1964-

Follows [Whedon's] development from a creative child and teenager who spent years away from his family at an elite English public school, through his early successes--which often turned into frustrating heartbreak in both television (Roseanne) and film (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)--to his breakout turn as the creator, writer, and director of the Buffy television series [to his work on the blockbuster The Avengers and home-shot Much ado about nothing].

The author, a nearly forty emergency medical responder in a small Wisconsin town, chronicles humorous, hapless, and rewarding events from one year of his life, focusing on his repair of a 1951 International Harvester pickup truck and a hopeful new romance that followed several failed ones.

Profiles the lives and achievements of Bill and Melinda Gates in computers, business, and philanthropy.

A humorous and personal biography of comedian, Stephen Colbert, star of The Colbert Report.

A biography of African American basketball player Cheryl Miller.

When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot of pitches to be thrown before he makes it off the mound, big-league dreams are revived, and there's no telling where he could go.

Folk artist Nicholas Herrera explains how his interest in art, along with his mother and a life threatening experience, prompted him to face his drug and alcohol addiction and change his life.