Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book WAIT WHAT YOU FAILED That s Freakin Awesome written by Roman Gabriel Rendon and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WAIT...WHAT? YOU FAILED? That’s Freakin’ Awesome!!! By: Roman Gabriel Rendon Facing failure is an inevitable part of life and it has been said many times before that life isn't about if you fall, it's about getting back up. In this book, Roman Gabriel Rendon poses the idea that it isn't just about getting up, it's about WHO is watching you do it! Adversity could be not only the most important turn of events in your life, but also the game changer for someone else. The hope of this book is to inspire people who may think they're irrelevant or inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Just because you're not a celebrity, doesn't mean you don't have influence.

Download or read book The Breakup Plan written by Jennifer Sucevic and published by Jennifer Sucevic. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic comes a steamy, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, new adult sports romance that is laugh out loud funny featuring a strong heroine and the cocky hockey player who falls first and hard for her. Grayson McNichols can have his pick of girls on this campus. Just ask him and he’ll tell you that the females of Hillsdale University have a real penchant for sexy, hockey playing hotties. Hell, all he has to do is flash a smile in their direction and they fall right onto their backs and spread their legs. Would I happen to be one of them? Umm…I’m going to plead the fifth on that one. All right, fine. You caught me. I made the mistake of knocking boots with Gray freshman year. What can I say? I’m a sucker for gorgeous guys with inky black hair, bright blue eyes, and dimples. And don’t even get me started on his chiseled chest and abs of steel… After we hooked up, I never heard from Gray again. Not that I expected too. Okay, that’s a lie. Maybe for one brief, delusional moment, I thought I might be different. You know, the girl who changes the hockey playing bad boy for the better (cue the laughter). But he swiftly disabused me of that notion by moving on to fresh meat in the blink of an eye. Which is precisely why I’ve avoided Grayson like the plague ever since. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and I totally deserve what I get. Well, I don’t plan on falling into that trap ever again. Except…now our parents are dating, and Gray’s come up with a cockamamie plan to break them up that has disaster written all over it. --- “I loved this book! All her books really!” -Andrea, GoodReads “There’s just something about a bad boy and a brother's best friend that sucks you in. TJ is just so drool worthy” -Shelley, GoodReads “This story gives you all the feels of a sports romance with the added enemies to lovers vibe that is just the right mix to keep you wanting more” -Shelley, GoodReads “I’m such a sucker for them! Claire and JT are so cute, there’s no way you can’t love them” -Kortney, GoodReads “I loved the thin line between love and hate. I felt their connection and now much JT really cared for her” -Jennifer, GoodReads --- Keywords: Sports romance, alpha male, Sports romance books, Hockey romance, Enemies-to-lovers, Fake dating, Forced proximity, College, university romance, College romance, College sports romance, Virgin romance, He falls first, College hockey romance, College football romance, humor, laugh, sexy, swoony, Off-limits romance, Campus Series, Claremont Cougars, Barnett Bulldogs, Romance book, Best seller, New release, Swoon, Funny, love, friends, Hate to Love You, King of Campus, Campus Player, playboy, romance series, steamy, spicy, hot, hot romance, sparks fly, new adult, new adult sports romance, found family, second chance, athlete, good girl, bad boy, opposites attract, hockey player, reformed player, student, girl next door, hilarious, love/hate Readers also enjoyed books by: Natasha Madison, Kristen Callihan, Anna Todd, Nana Malone, Sarina Bowen, LJ Shen, Lucy Score, Elle Kennedy, Helena Hunting, Rebecca Jenshak, Gina Azzi, Jamie Davenport, Hannah Grace, Piper Lawson, Cathryn Fox, Ember Leigh, J.H. Croix, Colleen Hoover, Vivian Wood, Meghan Quinn, Liz Tomforde, Megan Brandy, S. Massery, Toni Aleo, Becka Mack, Veronica Eden, Avery Keelan, Lauren Blakely, Tijan

