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Rebel land

unraveling the riddle of history in a Turkish town
2010
Foreign correspondent Christopher de Bellaigue reveals information he uncovered while in Turkey about the massacre of Armenians during World War I and Kurdish violence in a small Turkish village.

Jeff Gordon

1997
Career biography of the race car driver known as "The Kid," tracing his rapid rise on the professional circuit, with his first Winston Cup victory in 1994 through his history-making win at the Daytona 500 in 1997.

Jeff Gordon

2004
Explores the life and racing career of NASCAR Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon.

Tony Stewart

2004
Traces the life and career of Tony Stewart, from his early years racing go-karts to his titles in Indy car and stock car racing.

Kurt Warner

2003
A brief biography of the All-Pro quarterback for the St. Louis Rams, Kurt Warner.

Pedro Martinez

pitcher perfect
2000
A biography of the Boston Red Sox pitcher who won the Cy Young Award in 1997 and 1999.

Briana Scurry

super saver
2000
A biography of the Team USA soccer goalie from her childhood to the 1999 Women's World Cup championship.

Jeff Gordon

2004
A biography of the NASCAR driver, focusing on his triumphant wins and disappointing losses.

On the run in Siberia

2012
The author and his identical twin brother, Eske, went on an expedition in 1993 to northeastern Siberia with a group of researchers and a film crew to study the Yukaghirs, an indigenous group of hunters who live in the northern part of the Russian Republic of Sakha. The Yukaghuirs live remotely and are the earliest indigenous people known to live in northeastern Sibera. Their language has no evident link to any other known language group. They also have never domesticated animals as a food source and survive exclusively by hunting and trading furs, mostly sable. Their life is hard in post-Soviet Russia and they are underpaid and are unable to get crucial deliveries of food, weapons, and ammunition. The author wished to help and wanted to organize the Yukaghir hunters into a cooperative society. The author's project did not go as planned.

Comes the darkness, comes the light

a memoir of cutting, healing, and hope
2007
Gets inside the mind of a person who cuts themselves to relieve their internal pain. The author has fought her way back to emotional health and has rebuilt her life.

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