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"An empowering and electrifying cumulative effect, these 201 stories of individuals from every walk of life, famous or unknown, who have been knocked down hard, and found a way to get back up and triumph. An amazing compilation. It is a must read for anyone who is making a comeback from a setback of any kind."

Ken Dychtwald, PhD, Best-selling Author, The Power Years, and President & CEO, Age Wave

"Given the right nutritional factors for healing, the human body has a remarkable ability to repair damage and recover from diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, high cholesterol, heart disease, chronic headaches and many others. As a physician utilizing nutritional excellence as a therapeutic modality, The first step: attitude. This book will help shape your attitude, whatever kind of comeback needs to be undertaken, and show you how much more you are capable of."

Joel Fuhrman, M.D., author of the best-selling Eat to Live

"This liberates one's spirit -- this set of so many accomplished people who have suffered great setbacks and rebounded. Failure is lonely and horribly isolating, but this book proves you are not alone. Everyone has setbacks. When you think you’ve got it bad, read some of these stories for inspiration.”

Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathoner, Best-selling Author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

"Instructive, inspirational and just flat-out fascinating. John Sarkett presents a collection of stories that will interest anyone who has ever felt like giving up or had doubts about accomplishing anything worthwhile in life. This book embodies the spirit of, "It isn't over until it's over."

Len Kasper, Chicago Cubs TV broadcaster

"These stories astonish -- one amazing chapter after another; one story more unbelievable than the last. Yet all true. The author allows them to speak for themselves. No preaching -- yet the life lessons and inspirations come through without bashing you over the head. If we indeed learn by example...then these are the lives to live by. This should be required reading for young people about to get "smacked upside the head" a few times by life. This book will give them 201 reasons to get up off the canvas and keep on keeping on. Older readers will be nodding in agreement -- wishing they had read this book forty years ago."

Tim Kazurinsky, screenwriter, actor, former cast member, "Saturday Night Live"

"Many people spend the bulk of their lives on the cusp of courage, often looking for a model or mentor who can help them take a leap. Though not all of us will find the mentor we need, courageous models are everywhere and this book tells us about 201 of them. These stories reflect the positive psychology of people we admire and they map out the paths to success across important life domains. The book is hard to put down."
Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D., assoc. professor, psychology, University of Kansas, academic specialties: positive psychology, hope, character education, psychosocial factors associated with academic achievement

"This book creates a can-do attitude. Buying one for each of my children, and recommending it to others. Everyone should read this book, but especially young people -- life is a long road, and you may need to know how to pick yourself up sometime."
Jim Mooney, president, Infinity Brokerage, Chicago

"Competition tennis, like life, has an ebb and flow to it. You're on the offense, then you're on the defense, you're up a break, you're down a break, up a set, down a set, whatever the case you've got to get back up again. Moment by moment, and across the entire match. And so it is with life itself. That's why I love these 201 short stories of how people "got back up" vs. different setbacks, at different times, in different places. It illustrates their motivations, mental toughness, creativity, and ultimately, it all comes down to real hard work. Some of these vignettes are just plain unforgettable, and the effect builds up, and pretty soon you're believing anything is possible. Very instructive while being a terrific read, goes down real easy. Bet you can't read just one...."

Chip Brooks, director of tennis, Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, IMG Academies, Bradenton, FL

Introduction:

A few words from your author on why he wrote this book . . .

I had a setback a few years ago. I needed to make a comeback. The great bull market of the late 1990s broke in 2000, collapsed in 2001, and took a lot of my (and a lot of other people’s) hard-won profits with it. Some health problems brought me down, too, the commonplace ailments, high cholesterol, high blood pressure. Around that time I found myself in a large bookstore and wandered over to the section with self-help, inspirational, and motivational psychology titles. I knew what I wanted: a compilation of simple stories, human stories, of people who had made a comeback against the odds. There was no such compilation, even on Amazon. That surprised me. So I would have to find my own. I started looking for stories about individuals who had made a comeback from some kind of adversity, adding them, one-by-one, to a small and informal collection that I had cut and torn from magazines and newspapers over the years. That compilation became this book.

