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Title: Playing the Long Game: A Memoir

Author: Christine Sinclair

Narrator: Rachel Cairns

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Release date: November 1, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game is a book of earned wisdom on the value of determination and team spirit, and on leadership that changed the landscape of women's sport. Christine Sinclair is one of the world's most respected and admired athletes. Not only is she the player who has scored the most goals on the international soccer stage, male or female, but more than two decades into her career, she is the heart of any team she plays on, the captain of both Canada's national team and the top-ranked Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League.      Working with the brilliant and bestselling sportswriter Stephen Brunt, who has followed her career for decades, the intensely private Sinclair will share her reflections on the significant moments and turning points in her life and career, the big wins and losses survived, not only on the pitch. Her extraordinary journey, combined with her candour, commitment and decency, will inspire and empower her fans and admirers, and girls and women everywhere.

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Title: [Spanish] - Liberate/Liderate

Author: Evelina Cabrera

Narrator: Eliana Gamba

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Release date: October 31, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

Evelina Cabrera, autora de Alta Negra, busca animar a quienes quieren cambiar su vida, para salir y superar la represión que muchas veces es propia, pero está cómodamente instalada dentro de nosotras, después de que el sistema hace ese trabajo fino de sembrarla al decirnos qué tenemos que hacer, cómo debemos pensar, de qué forma tenemos que amar. En este nuevo audiolibro Evelina Cabrera anima y empodera a las mujeres para abrazar sus sueños, romper barreras, recuperarse de los malos momentos y liderar con habilidad y autenticidad. A ella se suman los testimonios de otras mujeres en roles de liderazgo en diferentes ámbitos, cuyas historias personales revelan la vulnerabilidad, la fortaleza y la resiliencia de todas nosotras. Liderate/Liberate te ayudará a liderar tu propia vida, conseguir el trabajo de tus sueños, asegurarte de que tu voz sea escuchada, encontrar y ofrecer apoyo, lograr un mejor equilibrio y aprender el estilo de liderazgo que se adapte a tus puntos fuertes. Liderate/Liberate no tiene recetas mágicas, pero sí busca alumbrar los modos de salir adelante. Comparto mi historia, mi mirada y la de mis amigas. Siempre nos salva la amistad de otras mujeres y la fuerza interior, más allá de todas las tempestades. Nadie dice que es fácil. Pero que nadie diga que es imposible. Que nadie nos diga que no podemos hacerlo.

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Title: Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography: The must-read autobiography from Liverpool’s beloved captain

Author: Jordan Henderson

Narrator: Jordan Henderson, Mark Stobbart

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Release date: October 27, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. This audio edition features an exclusive Q&A with Jordan. 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. His story will go down in legend but his story also carries an inspirational message for anyone, showing hurdles and barriers won't stop you reaching your goals. In this, his first autobiography, Jordan reveals how an early love for the game as a kid became an all-consuming passion growing up in Sunderland and the moments and role models that encouraged him to follow his dream to play for his home club. Transferred to Liverpool in June 2011, Jordan's early years at the club saw him struggle to settle under Sir Kenny Dalglish then Brendan Rodgers before eventually establishing himself at Anfield as a force of nature in midfield. In June 2015, Jordan took the reins from Steven Gerrard. Under his captaincy, Liverpool have won six trophies headed by the Champions League and the Premier League, bringing the club its first league title in 30 years. In this book, Jordan charts his decade-long journey with the Reds - he is one of only five men to play ten season for the club in the modern era - as well as his incredible experiences within the England squad. He is the only player in history to have been named England Player of the Year at both under-21 and senior level. Full of heartache, excitement and triumph, this is a candid insight into the life of a top-flight footballer as you've never heard before. © Jordan Henderson 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Title: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

Author: Paul Newman

Narrator: Emily Wachtel, Clea Newman Soderlund, Melissa Newman, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, Jeff Daniels, John Rubinstein

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Release date: October 27, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman's family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor's life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman's voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices - from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston -that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newman's often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Brando and Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodward - their love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually. THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN is revelatory and introspective, personal and analytical, loving and tender in some places, always complex and profound. © Paul Newman 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Title: The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

Author: Micah Richards

Narrator: Delon Jessop

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Release date: October 27, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

