Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who

Tyree's book is an inspirational story of setbacks and how to persevere to overcome them. In the exciting and highly competitive field of track and field, Tyree

It had been years since I had seen any of the children with whom I had grown up. When I left the children's home, I promised myself that I would have nothing to

The common thread among the 18 stories in Against the Odds is the way people can resourcefully overcome obstacles to realize their ambitions and dreams. The “

One of America’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, John H. Johnson rose from the welfare rolls of the Depression to become the most successful Black businessman in Am