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Will It Make the Boat Go Faster? (Second Edition)
- Olympic-Winning Strategies for Everyday Success
- By: Harriet Beveridge, Ben Hunt-Davis
- Narrated by: Alexander Abineri, Anne-Marie Piazza
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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With its winning mix of gripping narrative and easy-to-implement performance-raising tips, this book has become a best-selling classic. It’s garnered five-star reviews and wide-ranging endorsements - from Sebastian Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes to Lord Digby Jones....
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Read was inspiring
- By D JAMES on 27-04-24
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Will It Make the Boat Go Faster? (Second Edition)
- Olympic-Winning Strategies for Everyday Success
- Narrated by: Alexander Abineri, Anne-Marie Piazza
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-07-21
- Language: English
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With its winning mix of gripping narrative and easy-to-implement performance-raising tips, this book has become a best-selling classic. It’s garnered five-star reviews and wide-ranging endorsements - from Sebastian Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes to Lord Digby Jones....
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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
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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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amazing
- By Shane canning on 16-09-22
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The Dirtiest Race in History
- Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100M Final
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 23-03-13
- Language: English
- 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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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- By: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes....
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Something of a let down
- By Ali on 13-11-12
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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 20-01-06
- Language: English
- 1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes....
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The Making of a Miracle
- The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal–Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
- By: Mike Eruzione, Neal Boudette
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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Mike Eruzione - the captain of the 1980 US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, who scored of the winning goal - recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning the gold medal....
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The Making of a Miracle
- The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal–Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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Mike Eruzione - the captain of the 1980 US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, who scored of the winning goal - recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning the gold medal....
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The Olympics' 50 Craziest Stories
- By: Les Woodland
- Narrated by: David L. Stanley
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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In addition to the 50 stories of competitors behaving badly, or at least oddly, Les Woodland has sprinkled collections of interesting and sometimes improbable Olympics facts throughout....
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The Olympics' 50 Craziest Stories
- Narrated by: David L. Stanley
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 17-06-15
- Language: English
- In addition to the 50 stories of competitors behaving badly, or at least oddly, Les Woodland has sprinkled collections of interesting and sometimes improbable Olympics facts throughout....
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Sevens Heaven
- The Beautiful Chaos of Fiji's Olympic Dream
- By: Ben Ryan
- Narrated by: Ben Ryan
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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This is the story of how one man changed a nation, how that nation changed the man and how together they made sporting history....
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A genuine sporting triumph
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-19
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Sevens Heaven
- The Beautiful Chaos of Fiji's Olympic Dream
- Narrated by: Ben Ryan
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 31-05-18
- Language: English
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This is the story of how one man changed a nation, how that nation changed the man and how together they made sporting history....
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Believe
- By: Nicola Adams MBE
- Narrated by: Emma Swan
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - became the first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing....
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Loved it
- By Anonymous User on 26-01-22
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The Tao of Sport
- Reflecting on Purpose, Passion, and Growth from a Hotbed of High Performance
- By: Duff Gibson
- Narrated by: Duff Gibson
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Duff Gibson has spent the better part of three decades in a hotbed of Olympic sport. The Tao of Sport explores the commonality amongst elite performers relating to purpose, passion, and growth, as a means to achieving high performance, or as a means to an end in itself....
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Thank you 🙏
- By Nicky on 19-01-23
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The Tao of Sport
- Reflecting on Purpose, Passion, and Growth from a Hotbed of High Performance
- Narrated by: Duff Gibson
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 04-02-22
- Language: English
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Duff Gibson has spent the better part of three decades in a hotbed of Olympic sport. The Tao of Sport explores the commonality amongst elite performers relating to purpose, passion, and growth, as a means to achieving high performance, or as a means to an end in itself....
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Clyde the Glide
- My Life in Basketball
- By: Clyde Drexler, Kerry Eggers
- Narrated by: Gregory Gorton
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball star Clyde Drexler, one of basketball history's most dynamic players....
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Great and interesting.
- By Matthew M. on 03-08-23
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Clyde the Glide
- My Life in Basketball
- Narrated by: Gregory Gorton
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 24-01-13
- Language: English
- Autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball star Clyde Drexler, one of basketball history's most dynamic players....
