29 Best Body Building Books
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Dottir
- By: Katrin Davidsdottir
- Narrator: Katrin Davidsdottir
- Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: August 06, 2019
- Language: English
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4.11(1463 ratings)
4.11(1463 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDDottir is the inspiring and poignant memoir written and read by two-time CrossFit Games champion, Katrin Davidsdottir. As one of only two women in history to have won the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” twice, Davidsdottir knows allDottir is the inspiring and poignant memoir written and read by two-time CrossFit Games champion, Katrin Davidsdottir.
As one of only two women in history to have won the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength. She won the title in 2015, backing it up with a second win in 2016, after starting CrossFit in just 2011.
A gymnast as a youth, Davidsdottir wanted to try new challenges and found a love of CrossFit. But it hasn’t been a smooth rise to the top. In 2014, just one year before taking home the gold, she didn’t qualify for the Games. She used that loss as motivation and fuel for training harder and smarter for the 2015 Games. She pushed herself and refocused her mental game. Her hard work and perseverance paid off with her return to the Games and subsequent victories in 2015 and 2016.
In Dottir, Davidsdottir shares her journey with readers. She details her focus on training, goal setting, nutrition, and mental toughness.
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Total Recall
- By: Gordon Bell
- Narrator: Gordon Bell
- Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 02, 2010
- Language: English
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3.35(289 ratings)
3.35(289 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDAuthors Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell tap their experiences with the MyLifeBits project at Microsoft Research for this extraordinary book. What if you could remember everything? With today’s technology, that notion becomes more realistic eachAuthors Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell tap their experiences with the MyLifeBits project at Microsoft Research for this extraordinary book. What if you could remember everything? With today’s technology, that notion becomes more realistic each day. Bell and Gemmell explain what it could all mean. “Readers will be wondering about the consequences . long after they put down this fascinating text .”-Publishers Weekly, starred review
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The Resistance Training Revolution
- By: Sal Di Stefano
- Narrator: Sal Di Stefano
- Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 27, 2021
- Language: English
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4.26(417 ratings)
4.26(417 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDBurn fat, build lean, sexy muscles, lose inches, and feel healthier, more energetic, and youthful than you ever have in your life…with a revolutionary new approach to resistance training. Tired of spending hours on the treadmill? Dealing withBurn fat, build lean, sexy muscles, lose inches, and feel healthier, more energetic, and youthful than you ever have in your life…with a revolutionary new approach to resistance training.... Read more
Tired of spending hours on the treadmill? Dealing with the joint paint of high impact exercise? And seeing very few results in terms of fat-burning and weight loss? If so, it’s time to join the revolution. Brought to you by Sal Di Stefano, the founder of the mega popular Mind Pump podcast, The Resistance Training Revolution reveals how resistance training is the best form of exercise to burn fat, boost metabolism, and achieve health benefits you cannot obtain from other forms of exercise.
Di Stefano breaks down fitness misconceptions, shares his decades of industry knowledge, and brings you a comprehensive, accessible guidebook that will give you the body you’ve always wanted–in as little as 60 minutes a week. This book features:- Over 60 fat-burning, metabolism-boosting workouts you can do at home to sculpt your body and maximize your health and longevity
- Raw fitness truths that will show you what works and what doesn’t. You’ll be shocked at how easy it is to build lean muscle and lose fat once you understand these truths, and once you train your body the right way
- The newly discovered health benefits of resistance training in terms of heart health, bone strength, joint protection, and especially antiaging
- The exact formula for nutrition that makes losing fat, while sculpting your body a breeze and for the long term.
- Dozens of self-assessments to track your progress, and much more
The Resistance Training Revolution also reveals how to optimize your workout time following Mind Pump’s Muscular Adaptation Programming System (MAPS)–a system that ensures that you keep making progress without the frustrating plateaus. Isn’t it time you joined the revolution?
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Body Confidence
- By: Mark Macdonald
- Narrator: Mark Macdonald
- Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 05, 2011
- Language: English
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3.72(264 ratings)
3.72(264 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDSay goodbye to feeling disappointed with your body–Body Confidence is the highly anticipated fitness book from world-renowned Venice Nutrition Program founder Mark Macdonald. Macdonald’s targeted series of diet and fitness strategies areSay goodbye to feeling disappointed with your body–Body Confidence is the highly anticipated fitness book from world-renowned Venice Nutrition Program founder Mark Macdonald. Macdonald’s targeted series of diet and fitness strategies are proven to burn body fat, boost energy levels, increase muscle mass, and eliminate sugar cravings for a better looking, better feeling body today. Providing a step up to holistic body care for fans of Tosca Reno’s Eat-Clean Diet or Jorge Cruise’s Belly Fat Cure, and an excellent companion to Cynthia Sass’s Cinch!, the Venice Nutrition Program’s innovative fitness plan focuses on blood sugar stabilization and a complementary program of exercise, sleep, and stress management. A foreword by bestselling author Chelsea Handler will let you know why Body Confidence is your next step to a healthier, happier tomorrow.
