Biography & Autobiography - Educators

Special Discount Get your copy right now Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in China during the Tang dynasty. Zen emphasizes a rigorous meditation practice, insight into Buddha's nature, and the personal expression of this insight in daily life, especially for...

America's education system is in crisis. Every day in schools across the nation, our children feel the impacts of increasing budget cuts, teacher shortages, and threats to the accessibility of a meaningful and equitable education. But what happens when those leading our classrooms are...

Transitions in Leadership is the story of a veterans' transition program conducted at the university level for men and women of the armed forces as they transition from a military career and mindset to a civilian career and mindset. This unique master of business...

This is the story of an eight-year-old boy who finally gets to serve as an acolyte at Midnight Mass on Christmas (Eve). He then religiously serves every year until he graduates after an illness almost takes him out of the picture. This story is...

Then Sings My Soul is the stirring, first-person account of God's amazing grace in the life of David W. Winget, a poor country boy born in a dirt floor log cabin in the backwoods of rural, Depression-era southern Georgia. Through a remarkable series of...

For use in schools and libraries only. A sportswriter conveys the wisdom of his late mentor, college professor Morrie Schwartz, recounting their weekly conversations as Schwartz lay dying.Author: Mitch AlbomISBN-10: 0613550757ISBN-13: 9780613550758Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2002Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 7.38h x 5.04w x 0.81dAccelerated...

An award-winning teacher takes a journey into alien territory: Austria, Hitler's birthplace, and the territory of her own hatred. A teaching memoir that offers a pedagogy of hope.Finalist for the 2006 Independent Publishers Book Award in the Autobiography/Memoir category Most educators keep their teaching...

During the final year of his 40-year college teaching career, speech communication professor John Vincent Modaff journalized in a work that muses, amuses, details, entails and occasionally travails on the subject of being a teacher who was once a student.Author: John Vincent ModaffISBN-10: 8590107728ISBN-13:...

This novel is dedicated to my cherished family: Sadiya, my beloved, and our two children, Daniel Musa Abdulai and Nyaliima Rebecca Abdulai. I also honor the memory of my dear friend, Arthur E. E. Smith, a lecturer at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra...

Spotlighting the teachers who see us, hear us, teach us, and are creating more extraordinary people day by day. A celebration of all that teachers have to offer, the stories in Extraordinary Teachers convey vast accomplishments, a passion for education, and the ways in...

The Life of JAM is the story of the life of Dr. James A. Mandel PE. He was born on Christmas day in 1934 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His parents Isadore and Jennie Mandel guided his early years. He learned to swim at age 7....

This book is of the story of the early part of my life which is all true. There will be a second book soon, that will further give an understanding of what the world truly is, and how we should go about existing in...

When Shirley Watson became a quadriplegic from a car accident at age twenty, she decided not to be defined by her paralysis but would meet her challenges with humor. This narrative is a collection of 55 years of Christmas letters she wrote to family...

Many of us think we know how universities function but, in An Unlikely Academic, a retired lecturer describes what really happens (or what happened to him). He explains recurring themes in the life of academic institutions and shows how these have evolved since he...

I Became an Elementary School Outlaw, by Frank Nappi, is a delightful memoir of a little boy who ultimately becomes a teacher. The angst of growing up and fitting in as we've all experienced at some point in our formative years travel with Frankie...

Author: David OlioISBN-13: 9798992094534Publisher: David Olio, JrLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2025Pages: 174Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.40d

This is my immortality project. My memory is starting to fail, and anyone who advances knows when the decline starts. I concluded that it is better to record my memories now than to wait until later and, possibly, forget it all. My story shares...

Friedrich Hegel's readers are invited to embark on an intellectual odyssey into the life and groundbreaking ideas of one of the most influential figures in the history of philosophy. Born in 1770 in Stuttgart, Germany, during a time of profound intellectual and political upheaval,...

Tucker's memoir of his time as a student at Albany College of Pharmacy in the late 1940s and early 1950s offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of one of the country's leading schools of pharmacy. His vivid descriptions of lectures, labs, and student...

This book is a biography of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School, who revolutionized the educational system in England in the 19th century. It provides a detailed account of Arnold's life and career, and his contribution to the development of a new educational philosophy...

THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great: Teachers, by Elbert Hubbard. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 076610396X.Author: Elbert HubbardISBN-10: 1518668054ISBN-13: 9781518668050Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2015Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.08lbsSize: 8.00h...

A light-hearted and touching memoir of Bill Sherk's 30-plus-year career as a Toronto high school history teacher with a creative flair and passion for his work. Bill Sherk taught history to Toronto high school students for more than thirty years. With his dynamic, creative,...

""Boys and Men: A Story of Life at Yale"" is a captivating memoir by Richard Holbrook, chronicling his experiences as a student at Yale University. The book offers a vivid and detailed account of the challenges, triumphs, and complexities of life at one of...

Adventures in Achievement: President Danforth's Monday Morning Messages is a book written by William H. Danforth. This book is a collection of inspiring and motivational messages that were delivered by the author during his tenure as the President of Washington University in St. Louis....

Can the past truly be recovered, or is our search for it inherently flawed? How do memory and imagination shape our understanding of history and self? What role does place play in the formation and recollection of memory? Qui-Phiet Tran's semi-autobiographical sequel to Marcel...