Download or read book Tropic of Football written by Rob Ruck and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award “Everything that’s rousing and distressing about block-and-tackle football is encompassed in Tropic of Football. . . illuminating.” —Newsday How a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players—from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota—for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historian Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by the very physicality that drives its popularity. Its grass roots—high school and youth travel program—are withering. But players from the small South Pacific American territory of Samoa are bucking that trend, quietly becoming the most disproportionately overrepresented culture in the sport. Jesse Sapolu, Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, and Marcus Mariota are among the star players to emerge from the Samoan islands, and more of their brethren suit up every season. The very thing that makes them so good at football—their extraordinary internalization of discipline and warrior self-image—makes them especially vulnerable to its pitfalls, including concussions and brain injuries. Award-winning sports historian Rob Ruck travels to the South Seas to unravel American Samoa's complex ties with the United States. He finds an island blighted by obesity, where boys train on fields blistered with volcanic pebbles wearing helmets that should have been discarded long ago, incurring far more neurological damage than their stateside counterparts and haunted by Junior Seau, who committed suicide after a vaunted twenty-year NFL career, unable to live with the demons that resulted from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Tropic of Football is a gripping, bittersweet history of what may be football's last frontier.

Download or read book Best Canadian Sports Writing written by Stacey May Fowles and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 17-09-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 38 pieces that will be remembered for seasons to come For 25 years, sports journalists south of the border have been collected in best-of anthologies. With Best Canadian Sports Writing, editors Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla offer a long overdue rejoinder from the North, showcasing top literary sports writing from diverse homegrown talent. This extraordinary anthology of recent writing mixes columns and long-form journalism, profiles and reportage, new voices and well-known favourites such as Stephen Brunt, Rachel Giese, Eric Koreen, Morgan Campbell, and Cathal Kelly. The assembled pieces offer polished prose, unusual perspectives, and rare insight into their subjects, whether itÕs a Filipino basketball league in the Yukon, the rise and fall of ski ballet, or a field trip to the Mexican hometown of the JaysÕ Roberto Osuna. With its many voices and approaches, Best Canadian Sports Writing expands the genre into more democratic and conversational territory, celebrating the perspectives of both fans and experts alike. These remarkable pieces offer lasting insight that, like sport itself, excites, inspires, and never fails to reveal the truth about ourselves.

Download or read book Sending An Athlete Confronting Cancer written by Jennifer Erin Pinkus and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sending: An Athlete Confronting Cancer By: Jennifer Erin Pinkus SENDING is a generic term for successfully completing a vertical rock or ice climb. Jennifer Erin Pinkus approached her struggle against cancer with the determination and emotional strength she used when tackling the most challenging mountain. When Jen received a diagnosis of lymphoma, she decided to start a daily journal describing her experience with hair loss, “chemo brain,” metallic tastes, and insurance coverage. Her talent for using the written work in prose and poetry to describe coping with this horrific illness is raw and honest. It shows Jen’s courage as she faces her fears, the unknown, and death. She hoped this book would help others face difficult trials with courage and strength.

Download or read book So You Want to Work in Sports written by K. P. Wee and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential resource offering career insight and practical advice from industry-leading sports professionals. In So You Want to Work in Sports, K. P. Wee has gathered invaluable first-hand perspectives from sports industry leaders with decades of experience in a range of fields, including broadcasting, sports management, journalism, scouting, marketing, analytics, and more. These seasoned professionals share their stories of how they got started in sports and the lessons they learned along the way. Wee shares how veteran sports radio reporter Ted Sobel deals with emotional athletes after a difficult loss; what broadcasters Chris King, Jeff Levering, and Steve Granado have to say about working in play-by-play; what advice Kris Budden has for conducting a quality interview; how respected baseball executive Andy Dolich got to where he is today, and more. Full of tips, advice, and inspiration for those wanting to gain a foothold in the competitive sports industry, So You Want to Work in Sports is an indispensable resource for students and young professionals alike.

