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Book Relentless

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  • Author : Tim S. Grover
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2014-03-11
  • ISBN : 1476714207
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Relentless written by Tim S. Grover and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning trainer draws on experience with such top athletes as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Ken Griffey, Jr. to explain how to tap dark competitive reflexes in order to succeed regardless of circumstances, explaining the importance of finding internal resources and harnessing the power of personal fears and instincts.

Book Jump Attack

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  • Author : Tim S. Grover
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2014-06-03
  • ISBN : 1476714452
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Jump Attack written by Tim S. Grover and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary trainer Tim Grover’s internationally acclaimed training program used by the pros, including Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant—now completely revised, updated, and expanded, with 100 new photos. Since 1989 when Tim Grover began training Michael Jordan, hundreds of elite competitors have turned to Grover to become stronger, faster, and more powerful, both physically and mentally. From Jordan to Kobe Bryant to Dwyane Wade and countless other superstars, Grover’s revolutionary methods have made the best even better, year after year. In Jump Attack, Grover shares the revolutionary program he uses to train the pros. A fitness bible for athletes around the world, this three-phase, twelve-week program has been completely updated with new exercises and workouts as well as cutting-edge information on training, nutrition, longevity, injury prevention, and more. Devised for explosive power, quickness, endurance, and agility, this intensely challenging workout pushes athletes out of their comfort zones, tests their capacity to go harder, and turns “I can’t” into “Just try and stop me.” You don’t have to be an elite athlete to benefit from Grover’s program—but you can attain the mindset of a champion through the physical program outlined in this complete plan. Says Grover: “This is how my pros do it. If you want to become more explosive, stronger, and faster, if you want to jump higher and improve your overall athletic performance in any sport, this is exactly how we do it today: This program is the difference between jumping and taking flight.”

Book Winning

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  • Author : Tim S. Grover
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2021-05-18
  • ISBN : 1982168889
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Winning written by Tim S. Grover and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the elite performance coach who authored the international bestseller Relentless and whose clients have included Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade, comes this brutally honest formula for winning in business, sports, or any arena where the battle is fiercely unforgiving. In Winning, Tim Grover shows why he is one of the world’s most sought-after mindset experts. Drawing on three decades of work with elite competitors, Grover strips away the cliches and rah-rah mentality that create mediocrity and challenges you to embrace reality with single-minded intensity. The prize? Massive success. Whether you’re an athlete with championship dreams, an entrepreneur building a business, a CEO managing an empire, a salesperson closing a deal, or simply a competitor determined to stand in the winner’s circle, Winning offers thirteen crucial principles for achieving unbeatable performance. This book reveals the truth about the obstacles and challenges that stand between you and your goals: Winning never lies. Winning knows your secrets. Winning wages war in the battlefield of your mind. Winning wants all of you. And more. If you’re addicted to the taste of success and crave more, then you’re ready for Winning’s results-driven performance strategy. And if you’re already winning and want to learn how to execute at a level that will establish you as one of the greatest—so you can own not just this moment, but the next, and the next—this book will show you the path.

Book 10 Minute Toughness

Download or read book 10 Minute Toughness written by Jason Selk and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-10-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “10-Minute Toughness is a solid mental training program. In fact I feel it is the best of its kind. . . . [It's] what the title says: ten minutes a day that connects your talents and abilities to the outcome you're seeking. As a retired NFL player looking forward, I can see as many applications for the toughness Jason Selk's program brought out of me in the business world as there were on the football field.” --Jeff Wilkins, Former NFL Pro Bowl Kicker “The mental side of the game is extremely important. 10-Minute Toughness helps the players develop the mental toughness needed for success; it really makes a difference.” --Walt Jocketty, General Manager of the 2006 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals “Jason Selk has spent a tremendous amount of time and energy developing effective mental-training programs and coaches workshops. He is truly committed to helping individuals and teams to perform at their very best, when it really counts.” --Peter Vidmar, Olympic Gold Medalist Mental training is a must for high performance both on the field and off. But simply hoping for mental toughness isn't going to build any mind muscles. You need a proven routine of daily exercises to get you where you want to go. 10-Minute Toughness is your personal coach for boosting brainpower and achieving a competitive edge in whatever game you play. With quickness and ease, you'll learn how to master your own mind and psych out your opponents using personalized techniques from one of America's most successful sport psychology consultants. Like no other program available, the 10-Minute Toughness (10-MT) routine gets you ready for the competition in just ten minutes a day.

