Every Second Counts

Oct 1, 2024 11:35 AM

Author:Lance Armstrong

Every Second Counts

In 1999, Lance Armstrong made world headlines with the most stunning comeback in the history of sport after battling against life-threatening testicular cancer just eighteen months before returning to professional cycling. His first book, It's Not About the Bike, charted his journey back to life and went on to become an international bestseller.

Now, in his much-anticipated follow-up, Armstrong shares more details of his extraordinary life story, including the births of his twin daughters Grace and Isabel. Never shy of controversy, Armstrong offers, with typical frankness, his thoughts on training, competing, winning and failure. He also tells of the work he did for the foundation he created following his dramatic recovery, addresses the daunting challenge of living in the aftermath of cancer and treatment, and shares further inspirational tales of survival.

A fresh outlook on the spirit of survivors everywhere, Every Second Counts is an account of a man who strives every day to meet life's challenges - whether on his bike or off.

Every Second Counts was first published in October 2003. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013, Lance Armstrong admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs in all seven of the Tours de France in which he competed between 1999 and 2005. He was officially stripped of these wins by the UCI, the world governing body for cycling, in 2012.

Reviews

A must-buy for any motorsports fan

—— Daily Express

All I can say is: Wow!...If you like cars - nay, if you have ever seen a car - you must read this book!

—— Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

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—— Leigh Montville, author of At the Altar of Speed

Reliving the titanic battles between Ford and Ferrari that payed out in the mid-sixties at Le Mans . . . a riveting read

—— Choice Magazine

Marcotti has an unrivalled network of contacts, and writes with authority and style... an intriguing portrait

—— Liam Doyle , The Bookseller

Informative, entertaining

—— When Saturday Comes

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—— John Dugdale , Guardian

Excellent... an irreverent, entertaining resume of cricket's long history

—— Choice

Brilliantly retold

—— Mark Perryman , Socialist Unity

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—— Alex Massie , Spectator

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—— Chris Foy , Daily Mail

True tales: great stuff

—— Frank Keating , The Guardian

Shudderingly good ... English has a rare talent for getting to the core of a person

—— Rugby World

Thatcherite politics and rugby come crashing into contact in this rich and textured account

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