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Moving Beyond the “Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win!” Mindset
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A Tale from the Days When England and Spain Competed Bitterly for Dominance in the Americas
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And an Acclaimed Thriller Set in a New England Boarding School
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A Book Based on Three Decades of Inhabiting the Life of the Intriguing First Lady
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I wrote about experiences that exercised pivotal importance in my life and changed me forever
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When I began seeing astonishing examples of disability representation I realized something had changed.
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And an Exploration of Why People Join the Fight for Social Justice
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And a Sobering Story of Injustice in New Haven, Connecticut
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And a Pair of Writing Sisters Who Set the Stage for the Brontes and Jane Austen
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