29 Best Sports & Recreation Books
Sports & Recreation is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Sports & Recreation audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Sports & Recreation audiobooks below.
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Sports Cars
- By: Wendy Hinote Lanier
- Narrator: Aaron Helming
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 24, 2018
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDOffers readers a close-up look at sports cars. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this short audiobook provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle. -
Muggsy
- By: Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues
- Narrator: Cary Hite
- Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 12, 2022
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDGrowing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, heGrowing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, he stood proud–at five-foot-three–as the starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA. From the East Baltimore playground courts where he earned his nickname by muggin’ opponents for possession of the ball to Dunbar High School where he excelled alongside future NBA players, Bogues set the tone in his early years for the great heights he’d reach professionally. In this new autobiography, Bogues delves deep into his life and career, reflecting on legendary battles with Michael Jordan, John Stockton, and other generational stars of ’80s and ’90s hoops. He shares far-ranging anecdotes from playoff runs in Charlotte, filming Space Jam, and even watching a young Steph Curry grow up. Conversational and clear-sighted, this is a story of uncompromising vision and fleet-footed determination during a golden era for the NBA.
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Catch a Better Life
- By: Jimmy Houston
- Narrator: Jimmy Houston
- Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: April 05, 2022
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDBass fishing pro Jimmy Houston gives outdoor enthusiasts from beginners to bassmasters spiritual insights and fishing tips in this yearlong devotional. What does a fishing lure have to do with following Jesus? How can casting our lines remind us ofBass fishing pro Jimmy Houston gives outdoor enthusiasts from beginners to bassmasters spiritual insights and fishing tips in this yearlong devotional.
What does a fishing lure have to do with following Jesus? How can casting our lines remind us of our commitment to godly living? In what ways does the underwater world teach us about God’s purposes? In Catch a Better Life, hugely popular pro fisherman Jimmy Houston shares wisdom from the Bible along with plenty of savvy fishing advice. Each entry in this 365-day devotional includes:
- a Scripture verse from the Old or New Testament
- a brief meditation that applies insights from the art of fishing to spiritual growth
- a pro fishing tip
This book is perfect for:
- the outdoor enthusiast
- anyone who loves to fish or wants to learn
- followers of Jimmy Houston as TV host and fisher extraordinaire
If you love God’s creation–along with the excitement of the catch–and want to grow in your spiritual life, reel in this fisherman’s devotional guide to following God with purpose.
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Finals Fever: Sam Kerr: Kicking Goals #4
- By: Sam Kerr
- Narrator: Lisa Bailey
- Length: 1 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.88(6 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDMatildas superstar Sam Kerr’s incredible story! Sam Kerr has only been playing soccer for a few months after switching from AFL and now her team are playing in the finals! Sam can’t believe it! But when her best friend, Dylan, isMatildas superstar Sam Kerr’s incredible story!
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Sam Kerr has only been playing soccer for a few months after switching from AFL and now her team are playing in the finals! Sam can’t believe it! But when her best friend, Dylan, is appointed team captain, Sam is worried that his shyness might get in the way. Together with her other bestie, Indi, they must find a way to help him overcome his nerves.
She is also busy on the home front. New neighbours have moved in next door and Sam has become friends with Jake and his younger brother Will. But strange things start happening. After losing her new water bottle, her soccer boots and then when her dog Penny disappears from the garden, Sam has had enough. It’s time to get to the bottom of the mystery while at the same time preparing for her finals match. There is a lot to deal with for the young soccer superstar! -
For All Who Love the Game
- By: Harvey Penick
- Narrator: Jack Whitaker
- Length: 1 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1995
- Language: English
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4.83(6 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDEVERY WOMAN CAN PLAY GREAT GOLF Known in the world of golf as one of the game’s greatest teachers, Harvey Penick worked with U.S. Open winners, great champions, and five out of the thirteen women who are members of the LPGA Hall of Fame.EVERY WOMAN CAN PLAY GREAT GOLF
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Known in the world of golf as one of the game’s greatest teachers, Harvey Penick worked with U.S. Open winners, great champions, and five out of the thirteen women who are members of the LPGA Hall of Fame. Mickey Wright, Sandra Palmer, Betsy Rawls, Kathy Whitworth, Judy Rankin, and Betty Jameson all had the privilege and honor of working with Penick. While he was proud of their success and achievements, Penick took just as much pleasure from the accomplishments of the countless women who came to him hoping only to be able to hit a ball in the air for the very first time.