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Demon Copperhead
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrator: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
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4.57(26588 ratings)
- NYT Best Sellers
4.57(26588 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0036.99 USDA NEW YORK TIMES “TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2022” An Oprah’s Book Club Selection * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller * A #1 Washington Post Bestseller “Demon is a voice for theA NEW YORK TIMES “TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2022”
An Oprah’s Book Club Selection * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller * A #1 Washington Post Bestseller
“Demon is a voice for the ages–akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield–only even more resilient.” –Beth Macy, author of Dopesick
“May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.” (Ron Charles, Washington Post)
From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.
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All the Light We Cannot See
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrator: Zach Appelman
- Length: 16 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.32(1231097 ratings)
4.32(1231097 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDWinner of the 2015 Audie Award for Fiction* SOON TO BE A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES–from the producer and director of Stranger Things starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* *Winner of the Pulitzer Prize* National BookWinner of the 2015 Audie Award for Fiction
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* SOON TO BE A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES–from the producer and director of Stranger Things starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*
*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize* National Book Award Finalist* A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book* A New York Times Bestseller *
The beloved, “incandescent…luminous” (Oprah Daily) instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind, and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge.
Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times). -
The Oxygen Advantage
- By: Patrick McKeown
- Narrator: Alan Smyth
- Length: 9 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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4.03(2676 ratings)
4.03(2676 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDA simple yet revolutionary approach to improving your body’s oxygen use, increasing your health, weight loss, and sports performance–whether you’re a recovering couch potato or an Ironman triathlon champion. With a foreword by NewA simple yet revolutionary approach to improving your body’s oxygen use, increasing your health, weight loss, and sports performance–whether you’re a recovering couch potato or an Ironman triathlon champion. With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Dr. Joseph Mercola.
Achieve more with less effort: The secret to weight loss, fitness, and wellness lies in the most basic and most overlooked function of your body–how you breathe. One of the biggest obstacles to better health and fitness is a rarely identified problem: chronic over-breathing. We often take many more breaths than we need–without realizing it–contributing to poor health and fitness, including a host of disorders, from anxiety and asthma to insomnia and heart problems.
In The Oxygen Advantage, the man who has trained over 5,000 people–including Olympic and professional athletes–in reduced breathing exercises now shares his scientifically validated techniques to help you breathe more efficiently. Patrick McKeown teaches you the fundamental relationship between oxygen and the body, then gets you started with a Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT) to determine how efficiently your body uses oxygen. He then shows you how to increase your BOLT score by using light breathing exercises and learning how to simulate high altitude training, a technique used by Navy SEALs and professional athletes to help increase endurance, weight loss, and vital red blood cells to dramatically improve cardio-fitness.
Following his program, even the most out-of-shape person (including those with chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma) can climb stairs, run for a bus, or play soccer without gasping for air, and everyone can achieve:
- Easy weight loss and weight maintenance
- Improved sleep and energy
- Increased concentration
- Reduced breathlessness during exercise
- Heightened athletic performance
- Improved cardiovascular health
- Elimination of asthmatic symptoms, and more.
With The Oxygen Advantage, you can look better, feel better, and do more–it’s as easy as breathing.
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Body For Life
- By: Bill Phillips
- Narrator: Bill Phillips
- Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 09, 2006
- Language: English
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3.74(4089 ratings)
3.74(4089 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDListen to Bill Phillips as he introduces you to his Body-for-LIFE program! Change Your Mind ‘Change Your Body ‘Change Your Life.Imagine, just 12 weeks from now, having the lean healthy body you’ve always wanted and not having toListen to Bill Phillips as he introduces you to his Body-for-LIFE program!
Change Your Mind ‘Change Your Body ‘Change Your Life.Imagine, just 12 weeks from now, having the lean healthy body you’ve always wanted and not having to turn your life upside down to get it. Imagine having the energy to be at your peak from dawn to dusk, having the confidence to do all the things you’ve been putting off, having the certainty to make the right decision at the right time, and knowing that you really do have the power to change – not just your body but anything in this world you set your mind to.
If this sounds unlikely, or maybe even impossible, it’s time you were introduced to Bill Phillips and his Body-for-LIFE Program – it’s time you join those who have experienced breakthroughs with the help of his expert advice.
These people include: Hundreds of thousands of men and women who read his magazine for guidance and straightforward information about exercise, nutrition, and living with strength.
Elite professional athletes – among them John Elway, Karl Malone, Mike Piazza, and Terrell Davis – who have turned to Phillips for clear-cut information to enhance their energy and performance.
People once plagued by obesity, alcoholism, and life-threatening ailments who accepted a personal challenge from Phillips and, with his help, have now regained control of their bodies and lives.
The principles of the Body-for-LIFE Program are surprisingly simple but remarkably powerful. Allow yourself to experience the force of the information on this audio – allow yourself to take your mind, your body, your life to a higher point than you may have ever dreamed you could. All in as little as 12 weeks.
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Eat It!
