1954-

Describes the life of James Cameron, director of the successful movie, Titanic.

Follows the early years, musical career, and charity work of the musician who organized the Live Aid project and raised more money for the starving in Africa than anyone else in the world.

The story of four sportsmen who camp and kayak in the Aleutian Islands.

A biography of the Chicago Bears fullback who broke the NFL record for career rushing yards in 1984.

Shares the author's story of his brushes with the law and addictions to heroin and alcohol, tracing his complicated journey toward a recovery marked by a run for political office and his rise to an internationally respected gang interventionist.

Chronicles the author's captivity by the Taliban, relating how he was kidnapped, tortured, forced to watch his driver killed, and moved from lair to lair.

Stephen Venables chronicles his struggle to survive after he fell more than 300 feet on a remote Himalayan mountain, breaking both of his legs and leaving him semi-conscious.

The author, along with other members of his family, extensively research their family's heritage revealing their relationship to the most successful slave-trade family in American history.

A biography of Condoleezza Rice, national security advisor to President George W. Bush, discussing her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, her education, her interest in Soviet studies, and the career that led her to the White House.

An illustrated introduction to the life of Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up in poverty in the Bronx and became the first Latino Supreme Court justice. Written in both English and Spanish.