1980-

A biography of champion figure skater Michelle Kwan. Describes her rapid progress to senior-level competition at the age of twelve and to world champion at age sixteen. Also discusses how she came back from difficulties and injury to compete with special emphasis on the 1998 U.S. Nationals.

A brief profile of NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne that examines his life and career.

A short biography of actor Jake Gyllenhaal, which describes his family, his feelings about his career, and each of his movie roles.

Presents a short biography of St. Louis Cardinals first baseman, Albert Pujols, and chronicles his childhood in the Dominican Republic, his passion for the game, and his impressive record.

Examines the lives and careers of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, gold medal winners for the Women's Doubles in the 2000 Olympics and holders of many other championship titles.

Discusses the abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991, how two policewomen discovered who she was and the trial that followed for Phillip Craig Garrido, the man who kidnapped her eighteen years earlier.

Recounts the events in the life of Wael Ghonim, a Google exectutive and political activist, after he anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of an Egyptian man, which evolved into a revolution and the events of January 25th, 2011 at Cairo's Tahrir Square and Ghonim's arrest.

Jaycee Dugard chronicles the eighteen years she spent in captivity, describing what happened after she was kidnapped at age eleven in 1991, the abuse she endured, the birth of her two daughters, the events leading up to her release, and her struggle to adjust to life once she was reunited with her family.

Presents a memoir in which basketball star Yao Ming recalls his childhood and family in Shanghai, his early love for the game, his success in China, his move to Houston to play in the National Basketball League, and the adjustments he had to make to life and fame in the U.S.

Biography of Michelle Kwan, silver medalist for the United States in figure skating in the 1998 Winter Olympics.