It's Not About the Bike

Name: It's Not About the Bike
ISBN: 9780756913625

My Journey Back to Life

by Lance Armstrong · first published 1999

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mindcrime · May 12, 2022 · Recommends

It's hard to know what somebody else will find inspiring, but I can share a handful that I personally found to be so: The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong Ultramarathon Man - Dean Karnazes Charles Proteus Steinmetz: The Electrical Wizard of Schenectady - Robert Bly Report From Engine Co 82 - Dennis Smith The Universe Speaks in Numbers:…
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markm · May 29, 2008 · Recommends

These might not be biographies but they are good non fiction. It's not about the bike, my journey back to life. - Lance Armstrong Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman! - R. Feynman Into thin air - J. Krakauer
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jing · Oct 3, 2010 · Recommends

…(textbook) The Road to Serfdom The Smartest Guys in the Room Fortune's Formula The Fourth Turning Inside the House of Money --- ENTREPRENEURSHIP / COMPUTERS (non-textbook) --- Masters of Doom It's Not About the Bike Dot. Bomb Founders at Work The PayPal Wars Coders at Work The Mousedriver Chronicles Leaving Microsoft to Change the World The Soul of a New Machine Startup The Hypomanic Edge Small Giants Small…
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mindcrime · Sep 22, 2022 · Recommends

…The Wires - Kevin Mitnick The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick The Art of Intrusion - Kevin Mitnick Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong Ultramarathon Man - Dean Karnazes Charles Proteus Steinmetz: The Electrical Wizard of Schenectady - Robert Bly Report From Engine Co 82 - Dennis Smith Positioning: The Battle for…
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rovils · Aug 24, 2012 · Recommends

Thanks for submitting this. Personally I am sad to know of this. He had been a personal hero since I have read his book "It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life" which really helped me go on, one point of my life The world needs heroes they can look upto and this kind of thing can shatter the believes. Lance should have continued the…
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