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A collective biography of ten home run hitters from throughout the history of professional baseball which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more.

A collective biography of ten pitchers from throughout the history of Major League Baseball which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more.

Contains career profiles and statistics for over eighty of the top drivers in the history of NASCAR racing, and includes photographs.

Profiles the lives and careers of Rick Barry, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Willis Reed, Bill Russell, Isiah Thomas, Bill Walton, and Jerry West.

Provides brief biographies of athletes who were trailblazers in some way or who introduced new techniques in their particular sport.

An introduction to Performance-Based Supervision and Evaluation that explains how the data-driven and teacher-directed approach can be used to build educators' analytical and instructional capacity to address the needs of their students.

Explains how including measures of student achievement in teacher evaluations can help schools focus on meeting higher standards and describes programs implemented by four successful schools.

Asks the reader to compare the statistics for thirty-three of baseball's greatest starting pitchers and decide who is the best.

A collective biography of ten running backs from throughout the history of professional football which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more.

Examines the lives and careers of ten of most promising young players in major league baseball, including Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, and Billy Wagner, and discusses the challenges they faced in reaching their goals, and their dedication to the sport. Includes photographs and statistics.