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  • Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by King, Maxwell
    Maxwell King

    The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

    New York Times bestseller! "King is a skilled storyteller. . . . In today's ugly climate, full of bitterness and rage on all sides, Rogers's example feels more necessary than ever." --Washington Post Here is the definitive biography of Fred Rogers, children's television pioneer...
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  • One American and His Attempt at Education by Hunt, Frazier
    Frazier Hunt

    One American and His Attempt at Education

    One American And His Attempt At Education is a memoir written by Frazier Hunt, an American journalist and author. The book details Hunt's personal journey towards obtaining an education, despite the many obstacles he faced throughout his life. Born into poverty in the early...
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  • You Can't Build A Chimney From The Top: The South Through The Life Of A Negro Educator by Holley, Joseph Winthrop
    Joseph Winthrop Holley

    You Can't Build A Chimney From The Top: The South Through The Life Of A Negro Educator

    ""You Can't Build A Chimney From The Top: The South Through The Life Of A Negro Educator"" by Joseph Winthrop Holley is a memoir that tells the story of the author's life as a Black educator in the American South during the early 20th...
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  • History Of The Class Of 1903, Yale College (1906) by Sargent, Ziegler
    Ziegler Sargent

    History Of The Class Of 1903, Yale College (1906)

    ""History Of The Class Of 1903, Yale College"" is a book written by Sargent and Ziegler in 1906. The book chronicles the history and experiences of the Yale College Class of 1903, including their academic achievements, extracurricular activities, and social lives. It provides a...
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  • Brief Sketch Of The History Of Leicester Academy, Part 1 (1855) by Washburn, Emory
    Emory Washburn

    Brief Sketch Of The History Of Leicester Academy, Part 1 (1855)

    Brief Sketch of the History of Leicester Academy, Part 1 is a book written by Emory Washburn in 1855. The book provides a detailed account of the history of Leicester Academy, which was established in 1784 in Leicester, Massachusetts. The author explores the origins...
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  • Pestalozzi: His Life, Work and Influence by Krusi, Hermann
    Hermann Krusi

    Pestalozzi: His Life, Work And Influence

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • Ten Years' Work for Indians at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia: 1878-1888 (1888) by Ludlow, Helen Wilhelmina
    Helen Wilhelmina Ludlow

    Ten Years' Work For Indians At The Hampton Normal And Agricultural Institute, At Hampton, Virginia: 1878-1888 (1888)

    Ten Years' Work for Indians at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia: 1878-1888 is a historical account of the educational and vocational training provided to Native American students at the Hampton Institute during the late 19th century. Written by Helen Wilhelmina...
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  • Lucille Mathurin Mair by Shepherd, Verene
    Verene A. Shepherd

    Lucille Mathurin Mair

    Lucille Mathurin Mair (n馥 Walrond) made a mammoth contribution to women in Jamaica and across the world. In this biography, Verene Shepherd traces Mair's evolving ideology through her roles as professional historian, wife, mother, mentor, diplomat, national and international civil servant, legislator, and women's...
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  • Sparrows of Senegambia: A Memoir by Sampson, Charles
    Charles Sampson

    Sparrows of Senegambia: A Memoir

    This memoir connects my birthplace, life, work, education, and travels to more than a dozen African countries on the Continent; places in South America and 48 states in the South, Mid-West, as well as travels to Europe, Southeast Asia, including Thailand, the Cambodian and...
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  • Learning to Fall: The Blessings of an Imperfect Life by Simmons, Philip
    Philip Simmons

    Learning to Fall: The Blessings of an Imperfect Life

    Now I find myself in late August, with the nights cool and the crickets thick in the fields. Already the first blighted leaves glow scarlet on the red maples. It's a season of fullness and sweet longings made sweeter now by the fact that...
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  • Candle By Night: The Story Of The Life And Times Of Kezia Payne De Pelchin, Texas Pioneer Teacher, Social Worker And Nurse by Matthews, Harold J.
    Harold J. Matthews

