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 enlarge | Author: Lance Armstrong
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 81211
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0767914481
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.62092
EAN: 9780767914482
ASIN: 0767914481
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages.
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 Lance Armstrong children's book February 7, 2007
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a children's book written by Lance Armstrong's first wife. I did not know this when I bought it for my adult son. My fault--I should have done more research!
 A lot rehashed from previous book February 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are looking for exhaustive autobiographical coverage of Lance Armstrong, then you may choose to read this book, because it does offer insight into the life and times of Lance after the demise of his marriage. Much of the material, however, is rehashed from the previous book, which I read only the day before this one; as a result, much of the material felt very repetitive. My money was better spent on "23 days in July" and "Lance Armstrong's War..."
Every Second Counts December 13, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is about Lance Armstrong winning the Tour de France seven times. This book was disappointing. It probably wouldn't have been if I hadn't read his first book, It's Not About the Bike. It's Not About the Bike was a great book and I loved it, but Every Second Counts is repetitive and the first half is basically the second half of It's Not About the Bike. Lance Armstrong is a smart, brave and in my opinion, a cool guy, but this book doesn't show that. Lance gets cancer and then goes on to win the Tour de France seven times. This is an amazing feat, but the descriptions of all seven Tours are very similar: Train hard, go to the Tour, win, and celebrate.
I do not recommend Every Second Counts, but I recommend his first book. For the reasons stated. It's repetitive, boring, and not exciting. The same thing could be mentioned more than once. For example, survivorship is stated in the book several times. Frankly, this book wasn't hard to put down, but hard to pick up. A reason that it's boring is that there were no surprises or cliffhangers. This book didn't live up to my expectations, nor will it yours.
 A good reminder to seize the day October 6, 2006
I picked this up at the airport looking for an interesting, easy read during a business trip. Since I've recently become a fan of cycling I thought this would fit the bill, and it did.
Lance describes, more than anything, his point of view on life after surviving cancer. He doesn't come across as a do-it-all superhero, but rather as someone who is driven to excel at whatever his passion is, while trying to retain his humanity and stop and smell the roses. He talks about his work ethic and what it took for him to become a world champion cyclist. It is helpful at times if the reader is interested in the sport, but I think he covers those topics in a way that anyone would enjoy the stories. They are about persistence and teamwork and leadership more than the technicalities of racing.
I read this book at time when I was personally trying to find some new direction, so this book hit me with the right amount of motivation to move ahead. Carpe Diem!
It's an easy read, and was well worth the time.
another cocky bio by the same cocky guy September 30, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
interesting enough, lance loves to blather on about how its important that one cannot get absorbed in himself, but rather be about the team. i quote lance "if you aren't thinking 'team,' you got left home." ok, sounds alright. then i flip a page and read further: [floyd landis got second place in a race]..."I patted myself on the back for being smart enough to recognize how good he was before he saw it for himself..." ok lance, we get the point, you're awesome at everything, including being 'smart.' but you don't quite understand the 'team' concept
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