"Learn about Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan in this sports biography. See how Michael became arguably the best basketball player ever and changed the Chicago Bulls organization forever. Read about how he even retired from basketball to play baseball!"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the personal life and basketball career of the defensive star for the San Antonio Spurs, who also achieved success at the Naval Academy and on the 1992 and 1996 Olympic "Dream Teams."

Introduces little-known individuals responsible for advancing well-known business products, including the originators of Coca-Cola, Hoover vacuum cleaners, and Bingo.

Provides accounts of ten significant twentieth-century inventions and the people behind them, including the Wright brothers and their airplane, Robert Goddard and his rocket, and Gordon Gould and his laser.

Profiles eight notable justices of the United States Supreme Court and landmark cases in which each was involved: John Marshall, Roger Taney, John Harlan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Hugo Black, Earl Warren.

Biographies of 10 professional quarterbacks: Fran Tarkenton, Roger Staubach, Griese, Stabler, Terry Bradshaw, Archie Manning, Anderson, Bert Jones, Fouts, and Zorn.

Tells of 10 black inventors, the problems they overcame, and the often slow, frustrating road to ingenious achievement. This work profiles 10 African American inventors, including Lewis Temple, Elijah McCoy & Sarah Breedlove Walker, & tells how they were denied recognition for their achievements & overcame social & economic obstacles to achieve success.

Examines the lives and scientific breakthroughs of seven scientists who contributed to the field of genetics--Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Oswald Avery, James Watson, Francis Crick, and Har Gobind Khorana.

Professional athletes including football's Jim Plunkett and Woody Peoples, baseball's Steve Stone and Matt Keough, basketball's James Silas, hockey's Reggie Leach, racing's Niki Lauda, and tennis champ Virginia Wade, encountered setbacks but were able to make it to the top again.

A biography with emphasis on the career of the record-making pitcher for the New York Mets.