Biography & Autobiography - Educators

" S]tirring . . . a bold, inspiring and ultimately hopeful book." --Arianna Huffington, cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and author of the New York Times bestseller Thrive"A beautiful portrait of the power of hope and love in the healing of a...

The ultimate hockey dad, Karl Subban is a former school principal and father of five, including three sons--P.K., Malcolm and Jordan--who have been drafted to the NHL. Karl's inspirational story follows the hockey journey from house league to the big leagues and shows how...

To those who loved him, like Teddy Roosevelt, he was "Nicholas Miraculous," the fabled educator who had a hand in everything; to those who did not, like Upton Sinclair, he was "the intellectual leader of the American plutocracy," a champion of "false and cruel...

Author: Barbara Lourie SandISBN-10: 1574670522ISBN-13: 9781574670523Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2003Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51dReview Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 160

Born just prior to the outbreak of World War II and inspired by his hero, a Captain of a firefighting vessel, the author joined the Royal Navy at 15 years of age, purely to experience the life at sea as told by his hero...

Brad's life has been tested - his body ravaged by disease; his life spared during death-defying adventures; his fear as he speaks to an audience of 1,100. As tough as these moments have been, he shares his insights into 'dancing with fear'. Brad's storytelling...

A humane memoir, written with poignancy, humour and satire, of the influences that bind us to places and time. Haunted by shadows of an unfulfilled childhood, redemption is found through education. The insights into working-class life in the valleys is an honest picture of...

"Beginning Educator" these are the words that are printed on the first teaching certificate a new teacher receives from the State of New Hampshire. The second certificate, and every renewal thereafter, says "Experienced Educator." When Tim became an "Experienced Educator" three years after he...

This behind-the-scenes collection of vignettes, as told by a professor of four decades, shares the story of life at America's second-oldest college from 1950 to 2000. Learn about the remarkable students, faculty, administrators, and alumni who helped bring William & Mary into the 21st...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year The remarkable life of violinist and teacher Shinichi Suzuki, who pioneered an innovative but often-misunderstood philosophy of early childhood education--now known the world over as the Suzuki Method. The name Shinichi Suzuki is synonymous with early...

In this entertaining and inspiring memoir, renowned educator Paul Cummins candidly shares his journey from privileged kid and ivory-tower scholar to hands-on progressive educator, working to achieve social justice through education for all youth: from children of celebrities to foster and incarcerated youth and...

This is the story of how a boy from a poor background benefited from the new opportunities available in the post-1945 era to attend a very good grammar school, gain entry to Oxford University and eventually became a professor at a top grade university,...

A nostalgic collection of memoirs from Memorial University's early years of innovation and community-building.Author: Roberta BuchananISBN-10: 1894725522ISBN-13: 9781894725521Publisher: ISER BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2019Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d

Cyril Pustan lived an extraordinary life. He was born into an Orthodox Jewish household in London in 1929 where his father was a refugee from the pogroms in Ukraine, and his mother a London born daughter of refugees from earlier pogroms in Germany and...

We all have been impacted by amazing influences in our lives. As such, we create an everlasting ripple effect by learning lessons from those that have affected us. When we apply those lessons, we can make our world a better place. The Impact of...

Cold Spell is a collection of stories--warm, humorous, and at times cautionary--about living in Maine. Here are stories about the seasons, the critters, the neighbors, the land itself, Author: Todd R. NelsonISBN-10: 1684750571ISBN-13: 9781684750573Publisher: Down East BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2022Pages: 186Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.79h x...

In this thought-provoking first book, noted clinical psychologist Sandra Shaw Dawood, Ph.D., shares her heartfelt and playful communication with God through the symbols He has provided her. Through wordplay, poetry, and autobiographical excerpts, Dr. Dawood lets the reader experience her struggle to turn negative...

Fifteen years into a successful career as a college professor, Ilana Blumberg encounters a crisis in the classroom that sends her back to the most basic questions about education and prompts a life-changing journey that ultimately takes her from East Lansing to Tel Aviv....

There are two ways to be starving. One is to be lacking food. The other is to go without love, respect, recognition, support, and someone to care for and challenge you. When Danny McDermott came to Harriet Tubman School in Chicago as a teacher...

Energetic, shrewd, and charming, Herman B Wells was the driving force behind the transformation of Indiana University--which became a model for American public higher education in the 20th century. A person of unusual sensitivity and a skilled and empathetic communicator, his character and vision...

". . . a sympathetic, insightful and highly readable story. . . . Gathorne-Hardy . . . shows us a very human and fallible but ultimately likable Kinsey, impatient and irritable at times, stubborn, willful, certainly a monomaniac about his research interests, whether gall...

As the founder of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the first woman faculty member of Harvard University, Alice Hamilton will be remembered for her contributions to public health and her remarkable career. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hamilton attended several...

From 1887 until 1970, African American (Black) Students in Lee County were educated separately. Lee County Florida during this era was typical of the public school systems throughout the South. Black students attended school in a variety of facilities that included but were not...

On a 'considered' whim writer Karin Cronje packs up her life and flies across the world to teach English in a small Korean village. The result is a poignant, heart-achingly funny, scandalous, and deeply moving account of incomprehension, awe, dislocation, belonging, the sticky business...

A butterfly-this butterfly, Evelyn, has moved out of the painful cocoon of abuse to fly Her memoir is a powerful testament to courage under fire. What a testament of grace and guts Evelyn's evolution into consciousness from victim to survivor to pastor is a...

