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Book Synopsis Stumbling Towards The Finish Line by : Lee Gruenfeld
Download or read book Stumbling Towards The Finish Line written by Lee Gruenfeld and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling novelist and non-fiction writer Lee Gruenfeld has been entertaining the triathlon world with hilarious essays, in-depth profiles and insightful observations for more than a decade. Now his best writings have been collected into a single volume that will let long-time fans relive their favorite pieces while introducing new readers to his unique voice. Anyone who likes sports – any sports – and great writing will love this collection of amusing, penetrating, and often totally off-the-wall observations.
Download or read book The Color Bind written by Lydia Chávez and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-04-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author narrates the complex underlying motivations and manoeuvering of the people, organizations and political parties involved in the campaign to end affirmative action in California.
Book Synopsis A Few Degrees From Hell by : Scott Ludwig
Download or read book A Few Degrees From Hell written by Scott Ludwig and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Badwater Ultramarathon is commonly referred to as ‘the toughest footrace on the planet.’ In 2003, defending champion Pam Reed, Dean Karnazes and 71 other runners took the ultimate challenge of running 135 miles in California from Badwater to the portals of Mount Whitney. Their journey would take them through the hostile environment of Death Valley and subject them to temperatures ranking among the highest ever recorded on earth. Twenty-five runners tell of their adventures in arguably the absolute toughest of ‘the toughest footrace on the planet’– the good, the bad and yes, the ugly – in this incredible and fascinating compilation. You are certain to gain a respect for the runners you will meet and perhaps an even greater respect for the area known as Death Valley. The runners – who experienced heat exhaustion, dehydration, nausea, blisters, hallucinations, and fatigue during the race – competed in temperatures literally ‘a few degrees from hell.’
Download or read book Never a bad day written by Bob Babbitt and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of editorials from Competitor Magazine and Triathlete Magazine. The stories bring out the human side of running, cycling and triathlon in a unique way. Through humor and inspiration, this book will become a must-have for all endurance athletes who have made these sports not just their hobbies, but an integral part of their lives.
Book Synopsis The Performance Mindset by : Anthony J. Klarica
Download or read book The Performance Mindset written by Anthony J. Klarica and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the lessons of elite athletes to reach your full potential From acclaimed psychologist Anthony Klarica, The Performance Mindset: 7 steps to success in sport and life reveals the lessons of high-performing athletes and shows how you can build strategies to apply for greater success in sport, business or in your personal life. High performers are made, not born. High performance occurs through putting a careful and deliberate focus on growing mindset, and science proves that high-performers intentionally build these mindset skills and habits to maximise their opportunities. Talent and hard work are simply not enough. Through candid, in-depth interviews and stories from a wide variety of Australian athletes, you’ll learn how to: harness and maintain your motivation become resilient stay focussed and present lead yourself and others protect your mental health and wellbeing. Natural talent doesn’t necessarily equal high performance. With The Performance Mindset: 7 steps to success in sport and life, you’ll discover how to unleash your inner-champion and realise your full and unbridled potential, whether in sport, in business, or in life.
Book Synopsis Stumbling Towards The Finish Line by : Lee Gruenfeld
Download or read book Stumbling Towards The Finish Line written by Lee Gruenfeld and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling novelist and non-fiction writer Lee Gruenfeld has been entertaining the triathlon world with hilarious essays, in-depth profiles and insightful observations for more than a decade. Now his best writings have been collected into a single volume that will let long-time fans relive their favorite pieces while introducing new readers to his unique voice. Anyone who likes sports - any sports - and great writing will love this collection of amusing, penetrating, and often totally off-the-wall observations.
Book Synopsis The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing by : Scott Reinardy
Download or read book The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing written by Scott Reinardy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing, authors Scott Reinardy and Wayne Wanta employ their own professional experience as sports writers and editors to give students a useful and practical view of the sports writing profession. The text is divided into readily digestible sections, covering essential topics such as types of stories; background and preparation; interviewing; the beginning stages of writing; and conclusion writing. Through real-life examples, readers learn the in-and-outs of writing columns, advances and follows, sidebars, profiles, and features, as well as the stylistic and ethical considerations that go into writing sports content. New to the second edition are: "Professional Perspectives" where working sports journalists give their insiders’ look at the work they do. A chapter on the intricacies of international event reporting A chapter providing an honest view of what life as a sport journalist entails. A companion website also accompanies the text. It includes supplemental materials for students and pedagogical support for instructors, including slide presentations, quizzes, and sample assignments. Intended for journalism students planning a career in sports reporting, this text offers key insights on the practical and personal aspects of the work.