Download or read book The Hockey Hotties Collection written by Jennifer Sucevic and published by Jennifer Sucevic. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic comes a steamy, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, new adult sports romance collection that is laugh out loud funny featuring three strong heroines and the cocky hockey players who fall first and hard for them. Hate to Love You Brody McKinnon is Whitmore University's star defenseman destined for NHL greatness. He made a name for himself playing juniors before gracing us with his esteemed presence. As much as it pains me to admit it, he’s exploded at the college level. While other girls fall all over themselves trying to gain his attention, I do my best to steer clear just as I would a particularly nasty case of crabs. For reasons I can't fathom, Brody takes great pleasure in messing with me. And I, in return, enjoy slicing him to ribbons with my razor-sharp tongue. You'd think after three years, he'd learn to keep his distance. No such luck. Unfortunately for me, I’m about to experience the worst week of my life. It starts with my ex announcing at a party that I’m a lousy lay. He’s the hockey-playing jerk I dated last year who left a bad taste in my mouth (*eyeroll* seriously…get your mind out of the gutter). Want to guess who rides in on his trusty white steed to rescue me? Or should I say, opens his big mouth? Yup, you guessed it. Brody freaking McKinnon, the guy I love to hate. He only makes matters worse by telling everyone that we’re together and then punching Reed in the face. The first…I plan on strangling him for. The second…I’m only sorry I didn’t get to Reed first. Now I’m stuck fake-dating Brody, the one guy who makes me feel like a rabid dog on a choke chain, for the foreseeable future. I guarantee we won’t last more than seventy-two hours without me killing him. Just Friends Emerson and I met freshman year of high school and we’ve been tight ever since. I’ve been pretty good about keeping her locked in the- girls I don’t think about having sex with part of my brain. Which is no easy feat because, let’s face it, unless we’re related, you’re potential spank bank material. Luckily for me, Southern University has an overabundance of Red Devils hockey groupies, which means there are always plenty of puck bunnies for me to choose from. I’m just careful to make sure they look nothing like Em. So, it should be all good in the hood, right? Wrong. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but lately, I can’t seem to get it up. Unless an image of Em pops into my head. Then it’s all systems go. It’s a messed-up situation. One Emerson is blissfully unaware of. And that’s exactly the way it needs to stay. What I’ve learned is that friendship is a hell of a lot harder to come by than hookups. Ready for a complication? It turns out that Em is a virgin. And she wants me to be the one to, well…take care of business. You better believe I shot down the idea before it could gain traction in my brain. Maybe Em doesn’t realize it, but remaining friends after you’ve slept with someone happens about as often as spotting a tie-dye-colored unicorn that craps sprinkles. If it weren’t rare, everyone would be doing it, right? Exactly. As far as I’m concerned, Emerson has remained a virgin for this long, she can damn well wait to do the deed until after we part ways next year. Unfortunately, my best friend has other ideas. Which pretty much means I’m screwed. And not in a good way. The Breakup Plan Grayson McNichols can have his pick of girls on this campus. Just ask him and he’ll tell you that the females of Hillsdale University have a real penchant for sexy, hockey playing hotties. Hell, all he has to do is flash a smile in their direction and they fall right onto their backs and spread their legs. Would I happen to be one of them? Umm…I’m going to plead the fifth on that one. All right, fine. You caught me. I made the mistake of knocking boots with Gray freshman year. What can I say? I’m a sucker for gorgeous guys with inky black hair, bright blue eyes, and dimples. And don’t even get me started on his chiseled chest and abs of steel… After we hooked up, I never heard from Gray again. Not that I expected too. Okay, that’s a lie. Maybe for one brief, delusional moment, I thought I might be different. You know, the girl who changes the hockey playing bad boy for the better (cue the laughter). But he swiftly disabused me of that notion by moving on to fresh meat in the blink of an eye. Which is precisely why I’ve avoided Grayson like the plague ever since. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and I totally deserve what I get. Well, I don’t plan on falling into that trap ever again. Except…now our parents are dating, and Gray’s come up with a cockamamie plan to break them up that has disaster written all over it. ---- Hate to Love You “This book just made it to my favorites list for sure!” -Christy, GoodReads “This book was cute and had me instantly loving the pair together. They couldn't be more perfect for one another” -Crystal, GoodReads “This story was everything you'd want in a college romance and more. And as a sucker for cliches, well, this one hit the spot!” -Becky, GoodReads “Grayson is your typical college athlete but I have to say his pov made this book. It was so fun to be inside his head. His sense of humor was simply amazing!” -Christy, GoodReads “This author never disappoints! Grayson's POV is hilarious” -Lisa, GoodReads Just friends “This book just made it to my favorites list for sure!” -Christy, GoodReads “This book was cute and had me instantly loving the pair together. They couldn't be more perfect for one another” -Crystal, GoodReads “This story was everything you'd want in a college romance and more. And as a sucker for cliches, well, this one hit the spot!” -Becky, GoodReads “Grayson is your typical college athlete but I have to say his pov made this book. It was so fun to be inside his head. His sense of humor was simply amazing!” -Christy, GoodReads “This author never disappoints! Grayson's POV is hilarious” -Lisa, GoodReads The Breakout Plan “This book just made it to my favorites list for sure!” -Christy, GoodReads “This book was cute and had me instantly loving the pair together. They couldn't be more perfect for one another” -Crystal, GoodReads “This story was everything you'd want in a college romance and more. And as a sucker for cliches, well, this one hit the spot!” -Becky, GoodReads “Grayson is your typical college athlete but I have to say his pov made this book. It was so fun to be inside his head. His sense of humor was simply amazing!” -Christy, GoodReads “This author never disappoints! Grayson's POV is hilarious” -Lisa, GoodReads --- Keywords: Sports romance, alpha male, Sports romance books, Hockey romance, Enemies-to-lovers, Friends-to-lovers, Fake dating, Forced proximity, College, university romance, College romance, College sports romance, Virgin romance, He falls first, College hockey romance, humor, laugh, sexy, swoony, Off-limits romance, Campus Series, Claremont Cougars, Barnett Bulldogs, Romance book, Best seller, New release, Swoon, Funny, love, friends, Hate to Love You, King of Campus, Campus Player, playboy, romance series, steamy, spicy, hot, hot romance, sparks fly, new adult, new adult sports romance, found family, second chance, athlete, good girl, bad boy, opposites attract, hockey player, reformed player, student, girl next door, box set, collection Readers also enjoyed books by: Natasha Madison, Kristen Callihan, Anna Todd, Nana Malone, Sarina Bowen, LJ Shen, Lucy Score, Elle Kennedy, Helena Hunting, Rebecca Jenshak, Gina Azzi, Jamie Davenport, Hannah Grace, Piper Lawson, Cathryn Fox, Ember Leigh, J.H. 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Download or read book Neighbors written by L.S. Murphy and published by Entangled: Select Contemporary. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rena Woods has a great life. She recently landed the contract to decorate the home of basketball wife, Cecilia Hood, her business is growing, and this contract could make her the elite decorator in St. Louis. Rena's sacrificed her personal life for her company without a single regret. When Staff Sergeant C.J. Riker moves in across the hall, Rena can't stand to be around him. He may be on the volcanic side of hot, but his attitude sucks. Riker does whatever he can to get under Rena's skin. After a massive blow to her business sends Rena on a self-destructive binge, Riker is there to save her from doing something she might regret. Could there be more to Riker than meets the eye? And will he open up enough to Rena to tell her how he lost his leg or shut out love forever?

