A biography of the basketball superstar, from his childhood in Alabama through his years at Auburn University to his career with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns.
An introduction to the life and career of professional basketball player Michael Jordan that discusses his childhood, strong family ties, experiences playing college basketball, legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, and other related topics.
A biography of the multi-talented basketball star for the Chicago Bulls, who has won nine NBA scoring titles and been named NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.
Examines the personal life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor league baseball in 1994. Illustrated with photographs from some of his games.
Describes the friendship that began between twenty-year-old John Prendergast and seven-year-old Michael Mattocks, a boy who was living out of plastic bags and moving from one homeless shelter to the next, and explains how their relationship continued through the struggles they faced over the next twenty-five years.
Describes how seemingly mild-mannered Star Trek fan Sean Vincent Gillis murdered and then dismembered women in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for ten years, and how he was finally caught by the authorities.
Dale, Daytona, and the day that changed everything
Waltrip, Michael
2011
An account of the colorful NASCAR driver's career describes his hardscrabble upbringing and strained relationship with brother Darrell, while recounting his historic win at the 2001 Daytona 500 and the death of mentor Dale Earnhardt in the same race.
A memoir in which Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, describes his experiences growing up in North Carolina as the gay son of a fundamentalist preacher.