Book Synopsis Aja Minor: Gifted or Cursed - A Psychic Crime Thriller Series by : Chris Bliersbach
Download or read book Aja Minor: Gifted or Cursed - A Psychic Crime Thriller Series written by Chris Bliersbach and published by Chris Bliersbach. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aja has disturbing powers. She feels cursed, but the FBI thinks otherwise. Will she stop a serial rapist and killer or become his next victim? Aja’s life has been one misfortune after another. She was dropped at birth, scarring her face. Her father left when she was 7 years old. Now, as a teenager, not only does she have to contend with puberty, but certain people experience pain or become sick in her presence. Desperate to find answers to her distressing effect on people, she finds them in a most unlikely place, the FBI Academy. There, she discovers her powers may actually be a gift. A gift that, if harnessed, may help the FBI track down the Peace Sign Killer - a serial rapist and murderer. Can Aja successfully exploit her powers to stop the Peace Sign Killer? Or will Aja’s misfortune continue making her his next victim? Aja Minor: Gifted or Cursed is the first book in a psychic crime thriller series. Pitting a coming-of-age girl with an extraordinary gift and indomitable spirit against some of the most depraved criminals imaginable. A portion of the proceeds from this series is donated to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, established in 1984 to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization.
Book Synopsis The Miracle of St. Anthony by : Adrian Wojnarowski
Download or read book The Miracle of St. Anthony written by Adrian Wojnarowski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and turns them into champions on the hardcourt. Coach Bob Hurley had been working miracles at St. Anthony High School for over thirty years, winning state and national championships and offering his players rescue from their surroundings through college scholarships, when he met his most dysfunctional team yet. In The Miracle of St. Anthony Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to these streets. In The Miracle of St. Anthony, acclaimed sports journalist Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season, as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to the city streets.
Download or read book Mikhail Botvinnik written by Andy Soltis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career--as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional chess player--as well as his complex relations with Soviet leaders, including Josef Stalin, his bitter rivalries, and his doomed effort to create the perfect chess-playing computer program. The book has more than 85 games, 127 diagrams, twelve photographs, a chronology of his life and career, a bibliography, an index of openings, an index of opponents, and a general index.
Download or read book Inkflower written by Suzy Zail and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2023-08-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has six months to live. And a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz. A boy who lost everything and started again. A story he has kept hidden – until now. But Lisa doesn’t want to hear it, because she has secrets too. No one at school knows she is Jewish or that her dad is sick. Not even her boyfriend. But that’s all about to change. And so is she.
Download or read book The Big Chair written by Ned Colletti and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than Moneyball] in some ways: It’s a nearly unprecedented opportunity to see what running a baseball franchise looks like through the eyeballs of an actual general manager. . . [Colletti] has a gift for entertaining storytelling. . . These are stories modern general managers rarely tell, except in late-night gatherings at their favorite bars with people they know and trust. So to read them here, told in such colorful detail, makes you feel as if Ned Colletti has just invited you to plop down on the next bar stool.” --Wall Street Journal “Ned Colletti is a baseball treasure with fascinating stories to tell from inside the game. The Big Chair is your all-access pass. After reading this book, you will not only understand the job of a general manager better but also the game of baseball itself.”—Tom Verducci, author of The Cubs Way and co-author of The Yankee Years An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the career of famed former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager (a position also known as “The Big Chair”), whose tenure spanned nine of the most exciting and turbulent years in the franchise’s history. During his tenure with the Dodgers, Colletti had the highest winning percentage of any general manager in the National League. In The Big Chair, he lets readers in on the real GM experience from his unique vantage point—sharing the inner workings of three of the top franchises in the sport, revealing the out-of-the-headlines machinations behind the trades, the hires and the deals; how the money really works; how the decision-making really works; how much power the players really have and why—the real brass tacks of some of the most pivotal decisions made in baseball history that led to great success along with heartbreak and failure on the field. Baseball fans will come for the grit and insight, stay for the heart, and pass it on for the wisdom. Ned Colletti began his MLB career with his beloved hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, more than 35 years ago. He worked in Chicago for a dozen years and was in the front office when the Cubs won the National League East in 1984 and 1989, after which he moved on as director of baseball operations for the SF Giants. By 1996, he became the Assistant GM for the Giants, before being hired as the GM in Los Angeles in 2006. There he oversaw the Dodgers through the highly publicized and acrimonious divorce battle between Frank and Jamie McCourt that culminated in the equally highly publicized sale of the team. He was present at the press conference where Don Mattingly, having just watched his team eliminated from the playoffs, used the post-season conference to vehemently discuss his lack of a contract extension. He brought marquee names like Greg Maddux and Clayton Kershaw to LA, as well as marquee drama with the likes of Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig; hired future Hall of Famer Joe Torre as manager; and oversaw fourteen Dodgers playoff wins. And these are just a few of the highlights. Colletti serves up a huge dish of first-hand experiences with some of the biggest names in baseball history (Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Don Mattingly, Don Zimmer, Tommy Lasorda, Scott Boras, Vin Scully, and more). From his humble early years living in a Chicago garage to his path to one of the most prestigious positions in professional sports, his very public and illustrious career has left a permanent handprint in the history of America's sport—and now he's ready to share the insight only those who have sat in The Big Chair have ever seen.