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Mistakes Misuse Murder
- The Quick and Dirty Guide to the Five Greatest Olympic Disasters and Why Rio Could Fail Too
- By: Chris Bartlett
- Narrated by: Ian Russell
- Length: 55 mins
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The Olympics. The legacy of an ancient culture. A marvel of the modern world. An opportunity for a host city to embarrass itself royally....
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Olympics
- By John Marsden on 11-11-24
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Mistakes Misuse Murder
- The Quick and Dirty Guide to the Five Greatest Olympic Disasters and Why Rio Could Fail Too
- Narrated by: Ian Russell
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 03-08-16
- Language: English
- The Olympics. The legacy of an ancient culture. A marvel of the modern world. An opportunity for a host city to embarrass itself royally....
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Laura Trott and Jason Kenny
- By: Laura Trott, Jason Kenny
- Narrated by: Guy Mott, Cassie Layton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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To achieve an Olympic gold is impressive; to be part of a couple doing this in the same sport is rare; to do it 10 times between you is unprecedented....
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Very nice insight into the Olympic cycling
- By Alex Pol on 04-03-20
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Laura Trott and Jason Kenny
- Narrated by: Guy Mott, Cassie Layton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 19-04-18
- Language: English
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To achieve an Olympic gold is impressive; to be part of a couple doing this in the same sport is rare; to do it 10 times between you is unprecedented....
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Dreams Do Come True
- By: Katherine Grainger
- Narrated by: Katherine Grainger
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Dreams Do Come True tells the inspirational story of one of Britain's golden girls from London 2012....
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Rowed To Glory
- By S. Morris on 06-01-15
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Dreams Do Come True
- Narrated by: Katherine Grainger
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 22-08-13
- Language: English
- Dreams Do Come True tells the inspirational story of one of Britain's golden girls from London 2012....
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The Boys of Winter
- 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
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They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century....
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The Boys of Winter
- The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 28-02-17
- Language: English
- They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century....
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More Power
- The Story of Jürgen Grobler: The most successful Olympic coach of all time
- By: Hugh Matheson, Christopher Dodd
- Narrated by: Joseph Tweedale
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Jurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight....
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Really bad sorry!
- By YappyDog on 23-07-18
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More Power
- The Story of Jürgen Grobler: The most successful Olympic coach of all time
- Narrated by: Joseph Tweedale
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 05-07-18
- Language: English
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Jurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight....
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On My Own Two Feet
- From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
- By: Amy Purdy, Michelle Burford
- Narrated by: Amy Purdy, Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder....
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Beautiful story
- By Sylwia Janik on 01-11-22
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On My Own Two Feet
- From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
- Narrated by: Amy Purdy, Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 15-09-20
- Language: English
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Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder....
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Perfectly Imperfect
- Embrace Your Difference, Find Your Superpower
- By: Ellen Keane, Liadán Hynes
- Narrated by: Ellen Keane
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Ellen Keane spent most of her teens extremely uncomfortable with her limb difference and battling to hide her insecurities. It was only when she embraced her difference that she found her superpower.
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Perfectly Imperfect
- Embrace Your Difference, Find Your Superpower
- Narrated by: Ellen Keane
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-11-24
- Language: English
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Ellen Keane spent most of her teens extremely uncomfortable with her limb difference and battling to hide her insecurities. It was only when she embraced her difference that she found her superpower.
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King of the World
- Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
- By: David Remnick, Salman Rushdie - introduction
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick captures one of the greatest athletes and irresistibly dynamic personalities of our time—Muhammad Ali—and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated.
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King of the World
- Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 02-07-24
- Language: English
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick captures one of the greatest athletes and irresistibly dynamic personalities of our time—Muhammad Ali—and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated.
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By the Sword
- A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
- By: Richard Cohen
- Narrated by: Richard Cohen
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
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By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting - a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since....
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Performance ruins a great book
- By George Kaar on 20-10-24
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By the Sword
- A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
- Narrated by: Richard Cohen
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 11-02-20
- Language: English
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By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting - a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since....
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Logan Martin
- Journey to Gold
- By: Logan Martin
- Narrated by: Kurt Ramjan
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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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....
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Logan Martin
- Journey to Gold
- Narrated by: Kurt Ramjan
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 18-10-22
- Language: English
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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....
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Three Kings
- Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age
- By: Todd Balf
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, this is the never-before-told story of three athletes—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports.
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Three Kings
- Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-07-24
- Language: English
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For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, this is the never-before-told story of three athletes—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports.
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