If you made your way to this page, chances are pretty good that you are looking to make a comeback, too, or you know someone who is. I believe this book will help. We all know from life experience that life has an uncanny way of knocking us down. The great question: how do we get back up?

There’s good news—people do get back up. The human spirit is more resilient than hardened steel. It can take the blow, bend, reshape, re-form, come back, transcend. What is human spirit? We know where ideas come from—gray matter—and we have thousands of them each day. But human spirit? No scientist has ever found it, yet we are certain that it exists. It is a “God thing,” a faith thing. Spirit can endure, hope, imagine, fight back, overcome. This book tells the stories of more than two hundred individuals who refused to let formidable obstacles stop them. They found a way. No matter what.

You will, too.

When I tell people about this set of stories, they ask me, “What do they have in common? What is the secret to making a comeback?” Two things: First, the people in this book have never quit, not for good. Some might have given in to the sentiment expressed in the blues line, “I’m not going to quit you, but I’ve got to put you down for a while.” But they always picked it back up, whatever “it” was. Georgia O’Keeffe quit painting—for a while. Quincy Jones had to quit playing the trumpet, but became a top music producer. After being fired from Apple, Steve Jobs took a sabbatical, then started a new computer company. Col. Sanders retired at sixty-five from his restaurant business—but, unhappy with his meager pension, came back to found Kentucky Fried Chicken. The list goes on and on and on, proving that nothing can stop you, if you yourself don’t stop.

Second, they have worked, very hard. When Food Network star Paula Deen was starting her restaurant business, she worked a day job, a night job, and barbequed all night for her sandwich business. Emmanual Yeboah pedaled his bike across his native Ghana—370 miles—with one leg. Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes competed in a 226-mile race, running for seventy-five hours straight. Every story is unique, but each individual was making some sort of comeback.

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “There are no second acts in American life.” But these stories prove that statement is not true. A better, truer statement about setback is, “This too shall pass.” A setback can pass into a comeback. If you make it happen.

To be human is to be knocked down, and every single one of us is knocked down at one time or another. Some early on, some midway, some late. Small ways, big ways. The thing is to get up, to come back. Work. Have patience. As you’ll see, many comebacks take years.

So here are 201 Great Comebacks for you. Motivational speakers are great, and we need them, but these real stories are more eloquent and motivating still. Start reading—anywhere you like. Somewhere in this book you will find at least one story, quote, or image that speaks directly to you, and you’ll likely find more than one. It will stick in your mind. Stuck there, it will build your hope, and hope—a real biochemical in your brain—is powerful stuff. It will make you believe. It will give you ideas. Then, it will provide fuel, energy. The memory of your favorite comeback will drive you on when you are feeling too tired, low, or depressed to continue.

It is possible. You can make a comeback. You can make the darkness illuminate the light, as one of our subjects put it. That’s why I left the 201st story empty. It’s for you to write with your own life. And it starts right now. I wish you great success and a great comeback.

—John A. Sarkett
Chicago, Illinois (the city destroyed in the fire of 1871, only to come back greater than ever in the years that followed…)

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Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese Proverb

“When the morning’s freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish—it is then that you must not hesitate.” Dag Hammarskjöld

“Where there is no hope, one must invent hope.” Albert Camus

Amazing facts from Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity basketball team as a 10th grader.

J.S. Bach was not even considered a “good” musician by some in his day, and got passed over for a position he sought by musicians you’ve never even heard of.

Author Tom Clancy, military writer extraordinaire, was rejected for military service.

Rocky Marciano became a boxer after he couldn’t make it in his first love: baseball. He was cut from the Chicago Cubs.

George Foreman won back his heavyweight boxing crown -- at 45.

Muhammed Ali almost quit during his first big fight.

Colonel Sanders started KFC at 65 because his pension was so small; after two full years, he had sold just five franchises.

The IRS started proceedings to take Tony Bennett’s home at 55.

Frank Sinatra was considered a “has-been” at 34: fired from radio, concerts a flop, dropped by his agent, lost his voice, divorced. Some say he tried suicide.

J.K. Rowling was a welfare mom, living with her sister, while writing “Harry Potter.”