Author :Roger Saltsman Publisher :AuthorHouse ISBN 13 :1438965370 Total Pages :294 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (389 download)
Download or read book written by Roger Saltsman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agony Hill is a compelling debut novel about a high school runner's self-discovery of friendship and life, written by first-time author Roger Saltsman, a former Brevard College distance runner (1979-1981) Eric Roberts is a successful runner in a small town in North Carolina who finds himself up against a better runner, Trey Allison, the only runner he could not beat. But Eric discovers there is more to life than winning. In an instant, his life changes and he finds himself searching his soul to find out what is really important to him -- running or friendship or both. Along with his good friend Mary and an unlikely coach, he finds the answer. Agony Hill is a beautifully crafted tale that's heartbreaking, inspiring and uplifting. It captures what it is like to win again.
Download or read book ANEW written by Cemore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's almost a sequel, but not really, well almost, but not even close. Is it just more of the same babbling? Could it have anything to do with anything? Or is it exactly what you've been waiting for. Maybe it's a self-help book, but not one of these mansy-pansy pieces of crap that tells you its all going to be all right because you're a bright shiny star that always been perfect and blah, blah, blah, ... WTF!?!?!?! (to steal a little internet jargon) No, rather this will kick you hard in your posterior and scream at you. What it will scream, no one is really all that sure, but it will scream at you all the same. Enjoy. Thank you, please drive thru.
Book Synopsis Stumbling on Happiness by : Daniel Gilbert
Download or read book Stumbling on Happiness written by Daniel Gilbert and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it. Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward. Using cutting-edge research, much of it original, Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks and jokes us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where we thought it was. Among the unexpected questions he poses: Why are conjoined twins no less happy than the general population? When you go out to eat, is it better to order your favourite dish every time, or to try something new? If Ingrid Bergman hadn’t gotten on the plane at the end of Casablanca, would she and Bogey have been better off? Smart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.
Download or read book The Dust Feast written by Gregory Ashe and published by Hodgkin and Blount. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only days have passed since Vie Eliot’s murderous half-brother—a dangerous, out-of-control psychic—was stopped from killing the people Vie loves most, but Vie is ready for his life to return to normal. He has plans. Big plans. Make the cross country team, pick up his grades, and spend a lot of time with his boyfriend. On the day of cross country tryouts, though, Vie finds one of the teachers dead—and Vie refuses to believe that the death was a suicide. As he searches for the killer, or killers, he discovers that a conspiracy exists in the small town of Vehpese: a conspiracy that might be older and deeper than Vie first suspects, a conspiracy of drugs and human trafficking that might also be tied, in some way Vie can’t quite understand, to his own abilities—and to the other psychic abilities in his town. When the murderers turn their attention to Vie, though, he discovers that his powers might not be up to the task. He faces ghosts, ancient monsters, and even an evil substitute teacher, but unless he can confront his past, and the trauma that lies there, he might not manage to save the people he cares about. He might not even survive himself.
Book Synopsis Be Thou Faithful Unto Death by : Dag Heward-Mills
Download or read book Be Thou Faithful Unto Death written by Dag Heward-Mills and published by Parchment House. This book was released on 2022 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be faithful unto death is to not give up all your life! To be faithful unto death is to be loyal, constant, the same, unwavering and unchanging until death. As you continue in your service to the Lord, you will surely come across the occasion to stumble, to fall and to be unfaithful. Jesus even warns us in Matthew 18:7 that “… it must needs be that offences come; …” Many people run a race and get to a place where they suddenly fall and crash to the ground for one reason or the other. Stumbling blocks can make it impossible to reach the expected end. This is what you have to prevent! Make sure you do not fall to the ground and crash out of the race. Those are the standards of our Saviour and it is important that you believe in them and practice them. This timely book by celebrated author Dag Heward-Mills, will spur you on to stay faithful until the very end.
