"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....

"Carley Allison was an up-and-coming young figure skater and singer who died tragically at the age of 18 of a cancer so rare there were only seven cases in the world. In this book, you will come to know Carley in her own words and in the words of the people who knew and loved her. Award-winning author Alice Kuipers weaves the memories of Carley's friends, family, and boyfriend with the blog Carley kept throughout her journey, from the moment she was...

"In Living Out Loud, Craig Sager shares incredible stories from his remarkable career and chronicles his heroic battle. Whether he's sprinting across Wrigley Field mid-game as a college student with cops in pursuit, chasing down Hank Aaron on the field for an interview after Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record, running with the bulls in Pamplona, or hunkering down to face the daunting physical challenges of fighting leukemia, Craig Sager is always...

In one of the most memorable moments of Major League Baseball, Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants pitched a winning game less than a year after undergoing cancer surgery on his pitching arm. But his comeback was short-lived. Just five days after his winning game, Dravecky broke his arm-and would later lose it entirely as the cancer returned. Dravecky's true comeback would come later, as a bestselling author and inspirational speaker offering...

When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.

Have you tried and failed to make your healthy routines stick? Discover tested solutions that will fulfill your personal fitness breakthrough. Are you struggling to find time in your busy schedule for healthy habits? Are you worried that there simply isn't an exercise plan that fits your family, your career, and your life? After years of research, author Chad V. Holtkamp built his ideal workout plan. But when everyday life interfered with his vision,...

Darkness and Light: My Story is the heart-wrenching and soul-stirring autobiography of footballer and two-time cancer survivor, Joe Thompson. His mother's battle with mental illness and father's descent into a life of drugs and crime saw him battle adversity from birth. Football opened up a new world of opportunity when Manchester United signed him, aged nine. Joe spent six years living every boy's dream but was left devastated when the club released...

L'oncologue parle depuis plusieurs minutes. Ses explications abondent, mais je n'en retiens que des bribes: dose-densité, stade, adjuvant, ganglions, carcinome, infiltrant...Puis il veut savoir si j'ai des questions. J'en ai une: La pratique de la course à pied est-elle contre-indiquée pendant les traitements de chimiothérapie? Pris de court, l'oncologue reste silencieux quelques secondes. Il finit par me confirmer qu'il n'y a aucun inconvénient...

The story, which inspired the major drama Tina and bobby. Bobby Moore's untimely death in 1993, at the age of 51, had a profound impact on the people of this country. As the only English football captain ever to raise the World Cup, he was not just a football icon but a national one. Yet Bobby was an intensely reserved, almost mysterious personality. Only one person was his true friend and confidante - his boyhood sweetheart, Tina, whom he met at...