In For All Who Love the Game, Harvey shares the lessons he’s learned from female golfers: techniques to help women gain greater physical and psychological power, advice on the perfect swing, and tips for developing areas of the game where women can and should outplay their male counterparts. Interwoven with Penick’s ever-present blend of common sense and insight, For All Who Love the Game is a gift to every woman who wants to enjoy the game of golf to its fullest. -
Great Americans in Sports: Blake Griffin
- By: Matt Christopher
- Narrator: Alden Ford
- Length: 2 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.8(4 ratings)
4.8(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.98 USDThis entry in a brand new line of sports biographies from Matt Christopher takes readers onto the court with an all-star who reaches for new heights Blake Griffin is known for being a #1 draft pick, Rookie of the Year, Slam Dunk Contest winner,This entry in a brand new line of sports biographies from Matt Christopher takes readers onto the court with an all-star who reaches for new heights
Blake Griffin is known for being a #1 draft pick, Rookie of the Year, Slam Dunk Contest winner, and one of the best power forwards playing today. But he had to fight to make it onto the NBA court at all after sitting out his first pro season with a devastating knee injury. Learn more about the perennial All-Star in this comprehensive biography, complete with photos and fun infographics.
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The Baseball 100
- By: Joe Posnanski
- Narrator: Cary Hite
- Length: 30 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.75(1407 ratings)
4.75(1407 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pagesNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year
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“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will.
Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious, The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book’s introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, “Posnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?”
Baseball’s legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game’s all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn’t rely just on records and statistics–he lovingly retraces players’ origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball’s past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the twenty-first- century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth’s? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history?
No compendium of baseball’s legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor, and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O’Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more.
The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Chapter by chapter, Posnanski invites readers to examine common lore with brand-new eyes and learn stories that have long gone unheard. The epic and often emotional reading experience mirrors Posnanski’s personal odyssey to capture the history and glory of baseball like no one else, fueled by his boundless love for the sport.
Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, The Baseball 100 is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who have played it. -
Warrior
- By: Lisa Guerrero
- Narrator: Lisa Guerrero
- Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 24, 2023
- Language: English
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4.74(14 ratings)
4.74(14 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDLisa Guerrero chronicles her iconic career–from dealing with harassment as a sports broadcaster to chasing “bad guys” for Inside Edition–and proves that through small, daily acts, bravery is a muscle we can strengthen overLisa Guerrero chronicles her iconic career–from dealing with harassment as a sports broadcaster to chasing “bad guys” for Inside Edition–and proves that through small, daily acts, bravery is a muscle we can strengthen over time.
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I’ve been a cheerleader. A corporate executive. A Barbie Doll. A sportscaster. A soap opera vixen. A sideline reporter. A Playboy cover model. A Diamond Diva. A red-carpet correspondent. An investigative journalist. A disrupter.
I made Dennis Rodman cry. I’ve interviewed three presidents and hundreds of athletes. I costarred in a viral video that has one billion views. I sued the New England Patriots—and won. I tracked down a murderer. I was hit by a car. I butted heads with Barbara Walters. I even played myself in a movie starring Brad Pitt.
During her career in sports broadcasting, Guerrero covered Super Bowls, Worlds Series, NBA Finals, and interviewed sports superstars. From the outside it seemed glamourous, but often she was miserable, told to smile more, argue less, and show a lot of leg and cleavage. Colleagues would joke–sometimes on national TV–that she clinched big interviews because of sexual acts rather than talent. She made a mistake on air during the opening game on Monday Night Football that cost her her sportscasting career… and almost her life.
Fast forward a few years, and Guerrero has achieved phenomenal success as Inside Edition’s Chief Investigative Correspondent. Her stories have led to arrests, changed federal legislation and policies at Fortune 500 companies, and helped shine a light on crime, scams, child abuse, and even cold case murders. And in the last decade alone, she has won over thirty-five national journalism honors and awards.
