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Summary: The Type of Book We All Should Read
Review: Ever hear of a "one call close" in sales ?? Well this book is the equivalent of that. I read it in one sitting. Quite simply Lance spoke in brutal honesty and reflection about his experiences with cancer and world class cycling. Even though this was the focus of the book, the real story is about the human spirit.Lance is an incredible person who literally "willed" himself to his current position as "cancer survivor" and Champion Cyclist. The story lives up to the hype of the celebrity. He is the real deal. There are some other heroes in this story, namely the Doctors who helped Lance (they are amazing), his nurse and most importantly his mother. After reading this book and learning of the adversity Lance has overcome, it makes our own lives much clearer in terms of the artificial limits many of us have in place.
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Summary: I can't put it down!
Review: Q: How do you write a book to tell a story when everybody already knows most all of the story? A: LIKE THIS! People know about the bike, people know about the cancer, what people don't know is the how and the why. With this brutally honest, sometimes excruciatingly explicit (in the chemo stories) story of who Lance Armstrong really is. Lance the survivor and bike racer is known and admired for all that he has overcome, and for the amazing person that he has become. This book shows how he became such an amazing person. It's not all pretty -- not even most of it is pretty -- but it is HONEST. Lance is not shy about addressing his own mistakes and weaknesses, while trying to show what (and how) he learned from them. In wonderful style, he shows that it really ISN'T about the bike, by spending more time discussing his failures, his losses, and his mistakes, than his victories -- because that's what he could learn from. Lance is even more of a hero and a role model for the world because of this book, because he was not afraid to say "I was wrong", and was willing to grow and learn through the experiences.
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Summary: Simple, but excellent reading material !
Review: The concept of this book is simple : Lance wrote down the story of his life.
The way it's being told and the comments Lance makes on everything most certainly improve the quality of the book. Although it's clear Lance isn't exactly a world class writer (as opposed to a rider), it reads easy and once you begin reading it, it won't let go of you. Personally, I was reading until 4:30am when my body was simply giving up... if it hadn't, I would have finished to book during the night. The story itself is great, but not because it was invented, but because it's a true story, a story with beauty and uglyness, where we can discover the true Lance Armstrong, with his weaknesses and problems. It gave me a completely different look at a person who I now admire even more, not just as a sportsman, but a lot more as a human being. Absolutely a recommendation for anyone !
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Summary: An engaging autobiography
Review: This touching autobiography details Lance Armstrong's near death experience with cancer. I would highly recommend this book for young adults. It is written in a frank and open manner which makes it easily accessible. In addition to learning about Armstrong's struggle with cancer, the reader is given background information about Amstrong's early life and the forces that shaped his personality and his career choice. I think many young adults will identify with the struggles Armstrong faces growing up. This is definitely a must read!
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Summary: I even read it twice!
Review: Ok, this book has an interest from many different angles. Are you a bike fan, battling cancer or know someone who is or has, interested in the sports world, or just looking for a good story about someone who battles a tough time in their life and still comes out ok? Here's a good story for you. Lance Armstrong, a guy who rose up to become a good competitive proffesional bicyclist and was stunned with the news that he has cancer. This is the story of his life, how he handled the battle with cancer, and the ways that his life has changed in the years since then.
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Summary: Powerful book, thought provoking, tear jerker and humorous
Review: As good as it gets in a biography. Fiction could not have been written any better: teen single mom raises her baby to never quit or take the easy way out.
Bike racing cancer victim Armstrong seems to hold nothing back in this inspiring probe into his life, where he states that he would rather claim the title of cancer survivor over race victor, and that having cancer was the best thing that happened to him. Giving his mother's care and never give up example and his "stud" life partner of a wife all the credit, Armstrong's story filled me with tears at times, a belly laugh at others, and most of all the encouragement to look at obstacles as opportunites instead of stumbling blocks. Outstanding!
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Summary: It's About the Man
Review: Lance Armstrong's story is one of incredible courage. The story is extremely well told. The passages on his cancer treatment were gut wrenching. There is no doubt in my mind that he is quite simply the greatest athlete in the world today. My wife and daughter read this and enjoyed it as much as I did,
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Summary: This book is a good read for anyone.
Review: I have a simple review for this book. It is not about bicycling. For the most part it is about love and determination. Lance goes from having almost no chance at all for survival to winning the hardest bike race in the world. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Great Comeback - Mediocre Book
Review: I was hoping for more but this is a typical subpar athlete's autobiography. Lance's story is incredible because he fought and came back and should inspire those in a similar situation. However, other than the cancer, Lance Armstrong is not an interesting individual and reading about his mundane conversations with his wife was a waste of time and was out of place for subject of the book. It was very interesting to read that Lance does not love cycling - he did it because he was good at it and it was a well paying job. I can appreciate that kind of honesty.
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Summary: THE LUCKY MAN
Review: In fact, when you read this book (It's not about the bike), you feel surprise, wonderful, and jealous at same time, because it explains the life when it changes to another cases.
This book has a lot of risks, and a lot of lucky issues, too. In this book Lance is a real lance, even his name is very similar to his success.
Lance had a lot of endurance to fight the life, the cancer, and the chemotherapy. Really he was lucky in his life when he was saved from the death, from the cancer and got his life back again. He is lucky when he has a mother like Linda, when he has a friend like Bill, when he has a doctor like Nichols. Rarely, we know people like that.
When you read this book, you know that, there are champions around the world make a surviving thing over the history, like Lance Armstrong. When you read this book, you don't like to leave it until you finish it. It is very nice book and very lucky man in it.
Finally, I want to be lucky like Lance Armstrong.
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