In September 1969, Amelia Hardy arrives at the leafy campus of a Yorkshire teacher training college to fulfil her teaching ambitions. In this new world away from home, friendships destined to last a lifetime will be found. There are challenges to face and fun...

Teaching and swimming pools have a lot in common. Sometimes you ease into the cold water and tinkle a toe before getting your head wet. Other times, a burly friend picks you up and hurls you into the deep end to sink or swim....

Parents, a child is born into your home. What are your parental responsibilities especially from birth to the time of entering school? What kind of model are you living that your child will be a wholesome developed individual before he enters school? The child...

While Experience Is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic is about leadership, it is not a handbook on how to be a leader.When her parents moved from New York City to a small town in Alabama, R. Barbara Gitenstein knew that she just...

While Experience Is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic is about leadership, it is not a handbook on how to be a leader.When her parents moved from New York City to a small town in Alabama, R. Barbara Gitenstein knew that she just...

Thousands of children have discovered the joys of reading thanks to Genevi钁e Patte, a pioneer in establishing libraries specifically for children and promoting literacy in France. What Gets Them to Read Like That? is the remarkable tale of Patte's life story and her social...

An homage to the life of poet, writer, and teaching artist Judith Tannenbaum and her impact on incarcerated and marginalized students. The Book of Judith honors Judith Tannenbaum but also reflects, through both form and content, on the complexities of seeing both the parts...

An homage to the life of poet, writer, and teaching artist Judith Tannenbaum and her impact on incarcerated and marginalized students. The Book of Judith honors Judith Tannenbaum but also reflects, through both form and content, on the complexities of seeing both the parts...

Hi, browser! Welcome to the Pacific Northwest of Canada. If you buy this collection of an old man's memories, you will not be purchasing a history book, or a novel, or even a biography. The old man once taught English at a small University...

The Gift of Adversity is a collection of stories and strategies from a life lived through challenge. It began as a means of healing after the workplace accident that claimed Lisa Standeven's dominant hand, making her an amputee. Confronting physical and emotional damage was...

Wilson Fitzpatrick will tell you he isn't a Martin Luther King. You can tell he admires what Rosa Parks did by simply not giving up her bus seat, but Wilson says he is no civil rights activist. In fact, Wilson may be a reluctant...

INSTANT BESTSELLER For parents, teachers, and everyone who remembers being a student, an unforgettable glimpse into the inner workings of school, from a life-long educator. Children spend most of their waking hours in school, exploring boundaries, forming important relationships, and of course, learning. But...

In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the '60s and '70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined microaggressions, and how her childhood was shaped by the colonialism and systemic racism that continues today....

Writer and educator Mary Bomford describes the formative years of her life working as a teacher in Zambia, and the long-lasting impact those years imprinted upon her. At the age of 21, Canadian teacher Mary Bomford and her husband of just eight weeks embarked...

A memoir of a Quaker activist and master storyteller on his involvement in struggles for peace, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, labor justice, and the environment, whose life will be the subject of a new documentary film coming in 2023. From his first arrest in...

An engaging account of one woman's overcoming the Depression and small town mores.Viola Goode Liddell's short memoir tells the story of her return to Alabama in search of a husband and a new life. Thirty years old and recently divorced, Liddell comes back to...

FOLLOW THE COMICAL EXPLOITS OF AN ALTAR BOY FROM THE BYGONE DAYS OF THE 1950s AND 1960s IN FASTLANE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUCKLE UP FOR A WILD RIDE!Watch the hilarious battle between our hero's good and bad angels as they compete for power and influence....

FOLLOW THE COMICAL EXPLOITS OF AN ALTAR BOY FROM THE BYGONE DAYS OF THE 1950s AND 1960s IN FASTLANE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUCKLE UP FOR A WILD RIDE!Watch the hilarious battle between our hero's good and bad angels as they compete for power and influence....

At an elite prep school, the devil wears Lilly Pulitzer pink. When Wade Rouse, who grew up more Hee-Haw than Dynasty, was hired as the director of publicity at the prestigious Tate Academy, he quickly discovered his real job: to make the very pretty,...

"Just Another Kid is not just another book. This remarkable teacher's memoir reminds us that love takes many forms." -The New York TimesFrom the bestselling author of One Child comes the true story of six children impossible to reach and the amazing teacher who...

From the bestselling author of One Child comes this compelling, true story of a child in desperate peril and the teacher who saved her despite the odds.Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie...

After two decades in public education as a teacher, Beth Plunkett served as a high school principal for 18 years. She culls from her experiences to share the lessons learned from mistakes and victories, family and colleagues, and how she used teachable moments to...

Born in 1933, in a segregated little corner of Washington DC, Wilma Holmes has spent most of her life and career dedicated to breaking racial barriers and dismantling discriminatory practices in the classroom. Her passion for education and politics has been a guidepost for...

You're in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You've got one student who's a full time carer, another who's pregnant, and a third who's just joined a gang. You haven't got enough textbooks to go around, and one of...

A Maverick Boasian explores the often contradictory life of Alexander Goldenweiser (1880-1940), a scholar considered by his contemporaries to be Franz Boas's most brilliant and most favored student. The story of his life and scholarship is complex and exciting as well as frustrating. Although...