- By: Jordan Syatt
- Narrator: Jordan Syatt
- Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 07, 2022
- Language: English
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4.45(641 ratings)
4.45(641 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDForeword by Gary Vaynerchuk Gary Vaynerchuk’s personal trainers explain how you can enjoy your favorite foods without guilt while losing weight, getting stronger, and improving your health. Some “experts” say, Don’t eat carbsForeword by Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk’s personal trainers explain how you can enjoy your favorite foods without guilt while losing weight, getting stronger, and improving your health.
Some “experts” say, Don’t eat carbs because insulin makes you fat. Other “experts” say, Don’t eat fat because fat makes you fat. Others say, Don’t eat protein because protein makes you fat. Some even say, Don’t eat fruit because sugar makes you fat. So the logical conclusion would be not to eat anything at all . . . except for the other “experts” who say that makes you fat because it’s starvation mode.
Who should you believe? Who is right? Who is an ignoramus? And who is just trying to make a quick buck? It’s confusing and difficult to know who to trust, but by the end of this book you’ll realize you don’t need to eliminate anything from your diet. You can enjoy all your favorite foods (in moderation) while losing fat and achieving your goals.
The issue is the “in moderation” bit. That’s not a fun or sexy sell. And most people are far less likely to spend their money on “moderation” when a half-naked Instagram influencer is advertising that you can lose 50 pounds in 24 hours while stuffing your face full of cake! That said, considering you’ve got this book in your hands, you must be tired of the lies and deception in fitness marketing and are ready to understand the truth.
Let’s dive in.
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Fit2Fat2Fit
- By: Drew Manning
- Narrator: Drew Manning
- Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 05, 2012
- Language: English
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3.21(881 ratings)
3.21(881 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDDrew Manning, a natural fitness junkie and devoted personal trainer, had never been overweight in his life. He never craved junk food or missed an opportunity to work out. Yet despite his obsession with fitness, he failed to help his clients reachDrew Manning, a natural fitness junkie and devoted personal trainer, had never been overweight in his life. He never craved junk food or missed an opportunity to work out. Yet despite his obsession with fitness, he failed to help his clients reach their goals. Something had to give. Manning needed to understand what it was like to be on the other side–spend a few months in his clients’ shoes or, rather, size.
For six months, Manning radically let himself go. He stopped exercising and ate nothing but the typical American diet of fast and processed foods. Not surprisingly, he started to gain weight. Manning made national news when he posted a blog revealing that he had gained more than 60 pounds (he ended up gaining 75). In only half a year, the out-of-shape trainer-turned-blogger had gained more than he ever expected–and not just in pounds.
Manning devoted the next six months to losing the weight as quickly as he had gained it. The lessons he learned were priceless, as he had now experienced both sides of the weight-loss battle. What started as a physical challenge became an emotional and mental wake-up call. In Fit2Fat2Fit, Manning reveals the practical takeaways and profound in- sights of his yearlong journey. With startlingly honest stories, concrete easy-to-implement strategies, recipes, exercises, workout routines, meal plans, and much more, the reader is fully equipped to achieve any weight-loss goal.
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The Core 4
- By: Stephanie Gaudreau
- Narrator: Devon Sorvari
- Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 30, 2019
- Language: English
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4.08(102 ratings)
4.08(102 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDAt Last, a No-Bullsh*t, Shame-Free Strength Transformation Program! Since 2011, nutrition and fitness expert Steph Gaudreau has impacted the lives of thousands of women through her fierce-love approach to strength and badassery, what she calls TheAt Last, a No-Bullsh*t, Shame-Free Strength Transformation Program!
Since 2011, nutrition and fitness expert Steph Gaudreau has impacted the lives of thousands of women through her fierce-love approach to strength and badassery, what she calls The Core 4. The success of her program can be found in the astounding health results from those women who have tried it–including muscle definition, body confidence, restful sleep, and a strong powerful outlook that permeates every facet of life.
In THE CORE 4 Steph finally offers women a strong body and mind achieved through minimal time on the treadmill, simple workouts, targeted nutrition (that is also delicious!), and mindset practices with clear results. When you focus on The Core 4–Eat Nourishing Foods, Move with Intention, Recharge Your Energy, and Empower Your Mind–you give yourself the gifts of care, strength, and resiliency, and take a powerful step toward the life you want.
“By refusing to let your weight measure your worth. By nourishing your body. By listening to your intuition as a guide. By taking your power back. I guarantee you’ll start feeling energetic, active, confident, strong, resilient, and ready to change the world.”–Steph Gaudreau
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Finding Ultra
- By: Rich Roll
- Narrator: Rich Roll
- Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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4.01(9721 ratings)
4.01(9721 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFinding Ultra is Rich Roll’s incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever. One cool evening in October 2006, the night before he was to turn forty, Rich experienced a chillingFinding Ultra is Rich Roll’s incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever.
