Across America by Bicycle: Alice and Bobbi's Summer on Wheels

Mud, Sweat and Gears: Cycling From Land's End to John O'Groats (via the Pub)

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Ellie Bennett
• Narrated By Nicola MacKenzie
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As Ellie’s 50th birthday approaches and her ambitions of a steady income, a successful career and an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever, she begins to doubt she’s capable of achieving anything at all. So when her best friend Mick suggests a gruelling cycle ride from Land’s End to John o’Groats, she takes up the challenge. They opt for the scenic route which takes them along cycle paths, towpaths and the back roads and byways of Britain, unable to resist sampling beers in the pubs they pass along the way.

Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 5 mins)
• By Robin Nagle
• Narrated By Mary Kane
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America’s largest city generates garbage in torrents - 11,000 tons a day on average. But New Yorkers don’t give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away.

But who, exactly, is that someone? And why is he - or she - so unknown?

Bicycle Diaries

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 46 mins)
• By David Byrne
• Narrated By David Byrne

Since the early 1980s David Byrne has used a bicycle as his primary form of transportation, both at home in New York City and while on tour throughout the world. Initially drawn to cycling by the convenience and sense of liberation it affords, Byrne found that it also provided him with a varied perspective on the world—faster than a walk, slower than a train, slightly higher than a person. Narrated by Byrne, the Bicycle Diaries audiobook presents these collected accounts alongside original music and location sounds.

Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman
• Narrated By Quincy Dunn-Baker

A dominant force in the sport of ultrarunning, Scott Jurek is a seven-time winner of the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run and a two-time winner of the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley. Eat & Run offers an inspirational account of Jurek’s life as a runner and vegan. Regaling listeners with jaw-dropping tales of endurance, Jurek also delivers sound science and practical advice—as well as his favorite plant-based recipes.

The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life - by Running the New York City Marathon

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 39 mins)
• By Matthew Long, Charles Butler
• Narrated By Matthew Del Negro
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On the morning of December 22, 2005, New York City firefighter Matt Long was cycling to work when he was struck by and sucked under a 20-ton bus making an illegal turn. The injuries he sustained pushed him within inches of death. Miraculously, after five months in the hospital and more than 40 operations, Matt was able to start his recovery. This book chronicles Matt's road to recovery as he teaches himself to walk again and, a mere three years later, to run in the 2008 New York City Marathon.