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  • Family Conscience: A Memoir of Four Generations by Barbour, John D.
    John D. Barbour

    Family Conscience: A Memoir of Four Generations

    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,...
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  • Between Two Worlds: Joseph Geleplay's Fight for Education in Liberia by Corlon, Victoria
    Victoria Corlon

    Between Two Worlds: Joseph Geleplay's Fight for Education in Liberia

    Biography. In a small village in Liberia in 1919, Joseph Juty Geleplay was born into a world where traditional cultural practices were increasingly threatened by outside influences, yet formal education remained out of reach for most. With remarkable vision and determination, he would become...
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  • Black Empowerment Journal: A Reflective Guide for Leaders, Educators and Advocates by Carter, Peter E.
    Peter E. Carter

    Black Empowerment Journal: A Reflective Guide for Leaders, Educators and Advocates

    Step into a transformative journey with the Black Empowerment Journal, a reflective guide crafted to inspire leaders, educators, and advocates in their pursuit of equity and inclusion. Designed as a powerful standalone resource or a companion to Peter Carter's acclaimed works-A Black First: Leading...
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  • School Daze: The diary of a first year, Washington, D.C. teacher by Bradley, Todd
    Todd Bradley

    School Daze: The diary of a first year, Washington, D.C. teacher

    School Daze is the diary of a first-year school teacher. It is an extremely funny yet true account of his daily experiences. From the sound of the first bell, School Daze sucks you into the reality of the teaching profession. You will experience the...
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  • Alan Bainbridge

    On Becoming an Education Professional: A Psychosocial Exploration of Developing an Education Professional Practice

    This book draws together a variety of detailed case studies to demonstrate the unique interaction between the past and the present which occurs within the professional education context. Using a psychosocial approach, Alan Bainbridge suggests that this process of identity or role formation requires...
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  • Notes On the Life of Noah Webster; Volume 1 by Ford, Emily Ellsworth Fowler
    Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford

    Notes On the Life of Noah Webster; Volume 1

    Noah Webster was one of America's most influential lexicographers, and his dictionary is still in use today. This book by Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford provides a fascinating glimpse into Webster's life and work.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and...
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  • Simply Magical: North Beach: 1977 - 1982 by Sollish, Jan
    Jan Sollish

    Simply Magical: North Beach: 1977 - 1982

    Author: Jan SollishISBN-13: 9798822977082Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2025Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d
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  • My Native Roots. A Family Story by Wanjui, Joseph B.
    Joseph B. Wanjui

    My Native Roots. A Family Story

    Dr. Joseph Barrage Wanjui rose from humble beginnings to become Chairman and CEO of East African Industries (Unilever) and the Chancellor of the University of Nairobi. In My Native Roots: A Family Story, Dr. Joseph B. Wanjui traces his roots six generations down the...
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  • Medium: How I Learned to Accept my Psychic Abilities by Dematteis, Kathy
    Kathy Dematteis

    Medium: How I Learned to Accept my Psychic Abilities

    Kathy DeMatteis spent over 20 years in the healing arts which led to her discovering her true inner gifts as a psychic medium. Kathy wrote this book and is telling her story in an effort to help others who have been unknowingly called to...
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  • Futures of the Past: Collected Papers in Celebration of Its More Than Eighty Years: University of Southern California's School of Policy, P by Clayton, Ross
    Ross Clayton

    Futures of the Past: Collected Papers in Celebration of Its More Than Eighty Years: University of Southern California's School of Policy, P

    The key roles that the University of Southern California's professional schools have played in promoting public affairs are brought into sharp focus in this detailed history, edited by a group of academic experts intimately involved in the development of the school. Through its School...
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  • Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper by Scott, Matthew
    Matthew Scott

    Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper

    Delve into the captivating world of the circus with "Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper, Also Jumbo's Biography, by the same Author." This unique volume offers a rare glimpse into the life of Matthew Scott, a dedicated animal caretaker, and his extraordinary bond with...
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  • Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard, by Fulton, John
    John Fulton

    Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard,

    Frederick A.P. Barnard was one of the most influential educators of his time, serving as the President of Columbia College (later Columbia University) from 1864 to 1889. In this fascinating memoir, he tells the story of his life and career, from his days as...
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  • The Second Tri: School Pictures by Fishwick, Dan
    Dan Fishwick

    The Second Tri: School Pictures

    Following The First Tri: As a Young Man, we pick up the story of self-described everyman, Dan Fishwick, just after his arrival at University School, an all-boys school in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The Second Tri: School Pictures captures images from Dan's life as a...
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  • On This Ground by Depalma, Anthony
    Anthony Depalma

    On This Ground

    Author: Anthony DepalmaISBN-10: 006346439XISBN-13: 9780063464391Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2026Pages: 272Format: Hardcover
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  • Thank You, Teacher: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of Hope by Patterson, James
    James Patterson

    Thank You, Teacher: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of Hope

    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...
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  • Thank You, Teacher: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of Hope by Patterson, James
    James Patterson

    Thank You, Teacher: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of Hope

    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...
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  • SIDNEY A. SEEGERS - An Educator's Memoir: From New Orleans to Monroe by Seegers, Sidney A.
    Sidney A. Seegers

    SIDNEY A. SEEGERS - An Educator's Memoir: From New Orleans to Monroe

    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
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  • The Second Tri: School Pictures by Fishwick, Dan
    Dan Fishwick

    The Second Tri: School Pictures

    Author: Dan FishwickISBN-13: 9798822989061Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d
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  • Aches, Pains, and Love: A Guide to Dating and Relationships for Those with Chronic Pain and Illness - Second Edition by Lynne, Kira
    Kira Lynne

    Aches, Pains, and Love: A Guide to Dating and Relationships for Those with Chronic Pain and Illness - Second Edition

    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...
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  • Shaping a Nation: A History of Women as Educators and Education Influencers by Haliday, Gaynor
    Gaynor Haliday

    Shaping a Nation: A History of Women as Educators and Education Influencers

    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...
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  • Maple Leaves in Mango Trees: Finding Home in West Africa by Lemoine, Raymond G.
    Raymond G. Lemoine

    Maple Leaves in Mango Trees: Finding Home in West Africa

    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...
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  • Small-Town Chaos: Lessons on Country Life by Focht, L.
    L. Focht

    Small-Town Chaos: Lessons on Country Life

    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
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  • Family Conscience: A Memoir of Four Generations by Barbour, John D.
    John D. Barbour

    Family Conscience: A Memoir of Four Generations

    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,...
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  • Purdue's Female Founders: The Untold History of Trailblazing Women Faculty by Klink, Angie
    Angie Klink

    Purdue's Female Founders: The Untold History of Trailblazing Women Faculty

    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...
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  • Under the Muhlberry Tree (Softcover) by Muhl, Linda
    Linda Muhl

    Under the Muhlberry Tree (Softcover)

    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...
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  • Tom Symons: A Canadian Life by Heintzman, Ralph
    Ralph Heintzman

    Tom Symons: A Canadian Life

    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...
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  • Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist by Chanoff, David
    David Chanoff

    Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist

    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...
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  • The Life Of Emma Willard (1873) by Lord, John
    John Lord

    The Life Of Emma Willard (1873)

    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....
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  • This Cider Still Tastes Funny!: Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine by Ford, John
    John Ford

    This Cider Still Tastes Funny!: Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

    John Ford Sr. returns to the outdoors of Maine with This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine, his follow-up to the highly popular and critically acclaimed Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good. Ford is a retired Maine...
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  • The Sweet Spot by Landau, Ronnie S.
    Ronnie S. Landau

    The Sweet Spot

    In this fascinating and, at times, hilarious account of an improbable career, Ronnie Landau, classicist and modern historian, takes the reader from his beginnings in a small Jewish community in north-east England, to his diverse experience of teaching and lecturing in radically different educational...
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  • Pauline: Biography of a Teacher by Burchett, Kenneth E.
    Kenneth E. Burchett