One cool evening in October 2006, the night before he was to turn forty, Rich experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight at the time and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary lifestyle was taking him. Most of us look the other way when granted such a moment of clarity, but not Rich. Plunging into a new way of eating that made processed foods off limits and prioritized plant nutrition and daily training, Rich morphed–in a matter of mere months–from out-of-shape midlifer to endurance machine. One morning, ninety days into his physical overhaul, Rich left the house to embark on a light jog and found himself running a near marathon. It was time to scale up his goals.
How many of us take up a sport at age forty and compete for the title of the world’s best within two years? Finding Ultra recounts Rich’s remarkable journey to the starting line of the elite Ultraman World Championship competition, which pits the world’s fittest humans against each other in a 320-mile ordeal of swimming, biking, and running. Following that test, Rich conquered an even greater one: the Epic5 Challenge–five Ironman-distance triathlons, each on a different Hawaiian island, all completed in less than a week.
But this is much more than an edge-of-the-seat look at a series of jaw-dropping athletic feats and much more than a practical training manual for those who would attempt a similar transformation. Yes, Rich’s account rivets, and yes, it instructs, providing information that will be invaluable to anyone who wants to change their physique; but this book is most notable as a powerful testament to human resiliency, for as we learn early on, Rich’s childhood posed numerous physical and social challenges, and his early adulthood featured a fierce battle with alcoholism.
Ultimately, Finding Ultra is a beautifully written portrait of what willpower can accomplish. It challenges all of us to rethink what we’re capable of and urges us, implicitly and explicitly, to “go for it.”
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Shapeshifters
- By: Gavin Francis
- Narrator: Thomas Judd
- Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 05, 2018
- Language: English
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3.87(226 ratings)
3.87(226 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDFrom birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human life To be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitableFrom birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human life
To be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo — such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies will: like getting a tattoo, experiencing psychosis, suffering anorexia, being pregnant, or undergoing a gender transition. In Francis’s hands, each event becomes an opportunity to explore the meaning of identity and the natures-biological, psychological, and philosophical-of our selves. True to its own subject, Shapeshifters combines Francis’s lyrical imagination and deep knowledge of medicine and the humanities for a life-altering read.
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Unlock Your Macro Type
- By: Christine Hronec
- Narrator: Christine Hronec
- Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 08, 2022
- Language: English
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4.24(110 ratings)
4.24(110 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDScientist, fitness champion, and founder of Gauge Girl Training Christine Hronec shares a customizable plan to lose weight and shed fat by eating according to your macro type, a profile based on your body type and personal carb tolerance. UnlockScientist, fitness champion, and founder of Gauge Girl Training Christine Hronec shares a customizable plan to lose weight and shed fat by eating according to your macro type, a profile based on your body type and personal carb tolerance. Unlock your macro type and end the battle with the scale—for good.
One-size-fits-all diets don’t work, and neither does counting calories alone. Biochemical Engineer and fitness expert Christine Hronec has discovered that the key to fat loss and feeling your best is eating the optimum ratio of macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates, and fat—for your unique body.
Through years of coaching and research, Hronec has pinpointed five macro types, a bio-individual nutritional blueprint based on your body type and carb tolerance. Rooted in science and backed by real-world results, Unlock Your Macro Type reveals:
- The secret code of fat, and why you need to eat fat to burn fat
- Why drastic carb-cutting can backfire for many macro types
- The essential macronutrient most people don’t get enough of each day
- The single biggest factor that dictates how to eat for your macro type
Complete with quizzes and tailor-made menus, recipes, and workouts, Hronec’s personalized plan is designed to get you the best results based on your body, your metabolism, and your goals.
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Cold Iron
- By: Stina Leicht
- Length: 21 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.6(356 ratings)
3.6(356 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDFor centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race’s natural magical talents to retain its elevated and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination attemptsFor centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race’s natural magical talents to retain its elevated
and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination
attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling
against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.Nels, the only kainen in Eledore to study the Acrasians, understands the threat they pose and relinquishes his
standing as heir to join the army, while Suvi supports the kingdom from within as admiral of the dwindling Eledorian
navy and the new heir to the crumbling throne. Slow to change, the Eledorians soon face the Acrasians’ vast military
armed with muskets and cannon.But a revolution is coming, and along with it the possible end of a kingdom. The assumptions of generations
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will be turned on their head as kainen and human clash, love and friendship are found and tested, and war comes as
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Mind Your Body
- By: Joel Harper
- Narrator: Joel Harper
- Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 17, 2015
- Language: English
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3.55(45 ratings)
3.55(45 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDForeword by Dr. Mehmet Oz A renowned personal trainer to Olympic athletes, movie stars, Broadway actors, and supermodels, draws on twenty years of experience to create a powerful three-step fitness approach–combining mindful techniques withForeword by Dr. Mehmet Oz
A renowned personal trainer to Olympic athletes, movie stars, Broadway actors, and supermodels, draws on twenty years of experience to create a powerful three-step fitness approach–combining mindful techniques with effective workouts–to achieve stunning results in only fifteen minutes a day. With a foreword by Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Cutting edge research in the fields of neuroscience and neuropsychology shows that negative thinking prevents people from improving bad health and shedding excess weight. As the research makes clear, your mindset is the crucial factor when it comes to slimming down, toning up, and boosting overall well being.
