Edition |
First Amistad paperback edition. |
Description |
xiv, 282 pages ; 20 cm |
Contents |
Prologue -- Growing up -- Big fish, little pond -- The rookie -- "How bad can it be?" -- Playing high -- Scared straight (almost) -- A new home in Seattle -- Ego gets in the way -- A functional alcoholic -- A fractured life -- Back to New England -- Celtics intervention -- A career unravels -- Losing everything -- The prodigal son -- Abyssinian Baptist Church -- Starbucks and second chances -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
"Vin Baker, an NBA all-star, Olympic gold medalist, and clean-cut preacher's son, harbored a dark secret: a dependence on drugs and alcohol that began shortly after he turned pro. Evenutally becoming a full-blown yet functional alcholic, Baker convinced himself that he played better undert the influence--until his addiction cost him his basketball career, his fortune, and his health. But Baker's story isn't a tragic fall from grace. It is an enthralling testimony of slavation. For Baker, hitting rock bottom was a difficult yet transformative experience that led him to renew his relationship with God and to embrace life. Howard Schultz of Starbucks and Calvin Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church offered Baker a helping hand, leading him to find more security and happiness in his ordinary working life than he did in all his years in the glamorous world of professional basketball. God and Starbucks is a powerful memoir about reaching the top and beginning again from the bottom--an inspiring personal tale of humility and grace that reminds us of what is truly important."-- Page 4 of cover |
Subject |
Baker, Vin.
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Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Addicts -- Rehabilitation.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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Baker, Vin. (OCoLC)fst01987353
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Addicts -- Rehabilitation.
(OCoLC)fst00796516
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Basketball players. (OCoLC)fst00828280
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Autobiography. (DNLM)D020493
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Biography. (DNLM)D019215
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Layden, Joe, author.
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Added Title |
God & Starbucks |
ISBN |
9780062496829 (paperback) |
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0062496824 (paperback) |
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