Sports Bios & Memoirs
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…!
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!
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?
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!
By Tom Foreman / Narrated By: Tom Foreman
Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Don’t run? You’ll still NEED this!