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- The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
- De: Joe Drape
- Narrado por: Aaron Abano
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,508
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,036
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,031
History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality. Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, but how he changed lives. Through extensive interviews, Drape explores the making of an exceptional racehorse, chronicling key events en route to history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrated like a Pre-School Teacher
- De Michael en 05-06-18
De: Joe Drape
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Draft Animals
- Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While)
- De: Phil Gaimon
- Narrado por: Phil Gaimon
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 840
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 754
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 756
Like countless other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard training, living out of a suitcase, and never taking "no" for an answer, he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world. Now, Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour, cycling's highest level.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m a fan!
- De Terry en 12-04-17
De: Phil Gaimon
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In the Middle Are the Horsemen
- De: Tik Maynard
- Narrado por: Tik Maynard
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 44
In 2008, 26-year-old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete, he suffered both a career-ending injury and a painful breakup, leaving him suddenly adrift. The son of prominent Canadian equestrians, Maynard decided to spend the next year as a "working student." In the horse industry, working students aspire to become professional riders or trainers, and willingly trade labor for hands-on education.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All about the Journey
- De Kindle Customer en 11-28-22
De: Tik Maynard
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The Horse God Built
- The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World’s Greatest Racehorse
- De: Lawrence Scanlan
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
In The Horse God Built, best-selling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for - groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book and perfectly written
- De Jeffrey P. Allen en 09-01-17
De: Lawrence Scanlan
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
- A Journey Into the Heart of Fan Mania
- De: Warren St. John
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Warren St. John decided to find out why people care so much about the outcomes of games they're not playing in by joining a group where the particulars of the fan psyche would show themselves in sharp relief: the caravan of hundreds of RVs that follow the Alabama Crimson Tide across the South, taking over college towns with a moveable feast of Weber grills, karaoke machines, Igloo coolers, and fast-draining liquor bottles.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well done
- De James Younger en 10-07-04
De: Warren St. John
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Out of the Clouds
- De: Linda Carroll, David Rosner
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top—and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Taking listeners on a crowd-pleasing ride with Stymie and Jacobs, Out of the Clouds unwinds a real-life Horatio Alger tale of a dauntless team and its working-class fans who lived vicariously through the stouthearted little colt they embraced as their own.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly about the people, not much about the horse
- De BDM en 11-12-20
De: Linda Carroll, y otros
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Double or Nothing
- How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos
- De: Tom Breitling, Cal Fussman
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the 20th century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. However, they'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Call them the Odds Couple.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A look at lives of 2 guys who bought casino
- De Eric A, en 01-05-21
De: Tom Breitling, y otros
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Jeff Gordon
- His Dream, Drive & Destiny
- De: Joe Garner
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
The first-ever authorized biography of Jeff Gordon, the four-time champion racing legend. For over a year, Garner interviewed and observed Gordon at races, at special events, and at home. The book is based on extensive interviews with Gordon - as well as in-depth interviews with dozens of family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, some of whom have never gone on the record before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen!
