"It takes truly special athletes to be superstars, whether they're catching touchdowns, scoring goals, or slamming home acrobatic dunks. The Sport Superstars series takes a look at some of these legendary athletes, their origin stories, and how they have influenced their sport."--Page 4 of cover

"In John My Father , Aissa Wayne delves into her father's childhood, his film career, and his life off the screen. The result is an affecting portrait that offers a new perspective on one of America's most enduring hero's humanity."-Goodreads.

Documented biography of Winfield Scott Hancock, a general of the Union Army of the Potomac, whose leadership proved outstanding at Gettysburg. It was McClellan who conferred the sobriquet "superb" upon his performance.

Introduces readers to penguins.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the physical characteristics, behavior, eating habits, and habitats of lemmings.

Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Karbo presents brief information on iconic female rule-breakers. She shows how these women charted their paths with little regard for social or cultural expectations, living lives that both illuminate and inspire.

The author describes her mother Evelyn's struggles with poverty in the 1950s as she tried to build a happy home for her ten children, with the help of wit, poetry, and prose during the contest era of the 1950s and 1960s.

Since the Civil War more than 39 million men and women have answered the call to serve. Of those, 3,440 served with such uncommon valor and and extraordinary courage that they were presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. Each of their heroic actions is as unique as the person who performed it, and here more than one hundred of America's living Medal of Honor recipients are honored and their bravery recounted by best-selling...

Covers the life of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence. Begins with his early interest in books and learning and traces the many roles he played, including his role in Congress during the American Revolution and as third President of the United States.

This is the powerful story of the author's struggle with multiple sclerosis and how a healer's unusual prescription of mindful altruism--to "give away 29 gifts in 29 days"--Ignited her energy, her happiness, and invited more abundance into her life.