Outdoors Literature

Exercise rules! Some of us jog to get our exercise fix. Are you one of these people? If so, you may want to read these poetic odes to jogging.

Golf is a pastime and for our renaissance man he likes to question what is happening. It’s about his life on and off the green largely spent with his buddies. With humor we partake in his day to day experiences watching him comment with an inquisitive nature about virtually everything. Golf gives his office life color and allows him the break to address certain experiences that we all face from time to time. This golfer funnily enough could be you or me and may cause those who play the game to have a quite chuckle.

Two years before they faced each other in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Nationals - the modern-day U.S. Open - two men boarded the Titanic as strangers. Dick, shy and gangly, was moving to America to pursue a tennis career and attend Harvard. Karl, a dashing tennis veteran, was chasing after Helen, the love of his life. An emotional and touching work, this novel brings one of the most extraordinary sports stories to life in literary form. This real-life account - with an ending seemingly plucked out of a Hollywood screenplay - weaves the themes of love, tragedy, history, sport and perseverance.

In this new anecdotal book, the unstoppable Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. A mass of new hilarious stories flow from Dickie as he flexes his memory: he describes the cricketers, the matches and the character of these clubs. Dickie also relives his journeys as a umpire to clubs and Test match arenas overseas and recalls the humorous times that have filled his unique career.

I’m a newborn basketball. Yay! But why do I have to pass all of these tests? Finally, they ship me to a new place. What’s going to happen to me? Will my life be happy or blue?

Lauren is a junior high student with some challenges in her life. In her spare time, she plays volleyball on a Rec League team, but at the start of the season, she doesn't know a single person on the team. Even worse, she's far from a pro, shorter than the rest of the team and struggling to serve the ball over the net most of the time. Back home, she's given a difficult time by her neighbor because she doesn't attend a public school.

Pam is excited about her summer job at the campground, and she's warmly welcomed by the lovely Emily, her boss for the summer. She also can't take her eyes off the handsome and sexy camp worker Wade, though! In fact, a little later, she ends up masturbating in the shower just thinking of him. When she's almost caught without any clothes on, she hides behind a bunk bed, and oh boy, does she see a sight!

Nine-year-old football loving Ross Harris is a star athlete in the Tiny Mite football league. Once the football season ends, he is introduced to a new sport in golf. He soon realizes that golf is very complicated to learn, but he loves it anyway.

Set in 1918, Dear Frank offers the listener a glimpse of life in the Boston area during the waning days of World War I. Young Andrew, writing to his older brother Frank, a serviceman fighting overseas, is intent on keeping his brother abreast of all that is going on around him, especially the Boston Red Sox, led by the young, hard-hitting, left-handed pitcher Babe Ruth.

Treinta y seis años después, milagro: la selección peruana regresa a un mundial de fútbol. El periodista Toño Angulo echa la mirada atrás y, con la excusa del fútbol, hace un delicioso repaso a las filias y fobias que le despierta su país: en este relato hay derrotas, goles milagrosos, reflexiones estéticas, supersticiones caseras, mucha ternura y un sueño: que el nuevo Perú respondón e ilusionante no se quede solo en la cancha de juego.

Marcos Abal recoge en el prólogo cuáles son los objetivos de su libro: “Este libro es más bien una reconstrucción. Primero, del niño que creció viendo fútbol y siendo del Barça. Y segundo; de esos jugadores, de algunos, que han pasado por el club y se han quedado grabados para siempre en la memoria colectiva de unos aficionados. Una mitología, por lo tanto, creada a partir de una infancia y de unos dioses particulares, aunque conocidos por todos.

"Prescindí de la televisión. Hay una peña bética en Málaga. Tienen un queso sabrosísimo: Ciudad de Sansueña es la marca. Hay que cortarlo fino y saborearlo bien: el sobrepeso es un claro síntoma de un abandono que hay que saber atajar a tiempo. Ignoro si en la peña siguen fumando Ducados como enfermos mentales o lo dejaron ya. El regusto de la mezcla del queso y el tabaco negro era tan horrible como la decadencia del Betis tras aquello del Chelsea y la final de la Copa de 2005: una decadencia paralela a la mía."

The bankrupt Stoker is a middle-aged mixed martial arts fighter going into the ring against an up-and-coming superstar. His promoter, however, wants to ensure that Stoker loses and bribes him to take a dive. With his young son watching, Stoker must decide whether to sacrifice his dignity or his body.

An invitation to train at B.A.S.E. Camp, the British Academy of Sporting Excellence, is every young athlete's dream. But what is really going on behind the scenes? Who is the mystery runner that appears out of nowhere? And where does the lake tunnel lead to, with its secret entrance beneath the statue of Olympic champion, Taffy Jones? Are the boys brave enough to find out the answers to these questions, and more?

When Leah unearths a mysterious time capsule in her local park with her two best friends Mimi and George, she opens up a whole new world of adventure. Transported a hundred years back in time, she finds a women's football team in crisis. Can she and her friends lead them back to victory? The odds are against them, but time is on their side!

Gewinner des MOM'S CHOICE AWARDS. – ausgezeichnet mit dem von Eltern und Erziehern weltweit anerkannten Preis für herausragende Leistungen im Bereich Kinderliteratur. Paul, ein aufstrebender Fußballspieler, erlebt das größte Abenteuer seines Lebens: Er reist in den Sommerferien nach London, um an einem Fußballcamp des FC Barcelona teilzunehmen. Er besucht die berühmten Sehenswürdigkeiten Londons, fordert sich selbst und seine Eltern heraus, lernt die Macht der Teamarbeit kennen und tut sein Bestes, um für das Jugendweltturnier des FC Barcelona ausgewählt zu werden.

Il coach: motore ed energia della sua squadra: nello sport e nel lavoro. Il vero trascinatore e la spinta motivazionale del suo team...

Ascoltando... si impara! Anche la letteratura, con il Prof! In questo audiolibro, che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, trovi tutto quello che devi sapere su Giovanni Boccaccio e sul suo tempo. Il Prof. vi racconta Boccaccio e la sua opera più importante: Il Decameron ma anche la vita del sommo scrittore del 1300, e alcuni brani, i più belli e conosciuti della sua opera immortale e poi le sfaccettature del suo carattere, le curiosità, gli aneddoti, e il contesto storico in cui visse.

Micah, the new outfielder on the Bulldogs, makes a critical error that loses a game. Now he's got enemies on the team. If only he were a better player! An unexpected ally helps him find a hidden talent that just might bring the bulldogs closer to victory. Breaking Pitch is one of five high interest quick listening stories in the Sports Beats series. These fiction audiobooks weave characters' real-life issues around the sports they play, including basketball, baseball, tennis, skiing, and soccer.

Michele è poco più che un ragazzino, gioca da centravanti e sta per esordire in serie A. La notte prima del grande giorno lui e il vecchio massaggiatore Manon si raccontano i debutti dei campioni, da Buffon a Messi, da Totti a Maldini, da Ibrahimovic a Pato e Balotelli; e le prodezze di pelé e Maradona, assi senza età e senza tempo. Un libro di storie, emozioni, aneddoti, gol spettacolari e parate memorabili.