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Fast Copy: A Novel (Texas Tradition Series)2 reviews
Dan Jenkins

Texas Christian University Press, 2001

And that's the way it was, is, and shall be....
A native Texan myself, I found myself laughing all through this book. I caught continual glimpses of friends and relatives (and, yes, even myself!) in this wonderful little novel that explores Texas, football, and Texans. However, it is not just a comedy that pokes fun at Texans. Nosiree! It deals specifically with Depression-Era Texas and makes us take a disturbing look at ourselves. How can ... 		  
  







  
  
Vivir Cada Segundo/every Second Counts1 review
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Rba Libros, 2004

Vivir siempre... Una gran historia
La separación familiar, el maltrato infantil, una juventud un poco controvertida, un cancer testicular podría ser un panorama nada prometedor para cualquier persona. Pero para los grandes siempre es motivo de convertirse en alquien inmortal... Una gran historia, digna de leerse. 		  
  







  
  
Funny Cide : How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and ...14 reviews
The Funny Cide Team, Sally Jenkins

Berkley Trade, 2005

THIS ONE IS A WINNER!
FUNNCY CIDE, the book, is not literature like perhaps SEABISCUIT is, but in its own way, it is easier to read and more satisfying. FUNNY CIDE is the once-in-a-generation, heart-warming story of a long-shot horse who broke though and made it big. FUNNY CIDE is not only the story of the horse but also of his Ordinary Joe owners, his has-been jockey, and his cranky trainer. Several times I had to ... 		  
  







  
  
Mi vuelta a la vida2 reviews
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Rba, 2004

Essential Reading for Cancer Patients as Well as Athletes
This is one of the most inspirational biographies I have ever read, and comes from the truly remarkable life experiences of a determined young man. I loved every word! Early in the book, Lance Armstrong says ". . . that cancer was the best thing that happened to me." He goes on to say, "When I was sick I saw more beauty and triumph and truth in a single day than I ever saw in a bike race." ... 		  
  







  
  
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Berkley Trade, 2001

The #1 New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's. Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all time. This is the book in which he shares his journey through triumph, tragedy, ... 		  
  







  
  
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life709 reviews
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Berkley Trade, 2001

We learn something every day
I had a meeting with VP in the company and as I got in his office you can sense he was a Lance fans. I'm not! Maybe for his way to act that he so well describe in his book! As an ex-athlete my self I could not hide my opinion about Lance. It was a nice and healthy conversation. Few weeks later I had another meeting with the same VP and as I walk in to his office he gave me this book as a present, ... 		  
  







  
  
A Coach's Life18 reviews
Dean E. Smith, John Kilgo, ...

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

a great look inside the heart and mind of a living legend !!
college basketball's greatest coach chronicles his life and details the philosophy and principles which governed his life and his approach to basketball. after reading the book you will understand why many consider him not only the greatest college basketball coach,but an even greater man. 		  
  







  
  
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life4 reviews
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

G P Putnam's Sons, 2000

READ THIS BOOK: It changed me. Beautiful writing.
I picked up this book in the juice store in San Jose on a trip. Someone I knew had given a moving speech on Lance, and I love inspiring stories. I have read a few. None, and I mean none so damn well written. The words, the descriptions, and the story, is so deep, and so well-written, that it was incredibly hard to put down. You start to get to know a real person, and all his defeats, his ... 		  
  







  
  
Every Second Counts98 reviews

Broadway, 2003

Insight to a Winner
Lance Armstrong is a unique athlete unparalleled in the world of cycling. This book gives you a look inside his head to find a very focused driven person with an indominatable spirit. You will find it enlightening and sometimes not very pretty, but no one can argue with his willingness to train ruthlessly to win. How many of us would be willing to climb a steep mountain on a bike and then come ... 		  
  







  
  
The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation28 reviews
Sally Jenkins

Doubleday, 2007

Indian history, school history, football history...
"The Game, like the country in which is was invented, was a rough, bastardized thing that jumped out of the mud." Thus opens Sally Jenkins' impressive "The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed A Game, A People, A Nation. While primarily about the football team from The Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the author also covers the end of the Indian "era," ... 		  
  







  
  
Funny Cide : How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and ...
The Funny Cide Team, Sally Jenkins, 2005 		  
  







  
  
No Finish Line: My Life As I See It2 reviews
Marla Runyan, Sally Jenkins

CD, 2001

Obstacles and Perspectives
One can never truly understand a piece of literature, much less an autobiography, without actually becoming that person. In this case, one may "understand" that Ms. Runyan had a painful and frustrating past, but since we are not that ones that experienced it, we do not truly understand. Being blind takes away from you just as much as it gives. You take on a completely unique perspective on life; ... 		  
  







  
  
Funny Cide3 reviews
Sally Jenkins, LLC Funny Cide Ventures

Putnam, 2004

What a ride
This is a GREAT read. Terrific....the most enjoyable story in a long while. 		  
  







  
  
The Real All Americans
Sally Jenkins

Broadway, 2008

Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It's 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 Armstrong's book was about a bike. If you’d guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, you’d be wrong. The most popular team belonged ... 		  
  







  
  
Men Will Be Boys2 reviews
Sally Jenkins

Main Street Books, 1997

Brave, politically incorrect view of women & sports
Sally Jenkins is 100% correct. In her gutsy and humorousdepiction of women and their view of sports, Jenkins reminds us thatthere is a wonderful difference between the sexes and that this in no way means that one is inferior to the other. I have worked in a male-dominated industry for 17 years. I succeed in a male-dominated sport. I support women's atheletics. I love men. All these things ... 		  
  







  




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