John U Bacon: 8 books

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The Great Halifax Explosion

A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

by John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The riveting, tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes**, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon** After steaming...
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Overtime

Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football

by John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019

For the past year, John U. Bacon has received unprecedented access to Jim Harbaugh’s University of Michigan football team: coaches, players, and staffers, in closed-door meetings, locker rooms, meals, and classes. Overtime captures this storied program at the crossroads, as the sport’s winningest...
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Three and Out

Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football

by John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011

"Like the Moneyball of college football, Three and Out blows the lid off one of the sports world's most perplexing mysteries."—Entertainment Weekly Three and Out tells the story of how college football's most influential coach took over the nation's most successful program, only...
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The Best of Bacon

Select Cuts

by John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018

From the Preface: “I wrote these stories between 1992 and 2018. They cover a dozen different sports for a dozen different media outlets, from the Ann Arbor News to National Public Radio, and they stretch from a couple pages to a dozen. But they have one thing in common: they all meant a lot to me...
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Fourth and Long

The Fight for the Soul of College Football

by John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013

The New York Times bestseller about the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it—“A fascinating saga” (Booklist). In search of the sport’s old ideals amid the roaring flood of hypocrisy and greed, bestselling author John U. Bacon embedded...
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL (R) THE SPARK

Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All

by Lyn Heward, John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006

Creativity and innovation are widely recognized as essential to success in business, and so many aspects of our lives. For over two decades, Cirque du Soleil has been a world-renowned laboratory of creativity, enthralling audiences around the world by fusing dazzling acrobatics, staging and choreography,...
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Endzone

The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football

by John U. Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The New York Times Bestseller Endzone tells the story of how college football's most successful, richest and respected program almost lost all three in less than a decade - and entirely of its own doing. It is a story of hubris, greed, and betrayal - a tale more suited to Wall Street than the...
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Playing Hurt

My Journey from Despair to Hope

by John U. Bacon, John Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017

For the first time ever, the popular late host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters and ABC's college football openly discusses a lifelong battle with depression. During his three decades on ESPN and ABC, John Saunders became one of the nation's most respected and beloved sportscasters. In this moving,...
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