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Describes the author's experiences after landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 with the Marines.

An illustrated account of the rise and fall of the German air force during World War II as they fought against an enemy who eventually had overwhelming and irresistible forces.

Introduces NASCAR racing, including its history, safety, pit stops, and racing rules.

Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attention of college basketball recruiters from top schools across the nation. In his senior year his Pearl High School basketball team won Tennessee's first racially-integrated state tournament. The world seemed to be opening up at just the right time, and when Vanderbilt University recruited Wallace to play basketball, he courageously accepted the assignment to desegregate the Southeastern Conference. The hateful experiences he would endure on campus and in the hostile gymnasiums of the Deep South turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. Yet Wallace persisted, endured, and met this unthinkable challenge head on. This insightful biography digs deep beneath the surface to reveal a complicated, profound, and inspiring story of an athlete turned civil rights trailblazer.

Provides insights into American psychiatric care in the twentieth century through an examination of the contents of ten suitcases found in the attic of Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York, filled with patients' belongings, coupled with a look at the written record.

Beals chronicles her harrowing junior year at Central High where she underwent the segregationists' brutal organized campaign of terrorism which included telephone threats, vigilante stalkers, economic blackmailers, rogue police, and much more.

Provides an overview of the history of the Washington Redskins football team, highlighting popular players, influential coaches, and more.

Text and photographs chronicle the history of the Tennessee Titans football team.

Provides an overview of the history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team, highlighting popular players, influential coaches, winning and losing seasons, and more.