It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
The #1 New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's. People around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its grueling intensity. Armstrong is a thoroughgoing Texan jock, and the changes brought to his life by his illness are startling and powerful, but he's just not interested in wearing a hero suit. While his vocabulary is a bit on the he-man side (highest compliment to his wife: "she's a stud"), his actions will melt the most hard-bitten souls: a cancer foundation and benefit bike ride, his astonishing commitment to training that got him past countless hurdles, loyalty to the people and corporations that never gave up on him. There's serious medical detail here, which may not be for the faint of heart; from chemo to surgical procedures to his wife's in vitro fertilization, you won't be spared a single x-ray, IV drip, or unfortunate side effect. Athletes and coaches everywhere will benefit from the same extraordinary detail provided about his training sessions--every aching tendon, every rainy afternoon, and every small triumph during his long recovery is here in living color. It's Not About the Bike is the perfect title for this book about life, death, illness, family, setbacks, and triumphs, but not especially about the bike. --Jill Lightner
Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all time.
This is the book in which he shares his journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendence. It is the story of a world-famous cyclist and his fight against cancer.This is the story of Lance Armstrong, the world-famous cyclist, and his fight against cancer.
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-05-2009
- Great story, great book
I'm a big Lance fan so it's no surprise that I loved this book. However, I was surprised at how good the writing is and how well the story flows. Very remarkable story. Couldn't put it down.
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-16-2009
- Great book about beating cancer. Not good for cycling enthusiast.
Detail is reserved for the chemo and select personal highlights. Other than that the TDF is boiled down to a few chapters with scant detail and pre-cancer cycling is a prologue to the stages of cancer and its treatment. The story is...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-13-2009
- Pros and cons
Synopsis: A story about Armstrong's battle with cancer to come back and win the Tour de France. Pros: NY Times #1 best-seller, which proves that the bicycle is a literal and metaphorically vehicle for everyone's journey in life. Cons: In...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-23-2009
- Begin Now to Enhance 2009 Tour De France Enjoyment
I picked this book up 9 years after the copyright date. Worth the read? Absolutely. Not because it is a well-written book; it is not particularly. Not because Armstrong's attitudes and resentments make for a warm and fuzzy story; they...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-05-2009
- Great story, great book
I'm a big Lance fan so it's no surprise that I loved this book. However, I was surprised at how good the writing is and how well the story flows. Very remarkable story. Couldn't put it down.
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-16-2009
- Great book about beating cancer. Not good for cycling enthusiast.
Detail is reserved for the chemo and select personal highlights. Other than that the TDF is boiled down to a few chapters with scant detail and pre-cancer cycling is a prologue to the stages of cancer and its treatment. The story is...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-14-2007
- How can they be so stupid?
Lance's story was just as exciting and inspiring as I hoped.The downside is that HighBridge was dumb enough to make each CD a single track of more than an hour. So if you listen to the CD for 45 minutes on the way to work, when you drive...
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