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Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes, epic failures even lead to super successes . . . sometimes they become deep dark secrets. But remember-to fail is human, to laugh about our shortcomings divine. From Montezuma II's mistaking a conqueror for a god to Isaac Newton turning from science to alchemy to J. Bruce Ismay's jumping the lifeboat line on the Titanic, How They Choked knocks fourteen famous achievers off their pedestals to reveal the human side of history.Successful "failures" include:Marco Polo * Queen Isabella of Spain * Montezuma II * Ferdinand Magellan * Anne Boleyn * Isaac Newton * Benedict Arnold * Susan B. Anthony * George Armstrong Custer * Thomas Alva Edison * Vincent Van Gogh * J. Bruce Ismay * "Shoeless Joe" Jackson * Amelia M. Earhart



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Georgia Bragg

Georgia Bragg has spent most of her life in California. Before becoming a late-blooming writer she was a printmaker, greeting card designer, painter, script supervisor, and storyboard artist. As a reluctant reader herself, Georgia now writes the kind of history books she wished she had while growing up. She believes writing nonfiction is like dancing with one foot in cement; you need jazz hands and one very busy foot. Sometimes Georgia avoids writing by playing tennis and rearranging the furniture. She is married and has two grown children and two cats.



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