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Drew Brees

2015
A portrait of beloved quarterback Drew Bees incorporates photos and infographics into an account of how he rose from being a flag football player to becoming a Super Bowl MVP and modern legend.

One of us

the story of a massacre in Norway--and its aftermath
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Ut?ya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist ?sne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and its reverberations. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young?.

One of us

the story of Anders Breivik and the massacre in Norway
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Ut?ya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young?.

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson

2016
"Markus Persson designed his first computer game when he was just eight years old. Learn how Persson's love of computers and design helped him [make] the popular video game Minecraft"--Provided by publisher.

Adam Levine

At sixteen, Adam Levine had a record deal. His band Kara's Flowers was on a popular TV show and he thought he would be a star. When his first record didn't sell, the band broke up. Afterward, he discovered music he really wanted to play. Most bands weren't playing it and many people didn't think it was cool. Still he kept practicing. He rejoined with members of his band and they became Maroon 5. It took them years to become stars. They did it playing the music they loved.

The keeper

the unguarded story of Tim Howard
2014
Soccer player Tim Howard recounts his life and career, discussing his poverty stricken childhood and more.

You're never weird on the Internet (almost)

a memoir
"From the online entertainment pioneer, actress, and "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day, comes a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to internet stardom, and embracing her weirdness to find her place in the world.".

Markus "Notch" Persson

creator of Minecraft
2015
A biography of video game developer and Minecraft creator Markus Persson.

The keeper

a life of saving goals and achieving them
2014
Soccer player Tim Howard recounts his life and career, discussing his poverty stricken childhood and more.

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson

Highlights the life and career of Minecraft creator Markus Persson from his love of Legos and programming computers from the age of eight to using his passion for creating video games to land his dream job as an adult. Includes a timeline, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

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