Joel Harper’s Mind Your Body provides simple, effective ways to harness your brainpower to make lasting changes. Utilizing his powerful three-step approach, readers will learn how to quickly and simply access mindful techniques, combine them with effective fifteen minute workouts, and eat simply and deliciously to quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly yield successful weight loss, a leaner and firmer body, reduced stress, improved health, increased happiness, and enhanced energy.
You’ll notice improved mood, impulse control, motivation, and energy in just one day. In one week, you will have established new ways of thinking, moving, and eating that will deliver effortless weight loss, energy surges, and more restful sleep. At the end of four weeks, you will have dropped a dress size, lost up to ten pounds or more, shed fat, toned up, doubled your energy levels, and have bulletproof motivation–all thanks to a positive new outlook and fifteen minutes a day. Mind Your Body shows you how.
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Let Dogs Be Dogs
- Narrator: Dan Woren
- Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 12, 2017
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDAmerica’s foremost authorities on dog care and training distill decades of experience in a comprehensive “foundational” guide for dog owners. No matter what training method or techniques you use with your dog, the training isAmerica’s foremost authorities on dog care and training distill decades of experience in a comprehensive “foundational” guide for dog owners.... Read moreNo matter what training method or techniques you use with your dog, the training is unlikely to be optimally successful unless it is predicated on an understanding of the dog’s true nature. Dogs need food, water, exercise and play, rest, veterinary care — the basics. But since dogs naturally want to be led, they also need focused and compassionate guidance.
Through abundant stories and case studies, the authors reveal how canine nature manifests itself in various behaviors, some potentially disruptive to domestic accord, and show how in addressing these behaviors you can strengthen the bond with your dog as well as keep the peace. The promise of this book is that, especially in an ever-accelerating world filled with digital distractions, you can learn from your dog’s example how to live in the moment, thereby enriching your life immeasurably.
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The Running-Shaped Hole
- By: Robert Earl Stewart
- Narrator: Robert Fass
- Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.18(62 ratings)
4.18(62 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA searching, self-deprecating memoir of a man on his way to eating himself to death before discovering the anxiety and fulfillment of distance running When Robert Earl Stewart sees his pants lying across the end of his bed, they remind him of a flagA searching, self-deprecating memoir of a man on his way to eating himself to death before discovering the anxiety and fulfillment of distance running
When Robert Earl Stewart sees his pants lying across the end of his bed, they remind him of a flag draped over a coffin–his coffin. At thirty-eight years old he weighs 368 pounds and is slowly eating himself to death. The only thing that helps him deal with the fear and shame is eating. But one day, following a terrifying doctor’s appointment, he goes for a walk–an act that sets The Running-Shaped Hole in motion. Within a year, he is running long distances, fulfilling his mother’s dying wishes, reversing the disastrous course of his eating, losing 140 pounds, and, after several mishaps and jail time, eventually running the Detroit Free Press Half-Marathon.
At turns philosophical and slapstick, this memoir examines the life-altering effects running has on a man who, left to his own devices, struggles to be a husband, a father, a son, and a writer.
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Inside of a Dog
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrator: Karen White
- Length: 10 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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3.61(12751 ratings)
3.61(12751 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThe #1 New York Times bestselling book from the author of The Year of the Puppy that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive theirThe #1 New York Times bestselling book from the author of The Year of the Puppy that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.
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Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draws a picture of what it might be like to be a dog. What’s it like to be able to smell not just every bit of open food in the house but also to smell sadness in humans, or even the passage of time? How does a tiny dog manage to play successfully with a Great Dane? What is it like to hear the bodily vibrations of insects or the hum of a fluorescent light? Why must a person on a bicycle be chased? What’s it like to use your mouth as a hand? In short, what is it like for a dog to experience life from two feet off the ground, amidst the smells of the sidewalk, gazing at our ankles or knees?
Inside of a Dog explains these things and much more. The answers can be surprising–once we set aside our natural inclination to anthropomorphize dogs. Inside of a Dog also contains up-to-the-minute research–on dogs’ detection of disease, the secrets of their tails, and their skill at reading our attention–that Horowitz puts into useful context. Although not a formal training guide, Inside of a Dog has practical application for dog lovers interested in understanding why their dogs do what they do. With a light touch and the weight of science behind her, Alexandra Horowitz examines the animal we think we know best but may actually understand the least. This book is as close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself. -
The Wright Brothers
- By: David McCullough
- Narrator: David McCullough
- Length: 10 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.15(77547 ratings)
4.15(77547 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize–the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly–Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day inThe #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize–the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly–Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers–bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio–changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that the age of flight had begun, with the first powered machine carrying a pilot.
Orville and Wilbur Wright were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity. When they worked together, no problem seemed to be insurmountable. Wilbur was unquestionably a genius. Orville had such mechanical ingenuity as few had ever seen. That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off, they risked being killed.