Book Wrongful Death

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  • Author : Robert Dugoni
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2009-04-07
  • ISBN : 1439100608
  • Pages : 335 pages

Download or read book Wrongful Death written by Robert Dugoni and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni tackles hot-button issues in this riveting legal thriller featuring attorney David Sloane. When a widow asks Sloane to take her case against the military, Sloane knows it's a lost cause but can't turn her down, even if it puts his own life--and the lives of his family--in dire jeopardy. Just minutes after winning a $1.6 million wrongful-death verdict, attorney David Sloane confronts the one case that threatens to blemish his unbeaten record in the courtroom. Beverly Ford wants Sloane to sue the United States government and military in the mysterious death of her husband, James, a national guardsman killed in Iraq. While a decades-old military doctrine might make Ford's case impossible to win, Sloane, a former soldier himself, is compelled to find justice for the widow and her four children in what is certain to become the biggest challenge of his career. With little hard evidence to go on, Sloane calls on his friend, reclusive former CIA agent turned private investigator Charles Jenkins, to track down the other men serving with Ford the night he died. Alarmingly, two of the four who returned home alive didn't stay that way for long, and though the mission's wheelchairbound commander now works for a civilian contractor, he refuses to talk. The final -- and youngest -- soldier is also the most elusive, but he's their only shot at discovering the truth -- if Sloane and Jenkins can keep him alive long enough to tell it. Meanwhile, Sloane isn't the only one on a manhunt. As he propels his case into a federal courtroom, those seeking to hide the truth threaten Sloane's family, forcing his new wife Tina and stepson Jake into hiding, where they become the targets of a relentless killer. Now Sloane must race to uncover what really happened on that fatal mission, not only to bring justice to a family wronged but to keep himself and the people closest to him from becoming the next casualties....

Book Untouchable

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  • Author : Jayne Ann Krentz
  • Publisher : Berkley Books
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 039958529X
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Untouchable written by Jayne Ann Krentz and published by Berkley Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man's quest to find answers for those who are haunted by the past leads him deeper into the shadows in this electrifying New York Times bestseller from the author of Promise Not to Tell. Quinton Zane is back. Jack Lancaster, consultant to the FBI, has always been drawn to the coldest of cold cases, the kind that law enforcement either considers unsolvable or else has chalked up to accidents or suicides. As a survivor of a fire, he finds himself uniquely compelled by arson cases. His almost preternatural ability to get inside the killer's head has garnered him a reputation in some circles--and complicated his personal life. The more cases Jack solves, the closer he slips into the darkness. His only solace is Winter Meadows, a meditation therapist. After particularly grisly cases, Winter can lead Jack back to peace. But as long as Quinton Zane is alive, Jack will not be at peace for long. Having solidified his position as the power behind the throne of his biological family's hedge fund, Zane sets out to get rid of Anson Salinas's foster sons, starting with Jack.

Book Moneyball  The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Download or read book Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game written by Michael Lewis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-03-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Lewis’s instant classic may be “the most influential book on sports ever written” (People), but “you need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy and incisiveness of [Lewis’s] thoughts about it” (Janet Maslin, New York Times). One of GQ's 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century Just before the 2002 season opens, the Oakland Athletics must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players and is written off by just about everyone—but then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins. How did one of the poorest teams in baseball win so many games? In a quest to discover the answer, Michael Lewis delivers not only “the single most influential baseball book ever” (Rob Neyer, Slate) but also what “may be the best book ever written on business” (Weekly Standard). Lewis first looks to all the logical places—the front offices of major league teams, the coaches, the minds of brilliant players—but discovers the real jackpot is a cache of numbers?numbers!?collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors. What these numbers prove is that the traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble base-on-balls. This information had been around for years, and nobody inside Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics. He paid attention to those numbers?with the second-lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had to?to conduct an astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win . . . how can we not cheer for David?

Book Unbeatable

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  • Author : Jerry Barca
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2013-08-13
  • ISBN : 1250024838
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Unbeatable written by Jerry Barca and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's unbeaten 1988 season cites the pivotal contributions of such figures as coach Lou Holtz, star quarterback Tony Rice and NFL-bound Ricky Watters, drawing on original reporting and interviews to include coverage of the infamous "Catholics vs. Convicts" game.

Book Book of a Thousand Days

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  • Author : Shannon Hale
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2009-09
  • ISBN : 1599903784
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Book of a Thousand Days written by Shannon Hale and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.

Book Unbeatable

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  • Author : Eric Haughan
  • Publisher : The O'Brien Press Ltd
  • Release : 2024-10-07
  • ISBN : 1788495489
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Unbeatable written by Eric Haughan and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-10-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 2014, Jim Gavin's Dubs seemed unstoppable. They were playing football at a level not seen in years – overwhelming opposition and seemingly growing stronger with every game. Nobody saw it coming: Donegal's beautifully timed semi-final ambush. The Ulstermen laid bare a chink in the Sky Blues' armour; a tactical hole which Gavin immediately set about filling. Dublin would not lose a championship game again for 2,540 days ... Eric Haughan deep-dives into Dublin's seven years in footballing nirvana, an era of dominance and drama in which Gaelic football changed forever. Reviewing crucial matches and speaking to players and backroom staff, he pieces together the story of arguably the greatest side the game has ever seen ... and the teams who tried to catch them.

