Biography & Autobiography - Educators

Author: Anthony DepalmaISBN-10: 006346439XISBN-13: 9780063464391Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2026Pages: 272Format: Hardcover

Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank. And we need heroes more than ever. From across the country, from kindergarten to high school, from public, private, religious, or military schools, teachers tell us about their classrooms. They tell us what it...

Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank. And we need heroes more than ever. From across the country, from kindergarten to high school, from public, private, religious, or military schools, teachers tell us about their classrooms. They tell us what it...

Author: Sidney A. SeegersISBN-10: 1959624199ISBN-13: 9781959624196Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2025Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d

Author: Dan FishwickISBN-13: 9798822989061Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

Are you living with chronic pain, illness, or both? Have you struggled to maintain or even consider pursuing an intimate, romantic relationship? Managing chronic health conditions is difficult on the best of days, and the added complexities that come with love and companionship can...

It was in 1869 that Bradford MP Edward Miall who, standing alongside that champion of Elementary Education, William Edward Forster, proclaimed that without the influence of women, men were naught. 'Happy will be the day throughout the whole world, ' he said, 'when woman...

With retirement approaching and their children having flown the nest, lifelong nomad educators Raymond and his wife, Madeleine Mulaire, make the bold decision to uproot their lives and embark on another overseas posting to Guinea, marking their fourth move abroad.Under military rule following a...

Author: L. FochtISBN-10: 1069485403ISBN-13: 9781069485403Publisher: Fat Pheasant PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2025Pages: 246Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

This memoir explores the role of conscience in four generations during a century of family history. It begins with the suicide of Barbour's maternal grandfather and the impact of this traumatic event. Later chapters describe his interactions with other grandparents, parents, two uncles, siblings,...

Purdue's Female Founders: The Untold History of Trailblazing Women Faculty chronicles and celebrates the fortitude and achievements of the foremothers of Purdue University. This engaging book offers a collection of profiles of women faculty who, despite profound roadblocks because of their gender, shaped the...

In almost everyone's life, there appears at least one teacher whom he never forgets, a teacher who makes an impression not erased by years of separation. For many students who attended high school in the suburban Texas town of Mesquite, that teacher is Linda...

The professional biography of influential Canadian educator and statesman, Tom Symons. Tom Symons: A Canadian Life is a compelling portrait of one of Canada's pre-eminent educational and cultural statesmen of the twentieth century. An outstanding public figure, Symons was a leader in many areas...

Wilberforce, Clarkson, Wesley. Britain's great abolitionist activist Granville Sharp. Each of these consequential figures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world were galvanized by the moral power of a modest Quaker teacher who never ventured more than a few miles from his home in Philadelphia: Anthony...

The Life of Emma Willard is a biographical book written by John Lord in 1873. The book chronicles the life of Emma Willard, an American women's education pioneer who founded the first women's higher education institution in the United States, the Troy Female Seminary....

Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi - The Sage of Arunachala -was drawn by the power of the Arunachala Mountain in Tiruvannamalai at the age of sixteen and spent His entire life at its feet. Th roughout the history of mankind, spiritual giants have appeared on...

Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role as John Stuart Mill's stepdaughter and a divisive figure within the Victorian women's suffrage movement. However, this biography seeks...

For many years, Diane Ravitch was among the country's leading conservative thinkers on education. The cure for what ailed the school system was clear, she believed: high-stakes standardized testing, national standards, accountability, competition, charters, and vouchers. Then Ravitch saw what happened when these ideas...

A master class for every Gen Z and Millennial to Find Happy in a dizzying world Almost everyone looks back on their youth and thinks, "I wish I knew then what I know now...." This is a book for young adults who want to...

"Gitenstein's journey as a stunningly successful pioneer in higher education should give us all great hope." -Freeman A. Hrabowski III, UMBC president emeritus; co-author, The Resilient University and The Empowered UniversityAs public opinion began to sour on higher education, Barbara Gitenstein became president of...

Professor Adler, at 91 years of age, decided to share his unique memoir with the public. As a historian he quoted the renowned French writer Alexander Dumas, who said, "History is the nail on which the picture hangs." Adler recognizes that we as human...

In this book, Professor Fanny Cheung shares her inspiring journey as a psychologist, academic leader, and champion of gender equality. Growing up in a traditional Hong Kong family, she recognized early injustices against women and dedicated her life to change.Pioneering gender studies in Asia...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

Historian Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) was one of the leading American intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century. Author or editor of more than forty books, he taught for decades at New York University, Columbia University, and Amherst College and was a pioneer in the field...

Balliol College (1899) is a historical book written by Henry William Carless Davis that provides a detailed account of the history and development of Balliol College, one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges of the University of Oxford. The book covers the college's...

"Ron Modell, a world-class trumpeter/educator, invites the reader into his personal life-time travels to meet other musicians who with him have made history in their lives of jazz, symphony, and pop music. His true stories of bringing entertainment and education to multitudes of participants...