In this “enjoyable, fast-paced tale” (The Economist), master historian David McCullough “shows as never before how two Ohio boys from a remarkable family taught the world to fly” (The Washington Post) and “captures the marvel of what the Wrights accomplished” (The Wall Street Journal). He draws on the extensive Wright family papers to profile not only the brothers but their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them. Essential reading, this is “a story of timeless importance, told with uncommon empathy and fluency…about what might be the most astonishing feat mankind has ever accomplished…The Wright Brothers soars” (The New York Times Book Review). -
Foundations of Health
- By: Eric Goodman
- Narrator: David Toback
- Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 18, 2022
- Language: English
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3.96(26 ratings)
3.96(26 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe Founder of the proven Foundation Training program takes his teaching to the next phase, offering detailed understanding of our capacity to heal using the body’s built in systems, introducing a perpetual inner core of wellness andThe Founder of the proven Foundation Training program takes his teaching to the next phase, offering detailed understanding of our capacity to heal using the body’s built in systems, introducing a perpetual inner core of wellness and adaptability.
Dr. Eric Goodman’s innovative approach to self-healing–Foundation Training–has helped celebrities, athletes, first responders, and regular folks around the world feel and look better, and kept them active and fit. The core of Foundation Training is a unique form of biomechanics–a series of postures, poses, and movements designed to teach the body’s individual muscles to act within strong, flexible chains of muscles, shifting the burden of support away from sensitive joints.
Foundations of Health builds on this core program, going deep into the principles and practices to help us understand how to maintain a healthy body even when the mechanics eventually break down. Our bodies are built to heal themselves– without surgeries and prescriptive medications. The protocols focus on the endogenous cannabinoid stimulators–neurotransmitters that bind directly to cannabinoid receptors throughout the Vertebrate nervous systems–including the Central, Enteric and Peripheral nervous system.
Dr. Goodman explains the science behind the endogenous cannabinoid system and how it can be stimulated in natural and healthy ways. He recommends foods, herbs, and supplements likely to ease pain, lower stress, and boost mental and physical function. He addresses the notable medicinal benefits of CBD, THC, and the many Terpenes associated with Cannabis’s reputation for healing, and teaches how to be a smart consumer of Cannabinoids. He also shares techniques that will help guide and maintain the state of balance the body needs to function optimally with stability and harmony.
Foundations of Health will forever change the way we think of our bodies and our physical healing.
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Fit Gurl
- By: Melissa Alcantara
- Narrator: Fernanda Hughes
- Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 05, 2020
- Language: English
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3.77(130 ratings)
3.77(130 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA fitness and nutrition program that offers serious results designed by Kim Kardashian’s most celebrated personal trainer, Melissa Alcantara, aka Instagram star Fitgurlmel. What do you want? To have biceps, a butt, and defined abs? To wearA fitness and nutrition program that offers serious results designed by Kim Kardashian’s most celebrated personal trainer, Melissa Alcantara, aka Instagram star Fitgurlmel.
What do you want? To have biceps, a butt, and defined abs? To wear anything? To feel resilient and capable?These things are about one thing: work. If you’re ready to put in the time, commitment, and dedication, Fit Gurl will change your body and your life.
This book features:
- The day-by-day ‘Turnaround’ plan that worked for Melissa and will work for you
- Melissa’s unbelievable story of transformation, going from post-pregnancy, fitness newbie to shredded athlete and full-time personal trainer
- Over 40 recipes for healthy meals, smoothies, and sides including poke bowls, frittatas, pancakes, and more
This isn’t just about your body. Fit Gurl is a path to self-discovery through fitness and a plan for going from one way of life to another with purpose and intention. Melissa did it and so can you.
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Racing the Clock
- By: Bernd Heinrich
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 06, 2021
- Language: English
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3.47(231 ratings)
3.47(231 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0020.99 USDAn award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist andAn award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime
Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age.
Why do some bodies age differently than others? How much control do we have over that process and what effect, if any, does being active have? Bringing to bear research from his entire career and in the spirit of his classic Why We Run, Heinrich probes the questions of how we use energy and continue to adapt to our mutable surroundings and circumstances. Beyond that, he examines how our bodies change while we age but also how we can work with, if not overcome, many of these changes–and what all this tells us about evolution and the mechanisms of life, health, and happiness.
Racing the Clock offers fascinating and surprising conclusions, all while bringing the reader along on Heinrich’s compelling journey to what he says will be his final race–a fifty-kilometer race at age eighty.
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The Elephant in the Room
- By: Tommy Tomlinson
- Narrator: Tommy Tomlinson
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.15(2396 ratings)
4.15(2396 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 A “warm and funny and honest…genuinely unputdownable” (Curtis Sittenfeld) memoir chronicling what it’s like to live in today’s world as a fat man, from acclaimed journalist TommyONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
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A “warm and funny and honest…genuinely unputdownable” (Curtis Sittenfeld) memoir chronicling what it’s like to live in today’s world as a fat man, from acclaimed journalist Tommy Tomlinson, who, as he neared the age of fifty, weighed 460 pounds and decided he had to change his life.
