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GtrsRGr8 · 03-15-2015, 07:57 PM

This is a biography of John Wooden, the extremely successful longtime basketball coach at UCLA.

Mobilereaders do not impress me as being interested much in sports. However, this should be a good listen/read even to people not interested in sports, because Wooden has a lot to say about being successful in life as well as in basketball. His words are inspirational.

The book is A Coach's Life. By Seth Davis.

Book Description (from Amazon)
No college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and writer, revered for his "Pyramid of Success."

Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports has written the definitive biography of Wooden, an unflinching portrait that draws on archival research and more than two hundred interviews with players, opponents, coaches, and even Wooden himself. Davis shows how hard Wooden strove for success, from his All-American playing days at Purdue through his early years as a high school and college coach to the glory days at UCLA, only to discover that reaching new heights brought new burdens and frustrations. Davis also reveals how at the pinnacle of his career Wooden found himself on questionable ground with alumni, referees, assistants, and even some of his players. His was a life not only of lessons taught, but also of lessons learned.

Woven into the story as well are the players who powered Wooden's championship teams - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Walt Hazzard, and others - many of whom speak frankly about their coach. The portrait that emerges from Davis's remarkable biography is of a man in full, whose life story still resonates today.

Info on the Ebook and Audiobook
The ebook: $2.99.
Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 153 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $18.99; digital list(?) price $9.99; Kindle price now $2.99. Times Books, publisher. 608 pages.

The audiobook: $2.99.
Rated 4.40 at Audible. Running time: 26 hours and 6 minutes. Narrator: Stephen McLaughlin. The price for the audiobook alone, at Audible, is $34.95! Additional information on the audiobook, at Audible.

How to Get the Deal
Buy the ebook for $2.99 at http://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Coachs-...coach%27s+life. You can then purchase the audiobook for $2.99, on the same webpage. Your total price for the audiobook plus the Whispersync ebook, then, is $5.98.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Whispersync Companion Deal on Long/Large, Highly-Rated Bio of John Wooden--$5.98. This is a biography of John Wooden, the extremely successful longtime basketball coach at UCLA. Mobilereaders do not impress me as being interested much in sports. However, this should be a good listen/read even to people not interested in sports, because Wooden has a lot to say about being successful in life as well as in basketball. His words are inspirational. The book is A Coach's Life. By Seth Davis. Book Description (from Amazon) No college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and writer, revered for his "Pyramid of Success." Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports has written the definitive biography of Wooden, an unflinching portrait that draws on archival research and more than two hundred interviews with players, opponents, coaches, and even Wooden himself. Davis shows how hard Wooden strove for success, from his All-American playing days at Purdue through his early years as a high school and college coach to the glory days at UCLA, only to discover that reaching new heights brought new burdens and frustrations. Davis also reveals how at the pinnacle of his career Wooden found himself on questionable ground with alumni, referees, assistants, and even some of his players. His was a life not only of lessons taught, but also of lessons learned. Woven into the story as well are the players who powered Wooden's championship teams - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Walt Hazzard, and others - many of whom speak frankly about their coach. The portrait that emerges from Davis's remarkable biography is of a man in full, whose life story still resonates today. Info on the Ebook and Audiobook The ebook: $2.99. Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 153 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $18.99; digital list(?) price $9.99; Kindle price now $2.99. Times Books, publisher. 608 pages. The audiobook: $2.99. Rated 4.40 at Audible. Running time: 26 hours and 6 minutes. Narrator: Stephen McLaughlin. The price for the audiobook alone, at Audible, is $34.95! Additional information on the audiobook, at Audible. How to Get the Deal Buy the ebook for $2.99 at http://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Coachs-...coach%27s+life. You can then purchase the audiobook for $2.99, on the same webpage. Your total price for the audiobook plus the Whispersync ebook, then, is $5.98. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-15-2015 at 08:10 PM.