    Pauline: Biography of a Teacher

    This nonfiction book is about a visionary educator who grew up in a small Midwestern town. Her intensely personal story as a student and then teacher in one-room country schools took place during the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America.She put herself...
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  • Ramana Maharshi by Sivaramkrishna, M.
    M. Sivaramkrishna

    Ramana Maharshi

    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...
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  • Landing at the Top: How Embracing Adventure Leads to Extraordinary Success by Jackson, David
    David Jackson

    Landing at the Top: How Embracing Adventure Leads to Extraordinary Success

    From a young paperboy in Southern California to a visionary leader in education and business, David R. Jackson's story is a testament to adventure, ambition, and perseverance. His passion for travel and world exploration began when he was a teenager and led to: Earning...
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  • Helen Taylor and Her Fight for the People: Education Reformer, Feminist and Pioneer of the Labour Movement by Smith, Janet
    Janet Smith

    Helen Taylor and Her Fight for the People: Education Reformer, Feminist and Pioneer of the Labour Movement

    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...
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  • An Education: How I Changed My Mind about Schools and Almost Everything Else by Ravitch, Diane
    Diane Ravitch

    An Education: How I Changed My Mind about Schools and Almost Everything Else

    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...
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  • Finding Happy: A User's Guide to Your Life, with Lessons from Mine by Samuelson, Peter
    Peter Samuelson

    Finding Happy: A User's Guide to Your Life, with Lessons from Mine

    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...
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  • Portrait of a Presidency: Patterns in My Life as President of The College of New Jersey by Gitenstein, R. Barbara
    R. Barbara Gitenstein

    Portrait of a Presidency: Patterns in My Life as President of The College of New Jersey

    "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...
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  • Memoir of a Singing History Professor by Adler, Joseph
    Joseph Adler

    Memoir of a Singing History Professor

    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...
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  • Gentle Voices, Bold Strides: A Memoir by Cheung, Fanny
    Fanny Cheung

    Gentle Voices, Bold Strides: A Memoir

    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...
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  • Amos Eaton: Scientist and Educator by McAllister, Ethel M.
    Ethel M. McAllister

    Amos Eaton: Scientist and Educator

    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...
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  • Henry Steele Commager: Midcentury Liberalism and the History of the Present by Jumonville, Neil
    Neil Jumonville

    Henry Steele Commager: Midcentury Liberalism and the History of the Present

    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...
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  • Balliol College (1899) by Davis, Henry William Carless
    Henry William Carless Davis

    Balliol College (1899)

    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...
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  • Loved Bein' Here With You by Modell, Ron
    Ron Modell

    Loved Bein' Here With You

    "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...
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  • Recollections of Waterloo College by Roy, Flora
    Flora Roy

    Recollections of Waterloo College

    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...
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  • The Jervis Effect: The Scholarship and Legacy of Robert Jervis by Immerman, Richard H.
    Richard H. Immerman

    The Jervis Effect: The Scholarship and Legacy of Robert Jervis

    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...
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  • The Jervis Effect: The Scholarship and Legacy of Robert Jervis by Immerman, Richard H.
    Richard H. Immerman

    The Jervis Effect: The Scholarship and Legacy of Robert Jervis

    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...
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  • The Student's Pestalozzi: A Short Account Of His Life And System by Russell, J.
    J. Russell

    The Student's Pestalozzi: A Short Account Of His Life And System

    ""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...
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  • Pestalozzi and the Educationalization of the World by Tröhler, D.
    D. Tröhler

    Pestalozzi and the Educationalization of the World

    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...
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  • Michael Faraday: The biography of the father of electromagnetism and electrochemistry, his matter studies and teachings by Library, United
    United Library

    Michael Faraday: The biography of the father of electromagnetism and electrochemistry, his matter studies and teachings

    Michael Faraday takes readers on a captivating journey through the life and groundbreaking discoveries of one of history's most influential scientists. Born on September 22, 1791, in England, Michael Faraday's legacy in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry has left an indelible mark on...
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  • On the Invisible Palm of God by Hurka, Joseph
    Joseph Hurka

    On the Invisible Palm of God

    "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...
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