliant writing and narration—a meditation of love, loss, and getting that last pee in
The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation
By: Sally Jenkins / Narrated By: Don Leslie
Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
A mightily inspirational listen… that’s pretty god awfully depressing as well…
The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
Written and Narrated By: Christopher McDougall
Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
What a great story! And what’s this? Did the song at the end leave a tear or two in my eye?
By: Matt de la Peña / Narrated By: Henry Leyva
Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
Passionate without being all “Fraught-with-Angst”
A Coach, His Team, and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina
By: Neal Thompson / Narrated By: David Drummond
Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
Audio production glitches can’t keep a good story down!
The Game's Greatest Players Reflect on Their Fathers and the Game They Love
By: Wayne Stewart / Narrated By: Jason Griffith
Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
Very sweet, but I still haaaaaate baseball…
The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
By: Gary Paulsen / Narrated By: Danny Campbell
Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
An old wonder of a book, now in audio!
Written and Narrated By: Tom Foreman
Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Don’t run? You’ll still NEED this!
The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
By: Jeff Pearlman / Narrated By: Joel Richards
Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
Crazy players, crazy owners, just a fun and crazy ride