New Releases by Jim Gigliotti

Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute. Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compassion and devotion to the poor.

Presenta la vida de una niña albanesa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, que se conoció como Madre Teresa y pasó la mayor parte de su vida sirviendo "a los más pobres de los pobres" en Calcuta, India.

Science and sports are coming together to create winning teams around the world, and this book tells that story. Read how scientists are making sports safer and easier to play; how engineers are creating ways for disabled athletes to excel; and how nutritionists are using science to change the way athletes eat to win. From auto racing to baseball, from football to soccer, science has become as big a part of sports as wins and losses. The entire STEM in SPORTS series tells the story of how science, technology, engineering, and math are not just an exciting and innovative part of education, but also part of the winning formula for success in sports. In this series, find out how these fields of study are hard at work on the fields of play.

Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. She married her first cousin, Albert, and had nine children who married into families across Europe. By the time she had earned the nickname “The Grandmother of Europe” and the title “Empress of India” it was indeed true that the sun never set on the British Empire. Publicly, she became a national icon, but privately, Who Was Queen Victoria?

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim. Through such films as Way of the Dragon and Enter the Dragon, Lee helped to change the way Asians were presented in American films and, in the process, he became an iconic figure known throughout the world. Although he died at the young age of 32, Bruce Lee is widely considered to be the one of the most influential martial artists of all time.

Every football game begins with a kick-off . . . but how did the first football game begin? And when? This brilliant book, packed with football memorabilia and historic photos, takes readers back to the early rough-and-tumble days of football. Find out why Teddy Roosevelt played a big part, who ran the "flying wedge", and just how Pudge Hefflefinger was! For fans of the NFL, college football, or high school football, this book will show them how their favourite sport evolved from a backyard brawl into a mighty empire! Get ready for KICK-OFF!

An introduction to the sport of skydiving.

Check out the hottest NFL players of the season! Highlights the hottest teams and players from the past NFL season. Flip through the pages and look at the best of the AFC, then flip the book over and look at the best of the NFC!

Super-sized facts, players, and stats about the biggest game in the world.

A biography of famous African-American runner Jesse Owens.

Presenting 50 years of sports records, high points, scandals, championships, and much more. 50 Years of American Sports presents in full color the exciting history of American sports from 1960 through 2009. Examining sports as social history, this guide covers the historical high points, scandals, records, championships, and the rise of professional athletics in an engaging decade-by-decade format. It captures the thrill of the games while looking at how sports have impacted culture, shaped race relations, influenced world events, and much more. Written by a team of top sports journalists and sports writers, this comprehensive book presents compelling and inspiring histories of the sports people love to watch and play. Year-by-year chapters recount important sports highlights, and full-color photographs capture some of the greatest moments in sports. Sports covered include: Auto racing Baseball Basketball Boxing Football Golf Hockey Horse racing The Olympics Soccer Tennis and many more.

Picked off! Cornerbacks and safeties use speed, daring, and toughness to stop opposing receivers. Learn the skills defensive backs need to cover pass catchers, how they "read" an offense, and what it feels like to make a big interception. Plus, meet some of the greatest stars ever to play defensive back.

Examines the position of linebacker, discussing its history, key skills and tactics, and top players.

In the complex world of the 21st century, the ability to use innovation to solve problems or make products better is a critical skill for kids to possess. This book uses a sport kid''s love, football, to highlight how innovation has been used to make the game and the people who play it, better

An introduction to NASCAR races.

The whipping winds and powerful rainstorms of hurricanes cause many problems. Learn how these storms affect people in the United States.

An introduction to smoke jumpers, discussing what they do on the job and the tools they use.

Meet today''s best pro players, quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers.

Presents information, including biographical profiles and career statistics, about some of the major league baseball''s best pitchers.

A handbook for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series that includes race dates, common racing terms, and profiles of the drivers.

Examines sports in the twentieth century, from the early days of professional leagues to modern championships, and discusses the impact of sports on the social and cultural history of the United States.

This is a biography of Dale Jarrett, who, in 1996, became the first driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year.

A pictorial history of baseball and its famous players covers the earliest professional game, the introduction of the World Series, the affect of World War II on the sport, and the present day home-run race.