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Beauty beyond the ashes

choosing hope after crisis
2004
Cheryl McGuinness, the wife of Tom McGuinness, co-pilot of one of the hijacked planes that were flown by terrorists into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, shares her memories of the days following the tragedy, and tells how her faith in God, and the help of loving friends and family, helped her and her children handle their loss.

Carl Lewis

1995
A biography of the African American Olympic gold medal winner in track.

Among grizzlies

living with wild bears in Alaska
1997

Diana, the fashion princess

1984
One hundred eighty color photographs wih accompanying text describe the fashion look of the Princess of Wales.

The grizzly maze

Timothy Treadwell's fatal obsession with Alaskan bears
2006
Examines the work of Timothy Treadwell to protect the grizzly bear and his death from a bear attack. Plots out Treadwell's final expedition and encounter with the grizzly. Provides a portrait of the "Bear Whisperer" as well as of the grizzly bear and its behavior.

Nadia Comaneci

1977
A biography of the young Romanian who was the first gymnast to receive a perfect score during Olympic competition.

The picture story of Wayne Gretzky

1982
An illustrated biography of the young Canadian star player of the Edmonton Oilers who, at the age of twenty-one, has been voted the most valuable player three times in three seasons.

Mao's last dancer

2005
Li Cunxin, a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and Australian Ballet, explains how his childhood of poverty in rural China changed when he was selected by Madame Mao to attend the dance academy in Beijing, tells how his devotion to Communist philosophy was shaken during his first visit to the U.S. as part of an exchange program with the Houston Ballet, and discusses his eventual defection to the West.

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