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Publisher's Summary
In the mid-20th century, the Heldmans were tennis royalty. Julie was a volatile and gutsy tennis star, twice ranked number five in the world. Her mother Gladys was broadly admired for her unique magazine, World Tennis, and for engineering the women’s tennis revolution. No one guessed that Gladys’s hidden emotional abuse was the source of Julie’s powerful drive.
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- 08-17-20
saga of the toxic mother and the unloved daughter
brilliant, honest, painful and freeing. it will hurt if the same things happened to you.
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- Annika Viragh
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Fabulously captivating book by Julie.
You touched on so many things that I could relate to in my life as a mother , daughter , tennis player and high achiever ! Thank You !
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 597
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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Story5 out of 5 stars 534
In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career - six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, 20 Wimbledon championships, 39 grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes". She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Book
- By glass1748 on 08-25-21
By: Billie Jean King, and others
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The Outsider
- A Memoir
- By: Jimmy Connors
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 179
In The Outsider, Connors tells the complete, uncensored story of his life and career, setting the record straight about his formidable mother, Gloria; his very public romance with America's sweetheart Chris Evert; his famous opponents, including Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, Ivan Lendl, and Rod Laver; his irrepressible co-conspirators Ilie Nastase and Vitas Gerulaitis; and his young nemesis Andre Agassi.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More humility than bravado
- By mindnbody on 02-03-14
By: Jimmy Connors
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Solo
- A Memoir of Hope
- By: Hope Solo
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Hope Solo is the face of the modern female athlete. She is fearless, outspoken, and the best in the world at what she does: protecting the goal of the U.S. women's soccer team. Her outsized talent has led her to the pinnacle of her sport - the Olympics and the World Cup - and made her into an international celebrity who is just as likely to appear on ABC's Dancing with the Stars as she is on the covers of Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, and Vogue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not your normal memoir
- By Rory on 02-14-15
By: Hope Solo
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Ice Capades
- A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey
- By: Sean Avery, Michael McKinley
- Narrated by: Sean Avery
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 539
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 536
As one of the NHL's most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional hockey on its head. For 13 seasons Avery played for some of the toughest, most storied franchises in the league, including the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers, making his mark in each city as a player that was sometimes loved, often despised, but always controversial.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book for any hockey fan
- By Daniel on 09-09-20
By: Sean Avery, and others
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After the Cheering Stops
- An NFL Wife's Story of Concussions, Loss, and the Faith That Saw Her Through
- By: Cyndy Feasel, Mike Yorkey
- Narrated by: Michelle Lasley
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Grant Feasel spent 10 years in the NFL, playing 117 games as a center and a long snapper mostly for the Seattle Seahawks. The skull-battering, jaw-shaking collisions he absorbed during those years ultimately destroyed his marriage and fractured his family. Grant died on July 15, 2012, at the age of 52, the victim of alcohol abuse and a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story every parent and every spouse of a pro athlete should read.
- By Terri Bradshaw on 04-22-17
By: Cyndy Feasel, and others
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Poker Brat
- Phil Hellmuth's Autobiography
- By: Phil Hellmuth
- Narrated by: Phil Hellmuth
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
If you know Phil Hellmuth then you either love him or hate him! His rants, tirades, and lines like "I can dodge bullets, baby" and "If it weren't for luck, I'd win them all" are epic and have earned him the nickname "Poker Brat." However, whether you love him or hate him, he is undoubtedly the greatest poker player of our time. Phil is a global poker icon who holds every record at the World Series of Poker, including an extraordinary 14 world championships.
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1 out of 5 stars
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"Perfectly Ethical".....what a joke!