    Candle By Night: The Story Of The Life And Times Of Kezia Payne De Pelchin, Texas Pioneer Teacher, Social Worker And Nurse

    Candle By Night is a biographical book that tells the story of Kezia Payne De Pelchin, a pioneering educator, social worker, and nurse from Texas. The book is written by Harold J. Matthews, who provides a comprehensive account of De Pelchin's life and times.The...
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  • All in a Lifetime by Westheimer, Ruth
    Ruth Westheimer

    All in a Lifetime: An Autobiography

    Dr. Ruth Westheimer is everyone's favourite sex therapist. All in a Lifetime is the memoir of her journey from the horrors of war to the fulfillment of the American dream. The book is as warm, humorous, and candid as Dr Ruth herself.Author: Ruth Westheimer,...
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  • My Larger Education by Washington, Booker T.
    Booker T. Washington

    My Larger Education

    Booker T. Washington was an African-American educator and author who was considered the most influential figure in the African-American community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Washington, who was born into slavery, promoted peaceful protest. Washington wrote extensively on his life and...
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  • History Of Texas Christian University: A College Of The Cattle Frontier by Hall, Colby Dixon
    Colby Dixon Hall

    History Of Texas Christian University: A College Of The Cattle Frontier

    ""History of Texas Christian University: A College of the Cattle Frontier"" is a comprehensive account of the founding and development of Texas Christian University (TCU), located in Fort Worth, Texas. Written by Colby Dixon Hall, a former TCU professor and historian, the book traces...
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  • Silver Linings: My Life Before and After Challenger 7 by Rodgers, June Scobee
    June Scobee Rodgers

    Silver Linings: My Life Before and After Challenger 7

    Twenty-five years after the very public tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger, June Scobee Rodgers has written her private story-her winding path through childhood poverty, homelessness, and family dysfunction to her teenage marriage and twenty-six years of love and life with Dick Scobee. This...
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  • Always an Adventure: An Autobiography by Dempsey, Hugh A.
    Hugh A. Dempsey

    Always an Adventure: An Autobiography

    Hugh Dempsey has for decades been one of Alberta's most prolific and influential public historians. Author of more than twenty books, he has also been "in on the ground floor" of the development of many key Alberta institutions, including the Indian Association of Alberta,...
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  • Richard Mulcaster And His Elementarie (1893) by Watson, Foster
    Foster Watson

    Richard Mulcaster And His Elementarie (1893)

    Richard Mulcaster and His Elementarie is a book written by Watson Foster and published in 1893. The book is a biography of Richard Mulcaster, an English educator, who is best known for his work titled ""The Elementarie"" which was published in 1582. The book...
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  • Pestalozzi: An Account of His Life and Work (1908) by Holman, Henry
    Henry Holman

    Pestalozzi: An Account Of His Life And Work (1908)

    Pestalozzi: An Account Of His Life And Work is a book written by Henry Holman in the year 1908. The book is a detailed biography of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, a Swiss educator and social reformer who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. The...
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  • William Rainey Harper: First President of the University of Chicago by Goodspeed, Thomas Wakefield
    Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed

    William Rainey Harper: First President Of The University Of Chicago

    The book ""William Rainey Harper: First President Of The University Of Chicago"" by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed is a detailed biography of the life and achievements of William Rainey Harper, who was the first president of the University of Chicago. The book begins by tracing...
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  • Geography Inside Out by Symanski, Richard
    Richard Symanski

    Geography Inside Out

    Taking sharp aim at complacent geography scholars, this irreverent book turns the world of academic geography upside down. The author, a foremost figure in the field, joins forces with his alter ego, the incorrigible Korski, to draw fire from his own personal and professional...
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  • Traveling Apple: My 81 Years on Planet Earth by Mathers, Alfred M.
    Alfred M. Mathers

