1981-

A brief biography of Beyonc? Knowles that focuses on her careers as a singer, an actor, and a businesswoman.

Provides a brief introduction to the life and career of NFL quarterback Eli Manning; and includes photographs, a glossary, and an index.

Hope Solo, the headline-making goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national soccer team, describes family, loss, and reconciliation in this memoir.

The Olympic gymnast recounts the hardships that dominated her early career, describing her relationships with her parents and coaches, her humiliating public scorn by her father, and the family secret that opened an unexpected chapter in her life.

A profile of singer, actress, and American Idol star Jennifer Hudson, looking at her life before auditioning for the television show, discussing her Idol experience, and following her career since being eliminated in the sixth round of the third season.

This book tells of the life of professional wrestler Kofi Kingston, who was a fan of the sport growing up in Boston.

Eli Manning knew he would have to play a great game to capture the 2012 Super Bowl. His team, the New York Giants, was facing its rival, the New England Patriots, in a rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl. The Giants had won that game in a huge upset, and now the Patriots were looking for revenge. With Giants fans counting on him, could Eli lead his team to the championship once again?.

Traces the lives and tennis careers of sisters Serena and Venus Williams.

Zeina Abirached, a Lebanese Christian born in 1981 during the hight of the civil war between Christians and Muslims, here has her life recounted by her granddaughter, also named Zeina. Zeina, her little brother, and her parents were used to the bombings, threat of snipers, the dividing wall of Beirut made out of brick and sandbags, and constant danger. When her parents do not return one day from a visit to the other half of the city, Zeina's neighbors kindly take her in and try to make a home for her and her brother.