Title search results
Showing 1 - 10 of 10 items
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Romance, Holiday fiction, Short stories, Sports fictionAnthologies
Human-narrated audio
Four romantic holiday tales. In Jean Brashear's "A Family for Christmas," NASCAR crew chief Gib Cameron returns home to Tennessee…
for Christmas and rediscovers romance with his high school flame, Cassie. Includes "Have a Beachy Little Christmas," "Winning the Race," and "All They Want for Christmas." 2008
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Sports fictionLiterature, Sports and games, Anthologies
Human-narrated audio
Twenty short works of fiction and nonfiction about the sport of horse racing. Lee Child offers a story about a…
hit man hired to kill a horse. Jane Smiley reflects on raising thoroughbreds. Other contributors include Laura Lippman, Steven Crist, Jerry Stahl, and Meghan O'Rourke. Some violence. 2006
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Sports fictionSports and games, Writing, Anthologies, Travelogues
Human-narrated audio
Twenty-six sports articles from American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. Linda Robertson writes about Richard Williams's grooming his daughters for…
tennis careers in "On Planet Venus." In "Late Boomer," Tom Boswell describes Brady Anderson, the Orioles center fielder. David Remnick covers boxer Mike Tyson in "Kid Dynamite Blows Up." Some strong language
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Sports fiction, General fictionAnthologies
Human-narrated audio
Many people, from peers and prime ministers to rich entrepreneurs and the average person on the street, have sought out…
the delights of the racecourse. For those who love the sport, this collection of fourteen stories includes selections by such American and British authors as Dick Francis, A. Conan Doyle, John Galsworthy, Molly Keane, Edgar Wallace, and Beryl Markham
Electronic braille (Contracted), Braille (Contracted), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip)
Erotic fiction, Sports fictionAnthologies
Automated braille
The best athletes must demonstrate dedication and stamina on and off the field, and athletic prowess comes in many forms.…
From the racetrack to the gymnasium, The Athletic Aesthetic explores the eroticism of sport, as toned and limber athletes prove that they are at the very peak of their performance.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
General fiction, Sports fictionAnthologies
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
The Scarlets are hard-hitting, tough-talking hockey players. There's brash Toad, confident and witty, and theres troubled Hal, unofficial team captain,…
whose mother is terminally ill. There's French Pelly and there's hilarious Heezer, who waitresses at
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Sports fictionAnthologies
Human-narrated audio
Pain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being. In 1908-09 the Italian-American boxer toured Australia, losing fights…
but amazing crowds with his showmanship and extraordinary physical resilience. On the east coast Grim played a supporting role in the Jack Johnson-Tommy Burns Fight of the Century; on the west coast he was committed to an insane asylum. In between he played with the concept and reality of pain in a shocking manner not witnessed before or since.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
General fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Romance, Sports fictionAnthologies
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Landing the PR contract for North Carolina's new soccer team could take Holly Taylor's career to the next level. Her…
task? Make Kepler "Killer" de Klerk, an athlete with a party-hard reputation, a star. But revamping the sexy footballer's image while battling her unwanted attraction to him is easier said than done.The car accident that derailed Kepler's European career also gave him some much-needed perspective. He's ready to give up on fame and focus on the game he loves. The last thing he needs is a headstrong brunette pushing him back into the spotlight, even if butting heads with her is the most fun he's had in ages.The more time Holly spends with Kepler, the more she sees how different he is from his tabloid persona. But when she's offered her dream job for a price, she finds herself torn between the career she's spent years building and the man she doesn't want to give up.55,000 words
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
General fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Romance, Sports fictionAnthologies
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
What not to do with your ex Maddie Shaw has spent the past ten years not thinking about her fast-and-furious fling…
with Cale Grant. His dark blue eyes, his hot-chocolate voice, his magic touch No, she doesn't remember anything like that. Only the numbing devastation when he let her down and she walked away. Now Cale's sauntered back into Maddie's lifedrinking in the same bars, working on the same projects and setting off the same fireworks inside her. It's Maddie's chance to prove just how over her ex she really is but one steamy kiss later she's fallen at the first hurdle !
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
General fiction, Family stories, Serious and literary fiction, Sports fictionAnthologies
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
The co-host of ESPN’s Mike and Mike follows up his New York Times bestseller All You Could Ask For with…
this poignant story of one man’s search to understand himself, his marriage, and his father.Jonathan Sweetwater has been blessed with money, a fulfilling career, great kids and Claire, his smart, gorgeous, sophisticated wife. But there is one thing Jonathan never had: a relationship with his father.Percival Sweetwater III has been absent from his son’s life since Jonathan was nine years old. A five-term U.S. senator, now dead, Percy was beloved by presidents, his constituents, and women alike, especially the five women who married him after Jonathan’s mother.Jonathan hasn’t thought about Percy or the hole he left in his life for years. Dedicated to Claire and his family, he’s nothing like his serial monogamist father. But then Jonathan discovers evidence that everything in his marriage may not be as perfect as he thought. Hurt and uncertain what to do, he knows that the only way to move forward is to go back.On this quest for understanding—about himself, about manhood, about marriage—Jonathan decides to track down his father’s five ex-wives. His journey will take him from cosmopolitan cities to the mile-high mountains to a tropical island—and ultimately back to confront the one thing Jonathan has that his father never did: home.