Today, Guerrero is bombarded with emails and direct messages from people of every generation who all want to know the same thing: “How are you so brave? How can I be brave too?” Women dealing with husbands, friends, in-laws, co-workers, and bosses ask for the courage to request raises, be taken seriously at meetings, and stand up to abusive spouses. Teens and pre-teens ask for advice on dealing with bullies, teachers, and parents. Warrior–filled with the incisive stories of failure, struggles, challenges, perseverance, and finally, success–is her answer. -
The Pony With No Name
- By: Tracey Corderoy
- Narrator: Heather Long
- Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.71(15 ratings)
4.71(15 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDFrom bestselling Tracey Corderoy – author of the Hubble Bubble and Shifty McGifty series – comes an enchanting new series, perfect for pony lovers. 10 year-old Bryony is excited to move with her family to a new home by the sea. SheFrom bestselling Tracey Corderoy – author of the Hubble Bubble and Shifty McGifty series – comes an enchanting new series, perfect for pony lovers.
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10 year-old Bryony is excited to move with her family to a new home by the sea. She knows that adventures are just around the corner, but wishes she didn’t have to leave her best friends or the local stables behind. Then, while exploring the woods near her house, she encounters a beautiful bay pony. Something has spooked the pony and caused him to bolt, but Bryony manages to calm him using her natural abillity and their instant connection.
Days later, she can’t stop thinking about him, so when she sees an advert in the local post office from a lady wanting help with her daughter’s new pony, she immediately answers. When Bryony turns up the manor house, she is delighted to see that it is indeed the same pony – a chocolate brown bay called Red. But the pony’s owner, Arabella, isn’t so happy to see her. In fact, she is determined to keep Bryony away from Red even though she herself seems to have no interest in him.
Will Bryony ever get the chance to get close to Red? And why is Arabella so intent on keeping them apart?
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Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi
- By: Dan Wetzel
- Narrator: Bernardo de Paula
- Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.7(9 ratings)
4.7(9 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDRenowned sports journalist Dan Wetzel shoots and scores with Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi, an inspiring biography for young listeners of a soccer great who rose from an underdog to a champion! Lionel Messi has taken the soccer world by storm. HeRenowned sports journalist Dan Wetzel shoots and scores with Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi, an inspiring biography for young listeners of a soccer great who rose from an underdog to a champion!
Lionel Messi has taken the soccer world by storm. He scored the most goals in a season. He’s racked up championships. There was even a statue built in his honor. Despite the accolades, he’s still hungry for more goals, more championships, more opportunities to shine on the soccer pitch. Messi’s drive to succeed has motivated him ever since he first stepped on his local, worn-down field as a kid.
Yet his success didn’t come without bumps in the road. Diagnosed with a career-threatening medical condition at ten, Messi refused to give up on his dream and went on to amass one of the greatest careers in sports history. Filled with sports action, this thrilling biography details the rise of a living soccer legend.
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Untold Stories
- By: John Feinstein
- Narrator: John Feinstein
- Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 24, 2020
- Language: English
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4.67(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.98 USDOnly available in audio! Listen to never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes as recounted by sports journalism legend John Feinstein. Hear John’s once-in-lifetime personal interactions with some of the most monumental figures and momentsOnly available in audio! Listen to never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes as recounted by sports journalism legend John Feinstein.... Read more
Hear John’s once-in-lifetime personal interactions with some of the most monumental figures and moments in sports history: from Bob Knight and “the night of the chair,” to Coach K and the 2am Denny’s saga; fighting with John Thompson; and his last few conversations with Jim Valvano.
Feinstein’s illustrious career spans decades in the company of some of the most iconic figures in basketball, golf, football, hockey, tennis, soccer, and more. Here, for the first time, he relates captivating, unguarded stories from his past for fans to enjoy, featuring a cast of familiar characters including Tiger Woods and his dad, Don Shula, and John McEnroe, as he reflects on the power of passion, the love of family, and a life spent in sport.
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Ed Snider
- By: Alan Bass
- Narrator: Michael Quinlan
- Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.67(7 ratings)
4.67(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA multidimensional biography of one of Philadelphia’s ultimate power brokers Most sports team owners make their money elsewhere and purchase a team as an extravagant hobby–but that is not the story of Ed Snider. One of the few owners inA multidimensional biography of one of Philadelphia’s ultimate power brokers
Most sports team owners make their money elsewhere and purchase a team as an extravagant hobby–but that is not the story of Ed Snider. One of the few owners in history to start a franchise by mortgaging nearly everything to his name, the Philadelphia Flyers founder would go on to form the billion-dollar empire of Comcast-Spectacor and cement his standing as one of the biggest movers and shakers in the city’s history.
