San Antonio College Library

The author of Mapping Human History follows six American high school students on the quest for glory in the Olympics of math competitions, the International Mathematical Olympiad. Each summer six math whizzes selected from nearly a half million American teens compete against the world's best problem solvers at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Steve Olson followed the six 2001 contestants from the intense tryouts to the Olympiad's nail-biting...

Natalie Wheen and Huw Edwards present the final of the 1997 competition. Hopefuls include tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones, bass/baritone Abel Motsoadi, baritone Christopher Maltman, mezzo-soprano Guang Yang, and tenor Aguiles Machado.

A biennial event attracting singers from every corner of the globe that compete for opera's most coveted crown in the world's most prestigious vocal contest. This episode features Mariusz Kwiecien, Mariselle Martinez, Tigran Martirosian, Sam McElroy, Anja Harteros, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi, and accompanist Ingrid Surgenor.

This is the 10th biennial Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Tonight's performances include representatives from France (soprano Gaëllé Méchaly), Greece (bass-baritone Panajotis Iconomou), Russia (mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk), Germany (baritone Markus Brück), and Australia (soprano Natalie Christie).

Tracking the country's oldest beauty contest - from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country's most popular events - Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. Using intimate interviews with former contestants, and fabulous behind-the-scenes footage and photographs, the film reveals why some women took part in the fledgling event and how the...

"Most of the problems in the collection have appeared on national or international Olympiads or other contests ... The problems included in this collection are taken from geometry, number theory, probability, and combinatorics."--Page 4 of cover.

Excited about holding onto his position as the best speller in the second grade, Pinky has an embarrassing accident but is cheered up by his best friend Rex.

Introduces nine principles designed to take the re-tooled business to Phase II--continued growth and excellence.

A Rwandan dancer gets worldwide buzz for her choreography; a 12-year-old Ghanan competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the U.S.; South African opera singer Pretty Yende.