- De Q en 12-01-22
De: Joe Garner
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The Masters
- Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
- De: Curt Sampson
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 167
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson reveals in The Masters, a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum facade of this famous Augusta course.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Okay Listen, but
- De Scott D. Loeffler en 05-02-08
De: Curt Sampson
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Running with Sherman
- The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
- De: Christopher McDougall
- Narrado por: Christopher McDougall
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,883
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,653
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,647
When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well - and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing story
- De scott en 10-19-19
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Horse Heaven
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Shelley Thompson
- Duración: 25 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 228
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 154
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 154
Many astonishing and affecting things happen at the racetrack, and the mysterious universe of horse racing, passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt, is woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed, and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Horse Heaven, puts us among trainers, nervey jockeys, billionaire breeders, and restless track wives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I wish I could review book and narrator separately
- De Julie Delio en 03-21-07
De: Jane Smiley
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Loudmouth
- Tales (and Fantasies) of Sports, Sex, and Salvation from Behind the Microphone
- De: Craig Carton
- Narrado por: Craig Carton
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
In this debut, Carton invites the listener to join him as he recounts tales from his suburban youth, defends his long-held love affair with the New York Jets, reminisces about the shenanigans of some of the highest paid and most celebrated athletes playing today, and reflects on his work as one of radio's craftiest, most hilarious personalities ever to get behind the microphone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun but too much about early life
- De Anthony A. Ciaccio en 07-13-13
De: Craig Carton
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Out of the Shadow of Greatness
- De: Michael Hembree
- Narrado por: Robert Sams
- Duración: 2 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
The story of NASCAR's legendary racer - newly revised Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s name virtually assured that his life would not be ordinary. Over the past decade, he has fulfilled that destiny. His father, one of the most successful drivers in the history of international motorsports, gave his son more than his name. Dale Earnhardt Sr. placed Dale Jr. in position to follow the footsteps and tire tracks he had left from Darlington to Daytona, from coast to coast, from one championship to the next.
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4 out of 5 stars
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do better research
- De David Thom en 08-05-22
De: Michael Hembree
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion
- Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
- De: Elizabeth Letts
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 303
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 260
November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses - a drab white former plow horse named Snowman - and his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the longest of all longshots - and their win was the stuff of legend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and historical
- De Skipper en 07-01-20
De: Elizabeth Letts
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Pain Killer
- A Memoir of Big League Addiction
- De: Brantt Myhres, Michael Landsberg - foreword
- Narrado por: Brantt Myhres, Michael Landsberg
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Brantt Myhres wasn't around for the birth of his daughter. Myhres had played for seven different NHL teams, and had made millions. But he'd been suspended four times, all for drug use, and he had partied his way out of the league. This is his story, in his own words, of how he fought his way out of minor hockey into the big league, but never left behind the ghosts of a bleak and troubled childhood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love hockey.
- De Brew2go en 06-14-21
De: Brantt Myhres, y otros
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The Sweet Science
- De: A. J. Liebling
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
This collection of A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" brings vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis' unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Liebling is a master wordsmith, Gardner an incredible narrator
- De Josh en 03-29-16
De: A. J. Liebling
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My Life on the Run
- The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
- De: Bart Yasso, Amby Burfoot - foreword
- Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 176
My Life on the Run chronicles the heatstroke and frostbite, heartache and triumphs he's experienced while competing in more than 1,000 competitive races on all seven continents. With the wit and wisdom of a seasoned insider, Yasso tells runners what they need to know to navigate the logistics of running in an unfamiliar country. He also offers practical guidance, such as 5-K, 10-K, half-marathon, and marathon training schedules, including his innovative technique known as the Yasso 800s for beginner, intermediate, and advanced runners.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A fair running book, but there's better out there
- De Mark en 05-20-15
De: Bart Yasso, y otros
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Quitters Never Win
- My Life in UFC
- De: Michael Bisping
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 499
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 437
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 438
Featuring an entirely new chapter for US readers, the story of his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame, fresh insights about his fighting career, never-before-told stories about his film and TV career, and a harrowing account of his fighting off attempted kidnappers while filming in South Africa, Quitters Never Win tells the incredible story of how he went from rough and humble beginnings and then on to a legendary mixed martial arts career capped by winning the Middleweight Championship in one of the greatest upsets in UFC history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Book
- De Tullio708 en 04-22-20
De: Michael Bisping
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In The Horse God Built, best-selling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for - groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else.
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It was a cool, quiet evening at Calumet Farm, where the most valuable racehorses—including the prolific stallion Alydar—had settled into their stalls for the evening. Alton Stone, filling in for the regular night watchman, completed his rounds at the barn. Although nothing seemed out of the ordinary, an inexplicable hunch led Stone to check on Alydar. What he found—a grievously injured horse with no discernable cause—jump-started one of the biggest mysteries to ever hit the horse racing world.
