Books with author Michael Boatman

From its beginnings in Europe to the contemporary skating scene and the stars of the 1998 Winter Olympics, here is a fascinating look at a sport that keeps growing in popularity. Skating fans will be captivated by the sport's history, its memorable moments, its fashions, its jumps and spins, and much more in this comprehensive, entertaining book with over sixty striking photographs.

Comprehensive and entertaining-and illustrated with eighty striking photographs-The Story of Figure Skating is an insider's look at a sport that keeps growing in popularity. Skating fans will be captivated by the sport's history, its memorable moments, its fashions, its jumps and spins, and its heroes and heroines, past and present. Includes a look back at the thrilling 1998 Olympic Games, as well as profiles of many of skating's brightest lights.

As recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, president of the African National Congress, and head of the antiapartheid movement, Nelson Mandela has been one of the world s great moral and political leaders. The story of his life from the early development of his political consciousness to his eventful quarter century behind bars to his momentous victory in South Africa s first multiracial elections is an epic account of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. "

It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of "the hurting business" and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax evasion. Special Agent Darryl T. Craxton, FBI, offers to bail him out if he agrees to infiltrate the First American Baptist Church and spy on alleged communist organizer Chaim Wenzler. That's when the murders begin....