Books with author Marguerite R.

The biggest bicycle race of all time started as a publicity stunt for a cycling magazine in 1903. Every year since, almost one billion people follow the Tour de France, making it the third most popular sporting event after the Olympics and the World Cup. Often described as the equivalent of running twenty marathons in twenty days, the Tour's popularity in the United States has exploded, thanks largely to the performance of the American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won his fourth consecutive Tour de France in 2002. Tour de France: The Illustrated History is packed with vivid, action-filled photographs and covers every aspect of the race, including: The organizers Technical advances The scandals. Cycling superstars Greg Lemond, Jacques Anquetil, Miguel Indurain, and Lance Armstrong are featured.

Willie Joe was the odd boy in the family living in the past elegance of the Glenwood plantation. His older brothers, Mat and Trevor, wanted only to hunt and fish. Sue Bell, his pretty blond sister, wanted to be the grand lady, but her father turned up one day with a stepmother who had other ideas. Willie Joe was different because he wanted to work, earn money, and become a sea captain. His family didn't understand him, nor did they care about his ambitions. But the manager of Jeb Stuart House did, and so did his aunt, who rescued him and sent him to a preparatory school for his great ambition- Annapolis! A wonderful story about a fine boy, whose ambitions never blinded him to other people's problems.