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Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back

Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back

by Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character " superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the minors to the majors, all of the plans for Josh went off the rails in a moment of weakness. What followed was a 4-year nightmare of drugs and alcohol, estrangement from friends and family, and his eventual suspension... (more)

Johnny U: The Life and Times of John Unitas

Johnny U: The Life and Times of John Unitas

by Tom Callahan

In a time “when men played football for something less than a living and something more than money,” John Unitas was the ultimate quarterback. Rejected by Notre Dame, discarded by the Pittsburgh Steelers, he started on a Pennsylvania sandlot making six dollars a game and ended as the most commanding presence in the National Football League, calling the critical plays and completing the crucial passes at the moment... (more)

Running: Difficulty at the Beginning, Book 1

Running: Difficulty at the Beginning, Book 1

by Keith Maillard

In this, the first volume of Difficulty at the Beginning , John Dupre is a student at Raysburg Military Academy, where his best friend Lyle Ledzinski is training him to be a perfect Socratic athlete: Â“A sound mind in a sound body.Â”Together they want to experience all of life Â— athletics, philosophy, beer, the quest for Truth, and most of all, those mysterious creatures that seem to come from another planet:... (more)

Yao: A Life in Two Worlds

by Ming Yao

In 2002, Yao Ming became the NBA's first foreign #1 draft pick and a media sensation. Sports writer Ric Bucher was the only American reporter with unrestricted access to Yao's first year in the NBA. Now available in paperback, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds captures Yao's private story and traces his remarkable journey from Chinese success story to international icon. Whether winning over skeptical teammates, or... (more)

A View from the End of the Bench: Eleven Teams, Six Years, Five Countries, and My So-called Career as a Profession al Basketball Player

A View from the End of the Bench: Eleven Teams, Six Years, Five Countries, and My So-called Career as a Profession al Basketball Player

by Paul Shirley

He’s been called a journeyman. Even Paul wouldn’t dispute that classification. Regardless, Bill Simmons, ESPN.com’s “The Sports Guy,” has said of Paul Shirley, “We could finally have an answer to the question ‘What would it be like if one of our friends was an NBA player?” There’s no denying that Paul Shirley is the closest thing pro basketball’s got to Odysseus. In Homeric fashion, he has logged time practically... (more)

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The bestselling introduction to "flow"--a groundbreaking psychological theory that shows readers how to improve the quality of life. "The way to happiness lies not in mindless hedonism, but in mindful change ."--New York Times Book Review

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