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Lisa Whitsett grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she began the first of 27 years dedicated to sports and athletics. Her experiences as a mental health counselor and her adventures as a business consultant motivated her to write about development, change and transformation. Beneath the Armor of an Athlete was inspired by her own experiences of personal growth as well as her clients'. While many sports books contribute to a listener's athletic development, this book also focuses on the private, personal development of the athlete.

The long-awaited memoir of one of Australia's most enduring and inspiring sporting icons. Triple Olympian and wellness entrepreneur Lisa Curry has lived her life in the public eye for six decades. In this very personal memoir, she shares the untold story of being Lisa. A swimming prodigy who...

Lisa Cornwell never shied away from standing up to bullies. When she was a freshman in college, she saw a man hit a woman in the face with a closed fist while a paralyzed crowd stood by and watched. Seconds later, she took matters into her own hands—with a 3-iron from her golf bag.

The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no one like Effa Manley in the sports world of the 1930s and 1940s. She was a sophisticated woman who owned a baseball team. She never shrank from going head to head with men, who dominated the ranks of sports executives. That her life story remained unchronicled for so long can only be attributed to one thing: her team, the Newark Eagles, belonged to the Negro Leagues. Author James Overmyer brings to light new details regarding Effa Manley's fascinating story.

Von ihrem Einstieg in den Sport über die lehrreichen Jahre ihrer Ausbildung bis hin zu den emotionalen Begegnungen mit ihren Herzenspferden zeichnet Hödl ein Bild, das sowohl faszinierend als auch schockierend ist. Durch ihre Augen erleben wir die ungeschönte Realität des Galopprennsports - eine Welt voller Leidenschaft und Schönheit, aber auch geprägt von Intrigen und Dunkelheit.

In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer’s unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds—blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family—would...

Bist du bereit für ein Abenteuer? Dann haben wir das perfekte Buch für dich! Unsere Heldin Lisa ist wie Pippi Langstrumpf - liebenswert, kratzbürstig und unglaublich mutig. Sie kämpft täglich gegen Selbstzweifel und Dämonen an, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Ihr größtes Ziel ist es, das bedeutendste Schlittenhunderennen in Europa zu bestreiten, das Finmarksløpet. Auf dem Weg dorthin hat sie mit 20 Schlittenhunden eine Reise voller Liebe, Mut und Entbehrungen unternommen - und ich haben alles dokumentiert! Dieses Buch bietet eine unglaubliche Erfahrung entlang der Straßen zwischen dem Nordkap und den Alpen.

At 54, Lisa Stewart set out to regain the fearless girl she once had been, riding her horse, Chief, 500 miles home. Hot, homeless, and horseback, she snapped back into every original cell. On an extraordinary homegoing from Kansas City to Bates and Vernon Counties in Missouri, Lisa exhausted herself, faced her past, trusted strangers, and stayed in the middle of her frightened horse to document modern rural America, the people, animals, and land.

Glory Through Pain is a riveting memoir of faith, perseverance, and the miraculous. One phone call altered Christy’s world forever—the call that delivered the news that her brother had been in a life-threatening head-on collision. Afraid and uncertain, she rushed to the hospital, where the next few weeks were filled with tension, prayer, and waiting. As Christy endured the agonizing hospital ordeal, she couldn't forget the miraculous moments from her past that had changed her life.