    Traveling Apple: My 81 Years on Planet Earth

    Join us as the author recounts his 81 years of travelling around the world, from tramping through the bogs of Newfoundland and galloping through the streets of Taipei, to serving as a teacher in war-torn Croatia and Bosnia. Through loss and gain, acceptance and...
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  • Banana Man: My Adventurous Life by Hilst, Rusty
    Rusty Hilst

    Banana Man: My Adventurous Life

    Who is Banana Man, and what is his superpower? And why should you care?Banana Man is real-life Rusty Hilst, a quirky adventurer and extraordinary human being, and this is his story.Rusty defies the odds: Recovery from rheumatic fever led him to take up golf-now...
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  • With Hope in My Heart: Musings of a Spirited Psychiatrist by Mai, Francois
    Francois Mai

    With Hope in My Heart: Musings of a Spirited Psychiatrist

    Rarely do we see inside the life and mind of a psychiatrist, but that's exactly what we get in With Hope in My Heart: Musings of a Spirited Psychiatrist. With candor and openness, author Fran輟is Mai shares how and why he ventured into psychiatry,...
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  • Founded Upon A Rock by Young, Dale E.
    Dale E. Young

    Founded Upon A Rock

    Henry Oliver (1903-1991) was a minister, educator, author, dog lover, and singer. His character was shaped in his early years in Stewart County, TN. He turned down an appointment at West Point because that was not God's calling on his life. Thirty-five years in...
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  • Turned On!: A Young Professor's 1960s Memoir by Perone, S. P.
    S. P. Perone

    Turned On!: A Young Professor's 1960s Memoir

    No decade before or since witnessed cultural, technical, and social changes as dramatic as the 1960s. Pop culture reflected a transition from the rigid 1950s to the permissive 1970s. The Vietnam War spawned student protests, draft card burning, and a hippie counter-culture. Caught up...
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  • Mules And Wildcat Heads by Bowling, Dean
    Dean Bowling

    Mules And Wildcat Heads

    Author: Dean BowlingISBN-10: 1441541160ISBN-13: 9781441541161Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2009Pages: 152Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
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  • Memoir Of Richard Busby, 1606-1695: With Some Account Of Westminster School In The Seventeenth Century (1895) by Barker, George Fisher Russell
    George Fisher Russell Barker

    Memoir Of Richard Busby, 1606-1695: With Some Account Of Westminster School In The Seventeenth Century (1895)

    Memoir of Richard Busby, 1606-1695: With Some Account of Westminster School in the Seventeenth Century is a historical book written by George Fisher Russell Barker in 1895. The book is a memoir of Richard Busby, who was a renowned English scholar and headmaster of...
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  • The Fear Talking: The True Story of a Young Man and Anxiety by Westoby, Chris
    Chris Westoby

    The Fear Talking: The True Story of a Young Man and Anxiety

    "Chris Westoby's THE FEAR TALKING is truly important, beautifully written, and urgently needed. This book will save lives-especially the lives of young people, one of our most vulnerable and underserved populations when it comes to mental and behavioral health. Please give it to some...
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  • Rescued from Isis Terror: How a University Professor Organized a Commando Mission to Rescue Her Doctoral Student from Isis-Controlled Iraq by Jumaah, Firas
    Firas Jumaah

    Rescued from Isis Terror: How a University Professor Organized a Commando Mission to Rescue Her Doctoral Student from Isis-Controlled Iraq

    In the summer of 2014, Firas Jumaah was working diligently to complete his doctorate in chemistry at Lund University in Sweden when he suddenly received news that an ISIS advance in northern Iraq threatened the lives of his wife and children who had returned...
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  • Bungalows in Heaven: The Story of Pandita Ramabai by Mair, Jessie H.
    Jessie H. Mair

    Bungalows in Heaven: The Story of Pandita Ramabai

    This is the story of a woman chosen by God to work for reforms for the most oppressed of all the women of India. Pandita Ramabai, herself a Brahmin widow, found salvation through Jesus Christ and became His earnest disciple. With a clear vision...
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  • Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons by Anderson, Bret Allan
    Bret Allan Anderson

    Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons

    There will always be a need for excellent school leaders. Bret Allan Anderson is one of these, as his career shows. Unlock the secrets to transformative leadership with Bret Allan Anderson's Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons. This riveting journey of insights and strategies will inspire...
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  • reBIRTH: Ten Transformative Techniques to Thrive Through Turbulence by Stubbs, Mallika S.
    Mallika S. Stubbs

    reBIRTH: Ten Transformative Techniques to Thrive Through Turbulence

    Welcome to the pages of "reBIRTH: Ten Transformative Techniques to Thrive Through Turbulence." This book is not just a standalone exploration but companion material crafted for those ready to ignite their inner strength and resilience and seek transformation and empowerment. I extend a personal...
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  • A Teacher's Journey by Wickersham, Brigid
    Brigid Wickersham

    A Teacher's Journey

    A Teacher's Journey explores the many successes and a few failures that I experienced during my years of teaching. While it is a book that offers teaching ideas, it is more than that. When I hesitated to have this book published, fearing it was...
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  • Invisible Ink by Stern, Guy
    Guy Stern

    Invisible Ink

    The incredible autobiography of an exiled child during WWII. Invisible Ink is the story of Guy Stern's remarkable life. This is not a Holocaust memoir; however, Stern makes it clear that the horrors of the Holocaust and his remarkable escape from Nazi Germany created...
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  • If You Can Look Up, You Can Get Up! by Revish, Virgil C.
    Virgil C. Revish

    If You Can Look Up, You Can Get Up!

    In 2014, Virgil Revish rocked the college prep manual world with the release of "Vision" Going To The Next Level', designed to help young readers reach the destiny they dream of through a structured and logical program. One of the first readers was Darcell...
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  • Where the Paved Road Ends: One Woman's Extraordinary Experiences in Yemen by Han, Carolyn
    Carolyn Han

    Where the Paved Road Ends: One Woman's Extraordinary Experiences in Yemen

    In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most remote and mysterious places in the Middle East--Yemen, known in the West primarily for providing a...
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  • "A Giant for Justice": A 25-Year History of the Washington Teacher's Union and a Biography of William H. "Bill" Simons III by Easterling, Christine Davis
    Christine Davis Easterling

    "A Giant for Justice": A 25-Year History of the Washington Teacher's Union and a Biography of William H. "Bill" Simons III

    A Giant for Justice tells the amazing true story of legendary educator and retired president of the Washington Teachers' Union, William H. "Bill" Simons. He accomplished dozens of great strides for teachers' rights and made a long and lasting impact on scores of educators,...
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  • To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories by Viren, Sarah
    Sarah Viren

    To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories

    "Has the page-turning quality of a thriller." --NPR "Strange and wonderful...A book for our times." --The New York Times Book Review "Propulsive...mesmerizing...breathtaking." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) This unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author's life--exploring...
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Biography of a Genevan Philosopher, Social Contract Writer and Discourse Composer by Library, United
    United Library

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Biography of a Genevan Philosopher, Social Contract Writer and Discourse Composer

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a renowned philosopher, writer, and composer from Geneva. His profound influence on the Age of Enlightenment and his contributions to political, economic, and educational thought continue to shape modern society. Rousseau's works, such as the Discourse on Inequality and The...
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  • I was a Monk: The Autobiography of John Tettemer by Tettemer, John
    John Tettemer

    I was a Monk: The Autobiography of John Tettemer

    John Moynihan Tettemer entered the Passionist Order of Monks in 1894. After years of solitude, prayer, and strict monastic observance, he pledged his vows on September 21, 1896.He took the name of Ildephonsus of the Sorrowful Virgin. After five years of study in this...
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  • Notes from Oxford, 1910-1911 by O'Leary, Margaret R.
    Margaret R. O'Leary

