The Biography of a Mental Muscle is true story of the pathway and experiences of a man who grew up in the streets of Washington, DC, although he was surrounded by a positive family. This book depicts a young man who somehow became wayward in his conduct and behavior and landed in some form of serious detention more than one time during his youth. Before turning his life around, Cornell Evans Jr. was a boxer, hustler, a father, a husband, a military man, an inmate, and a barber. Evans took all of those things and filled the book to showcase loyalty, honor, integrity, respect, betrayal, pain, deceit, and triumph. The Biography of a Mental Muscle is truly about how important using your brain is in making decisions that not only affect you but those around you, as Cornell learned through his stint in jail, in which he left behind his wife and kids. While there, he sought a higher power and found one that turned his life around. Throughout the book, you can feel his ups and downs and read what made him continue on and to continue to grow as a man today. The biggest down was his wife’s illness while he was in jail. His biggest high was writing this book. His story is not unlike many hard-knock stories, but the significance of Evans’s life is about being strong enough to use your mental muscle to fight to make the right decisions in your life so that you can get back up when knocked down—like he did.

“The Biography of a Mental Muscle” is true story of the pathway and experiences of a man who grew up in the streets of Washington, DC although he was surrounding by a positive family. This book depicts a young man who somehow became wayward in his conduct and behavior and landed in some form of serious detention more than one time during his youth. “The Biography of a Mental Muscle” is true story of the pathway and experiences of a man who grew up in the streets of Washington, DC although he was surrounding by a positive family. This book depicts a young man who somehow became wayward in his conduct and behavior and landed in some form of serious detention more than one time during his youth. “The Biography of a Mental Muscle” is truly about how important using your brain is in making decisions that not only affect you but those around you, as Cornell learned through his stint in jail in which he left behind his wife and kids. While there he sought a higher power and found one that turned his life around. Throughout the book you can feel his ups and downs and read what made him continue on and to continue to grow as a man today; the biggest down was his wife’s illness while he was jail; his biggest high was writing this book. His story is not unlike many hard knock stories, but the significance of Evans’ life is about being strong enough to use your “Mental Muscle” to fight to make the right decisions in your life so that you can get back up when knocked down, like he did.

Raymond Adams: A Life of Mind and Muscle is a contribution to the history of neurology and the history of American medicine. Adams, one of the greats of neurology, advanced the fields of neurology, neuropathology, internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, and psychology. Drawing on 50 interviews with Raymond D. Adams and on interviews with 50 other professionals and family members, this book documents his contributions to knowledge, his expansion of the realm of neurology, and his vast impact as an educator and author. Following an introductory chapter, "The Phenomenon of Raymond Adams," the book deals chronologically with the phases of his life, education, and professional work. Another section of the book is arranged by disease categories and related topics, explaining his investigative work and ideas. There is a chapter of summation, analyzing the accomplishment and legacy of Dr. Adams. Numerous appendices include letters of correspondence, a letter of nomination, and extracts of interviews with other neurologists. These documents provide further insight into Adam's personality and work patterns. This book convincingly demonstrates Dr. Adam's seminal role in the completion of the 19th century task of clinicopathologic analysis of neurological diseases, the opening of the study of muscle pathology, the systematic study of cerebrovascular diseases, and emergence of the modern field of pediatric neurology, along with demonstrating the extent to which he educated generations of leaders in neurology and to which he guided neurologists everywhere with his great synthesis, Principles of Neurology.