1938-

Picture book memoir of the author's boyhood in England during the years after World War II, capturing the details of the days of rebuilding and rejoicing.

Explores the life and career of Attorney General Janet Reno, the first woman to head the Justice Department.

Recreates the Holocaust through the eyes of a small child experiencing the discrimination that sends his family to Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp.

Examines the life and career of Janet Guthrie, the first woman race-car driver to compete in the Indy 500 in 1977.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recounts her rise to power as Africa's first woman president, describing how she overcame abuse, imprisonment, and exile to become president of the Republic of Liberia in January 2006, and describing her efforts to bring social justice and democracy to her country and its people.

Presents an overview of the life and work of businessman Yvon Chouinard, the found of Patagonia Inc., and includes information on his childhood, his mountain climbing, and his achievements in business.

Text and accompanying photographs present a biography of the life and career of Janet Reno, who is the seventy-eighth attorney general of the United States and the first woman to be named the country's top law enforcer.

A biography of the physicist who broke into the all-male world of the Indianapolis 500.