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Describes the rise to fame of professional football player Aaron Rodgers. Includes color photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.

Edward Snowden is one of the most extraordinary whistleblowers in history. A precocious computer specialist who rapidly rose through the ranks of the U.S. intelligence community, Snowden was only twenty-nine years old when he exposed the National Security Agency's mass surveillance program of citizens, which collects and stores people?s phone calls, emails, and contacts. Forced to flee the country to escape federal prosecutors, he remains a controversial figure in exile, having been called, by turns, a traitor, a hero, a dissident, a patriot.

Wounded in Iraq, Navy SEAL Eric Greitens returns home to find that his fellow veterans all want the same thing: to continue to serve their country. He founded The Mission Continues to provide paid public service fellowships for wounded veterans. Under this umbrella organization, former Marine sergeant Jake Wood began Team Rubicon, organizing post-9/11 veterans for dangerous disaster relief projects around the world. Drawing on the military's emphasis on discipline and selflessness, these veterans are helping to build a more vigorous nation and world.

A brief biography of professional football player Aaron Rodgers.

The author, the son of a terrorist, discusses his childhood growing up in America and explores the psychological aspects of terrorism.

A brief biography discussing the life and career of baseball player Miguel Cabrera.

The author, the son of a terrorist, discusses his childhood growing up in America and explores the psychological aspects of terrorism.

Aaron Rodgers is a ... NFL quarterback. Learn about his childhood and his rise to becoming a football superstar.

Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe reflects on her life amidst a polygamous father and her rise to fame as a movie star, reflecting on dispatches of friendship, depression, celebrities, haters, fashion, race, and weight.