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The Bat, Ball and Field: The Elements of Cricket by Jon Hotten

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411784 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411784] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bat, Ball and Field: The Elements of Cricket Author: Jon Hotten Narrator: David Thorpe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket. ‘Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best’ Cricketer Chronicling the evolution of the sport since its earliest years, highlighting transcendent moments as well as tragedies, Jon Hotten lifts the seemingly impregnable veil from the Laws, batting strokes, types of bowling and the sometimes absurd names given to where fielders stand, allowing anyone a pathway into enjoying the sport, and an introductory immersion into its long history. This book is divided into the three parts that make up the fundamental elements of cricket: bat, ball and field. Their harmony produces cricket’s unique environment; their centuries’ long conflict provides its innovation, adaptability and vast psychological hinterland. These sections unite to map out in a completely original way the story of the sport that began as a country pursuit and is now followed by billions across the world.

Rise: My Story by Lindsey Vonn

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384130 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384130] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: My Story Author: Lindsey Vonn Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The first ever memoir from the most decorated female skier of all time, revealing never-before-told stories of her life in the fast lane, her struggle with depression, and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers on and off the slopes. 82 World Cup wins. 20 World Cup titles. 3 Olympic medals. 7 World Championship Medals. A fixture in the American sports landscape for almost twenty years, Lindsey Vonn is a legend. With a career that spanned a transformation in how America recognizes and celebrates female athletes, Vonn—who retired in 2019 as the most decorated American skier of all time—was in the vanguard of that change, helping blaze a trail for other world-class female athletes and reimagining what it meant to pursue speed at all costs. In Rise, Vonn shares her incredible journey for the first time, going behind the scenes of a badass life built around resilience and risk-taking. One of the most aggressive skiers ever, Vonn offers a fascinating glimpse into the relentless pursuit of her limits, a pursuit so focused on one-upping herself that she pushed her body past its breaking point as she achieved greatness. While this iconic grit and perseverance helped her battle a catalog of injuries, these injuries came with a cost—physical, of course, but also mental. Vonn opens up about her decades-long depression and struggles with self-confidence, discussing candidly how her mental health challenges influenced her career without defining her.  Through it all, she dissects the moments that sidelined her and how, each time, she clawed her way back using an iconoclastic approach rooted in hard work—pushing boundaries, challenging expectations, and speaking her mind, even when it got her into trouble. At once empowering and raw, Rise is an inspirational look at her hard-fought success as well as an honest appraisal of the sacrifices she made along the way—an emotional journey of winning that understands all too well that every victory comes with a price.

We Want Bama: A Season of Hope and the Making of Nick Saban's 'Ultimate Team' by Joseph Goodman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415175 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415175] to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Want Bama: A Season of Hope and the Making of Nick Saban's 'Ultimate Team' Author: Joseph Goodman Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A lively chronicle of how the 2020 Crimson Tide became Nick Saban’s “ultimate team.” Was Alabama’s Crimson Tide in 2020 the greatest team of all time? The squad went 13-0 in a pandemic year, scored a combined 107 points against SEC powerhouses LSU and Florida, crushed Ohio State in a National Championship Game 52-24 in a contest that wasn’t even that close, and followed it up with another top-rated signing class. Nick Saban called his boys the “ultimate team,” but it wasn’t just because they kicked the ever-living hell out of everyone on the football field. It was because the team leveraged a power and influence born of Southern pride to push back against a hateful legacy of racism that a populist president was exploiting to divide the nation. At a time when Americans needed real leaders in the face of so much hate, the sports world answered the call and fought back for the soul of the country. In the summer of 2020, the Tide players left their training facility and, led by their celebrated coach, marched to a campus doorway made infamous sixty years earlier by another political demagogue and showed what people can accomplish when they fight together for a just cause in the name of unity. The most powerful force in a state crazy for college football had chosen to make a stand and replace George Wallace’s “Segregation forever!” with a different message, written by one of the players: “All lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.” There have been some great football teams through the years, and they all deserve respect. But here’s what we know for sure: They all would have been appreciative of what this Alabama team represented, and proud of what it accomplished. The Crimson Tide in 2020 captured something special that moved it beyond the conversation of best ever, and into the place reserved for most important of all time.

A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games by Lori Alexander

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423092 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423092] to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games Author: Lori Alexander Narrator: Neil Hellegers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: August 12, 2021 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this young listener's biography showcases a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives. Dedicating his life to helping patients labeled ''incurables,'' Ludwig Guttmann fought for the rights of paraplegics to live a full life. The young doctor believed—and eventually proved—that physical movement is key to healing, a discovery that led him to create the first Paralympic Games. Told with moving text, and featuring the life stories of athletes from the Paralympic Games Ludwig helped create, this story of the man who saved lives through sports will inspire listeners of all backgrounds. A supplemental PDF containing historical photographs and a timeline of events is included.

Steve Kerr: A Life by Scott Howard-Cooper

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416242 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416242] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Steve Kerr: A Life Author: Scott Howard-Cooper Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of Steve Kerr, the championship-winning basketball player and head coach of the record-breaking Golden State Warriors Few individuals have had a career as storied, and improbable, as Steve Kerr. He has won eight NBA titles—five as a player and three as a coach—for three different franchises. He played alongside the best players of a generation, from Michael Jordan to Shaquille O’Neal to Tim Duncan, and learned the craft of basketball under four legendary coaches. He was an integral part of two famed NBA dynasties. Perhaps no other figure in basketball history has had a hand in such greatness. In Steve Kerr, award-winning sports journalist Scott Howard-Cooper uncovers the fascinating life story of a basketball legend. Kerr did not follow a traditional path to the NBA. He was born in Beirut to two academics and split his childhood between California and the Middle East. Though he was an impressive shooter, the undersized Kerr garnered almost no attention from major college programs, managing only at the last moment to snag the final scholarship at the University of Arizona. Then, during his freshman season at Arizona, tragedy struck. His father, Malcolm, then the president of the American University of Beirut, was assassinated in Lebanon by terrorists. Forged by the crucible of this family saga, Steve went on to chart an unparalleled life in basketball, on the court and on the sidelines. The only coach other than Red Auerbach to lead a team to the Finals five consecutive seasons, Kerr seems destined for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Steve Kerr is his incredible story, offering insights into the man and what it takes to be—and make—a champion. Drawing upon Scott Howard-Cooper’s years covering Warriors, deep archival research, and original interviews with more than one hundred of the central characters in Kerr’s life, this is basketball biography at its finest.