Biography: sport

Surrounded by possibility but unsure of your direction?

Did you know that women have had special roles in American history?

After the fall of the Parthians, the Sassanids came into power.

It's time for female leaders to stand out.

A four year old Mexican American girl is taken away from her parents because she is obese and experiencing health problems related to her weight.

As the host of one of National Public Radio's most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time.

Spiritual trailblazer Huston Smith has written comprehensive books about religion and a memoir of his own life, but nowhere has he merged the two elements of seeking and experience with such storytelling flair as he has in these pages.

Men and women used to cheer: vive la diffrence!

Mark Graber looks at the history of abortion law in action to argue that the only defensible, constitutional approach to the issue is to afford all women equal choice--abortion should remain legal or bans should be strictly enforced.

Adolescent girls are filled with passion, excitement, joy, critique, wit, and energy, even as they face and overcome a wide variety of difficult challenges.

This publication, prepared by the Asian Development Bank in close cooperation with the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan, contains a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic aspects of gender equality in Uzbekistan.

Mari's life is starting to fall apart.

Wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan.

The last book of essays by Church of Satan founder LaVey.

Western Europe is in a strangely neurotic condition of being smug and terrified at the same time.

College dropout Isao Komori wakes up one morning to find himself in the body of a high school girl.

The power of unions in workers' lives and in the American political system has declined dramatically since the 1970s.

This publication examines the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan---Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program, which promotes women's participation and empowerment in the Philippines.

Don Howe is one of English football's great coaches, with an unrivalled record at international and club level.

Andrew Shanks brings together a grand narrative of theology and continental philosophy to argue that the 'solidarity of the shaken' is the kingdom of God in secular dress.

A more abundant life is within your reach.

Imagining women readers reassesses the cultural significance of women's reading in the period 1789-1820.

Viewing the poem as a social agent and product in women's lives, the essays in this collection examine factors influencing the relationships between writers and readers of poetry in seventeenth-century England and Scotland.

God made you to be your truest, most authentic self.

The Americans experienced great social change in the decade following World War I.

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner Nautilus Silver Book Award Winner Purple Dragonfly Book Awards - First Place "e;Never be ashamed of being different: it is this difference that makes you extraordinary and unique.

Reflecting on an outstanding 19-year major-league career, this autobiography chronicles baseball great Ken Griffey, beginning with his days just out of high school.

When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews whom they claimed to supersede, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria.

Florida as symbol and myth is the subject of this collection of new critical essays exploring fiction written by female Floridian authors.

As early as 1760 and as late as 1920, Romantic drama dominated Peninsular Spanish theater.

The Big Bang Theory's mix of humor, nerdy protagonists, sexy female leads and quirky characters have made the series one of CBS's most successful shows and have brought it international acclaim.

This series of absorbing case studies focuses on the portrayal of Pakistani women in the global media.

Between 1887 and 1920, the humble hatpin went from an unremarkable item in every woman's wardrobe, to a fashion necessity, to a dangerous weapon (it was said).

Many female figures in recent fiction, film, and television embody the Artemis archetype, modeled on the Greco-Roman goddess of the hunt.

Why did it seem strange when Battlestar Galactica ended its narrative on a religious note instead of providing a scientific explanation?

From novels to films, our everyday lives are filled with stories that comfort and connect us and enable new ways of thinking.

Winifred Black worked in journalism from 1888 to 1936, often writing under the pseudonym Annie Laurie.

Many fans loved Fifty Shades of Grey.

In 2013, the Nobel Prize for Literature was for the first time awarded to a short story writer, and to a Canadian, Alice Munro.

Gene Kiniski (1928-2010) was internationally known to a generation of wrestling fans and to Canadians everywhere as "e;Canada's Greatest Athlete.

Jessica Jones barged onto our screens in November 2015, courtesy of Marvel and Netflix, presenting a hard-drinking protagonist who wrestles with her own inner (and outer) demons.

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer.

Decades before the Salem Witch trials, 11 people were hanged as witches in the Connecticut River Valley.

Six years after Michael Jordan won his last NBA championship, American basketball hit rock bottom.

Kashmiri women in the entire post-independence period progressed in some development-related fields, but, at the same time, faced serious degenerative problems in the last two decades.

In India, a woman is traditionally regarded as an honorable and dignified personality.

Nest of Deheubarth was one of the most notorious women of the Middle Ages, mistress of Henry I and many other men, famously beautiful and strong-willed, object of one of the most notorious abduction/elopements of the period and ancestress of one of the most famous dynasties in medieval Ireland, the Fitzgeralds.

It's Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams!

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church.

Andrew Shanks brings together a grand narrative of theology and continental philosophy to argue that the 'solidarity of the shaken' is the kingdom of God in secular dress.