Role of a Lifetime, James Brown
Role of a Lifetime, James Brown
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Role of a Lifetime
Reflections on Faith, Family, and Significant Living

Author: James Brown, Nathan Whitaker, Tony Dungy

Narrator: James Brown

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Faith Words

Published: 10/12/2010

Synopsis

We live in a world that all too often operates under the overriding template of self-promotion, embracing a "hooray for me" attitude, and which measures success in increasingly small timeframes dotted with markers of temporal value.

Millions of viewers know James Brown as a sports commentator and former athlete. With ROLE OF A LIFETIME, James reveals a different side of his character. Part memoir and part self-help, this book draws on James' lessons from his life experiences to guide readers to find fulfillment and significance. He offers values and encouragment to others of all generations, assisting them in their search for meaning in navigating a world that increasingly promotes transient values, if any at all. His message that shortcuts and gimmicks are counterproductive to a person's success provides hope that there is a God who cares about them and their futures.

About James Brown

James Brown is the author of the critically acclaimed memoirs The Los Angeles Diaries and This River. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and the Nelson Algren Literary Award in short fiction. Brown's work has appeared in GQ, the New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Ploughshares, New England Review, and many other publications. He lives in Lake Arrowhead, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on November 02, 2024

Inspiring......more

Goodreads review by Morris on September 26, 2009

James Brown grew up in Washington, D.C. He attended DeMatha Catholic High School and later Harvard University where he earned a degree in American Government. Brown was also a three time All Ivy League basketball player. James Brown has won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Host. He is curren......more

Goodreads review by OOSA on November 01, 2009

ROLE OF A LIFETIME I am not a sport's fanatic...I know virtually nothing about sports, but I cracked the book open and in doing so I learned a thing or two. James Brown was born and raised in Washington. He accepted a basketball scholarship to Harvard, where he was noted as a three-time basketball pl......more

Goodreads review by Laura on May 05, 2010

Title: ROLE OF A LIFETIME Author: James Brown with Nathan Whitaker Publisher: Faith Words September 2009 ISBN: 978-0-446-54117-6 Genre: Memoir James Brown is a well-known athlete and sports commentator, but not everyone knows his personal story. In ROLE OF A LIFETIME, Mr. Brown shares his story of how he......more

Goodreads review by Donna on October 23, 2009

Role of a Lifetime by James Brown, was an excellent book awarded to me by Goodreads/FirstReads. Most of us know Brown as a prfessional athlete, now commentator. This book tells of his walk with Christ and teaches us that we have to first have a relationship with God to make our worldly relationships......more

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