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Biography of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali.

Chronicles the life of Kim Jong Il, discussing his presidency and his relationship with his father, Kim Il Sung, North Korea's first leader, and examines North Korea's international relations.

The author, a boxing champion himself, examines the career of Muhammad Ali, providing detailed descriptions of his major fights up to his March 1971 bout with Joe Frazier.

Examines the life and career of Muhammad Ali and discusses the time in which he lived as well as his advocacy of equal rights for African-Americans.

Presents more than one hundred quotations from boxing great Muhammad Ali, as well as several by others about him, arranged alphabetically by topic.

A brief biography of the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, describing his accomplishments as a fighter, as well as his impact on and contributions to society.

A biography of the first African American astronaut, Guion Bluford, Jr., who flew aboard the Challenger space shuttle in 1983.

Presents a memoir by Native American writer, Joseph Bruchac, and explains the many paths his life has taken, from "nature nut" to jock to writer, and how he ended up at the end of Ridge Road, a few miles from where his grandparents raised him. Includes additional essay that examines Bruchac's work.

Examines how North Korea's Kim Jong Il made himself into a living god, imposing a reign of terror across the country, destroying its national resources, and isolating himself and North Korea from the rest of the world.