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Sports great John Stockton

1995
A biography on the Utah Jazz's point guard who has surpassed Magic Johnson's NBA record for the most career assists.

Tracy Austin

1982
Highlights the career of a tennis champion who was winning junior tournaments by the time she was eight years old.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

1994
A biography of the Olympic track and field star who has excelled in the long jump and heptathlon.

Lost in the meritocracy

the undereducation of an overachiever
2009
The author describes his quest for intellectual fulfillment within the American educational system, and discusses his childhood in rural Minnesota through his time at Princeton University.

Patrick Ewing

1998
Describes the life and career highlights of the popular basketball player for the New York Knicks.

Jim Carrey

funny man
1996
Profiles the life and career of the Canadian-born comedian and actor who ever since childhood has had a great need to make people laugh.

Bo Jackson

baseball/football superstar
1991
A biography of the man who overcame a childhood of poverty to become one of the great stars of professional baseball and football.

Tracy Austin, teen tennis champion

1980
A biography of the tennis player who won the 98th annual U.S. Open Tennis Championship in 1979.

Jim Carrey

1998
A biography of the comedian whose comic movies have made him a Hollywood superstar.

Jim Carrey

1999
Discusses the life and career of the comedian who has starred in such movies as "The Mask," "Dumb and Dumber," and "The Truman Show.".

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