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Reviews of earlier editions: "Action shots and formatted with the brightness and gloss of a magazine, this book will be interesting reading for hockey fans." -- Booklist "This is a fantastic book for teachers and students alike. It is written in an informative and easy-to-read style and is a definite must-have for any library or classroom." -- Resource Links The greatest players in the NHL... NOW! The Hockey Now! franchise has been thrilling hockey fans for over two decades, and this new eleventh edition will take them rinkside and delight them like no other hockey book. Updated in time for the 2022-23 season, Hockey Now! provides fast-paced and strikingly illustrated profiles of over 65 of the best and brightest of the NHL. Here are just a few of the players featured in Hockey Now! - Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) - Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) - Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs) - Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) - Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning) - Nathan McKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) - Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings) - Marc-André Fleury (Chicago Blackhawks) - Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning). Author Mike Ryan has selected first and second All-Star teams as well as the Black Aces and Milestone Makers for each division (Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central and Pacific), paying special attention to the league's youth movement. Hockey Now! is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the stars of today's fast-paced NHL and the ideal choice for all fans.

Amazing Football is chock full of the biggest superstars of the NFL, as well as a 10-page primer on the parts of the game that matter most to kids. Players like Aaron Rogers, Russell Wilson and J.J. Watt line the pages of this book because their outstanding gridiron skills have merged with their will to succeed. From backgrounds as diverse as the population of the United States, these all-pros have had to deal with all manner of road blocks to get to the top of the football world. Through adversity, defeat and triumph, players like Jamaal Charles, Jason Witten and Antonio Brown have carved a space in football history for themselves, and each one gives back to the community in ways that will benefit kids today. Lighting up smiles by day and stadiums by night, the athletes featured in Amazing Football are a shining example of what can happen if you keep focused on your goals and make the right choices. These football stars are role models for today's generation.

Project Specter is tasked with eliminating targets they deem to be a threat to the United States. Thomas Nelson, a fallen Delta Force soldier unable to remember who he is, is thought to be the perfect agent. Specter's goal is to turn Nelson into a super-assassin named Matthew Cain. Follow Cain's adventures as he transforms into a lethal agent, who battles hitmen, criminals, and even those who are supposedly close to him.<BR>All four books are included in this edition, including: <BR>The Cain ConspiracyThe Cain DeceptionThe Cain DirectiveThe Cain Redemption<BR>Over 700 pages of action in this thrilling series from USA Today Bestselling Author Mike Ryan.