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from basketball’s star players and coaches.
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Life Is Not an Accident
- A Memoir of Reinvention
- By: Jay Williams
- Narrated by: Jay Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 352
Like millions of kids before him, Jay Williams used to pretend he was making the game-winning shot while playing basketball in his Plainfield, New Jersey, backyard....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Taking ownership of mistakes
- By ladybug on 07-20-16
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Life Is Not an Accident
- A Memoir of Reinvention
- Narrated by: Jay Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-06-16
- Language: English
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Qaddafi's Point Guard
- The Incredible Story of a Professional Basketball Player Trapped in Libya's Civil War
- By: Daniel Paisner, Alex Owumi
- Narrated by: Neal Ghant
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
Imprisoned in his Benghazi apartment for more than two weeks with no food, phone, Internet, or hope, Owumi wondered whether he would make it out of Libya alive....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good story
- By Bruce on 04-07-15
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Qaddafi's Point Guard
- The Incredible Story of a Professional Basketball Player Trapped in Libya's Civil War
- Narrated by: Neal Ghant
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 10-01-13
- Language: English
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King of the Court
- Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution
- By: Aram Goudsouzian
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first Black superstar....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Portrait of a Basketball Revolutionary
- By Susie on 01-28-13
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King of the Court
- Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-11-13
- Language: English
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Eleven Rings
- The Soul of Success
- By: Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty
- Narrated by: Matt Walton
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,288
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,816
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,814
During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listener Beware
- By Robert S. Wegener on 07-12-13
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Eleven Rings
- The Soul of Success
- Narrated by: Matt Walton
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-21-13
- Language: English
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West by West
- My Charmed, Tormented Life
- By: Jerry West, Jonathan Coleman
- Narrated by: Ryan West
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 108
He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Jerry is really disturbed and needs help
- By bmatt48 on 02-04-12
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West by West
- My Charmed, Tormented Life
- Narrated by: Ryan West
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 10-19-11
- Language: English
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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 601
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 531
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Story5 out of 5 stars 532
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....
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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
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Sum It Up
- A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
- Narrated by: Sally Jenkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
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Players First
- Coaching from the Inside Out
- By: John Calipari, Michael Sokolove
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 271
In Players First, John Calipari relates for the first time anywhere his experiences over his first four years coaching the Kentucky Wildcats....
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5 out of 5 stars
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IU alum and fan...now loves Calipari
- By Stephen S. on 04-16-14
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Players First
- Coaching from the Inside Out
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-15-14
- Language: English
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Toughness
- Developing True Strength On and Off the Court
- By: Jay Bilas
- Narrated by: Jay Bilas
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 391
The popular ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player looks at the true meaning of toughness. If anyone knows tough, it’s Jay Bilas....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good lessons in toughness
- By Rhoderick Dione Frierson on 03-09-17
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Hard Work
- A Life On and Off the Court
- By: Roy Williams, Tim Crothers, John Grisham
- Narrated by: Alan Winter, Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Coach Roy Williams had an unlikely rise to the Hall of Fame and a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. Now, for the first time, Williams tells the story of his life that few people know....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worth the listen
- By Curtis on 12-29-09
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Hard Work
- A Life On and Off the Court
- Narrated by: Alan Winter, Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-03-09
- Language: English
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