In FORCES OF CHARACTER, three-time Super Bowl Champion, College Football Hall of Famer and Fighter Pilot Chad Hennings presents a series of conversations with extraordinary individuals who have lived a life of high moral and functional character; people who demonstrate habits of excellence consistently, who elevate their performance toward a noble purpose, and who begin lifting others to their highest potential. Through candid interviews with an array of luminaries, Hennings explores the transformational moments, the mentors and the mindsets that have shaped the lives of his subjects, including: Roger Staubach - Navy Veteran and Pro Football Hall of Famer Tom Henricks - NASA Space Shuttle Commander Gregg Popovich - 5x NBA Championship Head Coach of the San Antonio Spurs Carey Casey - CEO of the National Center for Fathering Dr. Edith Eva Eger - Holocaust Survivor and international Speaker Jason Garrett - Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Bob Sweeney - Homeless Warrior and Executive Director of Dallas Life Virginia Prodan - International Freedom Fighter Troy Aikman - 3x Super Bowl Champion, Pro Football Hall of Famer, Broadcaster Special Guest - High Level Government Official The Forces of Character in this book have made a conscious choice to try to live every day as their best possible self, to lift others to their full potential and to elevate the performance of those around them. Whether readers learn about mental toughness and the power of a positive attitude from Edie Eger; the symbiotic relationship between character and leadership from Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman; the imperative of choosing high-integrity people for your organization from Gregg Popovich; having the courage to stand by your decisions from Tom Henricks; the importance of consciously being a mentor from Carey Casey, or any other phenomenal piece of advice from the icons in this book, whatever your takeaway is, the journey to becoming a force of character can begin with this book.

Forces of Character: Conversations About Building A Life Of Impact

Business & Money

Finkel, Jon

Hennings, Chad

Business Culture

Hennings Management Corporation

Tastebudless Bud is a fantastical story about an adventurous boy named Bud whose family owns a donut shop and lives above it. One night, a mysterious rolling pin crashes through the ceiling and slams through a wall behind the shop’s oven, opening a portal to another land in the Milky Way Galaxy called Doughnesia, where all the food made of dough is alive! Suddenly, Bud finds himself smack dab in the middle of the biggest food fight in the universe, where Bagels and Donuts are locked into a win-at-all-costs Batter Battle against giant, evil Pizzas. In order to get home and to save his family’s shop, Bud forms an alliance with the Bagels and Donuts that takes him on an eye-opening, mouth-watering, Alice in Wonderland-type journey with characters like the head of the powdered doughnuts, William Powdered Taft, the frosted doughnuts commander, President George Frostington, the sesame bagels leader, General Ulysesames S. Grant, and many more! It’s every kids’ favorite bakery come to life! Visit his website: www.jonfinkel.com or follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @Jon_Finkel

Tastebudless Bud: Epic Tales from Doughnesia and How I Won the Food Fight of the Century

Children's Books

Humor

JHF Publishing

Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football

Featuring Forewords by Franco Harris and Dan Rooney Mean Joe Greene's memoir is a master class in determination, domination and perseverance. For the first time ever, the College and Pro Football Hall of Famer gives readers an unflinching look at his rise from high school bully-victim and bench warmer to North Texas legend and Steelers icon. Many years before he would anchor the most-feared, most-successful defense the NFL had ever seen, Joe Greene was just a big, timid kid from Temple, Texas struggling to find his confidence as a teenager being raised by a single mother. In his compelling, eye-opening autobiography, Greene takes readers on an unprecedented tour of his life, exploring the people who influenced him and the events that shaped him: from humiliating high school embarrassments to the grit and guts that led to four Super Bowl titles. Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football is the inside story of how a series of mentors, mindset changes and maybe some luck helped a young man turn a scholarship offer from a small college in Texas into a selection as an All-American, a first-round draft pick in the NFL and a life in football that would net him six Super Bowl rings, including two as a coach. As the first book in the Football Matters' 'Built By Football' series, Greene discusses how football helped shape his character, his leadership skills, taught him humility and integrity, and helped him learn the lessons he would use throughout his life as a player, husband, father, friend and coach.

Greene, Joe

Biographies & Memoirs

Archervision, Inc.

Featuring Forewords by Franco Harris and Dan Rooney Mean Joe Greene's memoir is a master class in determination, domination and perseverance. For the first time ever, the College and Pro Football Hall of Famer gives readers an unflinching look at his rise from high school bully-victim and bench warmer to North Texas legend and Steelers icon. Many years before he would anchor the most-feared, most-successful defense the NFL had ever seen, Joe Greene was just a big, timid kid from Temple, Texas struggling to find his confidence as a teenager being raised by a single mother. In his compelling, eye-opening autobiography, Greene takes readers on an unprecedented tour of his life, exploring the people who influenced him and the events that shaped him: from humiliating high school embarrassments to the grit and guts that led to four Super Bowl titles. Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football is the inside story of how a series of mentors, mindset changes and maybe some luck helped a young man turn a scholarship offer from a small college in Texas into a selection as an All-American, a first-round draft pick in the NFL and a life in football that would net him six Super Bowl rings, including two as a coach. As the first book in the Football Matters' 'Built By Football' series, Greene discusses how football helped shape his character, his leadership skills, taught him humility and integrity, and helped him learn the lessons he would use throughout his life as a player, husband, father, friend and coach.

