Libby James

In Still Running the author shares her love of the sport through tales of the people she's met, the places she's been, the things she's learned, and the role running has played in her life. Her words will go a long way toward explaining the magic of her favorite sport to veteran runners, would-be runners and anyone curious about the life-changing power of putting one foot in front of the other over and over again.

"She was overcome with the sense that she'd known him in another time, that somehow she was drawing this dark man toward her." Seventeen-year-old Janet fell in love when she heard Eduardo speak about Africa at church camp in 1951 and this love defined the rest of her life. The agony of racial discrimination, alienation from family, the pain of separation, the fear of betrayal and even death-none of these could derail a love that "just is-like the love of a child, a lover, a grandmother-the beginning and the end." With Eduardo she went halfway around the world to fight for the independence of Mozambique from 500 years of domination by Portugal. White Shadow tells the story of her unsung role in a brutal ten-year war effort with all its victories and defeats, moments of despair and joy.