biography

This book chronicles Roman Reigns' childhood, education, and early career; his rise to success. Roman Reigns' personal and professional challenges and achievements are highlighted as is his impact on entertainment wrestling.

"This book chronicles Brock Lesnar's childhood, education, and early career; his rise to success; and his current status. Lesnar's personal and professional challenges and achievements are highlighted as is his impact on entertainment wrestling"--Publisher.

"This book chronicles Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's childhood, education, and early career; his rise to success; and his current status. The Rock's personal and professional challenges and achievements are highlighted as is his impact on entertainment wrestling"--Amazon.

"Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships--and learn Russian history and graduate and go on to college. In 2006, the Fannie Lou Hamer Panthers basketball team was 0-18. Since 2007, the year Marc Skelton, a New Hampshire native, took over as head coach, the Panthers' record has been 228-68, and they've won three Public School Athletic League championships and one statewide championship. This tiny 400-student school has become a powerhouse on the basketball court, as well as a public education success story and a symbol of the regeneration of its once blighted neighborhood. In Pounding the Rock, Marc Skelton tells the thrilling story of the 2016-2017 season, as the Panthers seek to redeem an early exit from the playoffs the year before. But this is far more than a basketball story. It's a profile of a school that, against the odds, educates kids from the poorest congressional district in the country and sends the majority of them to college; of an unusual coach who studies the game with Talmudic intensity, demands as much of himself as he does of his players (a lot), and finds inspiration as much from Melville, Gogol, and Jacob Riis as from John Wooden; and of a squad of young men who battle against difficulties in life every day, and who don't know how to quit. --.

The number one pick in the 2013 WNBA draft recalls the painful episodes in her life and describes how she came to celebrate what makes her unique, in a biography that speaks to issues of gender, sexuality, body image, and self-esteem.

Provides background and information on major topics about the World War II period, biographies of significant men and women involved in the war, and primary sources such as full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts and other original documents.

Covers major topics related to the period, including the roots of the war; causes of U.S. involvement; the Espionage Act and Sedition Act; weapons of mass destruction; and more. Profiles the major players of the period, including Woodrow Wilson, Kaiser Wilhelm II, John Pershing, and Henri-Philippe Petain. Presents full or excerpted primary source materials, including diaries, speeches, letters, journals and memoirs.

Presents the life of Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychoanalysis. Includes film footage and photographs.

A look at the life and work of English novelist, essayist and critic Geroge Orwell, whose most prominent writings were directed against totalitarianism.

Documents the life and career of Steve Jobs.