- By Pete on 12-25-17
By: Phil Hellmuth
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Loudmouth
- Tales (and Fantasies) of Sports, Sex, and Salvation from Behind the Microphone
- By: Craig Carton
- Narrated by: Craig Carton
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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
- By Anthony A. Ciaccio on 07-13-13
By: Craig Carton
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Unbreakable
- By: Jelena Dokic
- Narrated by: Kellie Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world number four. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell. From war-torn Yugoslavia to Sydney to Wimbledon, she narrates her hellish ascent to becoming one of the best tennis players in the women’s game, the abuse she endured at the hands of her father and her heartbreaking fall from the top. Jelena never told anyone the full truth of what she went through until now, and her unbreakable spirit will inspire you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- By Izzy on 02-14-21
By: Jelena Dokic
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In a Heartbeat
- Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving
- By: Sean Tuohy, Sally Jenkins, Leigh Anne Tuohy
- Narrated by: Leigh Anne Tuohy, Sean Tuohy, Kathleen McInerney, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
For the first time, the remarkable couple depicted in the film The Blind Side tell their own deeply inspiring story. First came the best-selling book, then the Oscar-nominated movie—the story of Michael Oher and the family who adopted him has become one of the most talked-about true stories of our time. But until now, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy have never told this astonishing tale in their own way and with their own words.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful. The movie didn't tell the whole story.
- By Catherine on 10-09-11
By: Sean Tuohy, and others
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Tiger Woods
- By: Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian
- Narrated by: Roger Casey
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,749
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,754
In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life - married to a Swedish beauty and the father of two young children. Winner of 14 major golf championships and 79 PGA Tour events, Woods was the first billion-dollar athlete, earning more than $100 million a year in endorsements from the likes of Nike, Gillette, AT&T, and Gatorade. But it was all a carefully crafted illusion. As it turned out, Woods had been living a double life for years.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Schadenfreude For Non-Fans
- By Dubi on 02-16-19
By: Jeff Benedict, and others
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Basketball Junkie
- A Memoir
- By: Chris Herren, Bill Reynolds
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story5 out of 5 stars 81
At basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, junior guard Chris Herren carried his family’s and the city’s dreams on his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was heavily recruited by major universities, chosen as a McDonald’s All-American, featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story, and at just seventeen years old became the central figure in Fall River Dreams, an acclaimed book about the 1994 Durfee team’s quest for the state championship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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most powerful recovery story I've ever heard
- By Brian Swasey on 03-23-22
By: Chris Herren, and others
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Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons
- By: Greg Fitzsimmons
- Narrated by: Greg Fitzsimmons, Zach Galifianakis, Adam Carolla, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 624
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 565
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Story4 out of 5 stars 562
It's what he was raised to do. Most parents would hide or destroy any evidence so clearly demonstrating their child's failures, but-lucky for us-Greg Fitzsimmons's family has preserved each mistake in its original envelope like a trophy in a case, lest he ever forget where he came from.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lots of laughs and lots of heart
- By Ann Archy on 05-12-17
By: Greg Fitzsimmons
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My Greatest Save
- The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper
- By: Briana Scurry, Wayne Coffey
- Narrated by: Briana Scurry
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story5 out of 5 stars 56
A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing World Cup-winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women’s soccer goalie Briana Scurry, My Greatest Save is a story of triumph, tragedy, and redemption from a woman who has broken through barriers her entire life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful. Thank you.
- By Evelyn on 07-04-22
By: Briana Scurry, and others
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The Answer Is...
- Reflections on My Life
- By: Alex Trebek
- Narrated by: Ken Jennings, Alex Trebek
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,559
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,158
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,138
Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career. The book combines illuminating personal anecdotes with Trebek’s thoughts on a range of topics, including marriage, parenthood, education, success, spirituality, and philanthropy. Trebek also addresses the questions he gets asked most often by Jeopardy! fans, such as what prompted him to shave his signature mustache, his insights on legendary players like Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer, and his opinion of Will Ferrell’s Saturday Night Live impersonation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING.
- By Anonymous User on 07-21-20
By: Alex Trebek
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Unscripted
- The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary
- By: Ernie Johnson Jr., John Smoltz
- Narrated by: Ernie Johnson Jr.
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 708
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 634
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Story5 out of 5 stars 637
Ernie Johnson, Jr., has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs - and life's greatest rewards - come from those unscripted moments you never anticipated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get to knw the man behind the scenes.
- By Paul David Bunyan on 07-12-17
By: Ernie Johnson Jr., and others
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Sum It Up
- A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
- By: Pat Head Summitt, Sally Jenkins
- Narrated by: Sally Jenkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 568
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 499
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Story5 out of 5 stars 500
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and best-selling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise the Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she has broken records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Incredible Story of an Incredible Individual
- By Allen on 03-13-13
By: Pat Head Summitt, and others
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Getting Real
- By: Gretchen Carlson
- Narrated by: Gretchen Carlson
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story