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While the book was ultimately retained, Crutcher met with the student and emphasized her bravery to challenge the book, defending her right to do so. [14] Athletic Shorts was challenged again in 2004 in Solon, Iowa, when a man named Doug Singkofer argued that the story "directly contradicts and undermines the beliefs and teachings of our faith".
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is the autobiographical book of NBA player Kobe Bryant, where he provides personal insights on his life and basketball career.The book was published by Macmillian Publishers on October 28, 2018, with photography and an afterword by sports photographer Andrew D. Bernstein.
Feet in the Clouds: a tale of fell-running and obsession is a cult 2004 fell running book by British journalist and author Richard Askwith. The book was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. It also won Askwith the Best New Writer prize at the British Sports Book Awards.
Quenton Cassidy – The protagonist of the book, Cassidy is a collegiate runner whose dedication to the sport forces him to choose to drop out of school and run under the coaching of Bruce Denton (see below). Bruce Denton – A fictional Olympic champion runner who becomes Cassidy's friend and coach. Jerry Mizner – Cassidy's best friend and ...
In the book, Lakhiani argues that a person's outlook on life is shaped by conditioning and habit, offering ten laws to help readers break free of this mindset. After its release, the book reached No. 10 on the New York Times Bestseller List for Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous. [11] [12] [13] In 2020 Lakhiani's second book, The Buddha & the ...
Jim Fixx was the author of the 1977 best-seller The Complete Book of Running, which sold over one million copies. Fixx is credited with popularizing the sport of running and contributing to the 1970s running boom through regular media appearances that touted the health benefits of exercise.
Warner's book Bonds that Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves is a self-help book that focuses on repairing damaged relationships and finding joy. In a review in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Tom Milholland says that Warner "uses an amazing blend of philosophy, theology, and psychology to provide insight and ...
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It (2004) by Neal Bascomb is a non-fiction book about three runners and their attempts to become the first man to run a mile under four minutes and their first subsequent head-to-head competition.