The Agony Of Victory

Author : Steve Friedman
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611454921
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Agony of Victory written by Steve Friedman and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a man whose craving for speed was outstripped by a terrible urge toward self-annihilation. See the greatest bowler who ever lived, a high-school dropout who could never measure up to his father. Try to understand the most accomplished high-school runner in American history, whose long-distance records still astound and who, a few years later, abruptly abandoned his wife and three small children. Read of the briefly glorious life of the leading scorer in Division I college basketball, one of the inner city's great success stories ... while it lasted.

Author : Max Horlick
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456744410
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Agony of Victory written by Max Horlick and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What event most electrifies a small college town? Is it the U.S presidential elections? No. Is it an earthquake? No. Is it the election of a new mayor? No. Is it the firing and hiring of a football coach? Yes.. This is the story of just such an event. This is a fictionalized version of real stories and real people who lived long ago. The undefeated football season summarized here actually once took place at Rutgers University.. Other events actually took place primarily at St Lawrence University. Yes there was an outstanding season. Yes there actually was the horny sociologist. Yes, there actually was a beautiful woman we have called yes. Yes, the sex in the chapel and the ridiculous faculty smoker actually happened; And the coach is the hero, or is he? And there has to be a villain, but who is the villain in our story? And who is the heroine?

Author : Steve Friedman
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1628722789
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Agony of Victory written by Steve Friedman and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes some men drive themselves to succeed in their chosen sport, no matter how daunting the odds? And what are the struggles that victory almost inevitably brings? Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a man whose craving for speed was outstripped by a terrible urge toward self-annihilation. Try to understand the most accomplished high-school runner in American history, whose long-distance records still astound and who, a few years later, abruptly abandoned his wife and three small children. Read of the briefly glorious life of the leading scorer in Division I college basketball, one of the inner city’s great success stories . . . while it lasted. This superbly written, insightful book follows the paths of thirteen ravaged champions in solitary crafts such as cycling and running, bowling and boxing, hiking and golf. These men work at and master their sports, driven only by a burning need to prove themselves. Movingly detailed here are their painful journeys to grace and their eventual realization that no victory brings lasting happiness. In short, here is the human experience, told in seconds and miles, scorecards and records.

Author : Stanley Washburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victory in Defeat written by Stanley Washburn and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Randy Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984496679
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thrill of Victory/Agony of Defeat written by Randy Clark and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David M Henkin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300263066
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Week written by David M Henkin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, an artificial construction of the modern world. With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources—including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules, marriage records, school curricula, folklore, housekeeping guides, courtroom testimony, and diaries—David Henkin reveals how our current devotion to weekly rhythms emerged in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. Reconstructing how weekly patterns insinuated themselves into the social practices and mental habits of Americans, Henkin argues that the week is more than just a regimen of rest days or breaks from work, but a dominant organizational principle of modern society. Ultimately, the seven-day week shapes our understanding and experience of time.

Author : Mark D. Smith
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 071889510X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Days of Jesus written by Mark D. Smith and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Final Days of Jesus, Mark Smith brings his experience as a classical historian to bear on the life of the historical Jesus, piecing together the volatile political context of first-century Judaea, as well as the lives of Pontius Pilate, Annas, and Joseph Caiaphas. The claim that 'the Jews crucified Jesus' has spawned a long and tragic history of Christian anti-Semitism. Smith challenges this claim through detailed exploration of Roman, Jewish, and Christian written sources and a broad range of archaeological evidence, such as the ossuary of Caiaphas, the 'Hidden Gate', and the rich vein of research devoted to the archaeology of ritual purity. The result is an earthy and nuanced portrait of Jewish life under Roman rule. From his discussion of the multiplicity and brutality of Roman executions to the intricate personal relationships among elites that provided the means of collaboration and redress, Smith details the complex push-pull of forces between Rome and the Temple as they collided in one history-changing week.

Author : Neal Jamison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891369544
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of My Feet written by Neal Jamison and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal stories about adventure racing, a fast-growing sport combining running, cycling, paddling, climbing and more.

Author : Steve Knopper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476730385
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson written by Steve Knopper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veteran music reporter offers a sweeping and vivid portrait of the King of Pop, from his first on-stage appearance at a local talent show in 1965, to his record-breaking album sales, Grammy awards, dance moves and years of scandal and controversy. --Publisher's description.

Author : Randall Robinson
Publisher : Basic Civitas Books
ISBN 13 : 0465012892
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Unbroken Agony written by Randall Robinson and published by Basic Civitas Books. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 29, 2004, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced to leave his country. The president was kidnapped, along with his Haitian-American wife, by American soldiers and flown to the isolated Central African Republic. In An Unbroken Agony, best-selling author and social justice advocate Randall Robinson chronicles his own cross-Atlantic journey to rescue the Haitian president from captivity in Africa while also connecting the fate of Aristide’s presidency to the Haitian people’s century-long quest for self-determination.