VP Dick Cheney flunked out of Yale.

Albert Einstein was considered a poor student; he failed to gain admittance to engineering school, and lamented his “lack of imagination” in a letter to a friend.

High school coach and former pro Jim Morris fulfilled an obligation to his high school team, showed up for an open call major league tryout with no expectations whatsoever, and made it all the way to the bigs, shocking himself and the whole world.

Sprinter Wilma Rudolph won Olympic gold – just 10 years after being in leg braces from polio.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong was stricken with cancer which spread through his body. He was given scant chance to live. He beat the cancer and won the grueling Tour de France – 7 years in a row. (see below)

Wiped out by the stock market crash of the Great Depression, Winston Churchill, 64, put his estate up for sale in 1938.

Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner tore knee ligaments in college football, and thought his sports career was over.

Kurt Warner was cut from several NFL teams along the way, and at one point, was stocking shelves in the Hy-Vee supermarket in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for $5.50 an hour (1994. He kept coming back though. In 1999, he would lead the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl victory, and earn a six-year, $47.5 million contract.

These are just a few of the stories featured in Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success.

And more from candidates being considered for volume II (for publication: 2008)

Home Depot was founded by two individuals who were fired from California retailer Handy Dan.

The founder of Federal Express wrote a college paper on the need for a new transportation system; it got a C, the story goes, but the idea proved to be worth $40 billion.

Superstar author John Grisham purchased 1,000 copies of his first book himself, peddling them out of his car trunk at garden-club meetings and libraries and giving many of them away to family and friends.

Evander Holyfield won the heavyweight crown three times, (once while in a state of heart failure), and $200 million, but was too small to play high school football.

Founder of the Motown Sound Berry Gordy Jr. got into music production because his jazz record store went bust.

A star in Jamaica, but earning just $10 per week in record royalties, reggae superstar-to-be Bob Marley quit performing for a time to come to the U.S. and work as a janitor in the Dupont Hotel, Wilmington, Delaware.

Willie Nelson was more than broke at 57, owing the IRS $13 million. He agreed to work it off over five years, but paid his debt in just three.

After splitting with Ike, Tina Turner subsisted on food stamps.

Jim Abbott pitched 10 years in the major leagues – with no right hand.

These and many, many other stories prove it's not what happens, it's the attitude the makes the difference.

Excerpt: Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success

Lance Armstrong

Cancer survivor, 7 time Tour de France cycling champion

"I’ve never been addicted to being on the podium and getting the applause. For me, the rush was the work that went into it and the outcome. That was enough for me."

Lance Armstrong was very nearly on top of the world in the autumn of 1996. He was the No. 7 ranked cyclist in the world. He signed a $600,000 contract with France’s Team Cofidis. There was only one problem — a soreness in his groin that wouldn’t go away. Finally, he saw a doctor. Diagnosis: testicular cancer.

Armstrong had surgery to remove a testicle the very next day, but the situation drastically worsened. Tumors spread to his abdomen, lungs, and lymph nodes. So Armstrong started an aggressive chemotherapy regimen, with the odds in his favor: He was told he had a 65 percent to 85 percent chance to beat the cancer and live. But when doctors found tumors on his brain, the odds of his survival fell to 2 percent. To keep Armstrong positive, the doctors didn’t share this number with him. After brain surgery and more chemotherapy, Armstrong beat the 98 percent odds against him. He was declared cancer-free in February 1997.

Now would begin another battle — winning back his place in cycling. Throughout his struggle with cancer, Armstrong had always said he would compete again, but no one in the racing world believed him. Team Cofidis canceled his contract, but Armstrong replaced it with a $200,000 deal from the U.S. Postal Service team. Back in competitive shape in 1998, Armstrong took fourth place at the World Road Race Championship and won several other big races.

In the summer of 1999, amazingly, he achieved his dream: Armstrong won the 2,274-mile Tour de France by more than seven minutes under his closest rival. Averaging a record-breaking twenty-five miles per hour, he became only the second American to win the Tour de France (the first was Greg LeMond in 1986, 1989, and 1990.) Even more amazing, Armstrong won again in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005—seven consecutive victories in all. It was arguably the greatest comeback in sports history.

