Sam Jaramillo

In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate. In his rough yet sweet voice, Alex recounts the brothers’ childhood, first in the Netherlands and then in working class Pasadena, California, with an itinerant musician father and a very proper Indonesian-born mother.

After years of mountainous highs and hellfire lows in a hard-nosed football career as a standout offensive lineman, Eben Britton emerged physically, mentally, and emotionally destroyed. This book is the story of his experience in the NFL and the tools he used to heal and reconfigure himself in life afterwards. There is no magic pill or secret sauce, just ancient techniques distilled down to the nuts and bolts to help you optimize your life and live in your highest greatness.

For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.