When Flora Roy accepted a teaching position at Waterloo College in 1948, she imagined it would be a temporary posting until she finished her dissertation and returned to Toronto or another large Canadian university. Little did she know that, as head of the English...

Robert Jervis (1940-2021) was a titan in the field of international relations. Part political scientist, part psychologist, part historian, and part policy analyst, he drew on a vast array of theoretical approaches and empirical methods to develop keen and distinctive insights on a wide...

Robert Jervis (1940-2021) was a titan in the field of international relations. Part political scientist, part psychologist, part historian, and part policy analyst, he drew on a vast array of theoretical approaches and empirical methods to develop keen and distinctive insights on a wide...

""The Student's Pestalozzi: A Short Account Of His Life And System"" by J. Russell is a book that provides a brief overview of the life and educational philosophy of Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. The book covers Pestalozzi's early life, his experiences as a...

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi transformed education theory and practice worldwide. Daniel Tröhler connects Pestalozzi's work to its context in Europe's late 18th- and early 19th-century republican movement, offering readers a way to understand the sociopolitical significance of education and its central role in the development...

"Renders with grace and tenderness the often unconscious need and yearning a young person has for an authentic teacher... a beautiful and deeply moving memoir." Andre Dubus IIIIn his undergraduate years, Joseph Hurka's mentor was the writer Andre Dubus, a great, large spirit of...

Coach of the Building chronicles the career of Richard Carty, an educator in Pennsylvania whose three decades in education included coaching, serving as a school disciplinarian, planning and facilitating the opening of a new high school, and later transitioning into the elementary school level...

The book ""William Belcher Seeley: Founder And First Principal Of The San Antonio Academy"" by Isaac Joslin Cox is a biography of the life and work of William Belcher Seeley. Seeley was the founder and first principal of the San Antonio Academy, a prestigious...

Arnold of Rugby: His School Life and Contributions to Education is a biographical book written by Joseph John Findlay. The book is a detailed account of the life and work of Thomas Arnold, who was the headmaster of Rugby School in England from 1828...

This book is a biography of Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of Johns Hopkins University. Gilman was a pioneering educator and academic leader, and this book provides a fascinating glimpse into his life and accomplishments. A must-read for anyone interested in the history...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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...

Twenty-five personal narratives of military service, higher education, and career success.In Veteran Stories of Transition and Transformation, US military veterans and graduates of USC's Master of Business for Veterans program join authors Robert B. Turrill and Heriberto Arámbula to share personal narratives of their...

How introspection, philosophy, and heartfelt bullshit can help you survive and thrive with your sanity, self-respect, and sense of humor intact.Lessons from a Career EducatorAn honest and introspective look at a teacher's life. From early childhood through his retirement, Burke shares stories and lessons...

Discover the remarkable life and legacy of Henrietta "Netta" Franklin, a pioneering educationist and suffragist, in Netta, the definitive biography by acclaimed author Monk Gibbon. As Charlotte Mason's trusted collaborator and "right hand," Franklin played a vital role in shaping the Parents' National Educational...

This 2nd edition of the classic spiritual portrait of Mother Seton, newly edited with introduction by Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., traces the spiritual journey of the 19th-century American wife, mother, educator, and religious leader, who became the first native-born canonized saint of the...

Moses was the acting principal of a Catholic High School for many years and he went to England for further studies. He came back after his studies to take up his former post, but the man he entrusted the school to and imposed him...

Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars. The impact of his thinking is beyond doubt and his ideas continue to inspire and encourage an on-going dialogue among many people in...

With retirement approaching and their children having flown the nest, lifelong nomad educators Raymond and his wife, Madeleine Mulaire, make the bold decision to uproot their lives and embark on another overseas posting to Guinea, marking their fourth move abroad.Under military rule following a...

Kate grew up in a home where words mattered. Inspired by her family's love of reading, she pursued a degree in English Literature and began a career as a publicist. Confident in her mastery of language, Kate believed she was literate-until her husband, a...

Kate grew up in a home where words mattered. Inspired by her family's love of reading, she pursued a degree in English Literature and began a career as a publicist. Confident in her mastery of language, Kate believed she was literate-until her husband, a...

Every day of author Janet Rossi Tezak's life has been a dare-a dare to discover her own standards and to give life her all at every moment along the way. The life stories Tezak includes are all driven by the theme, Do I Dare?...

Something's Amiss in America is a biographical story about how racist encounters affected the life of a Black male born and reared in a devout African American Christian home and environment. It takes the reader inside a world where expected matters of social interaction...

The continuous sacrifices carried out by successive generations of Tigrayans have sparked a persistent inquiry within me: "What is the purpose behind all of this?" Over the years, I have dedicated considerable time to pondering this question, yet it continues to resurface relentlessly. Why...