The 201:

EXTRAORDINARY COMEBACKS
201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success

Adventure

53. Wally “Famous” Amos

106. James Thurber

155. Carol Eustice

1. Sir Edmund Hillary

54. Mary Kay Ash

107. Mark Twain

156. Viktor Frankl

2. Admiral Robert Edwin Peary

55. Dale Carnegie

108. Walt Whitman

157. Dr. Joel Fuhrman

3. Erik Weihenmayer

56. Jim Clark

158. Bethany Hamilton

57. Mark D. Cook

Media

159. Florence Klein

Arts

58. Clive Davis

109. Terry Bradshaw

160. Aimee Mullins

4. Dame Julie Andrews

59. Paula Deen

110. Dr. Joyce Brothers

161. Dr. James Pennebaker

5. Georgia O’Keeffe

60. Ken Dychtwald

111. Art Buchwald

162. Dr. András Petõ

6. “Grandma” Moses

61. Chris Gardner

112. Betsy Carter

163. Dr. Paul Ridker

7. Pablo Picasso

62. Bill Gates

113. Neil Cavuto

164. Mary Vincent

8. Norman Rockwell

63. Lee Iacocca

114. Carol Gardner

165. Heather Whitestone

64. Steve Jobs

115. Katharine Graham

166. Carnie Wilson

Athletics

65. Ray Kroc

116. Lauren Hutton

167. Oprah Winfrey

9. 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes

66. Larry Kudlow

117. Graham Kerr

168. Paul Wittgenstein

10. 2004 Boston Red Sox

67. Judy Resnick

118. Larry King

169. Charles “Chuck” E. Yeager

11. Andre Agassi

68. Colonel Harland Sanders

119. Rush Limbaugh

12. Muhammad Ali

69. George Soros

120. Dr. Phil McGraw

Politics and Public Service

13. Lance Armstrong

70. Donald Trump

121. Heather Mills

170. James Brady

14. Paul Azinger

71. Ted Turner

122. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

171. Richard “Dick” B. Cheney

15. Billy Beane

123. Sally Jessy Raphael

172. Max Cleland

16. James “Jimmy” J. Braddock

Film, TV, and Show Business

124. Rachel Ray

173. William Jefferson Clinton

17. Jennifer Capriati

72. Lucille Ball

125. Mike Wallace

174. Hillary Rodham Clinton

18. Jimmy Connors

73. George Burns

175. Rudolph Giuliani

19. Roger Crawford

74. Art Carney

Military

176. Albert “Al” A. Gore

20. Glenn Cunningham

75. Dick Clark

126. Winston Churchill

177. Mike Huckabee

21. Doug Flutie

76. Walt Disney

127. General Douglas MacArthur

178. John F. Kennedy

22. George Foreman

77. It’s a Wonderful Life

128. John McCain

179. Abraham Lincoln

23. Scott Hamilton

78. Quincy Jones

180. Ronald Reagan

24. Lis Hartel

79. Jack Klugman

Music, Classical

181. Franklin D. Roosevelt

25. Tony Hawk

80. Lisa Kudrow

129. Johann Sebastian Bach

182. Count István Széchenyi

26. Ben Hogan

81. Al Pacino

130. Béla Bartók

183. Harry S. Truman

27. Lou Holtz

82. Christopher Reeve

131. Rachel Barton

28. Ernie Irvan

83. Burt Reynolds

132. Ludwig van Beethoven

Poverty

29. Dan Jansen

84. Joan Rivers

133. José Carreras, Three Tenors

184. Liz Murray

30. Bruce Jenner

85. Edward G. Robinson

134. Evelyn Glennie

185. Paul Polak

31. Earvin “Magic” Johnson

86. William Shatner

135. Vladimir Horowitz

186. Iyanla Vanzant

32. Michael Jordan

87. Sylvester Stallone

136. Itzhak Perlman

187. Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

33. Dean Karnazes

88. Jimmy Stewart

