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Insights for Everyday Living from Great Coaches and Athletes, Mike Gottfried, Ampelon Pub Llc, 2010, 0979810418, 9780979810411, 150 Pages Wisdom from Winners: Insights for Everyday Living from Great Coaches and Athletes, Mike Gottfried, Ampelon Pub Llc, 2010, 0979810418, 9780979810411, 150 pages. ESPN analyst and former college football coach, Mike Gottfriend, interviewed nearly 50 of the top coaches in the country to find out their secrets, what it means to be a winner, and thruths that they cling to daily. Includes insights from coaches and athletes such as John Wooden, Mack Brown, Urban Meyer, Jim Caldwell, Jim Tressel, Archie Griffin, Vince Dooley, Bobby Bowden, Phillip Fulmer, Tom Osborne, Mike Holmgren and many others.. DOWNLOAD http://kgarch.org/IlwRL4 Risky business communicating issues of science, risk, and public policy, Lee Wilkins, 1991, Social Science, 230 pages. 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