Chicago Bulls legend Bob Love was a great basketball player, but his story goes well beyond the court. Love's autobiography is not only inspiring to young athletes, but to any person who is facing adversity. Photo insert.

"In a warm, affectionate true-life tale, New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene (When We Get to Surf City, Duty, Once Upon a Town) travels back to a place where--when little more than a boy--he had the grand good luck to find himself surrounded by a brotherhood and sisterhood of wayward misfits who, on the mezzanine of a Midwestern building, put out a daily newspaper that didn't even know it had already started to die. "In some American cities," Greene writes, "famous journalists at mighty and world-renowned papers changed the course of history with their reporting." But at the Columbus Citizen-Journal, there was a willful rejection of grandeur--these were overworked reporters and snazzy sportswriters, nerve-frazzled editors and insult-spewing photographers, who found pure joy in the fact that, each morning, they awakened to realize: "I get to go down to the paper again today""--Jacket.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I believe in love. I believe in the songs of Barry Gibb and text messages from family and friends. I believe in duck-diving under waves at Burleigh Heads, laughing until your ribs hurt in the Birdsville Hotel, and talking to the sky on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. #2 She tells me a love story about believing. She’s always believed in love as affection, the smitten kind of love, but over the years, she’s come to believe in a different kind of love that’s pulling the strings of our lives. #3 The author met her husband, Norm Clark, at a fencing class. She thought it was the most absurd question ever when Carolyn asked her if she wanted to go to a fencing class with her. #4 Norm Clark was a listener and a talker. He was a man of science who would one day devote his life to research into acoustics and vibrations at the CSIRO. He was a member of an exclusive cheap living room club of rapier-witted conversationalists and coffee guzzlers who called themselves the Dawn-Busting Phantoms.

Love stories are never as neat and tidy as they are in the books. This story, my love story, is as messy as it gets. An abusive marriage to a man, a love triangle, a woman I adored, and children in the picture. Life is never simple. Love is never simple. Oh, love is passionate. Love is sensual. Love is blow-your-mind ecstasy. Love is happiness and joy. But simple… love never is. This love story isn’t simple. It took a long time for me to get there. I had to go through so much to reach that place. Horrible times… but also wonderful times. Now I’ve found my rock, my touchstone. Now I’ve found the woman I love, and who loves me back with all her heart. Now I’ve found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. This is our story. *** Falling: A Lesbian Love Story by Dylanne Brooks is a lesbian romance telling the winding love story between Melody and the woman who would become the lover of her life, her rock, her touchstone, Elda. This lesbian romance touches on the sweet, the sensual, the steamy, the passionate, the sad, the heartbreaking, the happy, and the joyous, and concludes with a happy ending.

Now a New York Times Bestseller As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world's most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too. Endorsements: "If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic " --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association "Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair." --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church "An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it " --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life "Every once in a while someone like Bob Goff shows up to remind us that some things matter a lot more than others. Love Does has a kind of 'north star' effect that will push you to refocus your life and energy on what is most significant. It doesn't just invite you to respond with your God-given potential, it invites you to become a part of what God can do beyond your potential." --Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of Orange "We liked the book a lot. Mostly, the balloons on the cover. The rest was pretty good too. Lots of stories about how God helps us." --Aedan, Asher and Skye Peterson ages 13, 12 and 9 "This may look like a book. It's not. It is an invitation to enter into the greatest adventure you have ever known--your life as it was meant to be lived. Hang on " --Michael Hyatt, Author, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, MichaelHyatt.com "Bob's ability to love people brings contagious hope and inspiration wherever he goes. The power of love showcased in this book will surely touch the hearts and souls of many people. Read Love Does and find a friend in one the world's best hidden secrets, a person who shows how love can create connection and make a difference--even across oceans." --George Tsereteli, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia (former Russian Republic)