137. Sergei Rachmaninoff

34. Bobby Knight

89. The Flying Wallendas

138. Franz Schubert

Science

35. Mario Lemieux

139. Sir Georg Solti

188. Dr. Robert Atkins

36. Rocky Marciano

Justice

189. Chester Carlson

37. Jim Morris

90. Erin Brockovich

Music, Pop

190. Marie Curie

38. Ric Munoz

91. Nelson Mandela

140. Tony Bennett

191. Albert Einstein

39. Joe Namath

141. Chuck Berry

192. Buckminster Fuller

40. Jesse Owens

Literature

142. Cher

193. Stephen Hawking

41. Leroy R. “Satchel” Paige

92. Joseph Brodsky

143. Nat King Cole

194. John Nash

42. Jimmy Piersall

93. Tom Clancy

144. John Lee Hooker

195. Albert Szent-Györgyi

43. Wilma Rudolph

94. Janet Evanovich

145. Carlos Santana

44. Rudy Ruettiger

95. Stephen King

146. Frank Sinatra

Spirituality

45. Monica Seles

96. Louis L’Amour

147. Shania Twain

196. The Dalai Lama

46. Karen Smyers

97. Jack London

148. Brian Wilson

197. Rabbi Harold Kushner

47. Roger Staubach

98. Herman Melville

149. Neil Young

198. Mukhtar Mai

48. Karoly Takacs

99. Arthur Miller

199. Phan Thi Kim Phuc

49. Kurt Warner

100. John Milton

Physical and Emotional Challenges

200. Joni Eareckson Tada

50. Charlie Wedemeyer

101. J. K. Rowling

150. Dr. Jan Brunstrom

201. Jesus Christ

51. Ted Williams

102. Aleksandr Solzenitsyn

151. Dr. Deepak Chopra

52. Tiger Woods
103. Theodor Dr. Seuss Geisel
152. Dr. Woosik Chung
202. Your Comeback

104. Shinkichi Takahashi
153. Norman Cousins
Epilogue

Business 105. Studs Terkel 154. Fran Drescher Index

Finis! Thanks for visiting. Wishing you an Extraordinary Comeback! JS

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Adventure	53. Wally “Famous” Amos	106. James Thurber	155. Carol Eustice
1. Sir Edmund Hillary	54. Mary Kay Ash	107. Mark Twain	156. Viktor Frankl
2. Admiral Robert Edwin Peary	55. Dale Carnegie	108. Walt Whitman	157. Dr. Joel Fuhrman
3. Erik Weihenmayer	56. Jim Clark		158. Bethany Hamilton
	57. Mark D. Cook	Media	159. Florence Klein
Arts	58. Clive Davis	109. Terry Bradshaw	160. Aimee Mullins
4. Dame Julie Andrews	59. Paula Deen	110. Dr. Joyce Brothers	161. Dr. James Pennebaker
5. Georgia O’Keeffe	60. Ken Dychtwald	111. Art Buchwald	162. Dr. András Petõ
6. “Grandma” Moses	61. Chris Gardner	112. Betsy Carter	163. Dr. Paul Ridker
7. Pablo Picasso	62. Bill Gates	113. Neil Cavuto	164. Mary Vincent
8. Norman Rockwell	63. Lee Iacocca	114. Carol Gardner	165. Heather Whitestone
	64. Steve Jobs	115. Katharine Graham	166. Carnie Wilson
Athletics	65. Ray Kroc	116. Lauren Hutton	167. Oprah Winfrey
9. 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes	66. Larry Kudlow	117. Graham Kerr	168. Paul Wittgenstein
10. 2004 Boston Red Sox	67. Judy Resnick	118. Larry King	169. Charles “Chuck” E. Yeager
11. Andre Agassi	68. Colonel Harland Sanders	119. Rush Limbaugh
12. Muhammad Ali	69. George Soros	120. Dr. Phil McGraw	Politics and Public Service
13. Lance Armstrong	70. Donald Trump	121. Heather Mills	170. James Brady
14. Paul Azinger	71. Ted Turner	122. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	171. Richard “Dick” B. Cheney
15. Billy Beane		123. Sally Jessy Raphael	172. Max Cleland
