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A brief biography of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates that discusses his childhood, family, philanthropy, and successful career. Includes related articles from "USA Today," a selected bibliography, resources, and a glossary.

Presents a short biography of celebrated cellist, Yo-Yo Ma from his childhood in Paris, France, his Chinese roots and musical heritage, Harvard education, and entrance into a full-time musical career.

Draws from interviews with friends, colleagues, and competitors, as well as employees of Microsoft to provide the inside story of the efforts undertaken by Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates to respond to the challenge posed by the advent of the Internet and the developers of Netscape Navigator.

An account of the 1973 arrest and trial of eighteen-year-old Peter Reilly for the murder of his mother and of the community action that prevented a miscarriage of justice.

A biographical portrait of Bill Gates, discussing the historical factors and personal qualities that led to his phenomenal success with the Microsoft Corporation, and providing information about Gates's personal relationships with women and other businesspeople.

A physician's personal story of working with AIDS patients in a small Tennessee mountain town.

Lincoln Hall describes his experiences after deciding to pursue a long-delayed dream to climb Mt. Everest in the spring of 2006, telling how he was declared dead and left behind after he collapsed from altitude sickness and Sherpas were unable to revive him, and discussing his miraculous rescue by an American guide the following day who discovered him sitting on the summit ridge, frostbitten, confused, but still alive.

Profiles entrepreneurs who have turned their visions into realities and had a significant impact on world history.

The story of the early life of Melissa G. Moore, daughter of convicted serial killer Keith Jesperson.

An insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. From the moment John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, flubbed the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation--and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative--a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. Roberts--and his allies on the Court--seek to overturn decades of precedent: in short, to undo the victory FDR achieved in the New Deal. And now they are linked in history by Roberts's stunning vote to uphold Obamacare. As the nation prepares to vote for President in 2012, the future of the Supreme Court is also on the ballot.--From publisher description.