Emma Violand-S?nchez knew little English when she arrived in Virginia from Bolivia in the summer of 1961 as a high school senior. In the decades that followed, she would lose a husband in Vietnam, raise two children as a single mother, and become a...

From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary's remarkable sojourn to Ming China In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought...

This book is a biography of Prof. Ft. Kemper, a notable Christian Educator. The author, James Addison Quarles, delves into the life of this influential figure and provides insights into his work and legacy. Readers interested in Christian education and the history of education...

Horace Mann: His Ideas and Ideals is a biographical work written by Joy Elmer Morgan that explores the life and contributions of Horace Mann, an American educator and politician who played a significant role in the development of public education in the United States....

Tracking Ancient Footsteps celebrates William D. Lipe's five-decade career in Southwestern and conservation archaeology. From the arid expanses of Glen Canyon, the Red Rock Plateau, and Cedar Mesa in Utah, to the relatively lush Dolores Valley and Mesa Verde regions of Colorado, Lipe participated...

History of the Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War is a book written by H. I. Smith in 1903. The book provides a detailed account of the Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry's participation in the American Civil War. The Seventh Iowa...

A hilarious and heartfelt illustrated memoir of living with specific learning difficulties. In Everything is Going to be K.O., Kaiya Stone writes about her experiences of living with specific learning difficulties: from struggling at school, to being diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia at university,...

Escape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph______ What's your name? I asked the child.'Tequila, ' she replied. I'm named after a drink.''Tequila...

It is a great blessing to wake up and want to go to work. It is even a greater blessing when you have a job that utilizes your God given talents daily. Jerry Toups Jr. began his teaching career in the fall of 1990,...

ONLINE DATING FRAUD IS THE LARGEST SCAM IN THE UNITED STATES. It affects men and women. The author was a victim of online dating fraud, losing thousands of dollars to one individual in less than six months. These scammers are professional in the business...

Rae O. Weimer founded the University of Florida's first school of journalism, and within one year of his arrival in Gainesville, the school received accreditation. No longer would Florida's students have to leave the state to pursue dreams of becoming journalists. Just Call Me...

Dick Fehnel worked as higher education consultant for the World Bank, Ford Foundation and the Human Sciences Research Council. He held the positions of acting representative (1998-1999) and programme officer (1993-2000) for the Ford Foundation, Southern Africa, after which he semi-retired to Portland, Oregon,...

Experience a day in the life of a special education teacher.Fresh out of graduate school, Julia Novak Smith hoped to make a difference as an elementary school special education teacher. And after thirty-five years of teaching, she is ready to reflect on her career...

Experience a day in the life of a special education teacher.Fresh out of graduate school, Julia Novak Smith hoped to make a difference as an elementary school special education teacher. And after thirty-five years of teaching, she is ready to reflect on her career...

This book is truly Cav. Francesco Fiorentino's labor of love. It was originally written around 2010 but was abandoned when the author lost his forty-four-year-old daughter to cancer. Thanks to the insistence and inspiration of his twelve grandchildren the rewriting of the book has...

Robert Rosenstone was among the first 'postmodern' historians, and remains one of the most renowned. In this honest, revealing and often funny memoir, he shows us how he got there and why. Adventures of a Postmodern Historian chronicles Rosenstone's research journeys over half a...

A true story of love, loss, and the pioneering fight for women's education in America.Catharine (Kate) Beecher was a crusader for women's education, bestselling author, and unique feminist thinker in the nineteenth century. Yet many today have never even heard of her. Kate's fame...

In any profession, the analogy of sharks and dolphins swimming in the same waters is a metaphor to describe the challenges of leadership. K.R. Miller has served in the field of education at the secondary, middle, and elementary levels. He has been a superintendent,...

Get fantastic value for money with this huge Funny Swear Word Coloring Book These expertly illustrated funny swearing designs will provide hour upon hour of entertainment This swear word coloring book contains 40 single sided coloring pages. This allows you to remove each page...

""The Story of Marquette University"" is a comprehensive historical account of the prestigious Jesuit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Written by Raphael N. Hamilton, the book traces the university's origins from its founding in 1881 as a small Catholic college to its current status...

This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours that Booker T. Washington and his associates undertook in 1908-1912, relating them to Washington's racial philosophy and its impact on the various parts of black society.Author: D. JacksonISBN-10: 0230606520ISBN-13: 9780230606524Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/08/2009Pages: 260Format: HardcoverWeight:...

Author: R. Lee WilsonISBN-13: 9798991451512Publisher: Glanderston HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2025Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 12/10/2024

How far would you go to avoid being forced to kill? 90 is the number that, on a cold December night, hijacks a young man's future.The year is 1969; Bruce is 20, and 90 is his draft lottery number. The number that guarantees he'll...

Compositions, A Life: An Autoethnography is the story of Judith Summerfield's life, within the varied worlds in which she has lived. Told by a master storyteller who is also a scholar of narrative and a compelling teacher of writing and literature, the book embraces...

This book is to honor John Wilcox. When you talk to students from Canandaigua Academy you hear word like great, awesome, amazing, the best, respected, down to earth, wonderful, fantastic, great. But, I think the best words that he would like to be used...