A biography of the China-born center for the Houston Rockets chronicles his odyssey from his Shanghai youth, through his first year in the NBA and the challenges he has faced, to his role as an international sports icon.

Yao Ming: Basketball's Big Man (Sports Leaders)

Children's Books

Young, Jeff C.

Biographies

Enslow Pub Inc

A baby trapped in a well, a man looking for caves in Kentucky, coal miners and gold miners put in deadly predicaments, and a man rescuing another from an oncoming subway train. What do these stories have in common? They are all dramatic accounts of rescue missions that took place below the surface of the earth. These true stories will excite the reader while teaching what it means to sacrifice for others for the betterment of all.

True Underground Rescue Stories (True Rescue Stories)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Albert Pujols: A Baseball Star Who Cares (Sports Stars Who Care)

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols has been called "The Machine," as in the hitting machine! In his first 12 seasons, Pujols hit over 30 homers each year and over 100 RBIs in 11 of the 12. But he's just as productive off the field, having started the Pujols' Family Foundation. The foundation provides money and support to children with Down syndrome, as well as needy children in his native Dominican Republic.

Benjamin Harrison (Presidents)

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Myreportlinks.Com

A biography of the twenty-first president of the United States, focusing on his personal life, education, and political career, includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs.

Chester A. Arthur (Presidents)

Discusses the rise to power of Saddam Hussein and the threat posed by his dictatorial regime, the events leading to the United States attack on Iraq, and the aftermath of that conflict.

Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Myreportlinks.Com Book (U. S. Wars)

From founding fathers, such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, to presidential heroes, such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt, MyReportLinks.com Books offer a complete library of the United States presidents. Each book in the Presidents series explores the life and political career of an American president. Each book includes color photographs, 48 pages, chapter notes, a further reading list, a highlights page, and an index. The Report Links take the reader to the best Web sites, source documents, and photos related to each president.Author Jeff C. Young examines the life and legacy of the twentieth president of the United States, James A. Garfield. Garfield served as a senator in Ohio before he was elected president. It is unknown how Garfield would have performed as president because he was assassinated a few months after his inauguration.

James A. Garfield (Presidents)

A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, describing his attempts to lead a divided nation under the scourge of slavery.

James Buchanan (Presidents)

A biography of the twenty-second president of the United States--the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms--includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Grover Cleveland.

Grover Cleveland (Presidents)

The Fathers of American Presidents: From Augustine Washington to William Blythe and Roger Clinton

Fathers profiled include Jesse Root Grant, Alphonso Taft, John Anderson Truman, and James Roosevelt

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

McFarland Publishing

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