successful people

Profiles ten people with unusual vocations, including a man--legally named "Spiderman"--who assesses damage and makes repairs on the sides of two-hundred-foot buildings, an NFL kicking coach with no kicking experience, and the voice of thousands of movie trailers, explaining the paths they took to their unique professions.

Attempts to understand why one person succeeds and another does not through an examination of differences within families, specifically among siblings.

Accompanied by data from the Gallup Poll, this title discusses the experiences of South American immigrants in North America and presents biographies of seven contemporary members of this ethnic group who have had success in America. Features a "cross-currents" section that lists additional background information.

Shares the stories of eleven men and women--all under the age of thirty--who have pursued their childhood interests and passions to create successful careers.

Presents a collection of personal, true life stories based on the experiences of each author in recounting opportunities of challenge, adventure, and success that changed their lives.

After suffering a heart attack, an African-American theater actor named Leo Proudhammer recounts his passionate and conflicted life, shaped by childhood loss, love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, and constant racial tension in the society through which he moves.