Find a Way by Diana Nyad
The ultimate sporting memoir from the world's greatest ultra-distance swimmer, in Find a Way Diana Nyad celebrates her accomplishments and shows how perseverance towards your own life goals can impact the hearts of millions.
When you’re facing big challenges in your life, you can think about Diana Nyad getting attacked by the lethal sting of box jellyfishesAnd nearly anything else seems doable in comparison -- Hillary Clinton
Diana Nyad is a force of personality that anyone who meets her never forgets. This drive and dynamism is well captured in the title of her moving memoir Find a Way. She has – and her book shows us how we all can -- Michael Shermer * The Wall Street Journal *
What makes Nyad's story so remarkable, beyond the harrowing trials she faced at sea – unpredictable currents and weather, deadly sea animals – is the strength of a resolve that would not admit defeat and knew no boundaries. “Whatever your Other Shore is,” she writes, “whatever you must do . . . you will find a way.” Inspiring reading for anyone who has ever dared to dream the impossible * Kirkus *
Her story reads like a gripping thriller: she braved storms, stinging jellyfish, sharks and hallucinations before staggering onto the beach on September 2, 2013 * People Magazine *
Diana Nyad is a force of personality that anyone who meets her never forgets. This drive and dynamism is well captured in the title of her moving memoir Find a Way. She has – and her book shows us how we all can -- Michael Shermer * The Wall Street Journal *
What makes Nyad's story so remarkable, beyond the harrowing trials she faced at sea – unpredictable currents and weather, deadly sea animals – is the strength of a resolve that would not admit defeat and knew no boundaries. “Whatever your Other Shore is,” she writes, “whatever you must do . . . you will find a way.” Inspiring reading for anyone who has ever dared to dream the impossible * Kirkus *
Her story reads like a gripping thriller: she braved storms, stinging jellyfish, sharks and hallucinations before staggering onto the beach on September 2, 2013 * People Magazine *
Back in the 1970s, Diana Nyad was the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. After setting a world record circling Manhattan, Nyad became a prominent sports broadcaster, filing compelling reports for National Public Radio, ABC's Wide World of Sports, Fox Sports, and the New York Times. Nyad owns a fitness business, Brava Body.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781035007158 |
| ISBN 10 | 1035007150 |
| Title | Find a Way |
| Author | Diana Nyad |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2023-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Winner of Cross Sports Book Awards: International Sports Autobiography of the Year 2017 (UK), Long-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2016 (UK) |
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