- ISBN13: 9780312311162
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
In California, a team of talented young men begin pursuing the most elusive dream in sports, the Olympic Games. The pressure steadily increases as two best friends (a mentor and his protégé) reach the top of the world rankings and unexpectedly find themselves direct competitors. Their teammates include an emerging star methodically plotting to retrace his father’s path to Olympic glory, as well as a super-extraordinary athlete desperate to walk away from it all…. More >>
Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory
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This book was an excellent example of human will and the sacrifices an athlete makes to achieve a dream. It was an engrossing page turner and I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I love this sports book!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I hate Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I’m not interested in reading a book that makes you feel warm and musy for three seconds and then allows you to live your life the same way thereafter. So normally, I won’t read an “inspirational” book. But this book was amazing! First of all, it didn’t just talk about who we would expect, like Moses or Krayzelburg. This just went into detail about one swim club, and shared the stories of the top swimmers from there, even though they weren’t all gold medalists. Further, you got to see all sides of their story. How they got into swimming, what the press thought of them, how they interacted with each other, how they did at other meets. The whole book is so interesting, and you will laugh and you will cry. Most importantly you will stay up until 4AM all week until you finish it because this is not a book you can easily put down!
Rating: 5 / 5
I hate Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I’m not interested in reading a book that makes you feel warm and musy for three seconds and then allows you to live your life the same way thereafter. So normally, I won’t read an “inspirational” book. But this book was amazing! First of all, it didn’t just talk about who we would expect, like Moses or Krayzelburg. This just went into detail about one swim club, and shared the stories of the top swimmers from there, even though they weren’t all gold medalists. Further, you got to see all sides of their story. How they got into swimming, what the press thought of them, how they interacted with each other, how they did at other meets. The whole book is so interesting, and you will laugh and you will cry. Most importantly you will stay up until 4AM all week until you finish it because this is not a book you can easily put down!
Rating: 5 / 5
I feel like I have been to the Olympics. This book is as grand and awesome as it is deft and smart–It presents a snapshot so intimate and truthful about the elite athlete and the drama of every day & every minute counting. A friend (former swimmer) gave me an early copy of the book and said I would learn to love swimming by the time I was finished. She was right. I almost jumped out of my seat to shout encouragement and I didn’t what it to end. That’s how affecting and personal this story is. But more to the point, the book reminded me why I loved sports in general. Like Chariots of Fire, Hoop Dreams, and sports books like Lance Armstrong’s “It’s Not About The Bike,” the athletes here are heroes whether they win or lose. Should be required reading for any sports enthusiast!
Rating: 5 / 5