House of Nails
- Autor: Lenny Dykstra
- Narrador: Patrick Lawlor
- Editora: HarperCollins USA
- Duração: 8:31:44
Sinopse
"Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart." —Stephen King
Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions -- a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss.
Nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball -- and life -- with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, Lenny was later identified by his former minor-league roommate Billy Beane as the prototypical "Moneyball" player in Michael Lewis's bestseller. Tobacco-stained, steroid-powered, and booze-and-drug-fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball.
Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. Touted as "one of the great ones" by CNBC's Jim Cramer, he became "baseball's most improbable post-career success story" (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, channeling the bewildered fascination of many observers, declared that Lenny's outrageous rise and spectacular fall was "the greatest story that I have ever seen in my lifetime."
Now, for the first time, Lenny tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through crippling pain to steroid use and drug addiction, to a life of indulgence and excess, then, an epic plunge and the long road back to redemption. Was Lenny's hard-charging, risk-it-all nature responsible for his success in baseball and business and his precipitous fall from grace? What lessons, if any, has he learned now that he has had time to think and reflect?
Hilarious, unflinchingly honest, and irresistibly readable, House of Nails makes no apologies and leaves nothing left unsaid.
Capítulos
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001 House of Nails
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002 Prologue
Duração: 04min -
003 Chapter 01
Duração: 12min -
004 Chapter 02
Duração: 24min -
005 Chapter 03
Duração: 33min -
006 Chapter 04
Duração: 12min -
007 Chapter 05
Duração: 26min -
008 Chapter 06
Duração: 26min -
009 Chapter 07
Duração: 05min -
010 Chapter 08
Duração: 13min -
011 Chapter 09
Duração: 03min -
012 Chapter 10
Duração: 11min -
013 Chapter 11
Duração: 15min -
014 Chapter 12
Duração: 11min -
015 Chapter 13
Duração: 10min -
016 Chapter 14
Duração: 28min -
017 Chapter 15
Duração: 14min -
018 Chapter 16
Duração: 17min -
019 Chapter 17
Duração: 17min -
020 Chapter 18
Duração: 09min