James Brown

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. Brown rose from a middle-class home to earn a scholarship...

Life is most definitely what you make of it. Jimmy Brown didn't have a head start or any say on where his life began. He had only two and one-half years with a caring mother before she disappeared from his life due to her inheritance of chromosomes that slowly took over her nervous system-known today as Huntington's Chorea-before she died. Jimmy Brown's story tells how the residents of a small town in the Midwest embraced him in his growing-up years...

CBS NFL Today anchor James Brown recounts the true story of how the decision he made as a young college basketball star shaped his life forever. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.

Little Jimmy Brown never knew the warm embrace of a mother's arms while he grew up. When he was just a babe, his momma passed on to the great beyond, leaving him all alone in this harsh world. The poor boy was shipped off to an orphanage, where he spent the next nine years surrounded by cold walls and stern caretakers instead of a loving family. At the orphanage, Jimmy found solace in caring for the animals and tending the garden. Though the work...

They fled through the city, away from the school, racing in desperation towards an uncertain future. At every step, they battled the ravenous creatures of the night. But there was danger within. One of their number had been bitten, and soon they would face a terrible, unthinkable choice....

Two legends that have enthralled millions of people around the World come together on one special night to provide a unique once in a lifetime performance to an invited VIP audience. This concert combines the talents of James Brown and B.B King. Brown and King perform such numbers as "Let the Good Times Roll," " It's a Man's, Man's World," "Guess Who," and many more.

James Brown believes the logic and results of his research need to make practical sense. His perspectives on design and construction led him to question the simplistic assertion that pyramids were built as tombs. A well-known axiom in building is "form follows function." Brown hypothesizes that ancient Egyptian pharaohs understood natural forms of energy, such as static electricity and electrical currents. He believes they were manipulating atomic...

This is a love story (often humorous) of the life of Barbara Jean "Jeannie" (Ratliff) Brown from the time she met Jim at the University of North Dakota on October 7, 1960, until she died in Bakersfield, California, on October 17, 2014. A day late for her wedding, Jeannie worked as an RN while husband Jim finished law school and served in the army during the Vietnam war. Then she experienced a brush with death after the birth of her first child, daughter...

A small-town Ohio boy experiences near-death situations, incredible journeys, tragic losses, relationship problems, and amazing triumphs, all while struggling with alcohol addiction. See what it took to obtain sobriety.

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