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A biography of the Brazilian who has become known as the greatest soccer player in the world. Includes notes on the origin and rules of the game.

Examines the life and political career of Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House, and provides facts about the U.S. government.

Recounts the career of the Brazilian many consider to be the world's greatest soccer player.

Contains translations of selected portions of conversations with Nobel prize-winning Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, taped between 1978 and 1993, in which he discusses poetry, his life and travels, his friends and influences, his arrests, detentions, and ultimate expulsion from the Soviet Union, and other matters.