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Here the staff reviews books, movies, the occasional CD, and anything else we happen to think is worthwhile. Armstrong was seemingly on his way to the top of the elite world cycling scene after winning the 1993 World Championship, two significant stage wins in the 1993 and 1995 Tour De France, and scoring several other significant victories that marked him as one of the next great champions. Then, Shortly after his 25th birthday, in October of 1996 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. After two years spent combating the disease and given virtually no chance of living, let alone competing, he came back to win the worlds most grueling race in the 1999 Tour De France. This book is the outstanding account of his life narrated by Lance himself.