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Courtney Morgan is a female knuckle-ball pitcher trying to break into professional baseball. Parker Westfall is an aging slugger with one last chance at the ultimate carrot—a spot on a major-league roster. She’s gorgeous, and he’s having the season of his life. Together, they’ll try to change a losing team’s fortunes on their way to the big show. But when tragedy strikes, will their dreams still matter?

Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player is the guidebook that navigates dreams and disappointments, failures and triumphs—a satirical mid-life-crisis handbook for everyone who has never quite fulfilled their fantasies, on the tennis court or anywhere else. This is the story of a man of a certain age who has never quite moved on from his youthful fantasies as he goes from sporting zero to sporting hero. And back again. Set against the backdrop of Wimbledon in 2013 when Andy Murray was the first British player to win the championship for decades, unsurprisingly, ‘Andy’ makes an appearance.

It’s 1984. Superpowers for girls and women exist only on TV and in comics. Aileen Murphy struggles to make sense of her life in a working-class Scottish steel town. She dreams of escaping the sectarian bullying she has kept secret; then, the gorgeous Steve Henderson enters her world. When her vulnerable younger sister becomes the next target of the bullies, Aileen knows she must make a stand.

In the sweltering heat of small-town Florida, a ragtag high school football team becomes the unlikely battleground for grit, growth, and redemption. Down, Set, Win! is a heartfelt, humorous, and brutally honest coming-of-age tale inspired by true events. Redcrest, Florida, was known more for its mosquitoes than for football—until a hard-nosed new coach pushed a mismatched group of teenagers past their limits. What followed wasn’t just a season. It was a transformation.

Jobber is a gritty, unflinching look at life behind the curtain of professional wrestling. It’s about pain and pride, survival and self-destruction, and the men who bleed for a sport that may never pay them back. It’s the story of small-town gyms packed with hungry fans, of bodies pushed past their breaking point, and of the fleeting glory that keeps wrestlers chasing one more match—even when it costs them everything. Joe wrestling name “Krane” was once on the cusp of wrestling stardom. He had the look, the charisma, and the chance to shine under the bright lights of New York.

Fünf Regeln. Kein Risiko. Keine Gefühle. Und ganz sicher keine Hockeyspieler. Der Auftakt der Rulebreaker-Reihe von USA TODAY Bestselling Autorin J. Wilder Ich habe einen Plan. Einen verdammt guten sogar. Abschluss in Politikwissenschaft, ein heiß begehrtes Praktikum und danach die große...

The Dockers are in the finals for the first time, and Greg gets himself to Melbourne for the match against Geelong. Once there he finds himself in trouble.

Réquiem por un atleta es una historia sombría de las expectativas incumplidas de un gran atleta, que ve a través de los ojos nublados en lágrimas los trofeos y medallas de una vida que se fue hace mucho tiempo.

Considered one of the best baseball novels of all time, this black comedy about a discontented businessman's obsession with a fantasy baseball league of his own creation is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" meets William Gaddis meets John Updike's Rabbit, Run. Somewhere in a "major-league" American city, there lives a man named J. Henry Waugh—no-account accountant, barfly, and country music fan.

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
Neely Crenshaw was once star quarterback for Messina High School's football team. Afterwards his life went nowhere. But now the man who molded him, Coach Eddie Rake, is dying and Neely returns to Messina.

When fifteen-year-old Blake awakens with vivid memories of a life he's never lived, he discovers he possesses knowledge of future events that could change everything. Armed with these insights, Blake must navigate the treacherous waters of high school while grappling with an impossible question. How do you use knowledge of the future responsibly?

Aaron Rogers is a former two time IFL MVP who’s in a bit of a rut. He has been bounced around the league after legal issues, league wide suspension and his play becoming despicable at best. Ending up living a life of a loser. An assistant coach from the Bismarck Thunderbirds, Dom Capers, ends up seeing Aaron’s arm throwing lobs from his house. He gets pressed to find the gift he’s been given. The Thunderbirds are lacking a quarterback because of the league wide lockout, shortening the season and restricting the star players that could be picked up.

WHIZ KID, by Joel Burcat and David S. Burcat, transports listeners to 1950 Philadelphia, where Ben Green, a decorated World War II veteran from Camden, NJ, is completing his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania. A gifted writer, Ben dreams of becoming a novelist, but the weight of responsibility looms large. His closest friend and war buddy, Stan Ledyard, urges him to join his father’s powerful advertising firm in Center City.

East London, 1921: Lucy Cotter is unemployed, unskilled, and down to her last shilling. Before the Great War she never had to work, relying on her husband, Robin, to support her and their young daughter with his successful boxing career. Now, though, Robin is unemployed and nursing battle wounds, so it’s up to Lucy to keep the leaking roof over their heads. Tired of rejection and nostalgic for better days, Lucy enters Robin’s former boxing club on a whim—and discovers that a place which once barred women is now run by one.

Jack Jackson was once a rising star in college football—until one disastrous call turned him into a national punchline. When a secret government project offers him a job coaching an experimental team, Jack expects egos and dysfunction. What he gets is far worse.

When injury ends his dream of playing professional golf, Evan Caldwell disappears into years of drifting and disappointment—until his former mentor, Coach Ray Dalton, returns with a quiet challenge: Begin again. Through Ray’s teachings and the simple, powerful structure of the Golf Compass—Direction, Heart, Truth, Strength, and Center—Evan slowly rebuilds his life. Not as a competitor hungry for trophies, but as a man learning to stand steady, breathe deeply, and rediscover who he truly is.

Peyton Miller hat das Football-Talent seiner berühmten Väter geerbt – und den ganzen Druck gleich mit. Als ihm in seinem Abschlussjahr alles zu viel wird, sucht er Ablenkung … und findet sie ausgerechnet im Bett von Levi Vanderbilt. Ein Ausrutscher, sagen sie sich. Ein Experiment. Kein Grund, weiter darüber nachzudenken – bis Levi vier Jahre später plötzlich an Peytons Uni auftaucht. Für Levi war diese Nacht der Anfang von etwas Echtem. Für Peyton war sie ein Geheimnis, das nie ans Licht kommen darf.

ISABELLA LAWSON is the happiest she's ever been, simply because ALEXANDER WALKER loves her. With him by her side, Bella begins to understand her worth. The only problem? Not everyone wants to see her in Xander's life. Schemes, betrayals, and secrets lead to the shattering of two hearts, and Bella's best option is to leave Boston and focus on herself for a change. She puts rules in place to keep from getting hurt again, and when she returns to Boston, she's stronger than ever.

When ISABELLA LAWSON's high school sweetheart, Jake, reappears in her life, she doesn't hesitate to say yes when he asks her to be his girlfriend. On the surface, the Boston City Warriors' wide receiver is a catch, but Bella soon realizes he's not the same guy she dated in high school. What if...

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes— Whoa, whoa, whoa! Look, I don't know who made up that stupid saying but I am not in love with Ella Montgomery. Sure, she's my best friend and has been since we could walk. Sure, I offered to let her move in with me when she moved cross-country...