ZeroPointOneSix:LivinginExtraTime

作者 Mick Doyle著
出版社 MainstreamPublishing
出版时间 2001年10月
ISBN 9781840184853
定价 114.10

内容简介

AnaccountoffivetumultuousyearsinthelifeofMickDoyle;veterinarian,formerIrishandLionsrugbyplayer,coach,mediacorrespondent,husband,father,companychairmanandgeneralbonviveur.Only0.16percentofpeoplewhosufferabrainhaemorrhagemakeitbackwhole,theremainderdon'tsurvivethetriptohospital.OnSunday14July1996MickDoylewasstrickenwithamassivebrainhaemorrhage.Hespentthenextfourweeksinacoma,graduallyregainingconsciousness.Withthehelpofthehospitalstaff,hiswifeMandyandtheirfourchildren,aswellasclosefamilyfriends,hebeganthelongclimbbacktorecovery.Hehadtorediscoverhisbalanceandthenrelearnthe"art"ofplacingonefootinfrontoftheother,aidedbyallthehumanandmechanicalmeanspossible.Mickfinallystruggledbacktonormality,orasneartoitaspossible.Heconsidershimselfextremelyluckytobealive.Hisinspiringstoryhasmuchtosayabouttheimportanceofself-motivationandhowtocopewiththedailytrialsyouencounterontheroadtorecovery,trialsforwhichfewofusareproperlyequipped.

作者简介

MickDoyle'sfirstautobiographyDoylerwaspublishedin1991.Heisaqualifiedvet,aswellasbeinganinternationalrugbyplayerandcoach.HewasaCambridgeBlue,won30capsforIrelandandtouredSouthAfricawiththe1968Lions.HecoachedtheLeinsterprovincialsideinthelate'70sandearly'80stothemostsuccessfulerainhistory.HetookovertheIrelandcoachingjobin1984-5,sawthesidewintheTripleCrowninhisfirstyear.From1985-7hetouredJapan,New-ZealandandAustraliawiththeteam.HeisalsoacontributorfortheIrishRughyReview.

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