‘The game isn’t what it seems from the outside. The game isn’t quite what I was expecting. The game doesn’t always work like the people on television think it does. The game is better, worse and stranger than you can imagine, and that is coming from someone who saw it all with their own eyes.’ Ever wondered what really goes on inside a Premier League dressing room, what it’s like to train under Roy Hodgson, Roberto Mancini and Fabio Capello – and what happens when you kick a sandwich at one of them? When it comes to football, former Manchester City and England star Micah Richards has seen it all – and laughed about most of it. In The Game, Micah shares his funniest and frankest stories from on and off the pitch, be it arriving at his first England training session with two left boots, attempting to supervise the infamous Mario Balotelli or winding up Roy Keane on Super Sunday. From how he spent his first Premier League paycheque and how he prepared – financially and mentally – for the day they stopped coming, to the euphoria of lifting the Premier League trophy and the physical and emotional impact of injury, Micah reflects openly on the many wins and losses in professional football. Full of Micah’s signature cheeky wit, this intimate, unmissable memoir goes behind the scenes of the beautiful game and a remarkable life and career.

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Title: All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice

Author: Bryan Trottier

Narrator: Lindsy Ruthven, Sheldon Elter, Marco Timpano, Jesse Thistle

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Release date: October 25, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Canada's most decorated Indigenous athlete. Over the course of his incredible career, Bryan Trottier set a new standard of hockey excellence. A seven-time Stanley Cup champion (four with the New York Islanders, two with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche), Trottier won countless awards and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was named one of the NHL's Top 100 Players of All Time. Trottier grew up in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, the son of a Cree/Chippewa/Metis father and an Irish-Canadian mother. All Roads Home offers a poignant, funny, wise, and inspiring look at his coming of age, both on and off the ice. It is a unique memoir in which Trottier shares stories about family, friends, teammates, and coaches, the lessons that he has learned from them, and the profound impact they have had in shaping the person he has become. Some of the incredible characters featured in the book include Trottier's father Buzz; legendary Islanders coach Al Arbour; teammates Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy; and the Penguins' Mario Lemieux, to name but a few. He'll also talk about the high school English teacher and guidance counsellor who helped him develop self-confidence and encouraged him as a writer: Governor General's Award–winning poet, Lorna Crozier. All Roads Home will also include a Foreword from bestselling author Jesse Thistle (From the Ashes) and two very special Afterwords: one from Trottier's daughter, Lindsy Ruthven, and the other from his life-long friend, beloved hockey great Dave 'Tiger' Williams.

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Title: The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

Author: Jeff Pearlman

Narrator: Jd Jackson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 22 hours 0 minutes

Release date: October 25, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definitive biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson. From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed. His strength was legendary. His power unmatched. Video game makers turned him into an invincible character—and they were dead-on. He climbed (and walked across) walls, splintered baseball bats over his knee, turned oncoming tacklers into ground meat. He became the first person to simultaneously star in two major professional sports, and overtook Michael Jordan as America’s most recognizable pitchman. He was on our televisions, in our magazines, plastered across billboards. He was half man, half myth. Then, almost overnight, he was gone. He was Bo Jackson. Drawing on an astonishing 720 original interviews, New York Times bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman captures as never before the elusive truth about Jackson, Auburn University’s transcendent Heisman Trophy winner, superstar of both the NFL and Major League Baseball and ubiquitous “Bo Knows” Nike pitchman. Did Bo really jump over a parked Volkswagen? (Yes.) Did he actually run a 4.13 40? (Yes.) During the 1991 flight that nearly killed every member of the Chicago White Sox, was he in the cockpit trying to help? (Oddly, yes. Or no. Or … maybe.) Bo Jackson isn’t Jim Thorpe. He’s not Deion Sanders, either.  No, Bo Jackson is Paul Bunyan.  The Last Folk Hero is the true tale of Bo Jackson that only “master storyteller” (NPR.org) Jeff Pearlman could tell. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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Title: Logan Martin: Journey to Gold

Author: Logan Martin

Narrator: Kurt Ramjan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Release date: October 18, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

One of the top storylines from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was the brigade of bandits from Australia throwing down at the freestyle park for the inaugural action-sports events - in particular the young gun from Logan City, Queensland, who took the gold medal off the table before his competitors knew what had happened. But there's been nothing easy about Logan's ascent to the top. His journey began at twelve when his family moved a block away from the local skate park - a charged gathering place for drop-ins and drop-outs, a culture crucible, and a place to test your skills in front of stunned peers and naysayers alike. And it wouldn't be long before Logan was vaulting himself onto ever-larger stages, in front of the eyes of the world. A testament to dedication and self-discipline, artistry and courage, Logan Martin has set the bar for what it means to be an international extreme sports athlete. Putting aside the fact that there are tricks in his quiver that few in the world can land, it's his smooth confidence, aggressive lines and virtuosity bottled up in a 5'6' tattooed frame that has won the world's attention. And the real scary part? He's coming back for more.