Download or read book The Lycanthrope Club Book I b w written by Tristan Eifler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melinda Cooper was just an ordinary, albeit introverted and bookish, teenage girl before a terrifying encounter in a forest changed her life forever. The Lycanthrope Club: Book I follows Melinda as she copes with her transformation, learning to control her new-found powers and developing a sense of worth while dealing with the myriad anxieties and horrors of teenage life.

Download or read book Dylan written by Jo Raven and published by Jo Raven. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jo Raven comes the fourth installment in the Inked Brotherhood series which began with ASHER. Now a USA Today Bestseller! When you've tried your best for years and never managed to please your demanding parents… When you've fallen head over heels for someone who keeps ignoring you… When you’ve hit rock bottom. Tessa is this close to giving up – on her authoritative parents and their demands, on her studies, on everything in her life. Including Dylan. The one boy she has loved since she can remember. The one who dated her and promised her forever when they were fourteen, and then dumped her without an explanation only to ignore her ever since. The one who shows up to save her from violence before the stroke of midnight, who kisses her and holds her close, only to tell her in the course of the same night he doesn't love her. Tessa knows Dylan has gone through some tough times, and they’re only getting tougher - but is he telling the truth about his lack of feelings for her, or is he running from his own demons? The way Tessa sees it, she has two options: run away, leaving it all behind - or stay to fight against her controlling family, and win back Dylan. She has a feeling he needs her, and how can she leave when he's the only man who’s ever made her feel alive? Standalone novel. No cliffhanger.

