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"The story of Mike Massimino's life growing up in a working-class family and his determination to get the education and experience that would lead to his challenging but successful rise to become a NASA astronaut"--Provided by publisher.

Culled from more than 5,000 pages of e-mail, Swoon is a true story of two writers who meet and fall in love over the internet. It is autobiography, poetry, literary essay and erotica all rolled into one. Revealing the tenacity of love, this correspondence takes place between Nada Gordon, an expatriate in Tokyo, and Gary Sullivan in New York, who finally meet in the "real" world with mixed reactions followed by a Hollywood ending. It is Heloise and Abelard without the tragedy, the troubadors without inequality, and the Brownings without euphemisim--all facilitated by the immediate intimacy of cybercommunication.

A semi-autobiographical novel follows the experiences of a successful but lonely, slightly overweight movie star who seeks to escape depression through a new romance and an Oscar-worthy role, only to discover the universe's alternative plans.

Presents a deeply moving portrait of the author's resolute older sister and their childhood in the face of brutal discrimination during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

A biography of the star athlete who plays both professional baseball and football.

An autobiography of Da Chen, who describes how he and his family survived the Cultural Revolution in China.

This powerful memoir weaves the stories of valiant women who survived the Rwandan genocide with the struggle of their champion, Karen Sherman, to recover from her own history of abuse. The strength of these women helped Karen find her own way--through conflict zones and confrontations with corrupt officials to a renewed commitment to her family.

"Historian David McCullough and noted artist Adam Van Doren unite for an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present. ... Van Doren visited these homes to ensure that he recorded every detail accurately, often becoming acquainted with the former presidents themselves, always trying to portray them in the human environment they created for themselves"--Amazon.com.

The author describes his long journey to become an astronaut, highlighting his childhood obsession with space stemming from Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, his education at Columbia and struggles at MIT, and three rounds of rejections at NASA before becoming an astronaut. Also discusses his first spacewalk, the "Columbia" shuttle accident, and his work on the Hubble Telescope.

"This autobiographical, bilingual picture book recounts the author's rise from migrant farm worker to astronaut"--Provided by the publisher.