When he was almost fifty years old, Tommy Tomlinson weighed an astonishing–and dangerous–460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to climb a flight of stairs without having to catch his breath, or travel on an airplane without buying two seats. Raised in a family that loved food, he had been aware of the problem for years, seeing doctors and trying diets from the time he was a preteen. But nothing worked, and every time he tried to make a change, it didn’t go the way he planned–in fact, he wasn’t sure that he really wanted to change.
In The Elephant in the Room, Tomlinson chronicles his lifelong battle with weight in a voice that combines the urgency of Roxane Gay’s Hunger with the intimacy of Rick Bragg’s All Over but the Shoutin’. He also hits the road to meet other members of the plus-sized tribe in an attempt to understand how, as a nation, we got to this point. From buying a Fitbit and setting exercise goals to contemplating the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, America’s “capital of food porn,” and modifying his own diet, Tomlinson brings us along on a candid and sometimes brutal look at the everyday experience of being constantly aware of your size. Over the course of the book, he confronts these issues head-on and chronicles the practical steps he has to take to lose weight by the end.
“What could have been a wallow in memoir self-pity is raised to art by Tomlinson’s wit and prose” (Rolling Stone). Affecting and searingly honest, The Elephant in the Room is an “inspirational” (The New York Times) memoir that will resonate with anyone who has grappled with addiction, shame, or self-consciousness. “Add this to your reading list ASAP” (Charlotte Magazine). -
Fast Girl
- By: Suzy Favor Hamilton
- Narrator: Suzy Favor Hamilton
- Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 14, 2015
- Language: English
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3.5(4996 ratings)
3.5(4996 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness, and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition, but also in life. This is aNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness, and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition, but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful memoir reminiscent of Manic, Electroboy, and An Unquiet Mind.
During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was the darling of American track and field. An outstanding runner, a major sports apparel spokesperson, and a happily married wife, she was the model for an active, healthy, and wholesome life. But her perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. For years after leaving the track, Suzy wrestled with her condition, as well as the loss of a close friend, conflicted feelings about motherhood and her marriage, and lingering shame about her athletic career. After a misdiagnosis and a recommendation for medication that only exacerbated her mania and made her hypersexual, Suzy embarked on a new path, and assumed a new identity. Fueled by a newfound confidence, a feeling of strength and independence and a desire she couldn’t tamp down, she became a high-priced escort in Las Vegas, working as “Kelly.”
But Suzy could not keep her double life a secret forever. When it was eventually exposed, it sent her into a reckless suicidal period where the only option seemed out. Finally, with the help of her devoted husband, Suzy finally got the proper medical help she needed. In this startling frank memoir, she recounts the journey to outrun her demons, revealing how a woman used to physically controlling her body learned to come to terms with her unstable mind. It is the story of a how a supreme competitor scored her most important victory of all–reclaiming her life from the ravages of an untreated mental illness. Today, thanks to diagnosis, therapy, Kelly has stepped into the shadows, but Suzy is building a better life, one day at a time. Sharing her story, Suzy is determined to raise awareness, provide understanding, and offer inspiration to others coping with their own challenges.
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The Blood and Guts
- By: Tyler Dunne
- Narrator: Alan Carlson
- Length: 12 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
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4.08(36 ratings)
4.08(36 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDThe definitive guide to the real men of the gridiron: NFL tight ends.There is no profession in sports like the NFL tight end. None. You must mash 320-pound defensive ends in the run game. You must twist your torso at impossible angles to makeThe definitive guide to the real men of the gridiron: NFL tight ends.
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There is no profession in sports like the NFL tight end. None. You must mash 320-pound defensive ends in the run game. You must twist your torso at impossible angles to make acrobatic catches downfield in the pass game. You must have a certain element of crazy to you, too. The tight end is a blend of brain and brawn and bruises…so many bruises. BLOOD AND GUTS tracks the fascinating rise of this position one tight end at a time, from Mike Ditka and John Mackey in the ’60s to Rob Gronkowski today. As much as football has changed over the years, there has always been one glorious constant: the tight end.
None of this is by accident, either. There’s a reason all of these players were magnetically drawn to the position.
In BLOOD AND GUTS, Tyler Dunne interviews the greatest tight ends ever, whose stories reveal why they were uniquely qualified to serve as the blood and the guts of football–the players keeping this sport alive and well. There’s a reason Mike Ditka epitomized true toughness in pro football through the 1960s. Ben Coates, the son of a World War II vet, put an entire childhood spent building roofs to use by smashing defenders in the open field. Tony Gonzalez matured from a kid terrified of bullies to an absolute beast terrifying defensive backs. His entire life, Jeremy Shockey has been hellbent on sticking it to anyone who doubts him. And from afar, a young “Gronk” idolized Shockey and took his approach to a whole new level.
Here, great American tight ends share countless harrowing, never-before-told stories. One moment, a tight end (Gonzalez) nearly socks a coach in the eye. The next, a tight end (Shockey) is breaking the orbital bone of someone in a bar fight.
