Li Cunxin, a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and Australian Ballet, explains how his childhood of poverty in rural China changed when he was selected by Madame Mao to attend the dance academy in Beijing, tells how his devotion to Communist philosophy was shaken during his first visit to the U.S. as part of an exchange program with the Houston Ballet, and discusses his eventual defection to the West.
The author tells the story of how, at age thirty, she learned she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and needed a new heart; and shares how she not only survived the transplant, but became the first heart transplant recipient to climb some of the world's highest peaks.
A biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, providing information about her life, her search for love, her family background and troubled childhood, her relationship with Prince Charles, and her tragic death.
Jennifer Allen describes her childhood in a football family headed by famous 1960s and '70s NFL football coach George Allen, including her unending attempts to make him proud.
Chronicles the life of director Peter Jackson, discussing his childhood obsession with movies, his low-budget cult movies, his ambitious retelling of Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and other related topics.
