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Mysterious stranger

a book of magic
2002
David Blaine presents a combination autobiography/history of magic that features behind-the-scenes details on his own stunts, including being frozen in a block of ice, and standing on a ninety-foot-tall pillar for thirty-five hours.

Oscar De La Hoya

2001
A biography of Oscar De La Hoya, discussing his youth in the barrios of East Los Angeles, his Olympic and professional boxing careers, and the stumbling blocks he has encountered on his path to success.

Monica Seles

champion tennis player
1997
Follows the life of the tennis star who became the youngest winner of a Grand Slam title in over one hundred years, from her childhood in Yugoslavia through the traumatic attack during a match in Germany in 1993 to her comeback in 1995.

Tech titans

one frontier, six bios
2012
Explores the lives and work of six figures who have had an influence on technology, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Jeff Bezos.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

the Google guys
2008
A brief biography of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of the Google Internet Search Engine.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page

the founders of Google
2007
A career biography of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the two developers of the Internet search engine Google, a company whose revenue increased by more than 400,000 percent in its first five years, and includes background on the business climate in which Google was created.

We beat the street

how a friendship pact helped us succeed
2005
Shares anecdotes from the childhoods, teen years, and young adult lives of three men from Newark, New Jersey, who made a pledge to each other in high school to stay safe from drugs, gangs, and crime, and work to become doctors--a goal they have successfully achieved.

Monica Seles

1998
A photographic biography of tennis champion Monica Seles.

Tony Hawk, Andy Macdonald

ride to the top
2003
Traces the skateboarding careers of Tony Hawk and Andy Macdonald, two of the legends of the sport.
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