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Bloodlines
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In Bloodlines, Emmy and National Magazine award-winning journalist Melissa del Bosque follows Lawson and Perez's harrowing attempt to dismantle a cartel leader's American racing dynasty built on extortion and blood money. With extensive access to investigative evidence and in-depth interviews with key players, del Bosque turns more than three years of research and her decades of reporting on Mexico and the border into a gripping narrative about greed and corruption.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Into the Abyss
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Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was shackled to. On an icy night in October 1984, a commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. As the men fight through the night to stay alive, the dividing lines of power, wealth, and status are erased, and each man is forced to confront the precious and limited nature of his existence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too long, and it got boring.
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Betting on Horse Racing for Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies is packed with information that teaches you the ins and outs of the racetrack. You'll learn how to improve your odds, avoid common betting mistakes, and just plain have fun at the races. This is a spectator's easy-to-understand guide, so you'll have no trouble identifying the racing breeds with their strengths and weaknesses, sizing up the jockey, understanding the importance and role of a trainer, placing bets, managing money, and beyond.
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History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality. Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, but how he changed lives. Through extensive interviews, Drape explores the making of an exceptional racehorse, chronicling key events en route to history.
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Narrated like a Pre-School Teacher
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In The Horse God Built, best-selling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for - groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else.
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Narrated like a Pre-School Teacher
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly about the people, not much about the horse
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Secretariat
- De: William Nack
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
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Loved It - But It Is Not Just About A Super Horse
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Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail.
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See you in the winner's circle
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The Smart Money
- How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
- De: Michael Konik
- Narrado por: Michael Konik
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 329
In The Smart Money, Michael Konik takes listeners behind the veil of secrecy shrouding the most successful sports gambling operation in America, to its innermost sanctum. He reveals how they, and he, got rich by beating the Vegas lines and, ultimately, the multi-million-dollar offshore betting circuit. He details the perks and perils of a lifestyle in which staking inordinate sums of money on the outcome of a game, sometimes as much as $1 million on a single event, is a normal part of doing business.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not what I was looming for
- De Justin en 01-08-15
De: Michael Konik
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Then One Day...
- 40 Years of Bookmaking in Nevada
- De: Chris Andrews
- Narrado por: Joseph Bevilacqua
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Chris Andrews was destined to be a bookmaker. Growing up under the watchful eye and influence of his Uncle Jack Franzi, legendary Pittsburgh wiseguy and Las Vegas sportsbook pioneer, Chris started booking sports bets in the fifth grade...Then One Day... delves deeply into the consciousness of a legitimate bookmaker and sports bettor. By the time you finish this memoir, you’ll be an expert in the language and customs of legalized gambling on sporting events, which, now that the Supreme Court has opened the door, is finally set to explode throughout the nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Timothy Coetzee en 11-22-22
De: Chris Andrews
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The Forgotten 500
- De: Gregory A. Freeman
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,844
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,384
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Here is the astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II: when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines. During a bombing campaign, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian villagers risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers, and for months the airmen lived in hiding, waiting for rescue.
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4 out of 5 stars
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an amazing tale
- De Ron en 10-28-07
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The Wingmen
- The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams
- De: Adam Lazarus
- Narrado por: Barry Abrams
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men—already experts in their fields—crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into Communist airspace aboard matching Panther jets. John Glenn was an ambitious operations officer with fifty-nine World War II combat missions under his belt. His wingman was Ted Williams, the two-time American League Triple Crown winner who, at the pinnacle of his career, was inexplicably recalled to active service in the United States Marine Corps. Together, the affable flier and the tempestuous left fielder soared into North Korea, creating a death-defying bond.