Book The Great Believers

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  • Author : Rebecca Makkai
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2018-06-19
  • ISBN : 0735223548
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book The Great Believers written by Rebecca Makkai and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER ALA CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER Soon to Be a Major Television Event, optioned by Amy Poehler • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “A page turner . . . An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it’s like to live during times of crisis.” —The New York Times Book Review A dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico’s funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico’s little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster. Named a Best Book of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, The Seattle Times, Bustle, Newsday, AM New York, BookPage, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lit Hub, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library and Chicago Public Library

Book Everything Counts

Download or read book Everything Counts written by Gary Ryan Blair and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything Counts! is an execution strategy for inspiring excellence and driving exceptional results. Too many people and organizations are mired in a mediocrity of their own making. They focus their attention and efforts on getting the big things right, but they ignore the little things that often make a big difference. As a result, reputations are damaged, brands diluted, and loyalty is lost by blatant disregard for the small stuff which negatively impacts the customer experience. For years, we've been taught not to sweat the small stuff, but in the real world of business, Everything Counts. Everything Counts is a call to greater awareness and with awareness comes a responsibility to raise the performance bar. It offers a powerful operating philosophy that will steer your organization to reach higher levels of growth, productivity, and performance. From the smallest customer contact to the most minute details of product quality, the little things add up to a pretty big deal. Serving as the definitive guide on organizational and personal mastery, this book gives you a foundation for unparalleled customer service, superior quality, and consistent performance. A proven system for organizing, aligning, and improving all your efforts in sales, service, and performance improvement Shows how concentrating on the small things leads to growth, productivity, personal success, and business greatness Helps you motivate your people and teams to achieve better results on both the personal and organizational level Everything Counts reminds us that seemingly small things can make tremendous differences. The purpose of this book is to help you internally define and take ownership of the most fundamental principle behind achieving results beyond you expectations-a single idea with an actionable focus-Everything Counts!

Book Plague Garden

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  • Author : Josh Reynolds
  • Publisher : Games Workshop
  • Release : 2017-12-05
  • ISBN : 9781784966218
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book Plague Garden written by Josh Reynolds and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stormcast Eternals of the Hallowed Knights must brave Nurgles's Realm of Decay if they are to find their lost leader, Lord-Castellant Lorrus Grymn. As the war for the Realm of Life continues, Lord-Castellant Lorrus Grymn leads the battered remnants of the Steel Souls warrior chamber against the sargasso-citadels of the Verdant Bay. The Hallowed Knights claim victory, but at a terrible cost - Grymn is lost to the Realm of Chaos. Now Gardus, newly reforged and fresh from the destruction of the Scabrous Sprawl, must lead his warriors into the foetid heart of Nurgle's realm in search of the Lord-Castellant, where they must once more brave the horrors of the Realm of Decay...

Book Unbeatable

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  • Author : A.S. Imperiale
  • Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
  • Release : 2020-09-02
  • ISBN : 1643503405
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book Unbeatable written by A.S. Imperiale and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Delisted

Book Be Successful

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  • Author : Aditya Bhavsar
  • Publisher : Be An Author
  • Release : 2017-12-31
  • ISBN : 9352880897
  • Pages : 461 pages