    Notes from Oxford, 1910-1911

    Over the span of forty years, Professor Raphael Dorman O'Leary passionately imparted to his students his love of writing and English literature at the University of Kansas. When he died after a short illness in 1936, his personal effects were passed to several relatives...
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  • A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South by McCluskey, Audrey Thomas
    Audrey Thomas McCluskey

    A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South

    Emerging from the darkness of the slave era and Reconstruction, black activist women Lucy Craft Laney, Mary McLeod Bethune, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, and Nannie Helen Burroughs founded schools aimed at liberating African-American youth from disadvantaged futures in the segregated and decidedly unequal South. From...
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  • The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal by Werth, Barry
    Barry Werth

    The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal

    During his thirty-seven years at Smith College, Newton Arvin published groundbreaking studies of Hawthorne, Whitman, Melville, and Longfellow that stand today as models of scholarship and psychological acuity. He cultivated friendships with the likes of Edmund Wilson and Lillian Hellman and became mentor to...
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  • In the Small Places: Stories of Teacher Changemakers and the Power of Human Agency by Mednick, Fred
    Fred Mednick

    In the Small Places: Stories of Teacher Changemakers and the Power of Human Agency

    'In the Small Places reminds us just how much teachers matter in our lives and in the world. This touching tribute shows their dedication and the big role they play in creating a better future for everyone.'Agustin Porres, Regional Director, LATAM Varkey Foundation: Sponsor...
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  • Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education by Kirkness, Verna J.
    Verna J. Kirkness

    Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education

    Verna J. Kirkness grew up on the Fisher River Indian reserve in Manitoba. Her childhood dream to be a teacher set her on a lifelong journey in education as a teacher, counsellor, consultant, and professor. Her simple quest to teach "in a Native way"...
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  • Seeking My Legacy by Edd, Stephanie West
    Stephanie West Edd

    Seeking My Legacy

    Seeking My Legacy delves into the profound contemplation of life's purpose and the indelible impact one leaves behind. Dr. Stephanie West--drawing from her roles as a teacher, mother, wife, and spiritual seeker--invites readers to introspectively examine their life's journey.Through heartfelt anecdotes and insightful reflections,...
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  • Matthias O'Conway: Pioneer Irish Linguist in America by David, Barnwell
    Barnwell David

    Matthias O'Conway: Pioneer Irish Linguist in America

    Matthias James O'Conway (1766-1842) was born in Ireland but lived all his adult life in the New World. His travels ranged from the Northwest Wilderness of the Ohio Frontier to the Spanish possessions of Cuba and Louisiana. He eventually settled in Philadelphia, then the...
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  • Martin Luther: The Biography of a German Theologian that Ignited the Protestant Reformation and Changed the World by Library, United
    United Library

    Martin Luther: The Biography of a German Theologian that Ignited the Protestant Reformation and Changed the World

    Martin Luther: The Biography of a German Theologian that Ignited the Protestant Reformation and Changed the World" is a gripping exploration of the life and transformative impact of Martin Luther, the German priest, theologian, and author who reshaped the religious landscape of Europe. Born...
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  • Memoirs of Eliphalet Nott, for Sixty-two Years President of Union College. With Contribution and Revision by Tayler Lewis by Lewis, Tayler
    Tayler Lewis

    Memoirs of Eliphalet Nott, for Sixty-two Years President of Union College. With Contribution and Revision by Tayler Lewis

    This book is a memoir of Eliphalet Nott, who served as the President of Union College for sixty-two years. It provides a unique insight into Nott's life and presidency, and is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of Union College.This work...
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  • From Crutches to Crushing it: A Journey from Pain to Power by Bartell, Patricia
    Patricia Bartell

    From Crutches to Crushing it: A Journey from Pain to Power

    From Crutches to Crushing It is the unforgettable account of a third-world orphan girl and polio survivor who gets taken to America. She is raised among 18 siblings on a farm in rural Montana, where she receives no special dispensations for being unable to...
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