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3 out of 5 stars
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All jumbled up
- De Galen W. en 03-24-24
De: Adam Lazarus
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion
- Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
- De: Elizabeth Letts
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 303
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 260
November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses - a drab white former plow horse named Snowman - and his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the longest of all longshots - and their win was the stuff of legend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and historical
- De Skipper en 07-01-20
De: Elizabeth Letts
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Trading Bases
- A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order)
- De: Joe Peta
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 171
An ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games - with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases explains how he did it. After the fall of Lehman Brothers, Joe Peta was out of a job. He found a new one but lost that, too, when an ambulance mowed him down. In search of a way to cheer himself up while he recuperated, Peta started watching baseball again. That’s when inspiration hit: Why not apply his outstanding risk-analysis skills to improve on sabermetrics, the method made famous by Moneyball?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A fascinating book, but buy the print version.
- De Cameron en 04-18-16
De: Joe Peta
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The Logic of Sports Betting
- De: Ed Miller, Matthew Davidow
- Narrado por: Paul Thomas
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 174
How do sportsbooks make their lines? Which types of bets are the best? Can you beat the house? The Logic Of Sports Betting answers all these questions and more with a dash of humor and a whole lot of real talk about how it all works. Peek behind the counter and learn how sportsbooks operate. Combine that insider knowledge with why-didn’t-I-think-of-that sports betting logic, and you have the winning formula.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Book
- De jrwaggs11oh en 12-12-19
De: Ed Miller, y otros
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The Fast Ride
- Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing
- De: Jack Gilden
- Narrado por: Jack Gilden
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes—and transcended his sport on a run of 12 consecutive stakes victories—but his quest for the Triple Crown was lost with a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes due to a series of bizarre events that have never been accurately reported. In The Fast Ride, Jack Gilden tells the story of what really happened that day the Bid lost the biggest race of his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than a Horse Racing Story
- De PJ en 08-13-23
De: Jack Gilden
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Gambler
- Secrets from a Life at Risk
- De: Billy Walters
- Narrado por: Billy Walters
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 308
Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as “the Michael Jordan of sports betting,” Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super Bowl bet of $3.5 million alone. Competitors desperate to crack his betting techniques have tried hacking his phones, cloning his beepers, rifling through his trash, and bribing his employees.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good but
- De Amazon Customer en 08-30-23
De: Billy Walters
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told
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- Sergio
- 01-13-23
great story
this was such an enjoyable story. just stumbled upon it and I'm very glad I did
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- Mark J. Lannig
- 10-24-20
Good horse betting story
If you are a regular player at the racetrack you will enjoy the details of the run up to the 1988 Kentucky Derby and the gamblers tale.
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- Neil Bacon
- 05-31-21
Thrilling Story
Wild story reminiscent of an old Damon Runyon tale. Exciting. Only disappointment is the narration which mimics voices in the story in an irritating way. Ignore that and enjoy the ride.
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- G Money
- 08-11-20
Just as the title describes it, what an epic tale!
Great story about the nostalgic time not too long ago when the Sport of King's still was just that. Action and detail that will keep any horseracing fan cheering on the cast of characters even if your not into gambling.
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- James R. Cowan
- 07-29-21
this is got to be a movie
I love this book and the exciting way it drew me in. it is such a great story that could easily be made into a very well done movie.
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- Megan Boehm
- 11-18-23
Awesome Story!
Great story, really enjoyed the true story of Winning Colors and the gamblers. Very exciting Kentucky Derby race and historical.
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- Robert Pallay
- 05-29-23
Delightful story
I love horse stories and gambling stories and this has both. An excellent story and most enjoyable quick listen. Highly recommend it!
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- Ed
- 07-28-21
Great Story
A great story and told very well in excellent detail. A must if you have been to a racetrack.
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- Darand
- 08-02-20
Such a Unique Book
Read this book and immediately did some online horse betting! The narrator was great - I would love to know what happened to all those involved.
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- Rick Price
- 04-04-23
So Good!!
I loved this book, So interesting and entertaining!! I laughed out loud and was on the edge of my seat in some parts, HIGHLY recommend this book!!
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