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward

The complete, ultimate biography of Heisman Trophy winner, Florida State national champion and New York Knicks point guard Charlie Ward
It takes a once-in-a-generation athlete to win a national championship as a quarterback for Florida State, reach the Sweet Sixteen three times as a point guard for his school, and then go on to become a starting guard for the New York Knicks in an NBA Finals. Yes, Charlie Ward's athletic accomplishments truly know no peer. Combine a twelve-year NBA career with a College Football Hall of Fame career and the portrait of a humble, magnanimous leader takes shape.
The Athlete is the first definitive biography of Charlie Ward. Culled from hundreds of articles, clippings, books and original interviews with those who know Charlie best, this story begins with a foundation of college athletic excellence laid down by his father. From there, Jon Finkel traces Ward's background from small-town Thomasville, Georgia to football-crazed Tallahassee to basketball Mecca Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ward's remarkable journey includes staggering setbacks--from a near career-ending leg injury in high school, to academic obstacles prior to attending Florida State, to not being drafted by an NFL team after winning the Heisman Trophy. Through it all, Charlie's calm demeanor, high character and unshakeable faith buoyed his belief that be it basketball or football, grades or career, he was going to succeed and set a strong example along the way.
As electrifying as Charlie Ward's highlight reel, The Athlete is a towering sports biography, epic in scope and triumphant in its portrayal of one of the greatest modern athletes the world has ever seen.

It takes a once-in-a-generation athlete to win a national championship as a quarterback for Florida State, reach the Elite Eight as a point guard for his school, and then go on to become a starting guard for the New York Knicks in an NBA Finals. Yes, Charlie Ward's athletic accomplishments truly know no peer. Combine an eleven-year NBA career with a College Football Hall of Fame career and the portrait of a humble, magnanimous leader takes shape.
The Athlete is the first definitive biography of Charlie Ward. Culled from hundreds of articles, clippings, books and original interviews with those who know Charlie best, this story begins with a foundation of college athletic excellence laid down by his father. From there, Jon Finkel traces Ward's background from small-town Thomasville, Georgia to football-crazed Tallahassee to basketball Mecca Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ward's remarkable journey includes staggering setbacks--from a near career-ending leg injury in high school, to academic obstacles prior to attending Florida State, to not being drafted by an NFL team after winning the Heisman Trophy. Through it all, Charlie's calm demeanor, high character and unshakeable faith buoyed his belief that be it basketball or football, grades or career, he was going to succeed and set a strong example along the way.
As electrifying as Charlie Ward's highlight reel, The Athlete is a towering sports biography, epic in scope and triumphant in its portrayal of one of the greatest modern athletes the world has ever seen.

JF Publishing

For the first time in US History, every single president's athletic ability has been researched, reviewed and ranked by acclaimed author Jon Finkel (GQ, Men's Fitness, Life of Dad, The Athlete).
Which president saved 77 lives as a lifeguard? Which one's lucky handball is still sitting in the Smithsonian over a century after he last played with it? Which president invented a sport? Or practiced jiu-jitsu three afternoons a week while in office? Or was an NCAA champion? The answers to these questions (in order: Reagan, Lincoln, Hoover, T. Roosevelt, Ford) don't even scratch the surface of the awesome athletic information covered in Jocks in Chief.
By combining his fitness and sportswriting backgrounds, Finkel takes a thorough, and often hilarious, look at the athletic resumes of every single Commander-in-Chief. From the good (George H.W. Bush played in the College World Series) to the bad (Donald Trump doesn’t believe in exercise) to the ugly (Calvin Coolidge regularly rode an electric horse in the White House).
In order to objectively rank each president, Finkel invented the White House Athlete Ranking (WH.A.R.), whichgives a score of 1 - 10 across five categories, with each president receiving a total score from 0 to 50. The higher the score, the higher the president ranks athletically compared to his fellow POTUS’s.
The WH.A.R. Categories Are:
Executive Power – Ranks a president’s overall physical strength.
Running Ability – Ranks a president’s physical fitness and cardio throughout their life (both before and after office).
Fit for Office – Ranks how fit a president stayed once in office.
Executive Experience – Ranks the athletic accomplishments of a president.
Mettle of Honor – Ranks a president’s athletic toughness and endurance.

