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Author |
: Alison Mowbray |
Publisher |
: Troubador Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 544 |
Release |
: 2013-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783062232 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783062231 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gold Medal Flapjack, Silver Medal Life by : Alison Mowbray
“Being an Olympian was not my first choice of career, or even my second.” Alison Mowbray wasn’t a sporty kid and thought that being good at sport was a pre-requisite for going to the Olympics. She thought she might be a doctor, a teacher, a Blue Peter presenter or maybe the first ever female naval submariner. “Then at 18 I discovered rowing. From that point on, for the next 15 years, I didn’t have a choice anymore.” You don’t choose to go to the Olympics. You lay out everything you have and let the Olympics take it – no deals, no bargains, no questions asked, no hope of return. Maybe it will be enough and the Olympics will choose you, and maybe it won’t. If you thought about the number of things outside your control between yourself and your dream, you’d never start. You just think about the things you can do, the things you can control and you start doing them and keep doing them until you get there or until control is wrested from you. That’s what you do. That is this book. “I never planned to be inspiring so really this is just the story of how I did the things I love, the very best I could do them, and how very far it took me. And if you too were not a sporty child, and you’ve never raced an Olympic final, maybe I can take you there…” This is a Silver medal life of achievement, addiction, alcoholism, anorexia and Alzheimer’s. But a Gold medal story of passion and perseverance and not letting anything or anybody get between yourself and your dream. Gold Medal Flapjack, Silver Medal Life is a fascinating sports autobiography that will appeal to fans of rowing, the Olympics and sports psychology. Written 8 years after that medal winning moment, it also deals with what happens next in an athlete’s life. There are many themes that will particularly resonate with women, and anyone who enjoys cooking will love Alison’s flapjack recipe and the many food references throughout the book. This is a book for people who love sports autobiographies and for those who never usually read them. Featured in The Bookseller
Author |
: T. Swart |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2015-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137466877 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137466871 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Neuroscience for Leadership by : T. Swart
Leadership can be learned: new evidence from neuroscience clearly points to ways that leaders can significantly improve how they engage with and motivate others. This book provides leaders and managers with an accessible guide to practical, effective actions, based on neuroscience.
Author |
: Greg Louganis |
Publisher |
: Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
Release |
: 2006-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781402250019 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1402250010 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Breaking the Surface by : Greg Louganis
This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation. Born to a young Samoan father and Northern European mother, and adopted at nine months, Greg began diving at age nine, and at sixteen won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. But despite his astonishing athletic skill, Greg struggled with late-detected dyslexia, prejudice toward his dark skin coloring and anguish over his homosexuality, which he felt compelled to hide. Being in the spotlight intensified his difficulties with relationships and substance abuse. However, Louganis went on to win double gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. His triumph at the 1988 Olympics came several months after he tested positive for HIV. This is the haunting, searingly candid story of the world's greatest diver. This new edition includes a new foreword.
Author |
: Richard J Foster |
Publisher |
: Santa Monica Press |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2008-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781595809995 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1595809996 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mark Spitz by : Richard J Foster
Mark Spitz is arguably the most famous and successful Olympic athlete of all time because of his legendary performances at the 1972 Olympics, where he won seven gold medals while breaking seven world records. His amazing life story is told for the first time in the authorized biography Mark Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion. This exclusive account follows Spitz’s roller-coaster career: age-group prodigy, four-medal "flop" at the 1968 Olympics, outstanding collegiate career at Indiana University, gold-medal haul in 1972, lucrative endorsements, and a brief and unsuccessful stint in entertainment. And the meatier stories—the role his father played in his career, his often stormy relationship with coaches and teammates, his experiences as a Jewish athlete with anti-Semitism and the Munich massacre, his impact on the commercialization of swimming, his relationship with Michael Phelps, and others—have been largely unknown, ignored, barely touched upon, or distorted. Mark Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion provides insights into Spitz’s career, behind-the-scenes anecdotes about him and his competitors, and untold stories that shed light on his complicated personality and relationship with his father. Old and new fans alike will appreciate the depth and details of this swimming icon’s story.
Author |
: Mary Caroline Crawford |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1931 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044024479768 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Hundred Years of Boston Hospitality as Mirrored in the Lusty Life of a Century-old Boston Firm by : Mary Caroline Crawford
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Total Pages |
: 636 |
Release |
: 1960 |
ISBN-10 |
: IOWA:31858028105074 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Rifleman by :
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Total Pages |
: 844 |
Release |
: 1867 |
ISBN-10 |
: PRNC:32101079672836 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gleason's Literary Companion by :
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Total Pages |
: 1086 |
Release |
: 1884 |
ISBN-10 |
: CORNELL:31924069761637 |
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: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces by :
Author |
: Charles Albert Murdock |
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Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 1921 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:HX4USY |
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: 4/5 (SY Downloads) |
Synopsis A Backward Glance at Eighty by : Charles Albert Murdock
Charles Albert Murdock (1841-1928) left Massachusetts for California in 1855 with his mother, sister and brother. For many years he was editor of the Pacific Unitarian Magazine and one of the state's most distinguished printers. A backward glance at eighty (1921) begins with Murdock's memories of his trip west and reunion with his father, who had settled in Arcata on the Humboldt River. Murdock recalls life in the town and recounts stories of his father's early years on the Humboldt, the evolution of the region's Republican Party, acquaintance with Bret Harte, the printing business in San Francisco, 1867-1910, and the San Francisco Board of Education.
Author |
: John Updike |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2012-03-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679645719 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679645713 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Coup by : John Updike
A novel that charts the violent events in an imaginary African nation, as told by the colonel and leader of the country—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. "What a rich, surprising, and often funny novel.”—The New York Times Book Review “A leader,” writes Colonel Hakim Félix Ellelloû, “is one who, out of madness or goodness, takes upon himself the woe of a people. There are few men so foolish.” Colonel Ellelloû has four wives, a silver Mercedes, and a fanatic aversion—cultural, ideological, and personal—to the United States. But the U.S. keeps creeping into the nation of Kush, and the repercussions of this incursion constitute the events of the novel. Colonel Ellelloû tells his own story—always elegantly, and often in the third person—from an undisclosed location in the South of France.