Books with author Jim Lefebvre

He transformed the game of football, gained a legion of followers, and inspired a generation. Knute Rockne's rise from immigrant child to Notre Dame coaching legend to revered national figure speaks to the endless possibilities of the human spirit. Rockne's visionary genius and engaging personality made Notre Dame football a household name from coast to coast. He helped create a new game, wide open and more appealing to fans, then taught it to coaches everywhere. Upon his shocking death in 1931, the outpouring of sentiment was unprecedented.WINNER - BRONZE MEDAL 2014 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS (THE IPPY'S) SPORTS/RECREATION/FITNESS

Coach For A Nation transports the reader to an extraordinary time of energy, excitement, passion, and possibilities in early 20th Century America. Into this burgeoning drama stepped an immigrant lad destined to make his mark on the nation like few before him, or since. Rockne blossoms at Notre Dame and skyrockets to national fame because of his excellence as player and later coach of the Fighting Irish. His visionary genius made Notre Dame football a household name, yet his story transcends athletics; it embodies the hope and promise of a new era dawning in the US. Growing from a stammering speaker to an oratorical giant, he inspired millions through his message of dedication, teamwork, and fair play. Rockne's legacy, in life and in death, still impacts the game of college football and an American audience of the 21st Century. Now his life story is told as never before.

Coach For A Nation transports the reader to an extraordinary time of energy, excitement, passion, and possibilities in early 20th Century America. Into this burgeoning drama stepped an immigrant lad destined to make his mark on the nation like few before him, or since. Rockne blossoms at Notre Dame and skyrockets to national fame because of his excellence as player and later coach of the Fighting Irish. His visionary genius made Notre Dame football a household name, yet his story transcends athletics; it embodies the hope and promise of a new era dawning in the US. Growing from a stammering speaker to an oratorical giant, he inspired millions through his message of dedication, teamwork, and fair play. Rockne's legacy, in life and in death, still impacts the game of college football and an American audience of the 21st Century. Now his life story is told as never before. Coach For A Nation is the Bronze Medal, Sports/Recreation/Fitness winner 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

A rollicking treatise on human achievement and potential that offers the keys to perfecting our purpose: establishing Freedom for All.In All’s Well. Where Thou Art Earth and Why, John Lefebvre blends philosophy, metaphysics and ethics into an original, lyrical meditation on our place in the Universe, both the distance we have come and the much longer way before us.Lefebvre suggests that—at our core—we are the Universe’s vessels of consciousness. That means that we are also it’s vessels of astonishment and of love. With this up-sizing of the human condition, he argues that the United States’ founding principles, as compared to its achievements to date, form the clear basis for establishment of Universal Rights and Responsibilities. These include the Rights to:Life, Liberty and the pursuit of HappinessAccess to food, clothing and shelterAccess to the tools of self-improvement, to health care, to basic capital, and to justice, andThe Right to a Healthy EnvironmentOur lack of achievement, to date, is that these rights are not, nor have they ever been, universally accorded. These rights, that so many of us take for granted, come with huge responsibility. The Responsibility that comes with Freedom, Lefebvre contends, is to assure all others have every right that we take for granted, as completely.“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights (“..quaintly referring to our species as ‘men,’“ suggests Lefebvre). Though they may not have fully comprehended the breadth and extent of their words, by some genius America’s founders stumbled upon eternal truth. Lefebvre admits this genius is currently overshadowed in America by a different sentiment.“Those who accept what freedom has fallen in their lap, but who ignore what others less fortunate must suffer, have not earned their Freedom but have, merely, taken liberties. Even these liberties come with dire responsibilities: to protect all humans from deprivation, and protect all our natural bounty, Earth, from degradation. To accept as the fair price of Freedom, that these responsibilities have no borders, and to act accordingly, has never been more pressing.”Interweaving small, autobiographical glimpses of Lefebvre’s remarkable life and career, All’s Well is nevertheless a story of us all, providing a rare and lyrical perspective on humankind—and what both parts of that word truly mean.

