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Publicado por crown Awards, 2013
ISBN 10: 0385346875ISBN 13: 9780385346870
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1. Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she broke records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history. She coached an undefeated season, co-captained the first women's Olympic team, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named Sports Illustrated 'Sportswoman of the Year'.She owed her coaching success to her personal struggles and triumphs. She learned to be tough from her strict, demanding father. Motherhood taught her to balance that rigidity with communication and kindness. She was a role model for the many women she coached; 74 of her players have become coaches.Pat's life took a shocking turn in 2011, when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible brain condition that affects 5 million Americans. Despite her devastating diagnosis, she led the Vols to win their sixteenth SEC championship in March 2012. Pat continued to be a fighter, facing this new challenge the way she's faced every other--with hard work, perseverance, and a sense of humor.
Publicado por Award House [Distributed by Crown Publishers
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover edition.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2009
ISBN 10: 0307463451ISBN 13: 9780307463456
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankinds greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective unalterably changed by the iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon, the blackness of space behind him and his fellow explorer and the Eagle reflected in his visor. Describing the alien world he was walking upon, he uttered the words magnificent desolation. And as the astronauts later sat in the Eagle, waiting to begin their journey back home, knowing that they were doomed unless every system and part on board worked flawlessly, it was Aldrin who responded to Mission Controls clearance to take off with the quip, Roger. Understand. Were number one on the runway.The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on our planet, yet few people know the rest of this true American heros story. In Magnificent Desolation, Aldrin not only gives us a harrowing first-person account of the lunar landing that came within seconds of failure and the ultimate insiders view of life as one of the superstars of Americas space program, he also opens up with remarkable candor about his more personal trials-and eventual triumphs-back on Earth. From the glory of being part of the mission that fulfilled President Kennedys challenge to reach the moon before the decade was out, Aldrin returned home to an Air Force career stripped of purpose or direction, other than as a public relations tool that NASA put to relentless use in a seemingly nonstop world tour. The twin demons of depression and alcoholism emerged-the first of which Aldrin confronted early and publicly, and the second of which he met with denial until it nearly killed him. He burned through two marriages, his Air Force career came to an inglorious end, and he found himself selling cars for a living when he wasnt drunkenly wrecking them. Redemption came when he finally embraced sobriety, gained the love of a woman, Lois, who would become the great joy of his life, and dedicated himself to being a tireless advocate for the future of space exploration-not only as a scientific endeavor but also as a thriving commercial enterprise.These days Buzz Aldrin is enjoying life with an enthusiasm that reminds us how far it is possible for a person to travel, literally and figuratively. As an adventure story, a searing memoir of self-destruction and self-renewal, and as a visionary rallying cry to once again set our course for Mars and beyond, Magnificent Desolation is the thoroughly human story of a genuine hero.
Publicado por crown Awards, 2013
ISBN 10: 0385346875ISBN 13: 9780385346870
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: new. Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she broke records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history. She coached an undefeated season, co-captained the first women's Olympic team, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named Sports Illustrated 'Sportswoman of the Year'.She owed her coaching success to her personal struggles and triumphs. She learned to be tough from her strict, demanding father. Motherhood taught her to balance that rigidity with communication and kindness. She was a role model for the many women she coached; 74 of her players have become coaches.Pat's life took a shocking turn in 2011, when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible brain condition that affects 5 million Americans. Despite her devastating diagnosis, she led the Vols to win their sixteenth SEC championship in March 2012. Pat continued to be a fighter, facing this new challenge the way she's faced every other--with hard work, perseverance, and a sense of humor.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2009
ISBN 10: 0307463451ISBN 13: 9780307463456
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: New. Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankinds greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective unalterably changed by the iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon, the blackness of space behind him and his fellow explorer and the Eagle reflected in his visor. Describing the alien world he was walking upon, he uttered the words magnificent desolation. And as the astronauts later sat in the Eagle, waiting to begin their journey back home, knowing that they were doomed unless every system and part on board worked flawlessly, it was Aldrin who responded to Mission Controls clearance to take off with the quip, Roger. Understand. Were number one on the runway.The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on our planet, yet few people know the rest of this true American heros story. In Magnificent Desolation, Aldrin not only gives us a harrowing first-person account of the lunar landing that came within seconds of failure and the ultimate insiders view of life as one of the superstars of Americas space program, he also opens up with remarkable candor about his more personal trials-and eventual triumphs-back on Earth. From the glory of being part of the mission that fulfilled President Kennedys challenge to reach the moon before the decade was out, Aldrin returned home to an Air Force career stripped of purpose or direction, other than as a public relations tool that NASA put to relentless use in a seemingly nonstop world tour. The twin demons of depression and alcoholism emerged-the first of which Aldrin confronted early and publicly, and the second of which he met with denial until it nearly killed him. He burned through two marriages, his Air Force career came to an inglorious end, and he found himself selling cars for a living when he wasnt drunkenly wrecking them. Redemption came when he finally embraced sobriety, gained the love of a woman, Lois, who would become the great joy of his life, and dedicated himself to being a tireless advocate for the future of space exploration-not only as a scientific endeavor but also as a thriving commercial enterprise.These days Buzz Aldrin is enjoying life with an enthusiasm that reminds us how far it is possible for a person to travel, literally and figuratively. As an adventure story, a searing memoir of self-destruction and self-renewal, and as a visionary rallying cry to once again set our course for Mars and beyond, Magnificent Desolation is the thoroughly human story of a genuine hero.
Publicado por crown Awards, 2013
ISBN 10: 0385346875ISBN 13: 9780385346870
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: new.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2009
ISBN 10: 0307463451ISBN 13: 9780307463456
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: new.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2009
ISBN 10: 0307463451ISBN 13: 9780307463456
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2008
ISBN 10: 0307352110ISBN 13: 9780307352118
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2008
ISBN 10: 0307352897ISBN 13: 9780307352897
Librería: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: new.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2008
ISBN 10: 0307352897ISBN 13: 9780307352897
Librería: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: very good.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2008
ISBN 10: 0307352110ISBN 13: 9780307352118
Librería: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: very good.
Publicado por Crown Awards, 2008
ISBN 10: 0307352110ISBN 13: 9780307352118
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: new.