Download or read book Be Successful written by Aditya Bhavsar and published by Be An Author. This book was released on 2017-12-31 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Few people know the ‘price’ of everything, and yet ‘value’ of nothing.” I know that’s not you, because if it were the case – you won’t be flickering here to make things better and take your life to the next level. Today, a lot of people know what to do, yet a very few do what they know. The reason being is – they just don’t know how. This book is all about “how”. This book will help you to enhance and optimize each and every area of your life and will empower you how to crush it all! It is not what the book will cost you, it is what it will cost if you don’t read it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Successful is a man who is healthy, wealthy & wise.” We all have dreams – a fascinating & enchanting imagination and a blueprint of how our life is supposed to be. We all want to believe deep down in our souls that we have a special gift, that we can make a difference, that we can touch others in a special and pretty unique way, and that we can make this world a better place to live. At one time in our lives, we all had a vision for the quality of life that we desire and deserve. Yet, for many of us, those dreams have become shrouded in the frustrations and routines of daily life that we no longer even make an effort to accomplish them. For too many, the dream has dissipated – and with it, so has the will to design an extraordinary quality of life filled with grace and abundance. Many have lost that sense of certainty that creates winners edge. After all, “what’s the difference that makes the difference?” What makes the difference in the quality of people’s lives? Why few achieve what they want and succeed in their lives up to no limits and rest just keep dreaming and never reach to their “dreamland”? What is it that makes successful people “successful” and the rest mere dreamers? After all, what’s the difference between “incredibly successful” legends and “happily mediocre” crowd? How is it that so often people from such humble beginnings, devastating backgrounds, miserable circumstances, poor conditions and innumerous disappointments in spite of it all manage to create lives that inspire us? Conversely, why do many of those born into privileged environments, with every resource for success at their fingertips end up, ill, fat, broke, stupid, embarrassed, miserable, often chemically addicted & technically screwed? What makes some people’s lives example, while other’s a warning? For my entire life – I have been obsessed with like questions. And to quench my quest of figuring out the difference that made the difference – I stumbled upon an never ending journey – the road to “personal excellence”. The road which is always under construction. I’m not here to claim that I have figured it all out. But the great news is, “I’m yet evolving.” “Honor those who seek the truth, beware of those who have found it.” (For me, it’s a reminder that the path to personal excellence never ends and that absolutely nobody has this SHIT figured out.) Be Successful: Thrive Exponentially Beyond Excellence is my “open invitation” for you to join me on this uniquely phenomenal journey – the way to thrive exponentially beyond excellence. IS THIS INVITATION REALLY FOR YOU? Oh! I must say, that’s a pretty good question. “Knowledge is having the right answer, while intelligence is asking the right question.” Anyways – let’s come back to the point. Is this book really for you? Now, I can answer it in two ways: Firstly, Yes. Just because Sir Jim Rohn says, “You should always invest 10% of your income on yourself. Your personal development.” So, if he says that you should invest 10% of your income on your personal development – so you must. (Just Kidding). You might say, “Well, Sir Jim can say that you should invest 100% of your income on yourself – so we must?” May be, if he says so – then yes. Okay. Jokes apart. But wait, I have another good reason for you to consider why you must invest your “time” in this book. (It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.) You see, I believe I know who you really are. If you are a kind of person who’s always seeking for “the edge” and you never want to settle for anything less than you are made to be or share or give or contribute. And that no matter how well you are already doing or how challenged you now may be, deep inside of you there lies a belief that your experience of life can and will be much greater than it already is – I think, this is a pretty perfect place for you to fit in! By consistently taking advantage of each of the chapters in this book, you will ensure your ability to maximize your potential and live a life – filled with grace and abundance. If you are still with me – let me brief you about how this book is structured and how to get the most of it. Basically, I have designed it in such a way that it will help you to grow and thrive in each and every area of your life, either it be your finances or relationship with your fiance (or fiancee) this book will invariably help you to unleash your true potential and reach the next level of success, happiness, fulfillment and accomplishment. It has 10 sections and in all, 55 chapters, guiding you thoroughly how to walk on the blazing path of success. Ah! Yes. You can download a sample of the book by clicking me! “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”

Book Behemoth  Amazon Rising

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robin Gaster
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-03
  • ISBN : 9781736001202
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Behemoth Amazon Rising written by Robin Gaster and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behemoth, Amazon Rising explains how Amazon transformed from a niche bookseller into a $280 billion giant, why Amazon is just getting started, and what this means for competitors, partners, workers, and consumers.

Book Hannibal

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  • Author : Philip Freeman
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2022-02-01
  • ISBN : 1643138723
  • Pages : 138 pages

Download or read book Hannibal written by Philip Freeman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of a man who, against all odds, dared to change the course of history. Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome. Hannibal, a daring African general from the city of Carthage, led an army of warriors and battle elephants over the snowy Alps to invade the very heart of Rome's growing empire. But what kind of person would dare to face the most relentless imperial power of the ancient world? How could Hannibal, consistently outnumbered and always deep in enemy territory, win battle after battle until he held the very fate of Rome within his grasp? Hannibal appeals to many as the ultimate underdog—a Carthaginian David against the Goliath of Rome—but it wasn't just his genius on the battlefield that set him apart. As a boy and then a man, his self-discipline and determination were legendary. As a military leader, like Alexander the Great before him and Julius Caesar after, he understood the hearts of men and had an uncanny ability to read the unseen weaknesses of his enemy. As a commander in war, Hannibal has few equals in history and has long been held as a model of strategic and tactical genius. But Hannibal was much more than just a great general. He was a practiced statesman, a skilled diplomat, and a man deeply devoted to his family and country. Roman historians—on whom we rely for almost all our information on Hannibal—portray him as a cruel barbarian, but how does the story change if we look at Hannibal from the Carthaginian point of view? Can we search beneath the accounts of Roman writers who were eager to portray Hannibal as a monster and find a more human figure? Can we use the life of Hannibal to look at the Romans themselves in an unfamiliar way— not as the noble and benign defenders of civilization but as ruthless conquerors motivated by greed and conquest?