1931-

A biography of the New York Yankee famed for his legendary hitting ability.

Presents a dual biography of baseball players Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle.

Examines Boris Yeltsin's role as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution, exploring how he fought to protect Russia's fragile new liberties, including the core freedoms of speech, religion, press, and political association.

Reexamines the murder of Bessie Goldberg in the Boston suburb of Belmont in 1963--a crime for which African-American handyman Roy Smith was tried and convicted--in light of the confession two years later by Albert DeSalvo to being the notorious Boston Strangler, and the knowledge that DeSalvo was also in the neighborhood the day Goldberg died, working at the author's home.

An illustrated biography of the new leader of the Soviet Union including a chronology of important dates in his life and a glossary of political words.

An illustrated biography of the Soviet leader who came to power in 1985.

A visual profile of baseball star Willie Mays, tracing his Birmingham childhood, achievements in the Negro Leagues, and fame as a center fielder for the Giants.

A biography of the professional baseball player who played in every All-Star Game from 1954 to 1973.

In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France, Ren?e, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee their home in Alsace and live a precarious existence in Paris until Ren?e and her sister escape to the shelter of a convent in Normandy.