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"[Shares the life story of] Muhammad Yunus, who from a young age was determined to make [a] difference in the world and eventually revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the . . . economic concept of micro-lending"--Provided by publisher.

"To investigate the question of who is soccer's GOAT, fans can turn to facts and figures. The number of goals scored is an important statistic. But is it the only one that is important when evaluating a player's career? What about a player's longevity--how many games and minutes he played? What is their strike rate or goals per game? . . . How did the player perform when the stage was the biggest and the pressure was the highest? While the numbers might not reveal a clear cut winner, they may help fans reach their own conclusions about which soccer player has earned the title of the GOAT"--Provided by publisher.

A brief biography of Brazilian soccer player Pel?.

"Nancy Pelosi is the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House--and she's done it twice. Learn how the most powerful woman in US politics is redefining leadership for future generations"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of the Brazilian soccer star who was tempted out of retirement by an invitation to come to the United States to interest its people in the sport for which he is world-famous.

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

"Tells the ambitious tale of how one private company [Koch Industries] consolidated power over half a century-and how in doing so, it helped transform capitalism into something that feels deeply alienating to many Americans today"--Amazon.

Actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II and the impact the experience had on his later life.

A brief biography of Brazilian soccer player Pel?, and how he started out as a boy from a poor neighborhood to become a professional soccer player and a national hero in Brazil.

Collects "Soccer" and "Soccer on Sunday" in which Jack and Annie search for the fourth secret of greatness for Merlin the Magician in Mexico City at the 1970 World Cup Games where they hope to learn something new from soccer player great, Pele.