1952-

Mark Edmundson discusses how playing football in high school has had an effect on his life.

Contains a first-hand account of growing up as a poor Mexican immigrant in a rural California farming town in the 1960s, chronicling the struggles to learn English, to fit in with schoolmates, and to bridge tensions between a traditional home life and the new world outside.

Brother Guy Consolmagno argues in his memoir that Christianity is not necessarily at odds with science; examines history, science, and theology; and proposes how to link modern science with faith.

The former head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team describes how her upbringing helped her to develop a balanced coaching style and recounts her recent personal battle against early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Focuses on God;s principles and promises essential to a full life.

A renegade from the wrong side of the tracks, Jimmy Connors broke the rules with a radically aggressive style of play and bad-boy antics. He could tear the cover off a tennis ball just as he tore the cover off the country-club gentility of his sport. In 1974 alone, he won 95 out of 99 matches and lived a rock-star life away from tennis. But his hard-partying ways did not keep him from his dedication to his sport and he earned eight Grand Slam singles titles and he was among the top ten best players in the world for sixteen straight years with five of those years as number one.

Examines the life of Vladimir Putin, tracing his remarkable rise to power as the leader of modern Russia.

Provides detailed accounts of major natural disaster in deadly tornados and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the early efforts to create a national weather warning system.

A profile of the actor who began life as a lonely child in New Jersey who skyrocketed to stardom portraying Superman on film. Looks at his friendships and romances, and his life after the tragic riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down.