A rollicking treatise on human achievement and potential that offers the keys to perfecting our purpose: establishing Freedom for All. In All’s Well. Where Thou Art Earth and Why, John Lefebvre blends philosophy, metaphysics and ethics into an original, lyrical meditation on our place in the Universe, both the distance we have come and the much longer way before us. Lefebvre suggests that—at our core—we are the Universe’s vessels of consciousness. That means that we are also it’s vessels of astonishment and of love. With this up-sizing of the human condition, he argues that the United States’ founding principles, as compared to its achievements to date, form the clear basis for establishment of Universal Rights and Responsibilities. These include the Rights to: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness Access to food, clothing and shelter Access to the tools of self-improvement, to health care, to basic capital, and to justice, and The Right to a Healthy Environment Our lack of achievement, to date, is that these rights are not, nor have they ever been, universally accorded. These rights, that so many of us take for granted, come with huge responsibility. The Responsibility that comes with Freedom, Lefebvre contends, is to assure all others have every right that we take for granted, as completely. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights (“..quaintly referring to our species as ‘men,’“ suggests Lefebvre). Though they may not have fully comprehended the breadth and extent of their words, by some genius America’s founders stumbled upon eternal truth. Lefebvre admits this genius is currently overshadowed in America by a different sentiment. “Those who accept what freedom has fallen in their lap, but who ignore what others less fortunate must suffer, have not earned their Freedom but have, merely, taken liberties. Even these liberties come with dire responsibilities: to protect all humans from deprivation, and protect all our natural bounty, Earth, from degradation. To accept as the fair price of Freedom, that these responsibilities have no borders, and to act accordingly, has never been more pressing.” Interweaving small, autobiographical glimpses of Lefebvre’s remarkable life and career, All’s Well is nevertheless a story of us all, providing a rare and lyrical perspective on humankind—and what both parts of that word truly mean.

A rollicking treatise on human achievement and potential that offers the keys to perfecting our purpose: establishing Freedom for All.In All’s Well. Where Thou Art Earth and Why, John Lefebvre blends philosophy, metaphysics and ethics into an original, lyrical meditation on our place in the Universe, both the distance we have come and the much longer way before us.Lefebvre suggests that—at our core—we are the Universe’s vessels of consciousness. That means that we are also it’s vessels of astonishment and of love. With this up-sizing of the human condition, he argues that the United States’ founding principles, as compared to its achievements to date, form the clear basis for establishment of Universal Rights and Responsibilities. These include the Rights to:Life, Liberty and the pursuit of HappinessAccess to food, clothing and shelterAccess to the tools of self-improvement, to health care, to basic capital, and to justice, andThe Right to a Healthy EnvironmentOur lack of achievement, to date, is that these rights are not, nor have they ever been, universally accorded. These rights, that so many of us take for granted, come with huge responsibility. The Responsibility that comes with Freedom, Lefebvre contends, is to assure all others have every right that we take for granted, as completely.“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights (“..quaintly referring to our species as ‘men,’“ suggests Lefebvre). Though they may not have fully comprehended the breadth and extent of their words, by some genius America’s founders stumbled upon eternal truth. Lefebvre admits this genius is currently overshadowed in America by a different sentiment.“Those who accept what freedom has fallen in their lap, but who ignore what others less fortunate must suffer, have not earned their Freedom but have, merely, taken liberties. Even these liberties come with dire responsibilities: to protect all humans from deprivation, and protect all our natural bounty, Earth, from degradation. To accept as the fair price of Freedom, that these responsibilities have no borders, and to act accordingly, has never been more pressing.”Interweaving small, autobiographical glimpses of Lefebvre’s remarkable life and career, All’s Well is nevertheless a story of us all, providing a rare and lyrical perspective on humankind—and what both parts of that word truly mean.