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Julie Foudy

soccer superstar
1999
A biography of the young woman from southern California who starred at Stanford University and was a co-captain of the gold medal winning U.S. women's Olympic soccer team in 1996.

Derek Jeter

2011
Profiles the life and career of professional baseball player Derek Jeter, describing his family, childhood, awards and accomplishments, becoming a New York Yankee, and related topics.

The kids are all right

a memoir
2009
The poignant, harrowing story of four siblings--Amanda, Liz, Dan, and Diana Welch--who despite their wrenching loss and subsequent separation, retained the resilience and humor that both their mother and father endowed them with--growing up as lost souls, taking disastrous turns along the way, but eventually coming out right side up and being together again.

Rebel land

unraveling the riddle of history in a Turkish town
2011
Explores the history of Turkey in the twentieth century, from the 1915 deportation and murder of half a million Armenians in the country to the death of the Ottoman Empire and the founding of the modern Turkish nation.

A million miles in a thousand years

what I learned while editing my life
2009
Donald Miller tells of the depression and anxiety he suffered following the success of his first memoir, and discusses how he was launched into a whole new series of adventures when he learned his book was going to be made into a movie, presenting him with what he saw as an opportunity to edit his life.

Rebel for the hell of it

the life of Tupac Shakur
1997

Pedro Mart?nez

1999
Presents a biography of the professional baseball pitcher from the Dominican Republic who won the National League's Cy Young Award in 1997.

Ewan McGregor

1999
A biography of Scottish actor Ewan McGregor who portrayed the young Jedi Obi Wan Kenobi in the 1999 "Star Wars" prequel.

Jeff Gordon

2011
Describes the life and career of Jeff Gordon, discussing his childhood, his racing achievements, being a team owner, and more.

Looking forward to it, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the American electoral process

2004
Stephen Elliott shares his journey through the American election process, discussing how he tried to learn about and understand the process while sorting through the corruption, greed, and hatred surrounding the presidential campaign.

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