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Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life By Dara Torres with Elizabeth Weil From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams. In Age Is Just a Number, Dara reveals how the dream of an Olympic comeback first came to her—when she was months into her first, hard-won pregnancy. With humor and candor, Dara recounts how she returned to serious training—while nursing her infant daughter and contending with her beloved father’s long battle with cancer. Dara talks frankly about diving back in for this comeback; about being an older athlete in a younger athletes’ game; about competition, doubt, and belief; about working through pain and uncertainty; and finally—about seizing the moment and, most important, never giving up. A truly self-made legend, her story will resonate with women of all ages—and with anyone daring to entertain a seemingly impossible dream. Read the latest article about Dara Torres on Swimming World. |
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Mark Spitz - The Extraordinary Life of An Olympic Champion By Richard Foster In this fascinating biography, author Rich Foster explores every aspect of Mark Spitz's roller-coaster career. From being an age-group prodigy and four-medal flop at the 1968 Olympics; to an outstanding collegiate career at Indiana University and a seven gold-medal haul in 1972; followed by lucrative endorsements and an unsuccessful stint in entertainment; to the respected businessman, devoted husband and father and the sports icon that he is today. Read the latest article on Mark Spitz on Swimming World website. |
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In the Water They Can't See You Cry By Amanda Beard with Rebecca Paley In her New York Times bestselling memoir, international swimming star Amanda Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the Olympic spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and the newfound happiness that proved to be her greatest victory. SHE WAS DROWNING IN PLAIN SIGHT At the tender age of fourteen, Amanda Beard walked onto the pool deck at the Atlanta Olympics carrying her teddy bear, Harold, and left with two silvers and a gold medal. She competed in three more Olympic games, winning a total of seven medals, and enjoyed a lucrative modeling career on the side. Yet despite her astonishing career and sex-symbol status, Amanda felt unworthy of all her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain beneath a megawatt smile. In her late teens and twenties, she became bulimic, abused drugs and alcohol, and started cutting herself. Her low self-esteem led to toxic relationships with high-profile men in the sports world. No one, not even her own parents and friends, knew about the turmoil she was going through. In these pages, she speaks frankly about her struggles with depression, the pressures to be thin, and the unhealthy relationships she confused for love. In the Water They Can’t See You Cry is a raw, compelling story of a woman who gained the strength to live as bravely out of the water as she did in it. |
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Not Without Honor: The Story of Sammy Lee By Molly Frick Wampler A biography of Korean American athlete and physician Sammy Lee, the first non-Caucasian American to win an Olympic gold medal. |
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