SALLY JENKINS

The four-time Tour de France winner and #1 "New York Times" bestselling author returns with an exhilarating account of his recent personal and professional victories--and what fuels his awesome drive

Esta es la historia de un viaje de la tragedia a la transformación. Se trata del relato personal de Lance Armstrong, su infancia, sus primeros logros, el terror que sufrió al tener que enfrentarse a un cancer de testiculo que amenazaba con matarle, su recuperacion, a victoria contra la enfermedad y, finalmente, como gano el Tour de Francia de 1999 e hizo realidad su sueño de ser padre.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe Washington Post sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author of the fascinating (The Wall Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered over the years and the actionable principles of excellence they embody.

The courageous autobiography of the first legally blind athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. Millions watched in awe as Marla Runyan ran the 1500 meter event in Sydney. But few know the real story of the woman who was diagnosed with Stargardts disease at nine years oldand became compelled to achieve what was thought beyond her reach, in the world of athletics as well as in life. With endearing self-deprecation and surprising wit, Marla Runyan reveals what its like to see the world through her eyes, and what it means to compete at the world-class level, despite the fact thatquite literally for herthere is no finish line. [Runyan] presents her story with acuity and grace, rising above expectations and prejudice . . . [her] story is well-paced and finishes strong; readers will hope she keeps going and going.Publishers Weekly An amazingly personal account of how she has dealt with the various highs and lows in her life.Ventura County Star

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil Warthe real South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich mans war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knights life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the Southand it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union.This riveting investigative account takes us inside the battle of Corinth, where thousands lost their lives over less than a quarter mile of land, and to the dreadful siege of Vicksburg, presenting a gritty picture of a war in which generals sacrificed thousands through their arrogance and ignorance. Off the battlefield, the Newton Knight story is rich in drama as well. He was a man with two loves: his wife, who was forced to flee her home simply to survive, and an ex-slave named Rachel, who, in effect, became his second wife. It was Rachel who cared for Knight during the war when he was hunted by the Confederates, and, later, when members of the Knight clan sought revenge for the disgrace he had brought upon the family name.Working hand in hand with John Stauffer, distinguished chair and professor of the History of American Civilization at Harvard University, Sally Jenkins has made the leap from preeminent sportswriter to a historical writer endowed with the accuracy, drive, and passion of Doris Kearns Goodwin. The result is Civil War history at its finest.

Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of Its Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story about a Native American football team that is as much about football as Lance Armstrongs book was about a bike.If youd guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, youd be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Its story begins with Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a fierce abolitionist who believed that Native Americans deserved a place in American society. In 1879, Pratt made a treacherous journey to the Dakota Territory to recruit Carlisles first students. Years later, three students approached Pratt with the notion of forming a football team. Pratt liked the idea, and in less than twenty years the Carlisle football team was defeating their Ivy League opponents and in the process changing the way the game was played. Sally Jenkins gives this story of unlikely champions a breathtaking immediacy. We see the legendary Jim Thorpe kicking a winning field goal, watch an injured Dwight D. Eisenhower limping off the field, and follow the glorious rise of Coach Glenn Pop Warner as well as his unexpected fall from grace. The Real All Americans is about the end of a culture and the birth of a game that has thrilled Americans for generations. It is an inspiring reminder of the extraordinary things that can be achieved when we set aside our differences and embrace a common purpose.

Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories. Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually over the long haul of a presidential campaign. Jeb Bushs DNA string might as well be tied around his neck. Its a twisting, double-edged lariat, this family inheritance, at once his greatest advantage and disadvantage. On the one hand, it makes him an immediate force in the crowded GOP presidential field. On the other hand, it saddles him with a problem of self-definition; people think they already know him, which means they see him as more of the same of something they already got. Twice. In this series of eBooks, The Washington Post is exploring in-depth all these key characteristics of the leading presidential contenders, the very characteristics that could help make one of them the countrys next commander in chiefor forever sink their presidential ambitions.

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 Alzheimers disease.Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols womens 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 womens Olympic team, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named Sports IllustratedSportswoman 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.Pats life took a shocking turn in 2011, when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers 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 shes faced every other--with hard work, perseverance, and a sense of humor.

Desde la publicación de su primer libro, Mi vuelta a la vida, del que se vendieron más de 20.000 ejemplares, Lance Armstrong ha triunfado cuatro veces más en el Tour de Francia. Su increíble fuerza para afrontar los obstaculos y alcanzar las metas, no solo nos maravilla y sorprende, nos estimula.Vivir cada segundo descubre a este gran hombre en todas sus facetas. Lance Armstrong habla aqui no solo de su experiencia como ciclista sino de todas las vicisitudes de su vida; una vida plagada de exitos que se ha ganado a pulso. Y nos habla de sus alegrias, del nacimiento de sus dos hijas gemelas, de las razones que lo llevaron a trasladarse a la ciudad de Girona, de como disfruto colaborando en la restauracion de una capilla medieval del casco antiguo de esa ciudad, de sus preocupaciones y pasiones.

Este es la historia de un viaje de la tragedia a la transformación. Se trata del relato personal de Lance Armstrong, su infancia, sus primeros logros, el terror que sufrió al tener que enfrentarse a un cancer de testiculo que amenazaba con matarle, su recuperacion, la victoria contra la enfermedad y, finalmente, como gano el Tour de Francia de 1999 e hizo realidad su sueño de ser padre.

Desde la publicación de su primer libro, Mi vuelta a la vida, del que se vendieron más de 20.000 ejemplares, Lance Armstrong ha triunfado cuatro veces más en el Tour de Francia. Su increíble fuerza para afrontar los obstaculos y alcanzar las metas, no solo nos maravilla y sorprende, nos estimula.Vivir cada segundo descubre a este gran hombre en todas sus facetas. Lance Armstrong habla aqui no solo de su experiencia como ciclista sino de todas las vicisitudes de su vida; una vida plagada de exitos que se ha ganado a pulso. Y nos habla de sus alegrias, del nacimiento de sus dos hijas gemelas, de las razones que lo llevaron a trasladarse a la ciudad de Girona, de como disfruto colaborando en la restauracion de una capilla medieval del casco antiguo de esa ciudad, de sus preocupaciones y pasiones.

Marla Runyan tenía nueve años cuando se le diagnosticó la enfermedad de Stargardt, una degeneración macular irreversible. Con la ayuda de sus padres, ha conseguido que esta minusvalía visual no le haya impedido alcanzar sus sueños. Este es su testimonio.