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A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball
legend, NBA veteran, and social media influencer about his recovery
from addiction. He is considered by many the greatest basketball
player ever produced by the hoops-crazy state of Kentucky. In two
years at the University of Kentucky, he scored over 1,000 points,
led the Wildcats to a Sweet Sixteen appearance and was nicknamed
"King Rex." The first player ever drafted by the Charlotte Hornets,
he spent twelve seasons in the NBA, dazzling in dunk contests and
sinking one of the most memorable buzzer-beaters in league history.
But by the end of his career, Rex Chapman was harboring a
destructive secret. Years before America's opioid crisis would
become national news, Chapman developed a dependency on Vicodin and
Oxycontin, ultimately ingesting fifty painkillers a day. In
addition, he developed a severe gambling addiction, once nearly
losing $400,000 at a Las Vegas blackjack table. All this would cost
him his family as well as most of the $40 million fortune he'd made
in basketball, leaving him to live in his car and shoplift to
support his addictions. Only when he was arrested--and his mugshot
made national news--did he finally commit to getting clean. In It's
Hard for Me to Live With Me, Chapman--who has amassed millions of
social media followers for his relatable and uplifting posts--tells
the story of his addiction and recovery in unflinching detail. With
equal frankness, he describes his history with depression; the
racism he witnessed growing up and how that shaped his
outspokenness on matters of social justice; and his complex and
volatile relationship with his father, also a former professional
basketball player. Cowritten with New York Times bestselling author
Seth Davis, Chapman's memoir is an equally devastating and
inspiring story about the human struggle for self-acceptance.
Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago
matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her
remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense
wisdom for this century and beyond. As Sister Jean wisely says,
"I've seen so many changes in the last 102 years, but the important
things remain the same." Part life story, part philosophy text, and
part spiritual guide, Sister Jean's wit, wisdom, and common sense
has broad appeal and application that transcends religious creed,
belief, and even feelings on Loyola's basketball team. Along with
her collaborator Seth Davis, an award-winning writer, broadcaster
and New York Times best-selling author, Wake Up with Purpose!
lets you experience: Sister Jean's words and her spirit. her sharp
sense of humor. life lessons gleaned from one hundred years of
living. universal themes that connect us all. priceless wisdom. The
driving force inside Wake Up with Purpose! is the narrative of
Sister Jean's fascinating life--from teaching at a Catholic school
during the Second World War to serving on a Chicago college campus
in the sixties and beyond to cheering from the sidelines of a men's
basketball tournament in March 2018. As you learn about Sister
Jean's century-long life, you'll feel just like the Loyola students
do when they knock on her office door, plop down in a chair, and
ask if she would have time to chat, an activity that she still does
daily.
A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA
coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball
writers
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.
From finding common ground with warlords, introducing the Taliban
to change, and working with NFL greats such as Marshawn Lynch, this
uplifting and inspirational memoir from coach and personal
development expert, Tareq Azim, will help you build a relationship
with fear and embrace your own power. A descendant of Afghan
nobles, Tareq Azim's family was forced to flee their homeland in
1979. He assimilated in the United States through his love of
sports, excelling in wrestling, boxing, and football. In 2004, Azim
decided to visit his home country, and upon arriving, he discovered
countless children living on the streets, waiting for the
inevitable recruitment into terrorist networks and anti-peace
militias. Azim's close encounter with the ravages of a war-torn
society taught him how pain can generate the most intense forms of
fear, anxiety, and depression. He had found his salvation through
sports and physical activity, and he knew these children could,
too. He put his method to the test and created the Afghan Women's
Boxing Federation, the official governing body for women's sports
for the National Olympic Committee and the first ever in the
history of any Islamic republic, proving that Afghanistan was ready
for social change by addressing the harms of accumulated trauma.
Now, his remarkable full story is revealed in this book that is
both a memoir and a roadmap. Through his own experiences, he
effortlessly explains how fear is an invitation to seek a deeper
feeling within-a feeling that is achieved when we engage in
righteous and sincere struggle. Only then will our choices be
guided by values that help us avoid the pitfalls of moral and
personal failure. Featuring actionable advice and varied clear-eyed
case studies, including MMA star Jake Shields, former congresswoman
Tulsi Gabbard, and San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York-Empower is
the ultimate guide to living a life understanding that fear is
there to help you.
This second edition provides new and updated protocols to
investigate clock-controlled parameters including period
estimations and entrainment measurements and modelling. Chapters
detail promoter activity using luciferase reporters,
fluorescent-tagging of clock proteins and cellular imaging, protein
level measurements, regulated RNA splicing detection,
post-translational modifications, protein-protein interactions, and
protein DNA/chromatin interactions. Additional chapters focus on
seasonal processes like hypocotyl growth and flowering time control
in annuals and trees, and techniques on soybean. Written in the
format of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology
series, each chapter includes an introduction to the topic, lists
necessary materials and reagents, includes tips on troubleshooting
and known pitfalls, and step-by-step, readily reproducible
protocols. Authoritative and practical, Plant Circadian Networks:
Methods and Protocols, Second Edition is designed not only for the
chronobiology community dealing with circadian biology but also for
the plant community in general. "Period estimation and rhythm
detection in timeseries data using BioDare2, the free, online,
community resource" is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
This second edition provides new and updated protocols to
investigate clock-controlled parameters including period
estimations and entrainment measurements and modelling. Chapters
detail promoter activity using luciferase reporters,
fluorescent-tagging of clock proteins and cellular imaging, protein
level measurements, regulated RNA splicing detection,
post-translational modifications, protein-protein interactions, and
protein DNA/chromatin interactions. Additional chapters focus on
seasonal processes like hypocotyl growth and flowering time control
in annuals and trees, and techniques on soybean. Written in the
format of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology
series, each chapter includes an introduction to the topic, lists
necessary materials and reagents, includes tips on troubleshooting
and known pitfalls, and step-by-step, readily reproducible
protocols. Authoritative and practical, Plant Circadian Networks:
Methods and Protocols, Second Edition is designed not only for the
chronobiology community dealing with circadian biology but also for
the plant community in general. "Period estimation and rhythm
detection in timeseries data using BioDare2, the free, online,
community resource" is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
Fiduciary law is important transnationally, particularly in the
context of global capitalism. Fiduciary law's characteristic regard
for others offers a response to the pursuit of unconstrained
self-interest in business and government relations, potentially
implicating the exercise of both private and public power.
Stakeholders have invoked it not only to address traditional
private law matters, but also to enjoin transnational corporations
to respect human rights, to combat public corruption, and to
constrain national governments to respect the rights of Indigenous
Peoples. This book focuses on the processes through which
conceptualizations of fiduciary relationships and fiduciary norms
may (or may not) settle transnationally - or become unsettled - as
actors invoke fiduciary norms to address problems in different
domains, including across borders. It identifies complications and
challenges of any transnational convergence of fiduciary norms that
fiduciary theorists often elide. This book is also available as
Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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