Harpercollins E Books: 5637 books
The Driver
My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The riveting memoir of a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer.
Alex Roy's father, while on his deathbed, hints about the notorious, utterly illegal cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York of the 1970s, which then inspired his young son to enter the mysterious world...
This Voice in My Heart
A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Gilbert Tuhabonye is a survivor. More than ten years ago, he lay buried under a pile of burning bodies. The centuries–old battle between Hutu and Tutsi tribes had come to Gilbert's school. Fueled by hatred, the Hutus forced more than a hundred Tutsi children and teachers into a small room and used...
Atlas
From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
"Of all the people who have affected by my life and influence the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father."
So begins the autobiography of legendary boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas, who grew from the rebellious son of a doctor to a man who embraces,...
Beckham
Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In England, where he spent ten seasons leading his storied club Manchester United and his nation to soccer glory, he is so wildly popular that his countrymen voted him the face they'd most want to see imprinted on their money. (Winston Churchill finished second.) In Japan, where he is worshiped as...
A-Rod
The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”
—New York magazine
The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.”...
Breaking Back
How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
James Blake's life was getting better every day. A rising tennis star and People magazine's Sexiest Male Athlete of 2002, he was leading a charmed life and loving every minute of it. But all that ended in May 2004, when Blake fractured his neck in an on-court freak accident. As he recovered, his father—who...
by Mat Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
I had seriously reached a point in my life where I wasn't scared of anything. Panic was replaced by awww, shit, how can I fix this before I hit the ground?
Childhood for Mat Hoffman was packed with hazardous behavior and a constant searching for a new rush: sliding down the laundry chute, blatantly...
Kicking Up Dirt
A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
“Ashley Fiolek’s incredible story perfectly embodies the adage ‘the only thing that deaf people can’t do is hear.’ Fiolek is an inspiration to anyone who has a barrier to overcome. My hands are waving in the air, and I’m screaming for her; this book should not be missed.”
—Marlee Matlin
“Ashley...
Four Days to Glory
The Heart of America, Flat on Its Back
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Somewhere beyond the circle of money, glitz, drugs, and controversy that characterizes professional sports in America, remnants of an ideal exist. In Iowa, that ideal survives in the form of high school wrestling.
Each a three-time state champion, Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere have a chance...
Taking Shots
Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles, and the Incredible Truth About the NBA
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Bring a family of four to an NBA game today, and it costs around $500 to watch a bunch of seven-footers take bad shots. Perhaps the quote often attributed to P.T. Barnum is true—there really is a sucker born every minute.
The NBA is in trouble. And as NBA agent Keith Glass describes it—he's...
Yankee for Life
My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
As he stepped to the plate at Yankee Stadium on opening day in 1966, Bobby Murcer carried with him the hopes and expectations of Yankees fans looking for the next Mickey Mantle. Bobby wasn't the next Mick, of course, but he became one of the most beloved Yankees of all time.
Yankee for Life...
Jim Brown
A Hero's Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet unyielding. Most of all, he was the greatest football player of all time. He was Jim Brown.
Jim Brown was an astonishing physical specimen with tremendous skills and...
Me and My Dad
A Baseball Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Paul O'Neill was the undisputed heart and soul of the four-time World Series-winning New York Yankees from 1993 to 2001. O'Neill epitomized the team's motto of hard work and good sportsmanship, traits instilled in him by his friend, confidant, lifelong model, and biggest fan: his dad, Chick O'Neill.
In...
When the Tuna Went Down to Texas
The Story of Bill Parcells and the Dallas Cowboys
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Bill Parcells was living in self-imposed exile from the National Football League sidelines. The Tuna had earned living-legend status after coaching the Giants, Patriots, and Jets from the skid-row district of the NFL and transforming those teams into champions. The final weeks of the 2002 season found...