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The author shares his life's story as a person with Down syndrome. He describes growing up in a family determined to see him succeed; the power of friends, family, teachers, and mentors; how to dream big and overcome challenges; his employment and fellowship on Capitol Hill; and his role as an advocate for Special Olympics and the Down syndrome community.

Chef David Chang discusses his childhood as the youngest son of a deeply religious Korean American family in Virginia, how he fled to Japan in the hopes of finding some sense of belonging, his struggles with mental health and feelings of inadequacy, and his start in the kitchen. He also details how he started Momofuku Noodle Bar and subsequent restaurants, his many mistakes, his extraordinary luck, and the restaurant industry's history of brutishness and sexism.

Readers learn about the Super Bowl's MVPs.

Looks at the life of professional football player Tom Brady.

Contains multiple choice questions for John Green's "Paper Towns.".

Presents a collection of paintings and sculptural works by portrait painter, Kehinde Wiley.

Football has taken the place of baseball as America's national pastime, and that has prompted many fans and viewers to ask: who is the best to ever play? This discussion almost always leads to quarterbacks, and among that select group, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, and Joe Montana stand above the rest. Using statistical analysis by presenting and explaining how stats are accumulated and calculated, this book combines core math skills with the fast-moving world of sports to contextualize today's superstars among the all-time greats.

Floyd ???Money??? Mayweather is one of the most successful professional boxers of all time. In September 2015 he defeated Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to claim his forty-ninth professional victory in a glittering unbeaten ring career that has spanned two decades. Mayweather was born into a boxing family that was barely surviving on the poverty line. His father had enjoyed a modestly successful career in the ring but had to make ends meet on the street. When a rival drug dealer arrived at the house and threatened to shoot him, Floyd Mayweather Sr picked up his son and used him as a human shield. Such were the ashes from which Floyd was to rise. This is the remarkable story of Floyd Mayweather???s ascent from these bleak origins to become the highest-paid sportsman on the planet. It is a story of greed, arrogance, abuse, extraordinary boxing ability and unrivalled ambition. In Money, Tris Dixon explores it all in a searing, insightful and often brutal expos?? of one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. -- Publisher.

Recounts the true story of Kamila Sidiqi, a woman who was forced to support herself and her five siblings after the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul and her father and brothers fled the country.

The author describes her trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo with her fiance to study orphaned bonobos in an animal sanctuary. Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of bonobos, the human suffering in the region, and the bond she develops with the animals, her new husband, and the country.