Jocks In Chief: The Ultimate Countdown Ranking the Most Athletic Presidents, from the Fight Crazy to the Spectacularly Lazy

Humor & Entertainment

Heart Over Height tells the motivational story of how three-time Nba Slam Dunk Champion Nate Robinson combined an unstoppable will with dogged determination to achieve his goals, and how those traits can apply to anyone facing their own seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Heart Over Height

Sports & Outdoors

Robinson, Nate

Biographies

Lulu Publishing Services

In THE DADVANTAGE, Jon Finkel applies the same humor and logic he made popular in his national magazine columns to prove to men that being in shape and fatherhood aren't mutually exclusive. Relying on his first-hand experience as a dad and his time as a writer for the world’s largest fitness publications, Finkel’s book is as much a real-world guide for men to follow about how to make wise health decisions post-baby as it is a playbook for men to maximize their minutes during the craziest time of their lives.   The book is divided into four fast chapters:  Chapter I: Pre-Baby Prep & Owning the Delivery  Chapter II: Discovering & Maximizing Workout Windows  Chapter III: How to Get Jacked Using Your Baby (Safely)  Chapter IV: The 100% Simplest, Proven New Dad Diet That Guarantees Weight Loss  Chapters I and II of the book reveal why the mainstream expectations put on new fathers to set their health aside for the good of their wife and child is ridiculous, why men shouldn't feel guilty about taking care of themselves and how every guy absolutely has the time in his existing schedule to perform some practical, easy exercises throughout the day to stay in shape.   Chapters III and IV take a unique look at how new dads can use the simple things around them to fit in short, one or two minute workouts. Exercises like "Car Seat Curls", "Baby Bjorn Lunges" and "Mailbox Intervals" transform everyday dad activities into calorie burners and muscle builders. The final chapter shows men how simple, subtle meal changes can have lasting and impressive effects on their diet and physique with minimal effort.   The fact is, most men will probably gain weight during their wife’s pregnancy. We don’t want to, but we will. I did.   Unfortunately, guys don't have access to the one-day miracle weight loss plan that women utilize called giving birth. One minute, a woman is bursting at the seams with child, the next minute; she's 15 pounds lighter. Three months later, she's 30 pounds lighter. For men, what was once affectionately called "sympathy weight" is now referred to as "being fat". Once a guy is fat for a certain amount of time, he has officially "let himself go". And once he's "let himself go", it's not easy to get himself back.

The Dadvantage: A Blueprint for New Fathers to Stay in Shape on No Sleep, with No Time and No Equipment

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Men's Health

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

On its 25th anniversary, relive the legend-stacked, dynasty-packed, most iconic sports year ever with the athletes, teams, and more whose collective influence affected every aspect of a generation of sports and pop culture fans--Jordan, Shaq, Iverson, Kobe, Gretzky, Tiger, Griffey, Jeter, Tyson, the Cowboys, the Yankees, the Bulls, The Rock, Stone Cold, Kentucky, Florida, Agassi, Graf, the Williams Sisters, Happy Gilmore, Space Jam, the Olympics in Atlanta, Muhammad Ali, the Magnificent Seven and more! Take a rollicking tour through the sports world of 1996, when debuts, comebacks, movies, and pop culture crossover changed the sports landscape forever. From college to the Olympics to the pros; from the NBA to golf, tennis, and boxing, 1996 was home to athletes and teams who were among the best marketed, most beloved, colorful, and greatest in history. In 1996: A Biography, sportswriter and author Jon Finkel uncovers the stories behind the stories while interviewing a who's who of '96ers to reveal in thrilling detail how their collective influence on sports and pop culture still resonates to this day. For those of us who remember when Iverson, Kobe, The Rock and Stone Cold, the MLS and the WNBA all debuted; when the US Women's Olympic Gymnastics Team--the Magnificent Seven--won gold for the first time in history; when Mike Tyson and Magic Johnson made their comebacks; when MTV's Rock n' Jock, Michael Jordan's Space Jam, and ESPN's Dan Patrick and Stuart Scott were the bomb; when the Fun 'n' Gun offense changed college football; when Ken Griffey Jr. ran for president (really! remember?); when Derek Jeter won Rookie of the Year, Favre marched to his first Super Bowl and Jerry Maguire had everyone saying "show me the money". . . . 1996 is a sports time machine you've got to take for a spin.

1996: A Biography ― Reliving the Legend-Packed, Dynasty-Stacked, Most Iconic Sports Year Ever

History

Americas

Diversion Books

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Forces of Character: Conversations About Building A Life Of Impact

Tastebudless Bud: Epic Tales from Doughnesia and How I Won the Food Fight of the Century

Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football

Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward

Jocks In Chief: The Ultimate Countdown Ranking the Most Athletic Presidents, from the Fight Crazy to the Spectacularly Lazy

Heart Over Height

The Dadvantage: A Blueprint for New Fathers to Stay in Shape on No Sleep, with No Time and No Equipment

1996: A Biography ― Reliving the Legend-Packed, Dynasty-Stacked, Most Iconic Sports Year Ever