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Super sports star Derek Jeter

2004
Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the star shortstop for the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter.

Super shortstops

Nomar, A-Rod, and Jeter
2001
Provides biographical profiles of three of the greatest shortstops in baseball history, and includes information about other notable men who have played the position.

Derek Jeter

2001
Traces the personal life and baseball career of the shortstop for the New York Yankees.

Steve Nash

2007
Tells the life story of basketball player Steve Nash, describing his childhood in South Africa and rise to stardom with the Phoneix Suns and Dallas Mavericks.

The heart and the fist

the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL
2012
A memoir in which Eric Greitens discusses how his desire to make a difference led him to the world's trouble spots where he worked to serve and sick, poor, and displaced, explains his decision to join the Navy SEALS to protect the weak, and discusses how the lessons he learned in humanitarianism affected his missions in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Derek Jeter

captain on and off the field
2006
Examines the life and career of baseball star Derek Jeters, discussing his upbringing, success in the American League, leadership abilities, and charity work.

Steve Nash

2008
Presents a short biography of NBA player Steve Nash and chronicles his childhood and basketball career.

Game day

my life on and off the field
2001
Derek Jeter, a shortstop with the New York Yankees, presents an inside look at his personal and professional life over the course of the baseball season, featuring photographs and text in which he shows how he prepares for spring training, how he handles the grueling schedule, and how he approaches each game in the postseason.

American gypsy

2012
Follows the journey of fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti as she tries to find her place in the United States after living as a Gypsy in Russia, and has to overcome certain barriers in order to feel like she belongs in her new home.

The heart and the fist

the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL
2011
A memoir in which Eric Greitens discusses how his desire to make a difference led him to the world's trouble spots where he worked to serve and sick, poor, and displaced, explains his decision to join the Navy SEALS to protect the weak, and discusses how the lessons he learned in humanitarianism affected his missions in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

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