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Helping me help myself

one skeptic, ten self-help gurus, and a year on the brink of the comfort zone
2008
Beth Lisick recounts the year she spent trying to turn her life around with the help of national experts and self-help gurus, who taught her how to face her fears head-on and learn to love the life she has.

Mike Piazza

hard-hitting catcher
1997
Describes the life and achievements of the Los Angeles Dodgers' star catcher and power-hitter who was voted National League Rookie of the Year in 1993.

Running back conversion, I was Barry Sanders

1997
Elliot Rifkin switches bodies with running back Barry Sanders during a NFL Monday Night Football game.

Gut feelings

from fear and despair to health and hope
2001
Singer Carnie Wilson chronicles her lifelong struggle with obesity and discusses how gastric bypass surgery changed her life.

Losing my faculties

a teacher's story
2004
Brendan Halpin recounts his experiences teaching students of vastly different backgrounds and explains why he continues to be a teacher despite the many challenges he has faced in his career.

Rebel without a crew; or, How a 23-year-old filmmaker with $7,000 became a Hollywood player

1995
Texas filmmaker Robert Rodriguez shares the story of how he completed the feature film "El Mariachi" with one camera, no crew, and a mere seven-thousand-dollar budget.

Educating Esm?

diary of a teacher's first year
2001
Presents the diary of teacher Esm? Raji Codell's first year in charge of a fifth-grade classroom in an inner-city public school.

Escape

2007
Carolyn Jessop recounts her involvement in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which forced her to become the fourth wife of a fifty-year-old man before she managed to escape and expose the group and its practices, leading to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs.

Will Smith

2002
Explores the personal and professional life of Philadelphia-born Will Smith, a highly successful rap musician, television and film actor whose awards include Grammy and American Music Awards.

Will Smith

2009
Chronicles the life and career of Will Smith, discussing his childhood, family, success in the music, television, and motion picture industries, lifestyle, and other related topics.

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