Download or read book Fitness for Every Body written by Meg Boggs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From body-positive Instagram influencer and content creator Meg Boggs, an inclusive and empowering fitness and lifestyle guide to inspire readers of every shape and size. For years, Meg Boggs believed the narrative told to her by society: she thought that as a plus-sized woman, she could never be fit; she could never be strong; she could never love exercise; she could never be enough. But when Meg became a mom, she decided to rethink her preconceived notions and embrace her body for what it is, not what diet culture said it should be. In Fitness for Every Body, Meg shares her personal story and inspires you to celebrate your own body for all its capabilities. Featuring a dozen step-by-step, full-body workouts, this book is more than a workout guide or a training manual. It’s a reminder that you’re more than just your weight, that you are stronger than you believe, and that just because you might not be thin, doesn’t mean that you can’t be an athlete. Your body is capable of doing incredible things—you just have to let it. Equally uplifting and enlightening, this body-positive fitness guide will inspire you to love your body no matter your size and to approach food and exercise in a way that benefits both mental and physical health and wellbeing.

Download or read book Ruined Hopes written by L A Cotton and published by Delesty Books. This book was released on 2021-11-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, comes an emotional enemies-to-lovers romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year? Ashleigh Chase has always had big dreams. But when she wakes up in hospital with no memory of how she got there, her bright future dissolves around her. Ezra Bennet has always felt like the odd one out. But this time, he really screwed up and he has no choice but to face the consequences. Forced to retake their senior year, Ashleigh turns to Ezra only to find him cold and cruel and determined to keep her at arm's length. He's the guy she always wanted. She's the girl who was never good enough for him. But now there's a secret between them, one that she's determined to uncover. She thinks she can save him. But she doesn't realize yet... He's the one who ruined her.

Download or read book Full Count written by Kimberly Readnour and published by Rae-Allen Publishing. This book was released on with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Garret Cartel in this friends-to-lovers sports romance! Dating my bestie? Yeah, I can only wish... Garret Cartel. Cessna University’s starting shortstop. Painstakingly gorgeous. Reserved. Friend-zoned since freshman year. I have a knack for falling for unattainable guys. Blame my trust issues. They keep me safe. But this is our final year. My last chance to break the dreaded friend-zone chains before graduation. There’s one slight problem. Every time we get close, Garret pulls away. There’s a secretive side to him I haven’t tapped. And I need to know. Is it his secret keeping us apart, Or something bigger? No matter what holds him back, I intend to play my part. I don’t care how full his count is, I want my shot. And I don’t intend to stop until he’s mine. Book Three in the Cessna U Wildcats series, Full Count, is a friends-to-lovers, stand-alone romance. If you like sexy, hot baseball players, click to add Garret Cartel. ***** Keywords: hot athletes, baseball romance, love books, love stories, romantic novels, friends to lovers romance, angsty romance, secrets, single daddy, steamy romance, college sports romance, new adult baseball romance, contemporary romance, new adult romance, steamy sports romance, sports romance novels, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers

Download or read book The Best 368 Colleges 2009 written by Robert Franek and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of life on the nation's campuses offers detailed profiles of the best colleges and rankings of colleges in sixty-two different categories, along with a wealth of information and applications tips.

Download or read book I Knew You Were Trouble written by Cassie Mae and published by Cassie Mae. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All I want to do is fall in love. I've heard it's great. Lots of kissing and cuddling, and the whole "my lover is my best friend!" deal sounds right up my alley. Only problem is the guy I want to fall in love with is 100% bad boy, and I'm a goody-two-shoes with her daddy's Amex. Luckily, I've got a tattooed motorcycle-riding slacker co-worker willing to teach me all about being bad. My instincts say the whole deal will be nothing but trouble, but my heart says it's time to fall and fall hard. I Knew You Were Trouble is the first in a classic Cassie Mae quirk series, with as many awkward moments as there are sweet ones. Hold on tight for this modern twist on Grease! Candace and Pete will have you laughing and sighing in the same breath.

Download or read book The Great Book of Los Angeles Sports Lists written by Steve Hartman and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With multiple franchises in pro sports -- Lakers and Clippers (NBA), Dodgers and Angels (MLB), and Kings and Ducks (NHL) -- plus major interest in UCLA and USC athletics, LA's fans are some of the most sports-crazed in the country. Matt "Money" Smith and Steve Hartman -- two of the leading authorities on So-Cal sports -- stir up the scene with this entertaining compilation, including guest lists from Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, Luc Robitaille, Jeanie Buss, Steve Garvey, and many more.