Snider was ambitious and entrepreneurial, though his ferocious demands for perfection would scare some employees away. He was affectionate with his treasured family yet lacked emotional intelligence in other personal matters. Staunchly capitalist, Snider could be progressive-minded when it came to sharing his wealth with those in need.
The Last Sports Mogul embraces these seeming contradictions to form a complex portrait of an unparalleled figure in sports, business, and civic history.
Thoroughly researched and reported, this is a fascinating business story encompassing humble beginnings, unprecedented success, and the values one chooses at the end of the day.
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The Many Fortunes of Maya
- By: Nicole D. Collier
- Narrator: Anika Noni Rose
- Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Versify
- Publish date: January 24, 2023
- Language: English
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4.63(38 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDIn this lyrical novel that will appeal to fans of Meg Medina, Maya turns to her trusty “wheel of fortunes” for guidance on the toughest questions–like why her best friend suddenly feels far away, or when her Daddy will move backIn this lyrical novel that will appeal to fans of Meg Medina, Maya turns to her trusty “wheel of fortunes” for guidance on the toughest questions–like why her best friend suddenly feels far away, or when her Daddy will move back home. But can Maya find the courage to write her own fortune?
Maya J. Jenkins is bursting with questions:
- Will she get the MVP award at this year’s soccer banquet?
- Who will win the big grill off between Daddy and Uncle J?
- When will she pass the swim test and get a green bracelet?
For answers and a dose of good luck, 12-year-old Maya turns to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with the small slips of wisdom she’s collected from fortune cookies.
But can the fortunes answer her deep-down questions? The ones she’s too scared to ask out loud? Like, where did Mama’s smile go, the real one that lit up everything around her? When will Daddy move back home? And most of all, does she have enough courage to truly listen to the voice in her heart?
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The Secret Science of Sports
- By: Jennifer Swanson
- Narrator: Maria Liatis
- Length: 3 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 20, 2021
- Language: English
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4.62(8 ratings)
4.62(8 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDWhy does a football spiral? How do some athletes jump so high? The answer is science! The Secret Science of Sports helps kids better understand concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math through the sports they love to play and watch.... Read moreWhy does a football spiral? How do some athletes jump so high? The answer is science! The Secret Science of Sports helps kids better understand concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math through the sports they love to play and watch.Every sport — from baseball to basketball, to football and soccer, to wrestling, tennis, and lacrosse — involves a bit of science, technology, engineering, and math. You can’t throw a ball without Newton’s Law of Motion, and you can’t calculate a player’s stats without math. And every type of sports equipment — a helmet, cleats, shoulder or knee pads — were designed with the latest engineering and technology.The Secret Science of Sports breaks down normally difficult STEM concepts like forces of motion, gravity, algebra, and even neuroscience, in a language kids can — and will want to — understand. Divided into sections like chemistry, biology, physics, technology, and more, this handy guide uses examples from sports like soccer, baseball, softball, football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, and others to explain important STEM concepts for kids ages 8 to 12. They’ll learn how to use math to calculate a batter’s average, why a tennis racket is shaped the way it is, how biology affects athletic performance, the aerodynamics behind competitive swimsuits, and much more. With dozens of original, captivating illustrations to engage young readers, kids will have fun while learning about key STEM ideas that will prepare them for years of schooling to come. -
Crossing the Line
- By: Kareem Rosser
- Narrator: Landon Woodson
- Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.62(934 ratings)
4.62(934 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“Narrator Landon Woodson delivers the story perfectly, bringing out its range of emotions…Woodson offers the right inflections at the right times for the author’s words–the emotional swings range from grief at the loss of a“Narrator Landon Woodson delivers the story perfectly, bringing out its range of emotions…Woodson offers the right inflections at the right times for the author’s words–the emotional swings range from grief at the loss of a loved one to the pride Rosser feels in his accomplishments on the field.” — AudioFile Magazine
An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. “Crossing the Line will not just leave you with hope, but also ideas on how to make that hope transferable” (New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore).
Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in “The Bottom”, a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly’s Fairmount Park, Kareem’s brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers’ fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons.
What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team–all while struggling to keep his family together.
Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever is the story of bonds of brotherhood, family loyalty, the transformative connection between man and horse, and forging a better future that comes from overcoming impossible odds.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press
“A marvelous addition to the literature of inspirational sports stories.” – Booklist (Starred Review)
“This remarkable and inspiring story shines.” – Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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Sports Day: Sam Kerr: Kicking Goals #3
- By: Sam Kerr
- Narrator: Lisa Bailey
- Length: 1 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.61(16 ratings)
4.61(16 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDMatildas superstar Sam Kerr’s incredible story! It’s official! Eleven-year-old Sam Kerr is a fully-fledged soccer tragic! So, when the school’s annual Sports Day comes around, she is disappointed when soccer isn’t on theMatildas superstar Sam Kerr’s incredible story!
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It’s official! Eleven-year-old Sam Kerr is a fully-fledged soccer tragic! So, when the school’s annual Sports Day comes around, she is disappointed when soccer isn’t on the list of activities.
Sam goes on a mission to get her beloved game added to the program. With help from her best friends, Indi and Dylan, she petitions her classmates to create the first-ever soccer team in the history of her school. But will Chelsea stir up trouble and ruin everything?
On the home front, Sam and her siblings are organising a surprise party for their parents’ wedding anniversary. But things aren’t going to plan! And with her team’s grand final just around the corner, there’s a lot to deal with … even for a soccer superstar in the making! -
Three Strike Summer
- By: Skyler Schrempp
- Narrator: Skyler Schrempp
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.58(192 ratings)
4.58(192 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFour starred reviews! “Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run.” –Amy Sarig King, Printz Award-winning author of Dig and The Year We Fell from Space Sandlot meets Esperanza Rising inFour starred reviews!
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“Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run.” –Amy Sarig King, Printz Award-winning author of Dig and The Year We Fell from Space
Sandlot meets Esperanza Rising in this “vividly rendered, emotionally vulnerable” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade historical novel about a strong-willed girl who finds her voice in a tale of moxie, peaches, and determination to thrive despite the odds.
When the skies dried up, Gloria thought it was temporary. When the dust storms rolled in, she thought they would pass. But now the bank man’s come to take the family farm, and Pa’s decided to up and move to California in search of work. They’ll pick fruit, he says, until they can save up enough money to buy land of their own again.
There are only three rules at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard:
No stealing product.
No drunkenness or gambling.
And absolutely no organizing.
Well, Gloria Mae Willard isn’t about to organize any peaches, no ma’am. She’s got more on her mind than that. Like the secret, all-boys baseball team she’s desperate to play for, if only they’d give her a chance. Or the way that wages keep going down. The way their company lodgings are dirty and smelly, and everyone seems intent on leaving her out of everything.
But Gloria has never been the type to wait around for permission. If the boys won’t let her play, she’ll find a way to make them. If the people around her are keeping secrets, then she’ll keep a few of her own. And if the boss men at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard say she can’t organize peaches, then by golly she’ll organize a whole ball game. -
Spy Ski School
- By: Stuart Gibbs
- Narrator: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.58(6385 ratings)
4.58(6385 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep.Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is not exactly the best student spy school has everIn the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep.
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Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is not exactly the best student spy school has ever seen–he keeps flunking Advanced Self Preservation. But outside of class, Ben is pretty great at staying alive. His enemies have kidnapped him, shot at him, locked him in a room with a ticking time bomb, and even tried to blow him up with missiles. And he’s survived every time. After all that unexpected success, the CIA has decided to activate Ben for real.
The Mission: Become friends with Jessica Shang, the daughter of a suspected Chinese crime boss, and find out all of her father’s secrets.
Ben might not be able to handle a weapon (or a pair of skis), but he can make friends easy-peasy. That is, until his best friend from home drops in on the trip and jeopardizes the entire mission… -
Jackie & Me
- By: Dan Gutman
- Narrator: Dan Gutman
- Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 25, 2008
- Language: English
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4.58(12 ratings)
4.58(12 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDBest-selling author Dan Gutman’s Jackie and Me was named a Parent’s Choice book. Joe Stoshack has to write a report for school about a famous African-American who contributed to society. Joe chooses to write about legendary baseballBest-selling author Dan Gutman’s Jackie and Me was named a Parent’s Choice book. Joe Stoshack has to write a report for school about a famous African-American who contributed to society. Joe chooses to write about legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in the 1940s. Other baseball books by Dan Gutman and available from Recorded Books include: Babe and Me and Honus and Me.
