What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople--and everyone else--with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others. Whether you're coaching soccer or teaching a child to play the ...
In 2004, when he was on the verge of his sixth straight victory in the Tour de France, the legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong talked with sports journalist Daniel Coyle, and the result was this likable, gripping, and thorough account of Armstrong's life and career. The book of course covers Armstrong's bout with testicular cancer in 1996--cancer ...
In the heart of Cabrini-Green, Chicago's most notorious housing project, a group of kids and their white-collar coaches triumph over the odds through Little League baseball. A narrative tour de force that reveals not only a deeply troubling image of the way things are, but also a glimpse of the way they might be.
Where does talent come from? How does it grow? The surprising answer begins with a substance in our brains: myelin. Until recently myelin was considered an inert form of insulation for brain cells. New research has revealed that it is much more-that it may in fact be the holy grail of acquiring skill. What's even more exciting is that it grows in ...
'Talent. You've either got it or you haven't.' Not true, actually. In "The Talent Code", award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that, far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth, ability really can be created and nurtured. In the process, he considers talent at work in venues as diverse as a ...
Sara was driving when her 4-year-old son was killed in a car accident. Two years later, she is still sunk in grief. A nurse in a Seattle hospital, Sara begins working with a patient who is assumed brain-dead. When he starts to speak, and to tell her the remarkable story of what happened to him, she finds that she is able to tell him about her own ...
Journalist Daniel Coyle delivers the moving, inspirational story of a season in the life of a Little League baseball team in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project. Coyle takes us inside the lives of these young players and captures the harsh reality of their environment. "Dazzling".--San Francisco Chronicle.
Famous for his bravery in conquering cancer to become a champion again, cyclist Lance Armstrong rewrote the record books again in 2004 when he won the Tour de France for a sixth time. This book follows his progress, and those of his rivals, throughout a fascinating season of racing. 'The Tour de France is the ultimate sporting event - imagine a ...
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