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A Life Impossible

Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

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by Andre Agassi ...

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He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court – but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game.Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would ... Read more

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4 hours 55 min

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Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

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8 hours 43 min

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by Peter Crouch ...

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7 hours 36 min

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Narrated by Michael Boatman ...

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6 hours 15 min

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The Second Half

by Roy Keane, Roddy Doyle ...

Narrated by Roy Keane, Stephen Hogan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

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Why We Kneel How We Rise

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE

by Michael Holding ...

Narrated by Michael Holding ...

Unabridged

10 hours

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As You Do

Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana

by Richard Hammond ...

Narrated by Richard Hammond ...

Abridged

3 hours 2 min

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My Fight / Your Fight

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

by Haruki Murakami ...

Narrated by Ray Porter ...

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by Jeff Benedict ...

Narrated by Chris Jackson ...

Unabridged

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Let Your Mind Run

A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

by Deena Kastor, Michelle Hamilton ...

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9 hours 2 min

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A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance

by Adharanand Finn ...

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10 hours 26 min

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Niki Lauda

The Biography

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12 hours 11 min

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Sevens Heaven

The Beautiful Chaos of Fiji's Olympic Dream: WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

by Ben Ryan ...

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