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Grand Slam
- By: Tim Green
- Narrator: Aden Hakimi
- Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.55(56 ratings)
4.55(56 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDJalen DeLuca applies his baseball genius to his own playing in the follow-up to Tim Green and Derek Jeter’s New York Times bestselling novel Baseball Genius.Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. But he’s more than just a fan and a talentedJalen DeLuca applies his baseball genius to his own playing in the follow-up to Tim Green and Derek Jeter’s New York Times bestselling novel Baseball Genius.
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Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. But he’s more than just a fan and a talented player; Jalen is a baseball genius. He can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. His unique ability helped him save the career of the Yankees’s star baseman, James “JY” Yager, by signaling the pitches from the stands.
Now turning his focus to his own baseball career, Jalen has to put his genius into action in new and untested ways. But without the stats and information he has on the pro players, analyzing the pitchers seems impossible. And even if he knows what the pitch will be, actually hitting it takes more than intuition.
As if the pressure of the team and drama with his friends weren’t enough, one major event changes everything–Jalen’s mom comes back into his life. Can Jalen work through it all to hit a grand slam and make his baseball dreams a reality? -
Crossroads
- By: Kaleb Dahlgren
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish date: March 16, 2021
- Language: English
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4.54(2194 ratings)
4.54(2194 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAn inspiring story of hope and resiliency On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen others were injured after a bus taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a transport truck in a rural intersection.An inspiring story of hope and resiliency
On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen others were injured after a bus taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a transport truck in a rural intersection. The tragedy moved millions of people to leave hockey sticks by their front door to show sympathy and support for the Broncos. People from more than eighty countries pledged millions of dollars to families whose relatives had been directly involved in the accident.
Crossroads is the story of Kaleb Dahlgren, a young man who survived the bus crash and faced life after the tragedy with resiliency and positivity. In this chronicle of his time with the Broncos and the loving community of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Dahlgren takes a hard look at his experience of unprecedented loss, but also revels in the overwhelming response and outpouring of love from across Canada and around the world. But this book also goes much deeper, revealing the adversity Dahlgren faced long before his time in Humboldt and his inspiring journey since the accident.
From a childhood spent learning to live with type 1 diabetes to his remarkable recovery from severe brain trauma that astounded medical professionals, Dahlgren documents a life of perseverance, gratitude and hope in the wake of enormous obstacles and life-altering tragedy.
The author will donate a portion of his proceeds from this book to STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service).
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TURBO Racers: Escape Velocity
- By: Austin Aslan
- Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo
- Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 25, 2020
- Language: English
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4.53(13 ratings)
4.53(13 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThe Fast and the Furious meets Transformers in the second book of this high-stakes series about twelve-year-old Mace Blazer, who pilots state-of-the-art vehicles that transform seamlessly to race on the road, in the air, and even underwater. MaceThe Fast and the Furious meets Transformers in the second book of this high-stakes series about twelve-year-old Mace Blazer, who pilots state-of-the-art vehicles that transform seamlessly to race on the road, in the air, and even underwater.
Mace Blazer is the world’s hottest TURBOnaut. Compared to the other ‘nauts, he drives faster, dares harder, and pulls the craziest stunts. Since he won the Gauntlet Prix and revealed that he’s only twelve, the world has been screaming Mace’s name.
Now nothing–not even his friends and family–can hold Mace back from becoming the greatest racer of all time.
But when Mace suffers a nearly fatal accident while behind the wheel, he loses the nerve that made him the best. He’s done with driving fast. He’s done with TURBO. Until he finds out that his two best friends have mysteriously disappeared as part of a sinister plot that could destroy not just TURBO, but the world. Mace has no choice but to buckle back in, swallow his fears, and race to save the day.
In the thrilling sequel to TURBO Racers: Trailblazer, Mace will have to decide if he’s willing to risk everything to save the sport, and the people, that he loves. Every morph matters in this heart-pounding, exhilarating adventure series by acclaimed author Austin Aslan.
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Fauja Singh Keeps Going
- By: Simran Jeet Singh
- Narrator: Simran Jeet Singh
- Length: 25 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 19, 2021
- Language: English
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4.53(3 ratings)
4.53(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDFauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn’t allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn’t stop him. Working on his family’s farm,Fauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn’t allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn’t stop him. Working on his family’s farm, Fauja grew stronger to meet his own full potential. He never stopped striving. At the age of 81, after a lifetime of making his body, mind, and heart stronger, Fauja decided to run his first marathon. He went on to break records all around the world and became the first person over 100 to complete the grueling long-distance race. This exuberant true story of Fauja Singh reminds us that it’s both where we start and how we finish that makes our journey unforgettable.
