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Description

The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life shares Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel's "Big Ten" fundamentals for success: Attitude, Discipline, Faith, Handling Adversity & Success, Excellence, Love, Toughness, Responsibility, Team, and Hope. Peppered with personal stories from Coach Tressel's storied coaching career, this book shares the fundamental lessons that he has been imparting to his players and coaching staffs for the past 20 years. A perfect blend of football stories, spiritual insights, motivational reading, and practical application, The Winners Manual provides an inside look at the core philosophy that has positively impacted the lives of thousands of student athletes and served as the foundation for two of the most successful college football programs of all time. Includes 8 pages of color photos and a foreword from NYT bestselling author John Maxwell. All of the proceeds from the book are being donated directly to the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library Renovation Campaign.

Other features:

Each chapter closes with a practical application section, where readers will be "coached" on how they can apply the lessons imparted throughout the book to their own lives, via the establishment of measurable goals.
Provides a rare inside glimpse into the mind of one of the most respected coaches in college football history and into the huddle of one of the most successful football programs of all time.
Filled with hundreds of inspirational stories, quotes and anecdotes.

Excerpt

What Readers Are Saying . . .

"Dogwood will captivate you from cover to cover."

— READERVIEWS.COM
"A tale of secrecy, sacrifice and family . . . This poignant story is worth the heartache: Complex and layered, The Promise of Jesse Woods goes beyond a youthful promise to center on a bond renewed by a desire for truth."

— BOOKPAGE
"There is so much to love about The Song . . . Heart-wrenching and emotional scenes abound in this tale of fame, fortune, loss, and redemption."

— ROMANTIC TIMES, 4½-Star Top Pick Review
"Every Waking Moment has depth and beauty. I really don't think I could say enough good things about this novel. It's thrilling. It's poignant. It's touching. It's deep. It's beautiful. And it should be read."

— LIFEISSTORY.COM
"An evocative novel . . . Fabry weaves the events of the past and present into a finely layered story exploring the relationships of faith, forgiveness and family in the midst of healing from pain buried deep in the past."

— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY on Under a Cloudless Sky
"Fabry's [The Promise of Jesse Woods] could have been too heavy due to the subject matter and the tumultuousness of the time period, but his superior writing skills make it more of a nostalgic, sweet tale. . . . This is a fast-paced read with many endearing characters."

— ROMANTIC TIMES, 4-Star Review
"A powerful story of faith and the material things people hold dear. . . . This is Fabry's best yet."

— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY on A Piece of the Moon
"[Fabry's] poignant story is driven by deeply drawn characters who evoke empathy and frustration, compassion and anger. But in the end, the painful labor of rebirth will bring tears of joy!"

— Christine, CBD Fiction Editor, on Looking into You
Under a Cloudless Sky is entertaining and a wonderful addition to the inspirational fiction genre . . . a multilayered, engaging story with rich details and interesting characters."

— ROMANTIC TIMES, 4-Star Review
"In this edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense, all of the characters ring true."

— BOOKLIST on Borders of the Heart

A Piece of the Moon (2022)
2018 Christy Award Hall of Fame
The Promise of Jesse Woods
Christy Awards
The Promise of Jesse Woods (2017)
Looking into You (2017)
Not in the Heart (2013)
Almost Heaven (2011)
Dogwood (2009)
Every Waking Moment
Almost Heaven (2011)

The Winners Manual

What Readers Are Saying . . .

Christy Awards