Bill Russell, K.C. Jones, Phil Woolpert, and one of college basketball's greatest and most innovative teams
Johnson, James W.
2009
Describes the backgrounds and accomplishments of coach Phil Woolpert--a former prison guard--and players Bill Russell and K. C. Jones--unrecruited African-American players for the University of San Francisco's basketball team in the 1950s--and discusses the influence they had on college sports.
Explores the relationship between chimpanzees and humans, featuring photographs of the animals in the wild, in captivity, and in sanctuaries, and discussing the mistreatment and cruelties chimps have suffered at the hands of humans.
Presents an overview of the life and work of Kentucky poet, novelist, and essayist Wendell Berry, discussing the themes and interests that characterize his writing, and includes a chronology, notes, and selected bibliography.
The memoirs of Jill Conway and her journey into adulthood from a 30,000 acre sheep ranch in Coorain, Australia, to America where she became the first woman president of Smith College.
Chronicles the events surrounding the trial of eight men accussed of leading the antiwar protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago and discusses why the case became one of the most highly publicized trials of the era.
Introduces children to the life of Jane Goodall, discussing her childhood, years living in Africa, work with chimpanzees, marriage, and other related topics.
Presents the letters of wildlife researcher Jane Goodall spanning 1966-99, the period during which she made disturbing discoveries about chimpanzee behavior--warfare and murder among them--gave birth to a son, divorced and remarried, dealt with the guerrilla-kidnapping of some of her students, and suffered the loss of her second husband to cancer.