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By the Grace of the Game
- By: Dan Grunfeld
- Narrator: Chris Lutkin
- Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 16, 2021
- Language: English
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4.52(214 ratings)
4.52(214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhen Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York, in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a youngWhen Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York, in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who had discovered and secretly honed his basketball talent on the outdoor courts of New York City. That young man was Ernie Grunfeld, who would go on to win an Olympic gold medal and reach previously unimaginable heights as an NBA player and executive. In By the Grace of the Game, Dan Grunfeld, once a basketball standout himself at Stanford University, shares the remarkable story of his family, a delicately interwoven narrative that doesn’t lack in heartbreak yet remains as deeply nourishing as his grandmother’s Hungarian cooking, so lovingly described. The true improbability of the saga lies in the discovery of a game that unknowingly held the power to heal wounds, build bridges, and tie together a fractured Jewish family. If the magnitude of an American dream is measured by the intensity of the nightmare that came before and the heights of the triumph achieved after, then By the Grace of the Game recounts an American dream story of unprecedented scale. From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow stars to silver spoons, this complex tale traverses the spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance, love, and legacy can survive through generations.
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Double Play
- By: Tim Green
- Narrator: Aden Hakimi
- Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.51(196 ratings)
4.51(196 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDJalen DeLuca and his hero New York Yankee James “JY” Yager must team up to prove themselves in this sequel to Tim Green and Derek Jeter’s New York Times bestselling novel, Baseball Genius.Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. He’sJalen DeLuca and his hero New York Yankee James “JY” Yager must team up to prove themselves in this sequel to Tim Green and Derek Jeter’s New York Times bestselling novel, Baseball Genius.
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Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. He’s playing for his summer travel team and trying to win a regular spot in the rotation. But Jalen’s got more than talent on the field. He’s a baseball genius who can analyze and predict almost exactly what any pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. He can’t quite explain how he knows, he just does. His unique ability helped him save the career of New York Yankee star baseman James “JY” Yager, and now Jalen figures he’ll be almost part of the team. Or will he?
After a power struggle with the Yankees GM and a failed negotiation with Cat, JY strikes out on his own to show he can still hit in the majors without Jalen’s help. Disappointed, but focused on his own baseball career, Jalen tries to carve out his own spot with the Rockton Rockets.
When things go wrong for both of them, JY works out a deal with Cat, bringing the pair together again. With JY’s help, Jalen and Daniel are able to join a travel team from a nearby rival town who will face off against the Rockets in the championship game of an elite tournament in Boston. With the pressure mounting for JY to perform at the Green Monster and Jalen intent on paying back his former team, they’ll have to pull off the ultimate double play if they’re both going to succeed. -
Yogi
- By: Jon Pessah
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 21 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 14, 2020
- Language: English
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4.5(412 ratings)
4.5(412 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.98 USDDiscover the definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Series championships, and the most-quoted player in baseball history.Lawrence “Yogi” Berra was never supposed to become a major leagueDiscover the definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Series championships, and the most-quoted player in baseball history.... Read more
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra was never supposed to become a major league ballplayer.
That’s what his immigrant father told him. That’s what Branch Rickey told him, too–right to Berra’s face, in fact. Even the lowly St. Louis Browns of his youth said he’d never make it in the big leagues.
Yet baseball was his lifeblood. It was the only thing he ever cared about. Heck, it was the only thing he ever thought about. Berra couldn’t allow a constant stream of ridicule about his appearance, taunts about his speech, and scorn about his perceived lack of intelligence to keep him from becoming one of the best to ever play the game–at a position requiring the very skills he was told he did not have.
Drawing on more than one hundred interviews and four years of reporting, Jon Pessah delivers a transformational portrait of how Berra handled his hard-earned success–on and off the playing field–as well as his failures; how the man who insisted “I really didn’t say everything I said!” nonetheless shaped decades of America’s culture; and how Berra’s humility and grace redefined what it truly means to be a star.
