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Polish Immigrants

Polish Immigrants


Robert Asher, Scott Ingram, W. Scott Ingram



Polish Immigrants...
Namath: A Biography

Namath: A Biography


Mark Kriegel



From Publishers Weekly Avoiding the pitfalls of mythology while telling a larger-than-life story is never easy, but Krieg...
The Earnhardts: A Biography

The Earnhardts: A Biography


Gerry Souter



"Drawing on interviews with friends, family, and sports writers, the book tells the story of how American stock car racing was bo...
Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France

Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France


Daniel Coyle



From Publishers Weekly When an athlete is as celebrated as Lance Armstrong, journalists tend to approach either with stag...
Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA

Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA


Lance Allred



From Publishers Weekly Allred played basketball with the University of Utah, then Weber State, before eventually joining ...
Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson

Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson


Wil Haygood



From the author of the critically acclaimed In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr., comes another illuminating socio-...
Mary Kingsley: Explorer of the Congo

Mary Kingsley: Explorer of the Congo


Heather Lehr Wagner, Milbry Polk



Mary Kingsley: Explorer of the Congo...
Russian Immigrants

Russian Immigrants


Lisa Trumbauer, Robert Asher



Russian Immigrants...
Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes

Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes


Bob Murcer, Glen Waggoner



From Publishers Weekly Murcer may not be one of the most famous New York Yankees , but he comes across as one of the most...
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson


Heather Lehr Wagner, Walter Cronkite



Thomas Jefferson...
Contemporary Chief Information Officers: Management Experiences

Contemporary Chief Information Officers: Management Experiences


M. Gordon Hunter



Contemporary Chief Information Officers: Management Experiences...
My Chess Career

My Chess Career


Jose Raul Capablanca



My Chess Career...
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back

Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back


Josh Hamilton, Tim Keown



Ada has become the language of choice for high integrity software systems, and is now used extensively in applications such as ...
The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley


Leslie Berlin



From Publishers Weekly By the high-tech boom of the 1990s, Intel CEO Andy Grove had become the man most commonly associat...
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court


John Wooden, Steve Jamison



Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court...
Computer Entrepreneur

Computer Entrepreneur


Michael Katz, Moskowitz, Robert Levering



Computer Entrepreneur...
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big


Jose Canseco



Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big...
Every Second Counts

Every Second Counts


Donna Sinisgalli, Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins



Every Second Counts...
Google Speaks: Secrets of the World's Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Google Speaks: Secrets of the World's Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page


Janet Lowe



Praise for Google Speaks "It's not hard to see that Google is a phenomenal company....At Geico, we pay these guys a whole lot ...
Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness, and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier

Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness, and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier


Suelette Dreyfuss



Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness, and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier...
Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism

Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism


Allen L. Sack



The debate over big-time college sports, never far from the front pages, has once again moved from simmering to hot. Congress has ...
How I became a quant

How I became a quant


Barry Schachter, Richard R. Lindsey



Praise for How I Became a Quant "Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant ...
Maria Goeppert Mayer: Physicist

Maria Goeppert Mayer: Physicist


Chelsea House Publishers, Jill Sideman, Joseph P. Ferry



A biography of Maria Goeppert Mayer, a physicist who contributed to the development of the atomic bomb and who, in 1963, was cowin...
Great Athletes Set

Great Athletes Set


Rafer Johnson, Salem Press



From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up—This impressive set builds on three previous works: The Twentieth Century: Great At...