16. James “Jimmy” J. Braddock	Film, TV, and Show Business	124. Rachel Ray	173. William Jefferson Clinton
17. Jennifer Capriati	72. Lucille Ball	125. Mike Wallace	174. Hillary Rodham Clinton
18. Jimmy Connors	73. George Burns		175. Rudolph Giuliani
19. Roger Crawford	74. Art Carney	Military	176. Albert “Al” A. Gore
20. Glenn Cunningham	75. Dick Clark	126. Winston Churchill	177. Mike Huckabee
21. Doug Flutie	76. Walt Disney	127. General Douglas MacArthur	178. John F. Kennedy
22. George Foreman	77. It’s a Wonderful Life	128. John McCain	179. Abraham Lincoln
23. Scott Hamilton	78. Quincy Jones		180. Ronald Reagan
24. Lis Hartel	79. Jack Klugman	Music, Classical	181. Franklin D. Roosevelt
25. Tony Hawk	80. Lisa Kudrow	129. Johann Sebastian Bach	182. Count István Széchenyi
26. Ben Hogan	81. Al Pacino	130. Béla Bartók	183. Harry S. Truman
27. Lou Holtz	82. Christopher Reeve	131. Rachel Barton
28. Ernie Irvan	83. Burt Reynolds	132. Ludwig van Beethoven	Poverty
29. Dan Jansen	84. Joan Rivers	133. José Carreras, Three Tenors	184. Liz Murray
30. Bruce Jenner	85. Edward G. Robinson	134. Evelyn Glennie	185. Paul Polak
31. Earvin “Magic” Johnson	86. William Shatner	135. Vladimir Horowitz	186. Iyanla Vanzant
32. Michael Jordan	87. Sylvester Stallone	136. Itzhak Perlman	187. Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
33. Dean Karnazes	88. Jimmy Stewart	137. Sergei Rachmaninoff
34. Bobby Knight	89. The Flying Wallendas	138. Franz Schubert	Science
35. Mario Lemieux		139. Sir Georg Solti	188. Dr. Robert Atkins
36. Rocky Marciano	Justice		189. Chester Carlson
37. Jim Morris	90. Erin Brockovich	Music, Pop	190. Marie Curie
38. Ric Munoz	91. Nelson Mandela	140. Tony Bennett	191. Albert Einstein
39. Joe Namath		141. Chuck Berry	192. Buckminster Fuller
40. Jesse Owens	Literature	142. Cher	193. Stephen Hawking
41. Leroy R. “Satchel” Paige	92. Joseph Brodsky	143. Nat King Cole	194. John Nash
42. Jimmy Piersall	93. Tom Clancy	144. John Lee Hooker	195. Albert Szent-Györgyi
43. Wilma Rudolph	94. Janet Evanovich	145. Carlos Santana
44. Rudy Ruettiger	95. Stephen King	146. Frank Sinatra	Spirituality
45. Monica Seles	96. Louis L’Amour	147. Shania Twain	196. The Dalai Lama
46. Karen Smyers	97. Jack London	148. Brian Wilson	197. Rabbi Harold Kushner
47. Roger Staubach	98. Herman Melville	149. Neil Young	198. Mukhtar Mai
48. Karoly Takacs	99. Arthur Miller		199. Phan Thi Kim Phuc
49. Kurt Warner	100. John Milton	Physical and Emotional Challenges	200. Joni Eareckson Tada
50. Charlie Wedemeyer	101. J. K. Rowling	150. Dr. Jan Brunstrom	201. Jesus Christ
51. Ted Williams	102. Aleksandr Solzenitsyn	151. Dr. Deepak Chopra
52. Tiger Woods	103. Theodor Dr. Seuss Geisel	152. Dr. Woosik Chung	202. Your Comeback
	104. Shinkichi Takahashi	153. Norman Cousins	Epilogue
Business	105. Studs Terkel	154. Fran Drescher	Index

Here's what they're saying about:

Introduction:

A few words from your author on why he wrote this book . . .

Excerpt: Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success

Lance Armstrong

Cancer survivor, 7 time Tour de France cycling champion