Overshadowed on the field by Joe DiMaggio early in his career and later by a youthful Mickey Mantle, Berra emerges as not only the best loved Yankee but one of the most appealingly simple, innately complex, and universally admired men in all of America. -
No Excuses
- By: Gene Wojciechowski
- Narrator: Bob Stoops
- Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 10, 2019
- Language: English
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4.5(207 ratings)
4.5(207 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDFrom the legendary Oklahoma coach, a candid and inspiring memoir.When Bob Stoops took over as football coach in 1999, the Oklahoma Sooners were in disarray with back-to-back losing seasons. But in just two years’ time, Stoops achieved theFrom the legendary Oklahoma coach, a candid and inspiring memoir.When Bob Stoops took over as football coach in 1999, the Oklahoma Sooners were in disarray with back-to-back losing seasons. But in just two years’ time, Stoops achieved the seemingly impossible: winning a national championship and returning the struggling Sooners to their powerhouse status, churning out NFL talent, Heisman Trophy winners and conference championships, bowl wins and national title runs on a regular basis.During his 18 seasons at OU, his record was a remarkable 190-48. At only age 56, at the peak of his career, he stunned the college football world by walking away.For the first time, Bob opens up about his career alongside the evolution of the game itself. From his unlikely emergence as a star player at the University of Iowa, to his coaching apprenticeships under giants like Hayden Fry, Bill Snyder, and Steve Spurrier, Stoops recounts how the game he fell in love with as a boy has evolved into a billion-dollar business often compromised by recruiting wars, aggressive agents, overzealous boosters and alumni, and the emergence of the CEO head coach rather than mentor and teacher. Bob holds nothing back while explaining why it was time to step away from the game–and players–he still loves.Told with a rare combination of sincerity, vulnerability, and pure heart, No Excuses is both an engaging and eye-opening football memoir and an unprecedented portrait of a coach of one of the greatest legacy programs in the history of the college game. ... Read more -
New Kids in the World Cup
- By: Adam Elder
- Narrator: Tim Campbell
- Length: 10 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.5(11 ratings)
4.5(11 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDIn 1990, though no one knew it then, a fearless group of players changed the sport of soccer in the United States forever. Young, bronzed, and mulletted, they were America’s finest athletes in a sport that America loved to hate. EvenIn 1990, though no one knew it then, a fearless group of players changed the sport of soccer in the United States forever.
Young, bronzed, and mulletted, they were America’s finest athletes in a sport that America loved to hate. Even sportswriters rooted against them. Yet this team defied massive odds and qualified for the World Cup, making possible America’s current obsession with the world’s most popular game.
In this era, a US Soccer Federation head coach had a better-paying day job as a black-tie restaurant waiter. Players earned $20 a day. The crowd at home games cheered for their opponent, and the fields were even mismarked.
In Latin America the US team bus had a machine gun turret mounted on the back, locals would sabotage their hotel, and in the stadiums spectators would rain coins, batteries, and plastic bags of urine down on the American players. The world considered the U.S. team to be total imposters–the Milli Vanilli of soccer. Yet on the biggest stage of all, in the 1990 World Cup, this undaunted American squad and their wise coach earned the adoration of Italy’s star players and their fans in a gladiator-like match in Rome’s deafening Stadio Olimpico.
From windswept soccer fields in the US heartland to the CIA-infested cauldron of Central America and the Caribbean, behind the recently toppled Iron Curtain and into the great European soccer cathedrals, New Kids in the World Cup is the origin story of modern American soccer in a time when power ballads were inescapable and mainstream America was discovering hip-hop
It’s the true adventure of America’s most important soccer team, which made possible everything that’s come since–including America finally falling in love with soccer.
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The Flip Out: Sam Kerr: Kicking Goals #1
- By: Sam Kerr
- Narrator: Lisa Bailey
- Length: 1 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.49(41 ratings)
4.49(41 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDSam Kerr is an Aussie Rules fan through and through. When she’s excluded from her team she doesn’t know what to do. Netball? No thanks. Chess? Bleugh. Her best friends Dylan and Indi think she should flip from Aussie Rules to soccerSam Kerr is an Aussie Rules fan through and through.
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When she’s excluded from her team she doesn’t know what to do. Netball? No thanks. Chess? Bleugh.
Her best friends Dylan and Indi think she should flip from Aussie Rules to soccer – and it doesn’t seem so bad at first. The coach is OK. The team seems nice enough …
But with Chelsea the school bully on her case and the pressure of learning new rules weighing her down, will it all be too much? Will Sam give up – or will she make the flip?
‘A fun book packed with cool illustrations. It follows themes of family and perseverance that will totes leave you feeling inspired!’ Total Girl
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