David Aretha

Ichiro Suzuki has had a storied baseball career in Japan and the United States. Since signed to the major leagues in 2001, the right fielder has racked up batting records for the Yankees, Mariners, and Marlins. Through fascinating details about his personal and professional life, full-color photos, and direct quotations, baseball fans and report writers will be inspired by this biography of a top player driven by a strong work ethic and devotion to...

"In the decades following the Civil War, American history books overlooked or downplayed acts of rebellion by the millions of Afircan and American-born black people who had been forced into slavery. They were described as 'docile' and accepting their lot in life. In recent generations, however, scholars have found evidence of hundreds of brazen acts of resistance. This is a story of sabotage, sedition, and sundry acts of rebellion that added up to...