Biography & autobiography / Sports

Life's New Hurdles

by Colin Jackson

In 2003 Colin retired from athletics in front of an adoring home crowd. Then real life began. In Life's New Hurdles Colin describes the shock of adjusting to sudden change.

Finally Free: An Autobiography

by Michael Vick & Brett Honeycutt

One of the NFL's most talented and polarizing athletes tells the story of his rise to stardom, his headline-making fall from grace, how he found redemption and forgiveness from the most unlikely people, and...

One Last Strike

by Tony La Russa

The team that refused to give up

their manager in his final season

A comeback that changed baseball

After thirty-three seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he had seen it all—that...

A Father First

by Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade, the eight-time All-Star for the Miami Heat, has miraculously defied the odds throughout his career and his life. In 2006, in just his third season in the NBA, Dwyane was named the Finals' MVP, after...

101 Things You May Not Have Known About the Boston Red Sox

by John DT White

There is something for every Red Sox fan in John White's "101 Things You May Not Have Known About The Boston Red Sox." Major League Baseball has a long and storied history and the Boston Red Sox have more than...

Aim High

by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

Aim High is an inspirational book written by the UK's leading wheelchair athete, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

The Yankee Years

by Tom Verducci & Joe Torre

The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.

When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series title in...

Ronaldo: The Obsession for Perfection

by Luca Caioli

From the author of the bestselling Torres and Messi, a revealing new biography of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. When a young Portuguese player with sublime abilities arrived at Manchester United in 2003,...

Torres: An Intimate Portrait of the Kid Who Became King

by Luca Caioli

A brand new biography of Liverpool and Premier League superstar, Fernando Torres, based on one-of-a-kind insider interviews with those closest to him ... and the player himself.  This is the story of a kid...

Kevin Durant: An Unauthorized Biography

by Belmont and Belcourt and Be Biographies

Kevin Durant is a star on the rise. A six-foot, nine-inch small forward, Durant has worked his way into an elite class of NBA all-stars. The 2008 Rookie of the Year led the league in scoring in the 2009-10 season...

Pelé: Devotion

by Fritz Knapp

As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Pele: Devotion discusses the struggles and triumphs of Pele's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated...

Go Long!: Maximizing the Drive Within

by Brian Curtis & Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice has been called the best pro football player ever. In spite of Rice’s legendary gridiron skills, or even his ability to transform himself into an instant ballroom-dance prodigy on ABC’s hit TV...

Winning Balance: What I Ve Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams

by Shawn Johnson

Twenty-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national...

The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling

by Andrew William William Wright, Joe Animal Animal Laurinaitis & Precious Paul Paul Ellering

Delivering an inside account of one of wrestling's most famous fighters, this autobiography offers a rare chance to learn about Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis's life both inside and outside the ring. Revealing riveting...

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra is Rich Roll’s incredible-but-true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever.

One cool evening in October 2006, the night before he was to turn...

The Laws of the Ring: The Laws of the Cage from the California Kid

by Urijah Faber & Tim Keown

What's your passion?

For Urijah "The California Kid" Faber, fighting is not just a thrill but an act of self-expression. From his first fight in the outlaw MMA days of 2003, Urijah recognized his passion for...

Diary of a Heartbreak Kid: Shawn Michaels' Journey into the WWE Hall of Fame

by Craig Tello

It’s the week of WrestleMania, an event that’s flourished in parallel with Shawn Michaels’s decorated career, an annual spectacular that The Heartbreak Kid seized time after time as his personal stage...

I'm Awesome: One Man's Triumphant Quest to Become the Sweetest Dude Ever

by Jason Ellis & Mike Tully

Jason Ellis does it all. And he has excelled at everything he sets his mind to: X Games skateboarding, satellite radio, professional mixed martial arts, boxing, moto, truck racing, TV, and movies. Now he shares...

Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

by Mark Titus

An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds...

Remember Why You Play: Faith, Football, and a Season to Believe

by David Thomas & Kris Hogan

If you enjoyed Friday Night Lights, this book is a must-read. Remember Why You Play documents the lives, struggles, and triumphs of the players and coaches of Faith Christian School in Grapevine, Texas. Sports...