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Title: [Spanish] - Frágil. Mi historia

Author: Edwin Schoon, Marco Van Basten

Narrator: José Luis Marcos

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

En la línea de Soy Zlatan Ibrahimović y Open de Andre Agassi, Frágil es una autobiografía cruda, honesta y reveladora sobre la vida de uno de los grandes futbolistas de todos los tiempos. En 1995 Marco Van Basten dijo adiós oficialmente como jugador de fútbol a la edad de treinta años. No había podido jugar en el AC Milan los dos últimos años debido a una persistente lesión en el tobillo producida diez años atrás. Tras su despedida, Van Basten se tomó varios años de descanso, retirándose como figura pública para concentrarse principalmente en el golf. Nunca le gustó ser foco de atención, pero ahora que no tiene un papel importante como futbolista, la decepción y la frustración es más grande que nunca. Decepcionado de una carrera que no pudo seguir desarrollando; incomprensión y enfado en relación al tratamiento médico de su lesión crónica, el fracaso de los médicos, su propio rol durante su carrera. ¿Qué te queda cuando ya no eres la persona que fuiste durante años, el futbolista, el mejor jugador del mundo? En 2003, ocho años después de su retirada como futbolista, Van Basten hizo el curso de entrenador y se convirtió en el entrenador del filial del Ajax, del equipo nacional de Holanda y de nuevo del primer equipo del Ajax. En Mayo de 2009, después del último partido de la temporada, renunció. La experiencia le dejó un sabor agridulce, de estrés y de poco poder en la gestión del equipo. A pesar de su fama mundial, Marco Van Basten ha sido siempre una figura misteriosa, un enigma, alguien que siempre ha mantenido sus cartas pegadas al pecho. Ciertamente inteligente, analíticamente brillante, elocuente, pero a la vez, aparentemente impasible. En Frágil demuestra lo contrario. Un libro exhaustivo, crudo y honesto, pero sobre todo, un libro que revela su vida: su juventud, la complicada relación con sus padres, su propia familia, su carrera; la locura en Italia, la Eurocopa de 1988, su relación con Johan Cruyff, la dolorosa historia de su tobillo y los impensables contratiempos económicos. En el mundo de Marco Van Basten no existen las medias tintas, no ha dejado de contar nada, no hay nada más que la verdad, sin importar lo dura que ha sido su vida en ocasiones, especialmente para él mismo. - Marco van Basten (Utrecht, 1964) es mundialmente reconocido como uno de los más grandes futbolistas de todos los tiempos. Fue elegido Balón de Oro en tres ocasiones (1988, 1989 y 1992) y ganó muchos títulos como jugador del Ajax de Ámsterdam y del AC Milan: seis ligas nacionales, la Copa de Europa dos veces, una Recopa, dos Supercopas de Europa y dos Copas Intercontinentales, el actual Mundial de Clubes. Con la selección holandesa conquistó la Eurocopa de 1988.

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Title: Cheers, Geoff!: Tales from the Touchline

Author: Geoff Shreeves

Narrator: Geoff Shreeves

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Release date: October 13, 2022

Genres: Sports

Publisher's Summary:

Geoff Shreeves is a giant of football. From reporting pitchside on the biggest matches to his iconic appearances in EA's FIFA series, Geoff's warmth, humour and expertise have made him a constant fixture of the sport. In this audio edition of Cheers Geoff!, read by the author himself, Geoff shares hilarious, bizarre and moving stories from across his incredible career. This audio edition includes a foreword from Alan Shearer. 'Cracking read . . . loved it' - Piers Morgan 'Packed with brilliant anecdotes about the biggest names' - The Mirror There are just a handful of people who have been ever-present for the thirty years of the Premier League, but only one person has been at the very epicentre for the entire period: Geoff Shreeves. From signalling the very first ball to be kicked on Sky’s Premier League coverage to facing down Sir Alex Ferguson’s wrath (on countless occasions), Geoff is an integral part of the football fabric, respected by everybody in the game while still asking the toughest questions. Geoff’s interviews with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Arsène Wenger, Frank Lampard and Alan Shearer have become the stuff of legend, but it is his close personal relationships with the game’s star names that really sets him apart. Packed full of hilarious stories on and off the pitch – including trying to teach Sir Michael Caine how to act, a frightening encounter with Mike Tyson, as well as getting a lift home from the World Cup with Mick Jagger – Cheers, Geoff! is a must-listen autobiography for any fan of the beautiful game. A natural storyteller, Geoff brings an astonishing catalogue of tales to life with his unique brand of experience, insight and humour. 'A legend' - Arsène Wenger 'No one handles the big moments better' - Jordan Henderson