Ancient Sports

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    • Deadly Arena Sports of Ancient Rome
    • By: Christopher Epplett
    • Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
    • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 04-24-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 213 ratings
    • It's hard for modern listeners to truly grasp the spectacle that was arena sports in ancient Rome, which pitted man against man and man against beast in mortal combat....

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    • College Football's Ivy League and the Game They Play Today
    • By: John Feinstein
    • Narrated by: John Feinstein
    • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 11-12-24
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • On the field, inside the locker room, and around campus, The Ancient Eight reveals the phenomenal stories of the young men who play in today’s Ivy League and those who coach them.

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    • The Ancient Code of Togetherness
    • By: Owen Eastwood
    • Narrated by: Toby Webster
    • Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • Whakapapa is a Maori idea which embodies our universal human need to belong. It represents a powerful spiritual belief—that each of us is part of an unbroken and unbreakable chain of people who share a sacred identity....

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    • Reliving the Ancient Battle and Epic Run That Inspired the World's Greatest Footrace
    • By: Dean Karnazes
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 567 ratings
    • In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion in the Battle of Marathon....

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    • By: Xenophon
    • Narrated by: Holly Brienne
    • Length: 55 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • On Horsemanship, also sometimes titled The Art of Horsemanship, is a treatise written about 350 BCE by the Athenian historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon (c. 430-354 BC). The treatise is a "hands-on" manual which deals with the selection....

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    • Applying Sun Tzu’s Ancient Wisdom to Modern Soccer Coaching, Tactics, and Team Management
    • By: Fitness Research Publishing
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-24
    • Language: English
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    • "The Art of War for Soccer" is a groundbreaking book that seamlessly adapts the ancient wisdom of Sun Tzu to the modern soccer pitch, offering ...

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    • Learning to Run Like a Greek
    • By: Andrea Marcolongo, Will Schutt - translator
    • Narrated by: Mandi Kaye
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-24
    • Language: English
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    • Join Andrea Marcolongo, renowned classicist and one of today’s most original thinkers on antiquity, for an inspiring journey as she learns to run—and to live—like a Greek.

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    • Ladybird Audio Adventures
    • By: Ladybird
    • Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
    • Series: Ladybird Audio Adventures
    • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
    • Release date: 07-21-22
    • Language: English
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    • Meet our fearless adventurers Cassandra, Otto and Missy AKA the smartest raven in the universe as they set out on their next action-packed Ladybird Audio Adventure....

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    • By: Richard H. Dana Jr.
    • Narrated by: Hal Saunders
    • Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Two Years Before the Mast is an 1840 memoir by the author Richard Henry Dana. A Harvard graduate, he spent the years 1834 to 1836 as a sailor on a merchant ship on a voyage from Boston to California. The journey took them past Cape Horn on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago....

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    • Find Serenity and Inner Peace Through the Ancient Art of Tai Chi (Tai Chi Chuan, Taijiquan)
    • By: Miao Ri Lemahieu
    • Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
    • Length: 35 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Tai Chi is a form of Chinese martial arts that has been shown to promote body and mind capabilities by enhancing a person's stamina, strengthening the body, and boosting overall mental capacities....

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    • By: John A. Martino, Michael P. O'Kane
    • Narrated by: Doug Greene
    • Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In ancient Greece and across the Mediterranean, kingdoms strive for dominance. The great powers of Carthage and Egypt look on with avarice as the might of the Greeks is spent warring between themselves, oblivious to external dangers....

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    • A Bicycle Journey Through the Northern Dominion of Oil
    • By: David Goodrich
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 08-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In a manner reminiscent of John McPhee and Rachel Carson, combined with Goodrich’s wry self-deprecation and scientific expertise, A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean is a galvanizing and adventure-filled listen that gets to the heart of drilling on our continent....

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    • Heirs of the Shattered Spheres
    • By: Guy Stewart
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-21-24
    • Language: English
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    • Emerald Marcillon lives with her archaeologist parents at a dig site on the Yucatan Peninsula. She has trouble handling social situations and ...

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    • Unlocking the Ancient Art of Pain-Free Living
    • By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Discover a world of ancient wisdom melded with modern science in "The Acupuncture Answer," a transformative guide that unlocks the secrets to pain ...

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    • On Nature and Belonging in an Ancient Forest
    • By: Neil Ansell
    • Narrated by: Simon Slater
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 04-15-21
    • Language: English
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    • The Circling Sky is part childhood memoir, blended with exquisite nature observation and the story of one man's journey over a year to one of the UK's key natural habitats, the New Forest of Hampshire....

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    • Why You Need to Rethink Success and How You Achieve It with the Ancient Art of Wing Tsun
    • By: John Vincent, Sifu Julian Hitch
    • Narrated by: John Vincent, Sifu Julian Hitch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Winning Not Fighting draws on the philosophy of Wing Tsun, an ancient Chinese martial art, to offer a profound and practical guide to achieving success at work, life and business....

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    • London to Edinburgh: 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway
    • By: Steve Silk
    • Narrated by: Steve Silk
    • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-17-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In 1921, Britain’s most illustrious highway, the Great North Road, ceased to exist - on paper at least. Stretching from London to Edinburgh, the old road was largely replaced by the A1 as the era of the motor car took hold. A hundred years later, Steve Silk sets off on an adventure....

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