There’s no one in sports like them. BLOOD AND GUTS brings them to life. -
Two Turns From Zero
- By: Stacey Griffith
- Narrator: Stacey Griffith
- Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 07, 2017
- Language: English
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3.48(247 ratings)
3.48(247 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDExpert motivator, a fitness virtuoso and a self-empowerment guru Stacey Griffith, SoulCycle Senior Master Instructor, shows you how to take your health and fitness to new levels while using that same energy to boost your emotional and spiritualExpert motivator, a fitness virtuoso and a self-empowerment guru Stacey Griffith, SoulCycle Senior Master Instructor, shows you how to take your health and fitness to new levels while using that same energy to boost your emotional and spiritual wellbeing in all aspects of your life.
In Two Turns From Zero, Stacey Griffith, one of the iconic faces of the wildly popular SoulCycle, has helped thousands reshape their bodies, while also becoming their best selves–physically, mentally, and emotionally. Stacey firmly believes that every one of us can be an athlete. Focusing on four key concepts–Eat, Love, Train, and Repeat–this is her life handbook that provides a blueprint for feeling healthy, happy, and empowered. Stacey offers conditioning advice, nutrition counseling, visualizations for achieving your goals, and moving meditations for staying centered. Most important, she shows you how to locate your greatest sense of purpose that will take you to the highest levels of performance–and sustain you to weather life’s inevitable challenges.
Two Turns from Zero is also Stacey’s personal story–a chronicle of endurance that is as motivating as her workout routine. At one time, Stacey was directionless and, by her own account, an overall unsuccessful human being. But she finally realized she wanted more from life–she needed to find meaning. Giving up alcohol, drugs, and partying, she dedicated her life to fitness–a journey of discovery she uses in her book to motivate others to make the most of their own lives.
This gifted instructor is beloved for her ability to inspire and push her students to achieve their ultimate center. In Two Turns from Zero, she shows how we can all achieve our personal peak.
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Journey Into Power
- By: Baron Baptiste
- Narrator: Baron Baptiste
- Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2002
- Language: English
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4.04(1274 ratings)
4.04(1274 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.95 USDDiscover the ultimate workout with this easy-to-follow, life-changing yoga program from the “spiritual master” (Self) and New York Times bestselling author of 40 Days to Personal Revolution.Whether you are looking to lose weight,Discover the ultimate workout with this easy-to-follow, life-changing yoga program from the “spiritual master” (Self) and New York Times bestselling author of 40 Days to Personal Revolution.
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Whether you are looking to lose weight, increase your strength and stamina, or hoping to sharpen your mental and spiritual edge, Baron Baptiste can take you there. With this transformative and inspiring book, the yoga master illustrates how to reveal the perfect self already within you. With accessible and actionable guidance, Journey Into Power will help you:
-Develop strong, lean muscles while shedding unwanted pounds.
-Discover mental clarity and focus.
-Release the negative beliefs and habits holding you back.
-Inspire to live authentically every day of your life.
Heal, detoxify, and electrify your body and mind as never before with this classic guidebook from “one of America’s all-star trainers” (Vogue). -
The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get
- By: Joe Ricketts
- Narrator: Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.79(116 ratings)
3.79(116 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDJoe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, shares the epic inside story of how a working-class kid from the Nebraska prairie took on Wall Street’s clubby brokerage business, busted it open, and walked away a billionaire. Joe Ricketts always hadJoe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, shares the epic inside story of how a working-class kid from the Nebraska prairie took on Wall Street’s clubby brokerage business, busted it open, and walked away a billionaire.
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Joe Ricketts always had the gift of seeing what others missed. The son of a house builder, he started life as a part-time janitor, but by the age of thirty-three he saw the chance to challenge the big brokerage firms by offering Americans an inexpensive way to take control of their own stock trading. Nowadays, we take for granted that Main Street is playing right there on Wall Street, but Ricketts made that happen. His company, begun with $12,500 borrowed from friends and family, took off like a rocket thanks to an early embrace of digital technology and irreverent marketing. But Ameritrade also faced a series of near-disasters: the SEC almost shut him down; his partners tried to force him out because of his relentless risk-taking; penny brokers swindled the company; the crash of 1989 nearly cost him everything; and he was almost shut down again when a customer committed massive fraud. By the time of the dot-com bust, he had proven that his strategy based on frontier values could survive just about anything.
The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get offers a view inside Joe Ricketts’ mind, giving readers a visceral understanding of how entrepreneurs think and act differently from the rest of us–how they see the horizon where we just see a spreadsheet. As unvarnished as the prairie he comes from, Ricketts also talks honestly about his shortcomings as a manager, the career sacrifices his wife made for his business, the complexity of being a father, and the pain of splitting with his mentor and of his brother’s death from AIDS. Overcoming these and other challenges, he built a company now worth $30 billion.
A must-read for anyone who’s ever dreamed of starting their own business, The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get is the ultimate only-in-America story.
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