Biography & Autobiography - Educators

Tired of reading the daily headlines, about kids out of control? Then it is time for you to change what it is that you are reading. Take a four-decade journey with high school teacher, Mary Thomas, as she shares amazing, emotional, life changing stories...

Alan Hurwitz ascended the ranks of academia to become the president of not one, but two, universities--National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology and Gallaudet University. In Let's Go In: My Journey to a University Presidency, Hurwitz discusses the unique...

Called to Work provides a glimpse into a unique process where God prepares and calls individuals to specific ministries. Using Acts 13:2 as a biblical example of the divine calling of Barnabas and Saul to embark on a missionary journey demonstrates the preparing and...

Return to the Drum is a story about survival—the survival of a people and their way of life. Focusing on the history of the Sahtuot’ine of Great Bear Lake and the struggles that follow their first encounters with Euro-Canadians in the 1800s, Miggs Wynne...

Hisham Sharabi was a distinguished Palestinian intellectual and an outspoken critic of traditional Arab society and culture. Despite his upbringing as a member of the privileged class, his conscious self-analysis after the 1967 Arab defeat by Israel led him to radically change his former...

Best known as the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the commanding officer of the troops who accepted the Confederates' surrender at Appomattox, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) has become one of the most famous and most studied figures of Civil War history....

David Melton seems on a fast track to winning an athletic scholarship. Sadly those dreams prove elusive, as a teacher begins to tutor and mentor the ambitious young man. The pair is in for a wild, controversial ride as they struggle toward graduation. En...

This fascinating historical study examines the founding and early years of the Society to Encourage Studies at Home, an innovative educational organization for women founded in 1873 by Anna Eliot Ticknor. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other archival sources, the author offers a richly-detailed...

For 35 years, Edwin Barlow taught mathematics at his beloved Horace Greeley High School in Upstate New York. For 35 years, thousands of students passed through his classroom. Yet when he died, he remained as much an enigma as the day he arrived, for...

I couldn't wait to begin my teaching career. I had always been captivated by children's imaginations and their inquisitive spirits.... Their eagerness to learn. Teaching new skills to entire classrooms of students was an exciting opportunity.In just a short while, I realized that it...

Gordon Cressy is a walking, talking civics lesson. His work over the years has been a driving force in making Toronto what it is today - a city that takes top spots globally in livability rankings for diversity, inclusivity, and tolerance. Few know just...

The author shares-Stories from her childhood and youth-College experiences-Love letters to and from her husband-to-be-Her wedding - with no rehearsal-Prophesy fulfilled at first pastorate-Joys of children and family-Life and Ministry in each congregation that her husband served-The ongoing story of a couple married with...

This book shares the real life experiences of Trina Licavoli Gunzel, and her family, as a result of their son being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. A heart breaking, humorous, encouraging, inspirational, and courageous story that serves as an educational resource for anyone wanting...

"He tried to outrun a train," Theodore Blindwoman told David Joseph Charpentier the night they found out about Maurice Prairie Chief's death. When Charpentier was a new teacher at St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana, Prairie Chief was the first student he met...

As my children have grown, I realize that a family's "story" is its legacy for future generations. This book retells family stories so that others may share a laugh, gain some insight, and discover that each of us, and our experiences, should be celebrated....

This book begins describing the onset of Parkinson's, the arrival of the dark unexpected. In a Monty Python skit, someone is nagged by questions. "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition," he complains. Suddenly Michael Palin, in red 16th century costume, bursts into the room....

Time and time again, Dr. Hogan invites his audiences to embark on intellectual journeys whose singular common thread is the relentless examination of life and learning. Sometimes he will challenge us to broaden our understanding of our world; other times, he will invite us...

My Cane and I: A Memoir of a Disability, by Tony Tripodi, a retired university professor, is a personal journey of one man's struggle in using a cane to ward off arthritis. He shares his fears and anxieties about old age and the perceptions...

It's hard enough to escape human trafficking, but how does someone survive the aftermath of continually being hunted for years to come?I was young when the abuse started. It came from every angle. Struggling for many years, I wasn't sure I'd ever have a...

Fred Burstein shares his career as a boxer, poet, children's author, teacher, and devoted family man. His memoir reveals a passion for all of the above while also capturing what many people miss -- the little things that children see so vividly and what...

The late Norman Rich (1921-2020) was an internationally recognized scholar of European history who taught at Brown University and Michigan State University, among other places. Professor Rich's life and career were unorthodox. He came from a working-class background in Cleveland, Ohio, but even as...

An Educational Journey to Deanship: A Memoir explores and highlights achievements and stories of success throughout the author's academic and administrative experiences. Specifically, this book includes photographs and personal narratives from early educational experiences to deanship. The information presented in this memoir will serve...

Charles S. Isaacs is a former schoolteacher, college professor, social activist, community organizer, financial analyst, and occasional journalist. He is currently an independent real estate advisor to New York City's nonprofit community. He resides in Newburgh, New York.Author: Charles S. IsaacsISBN-10: 1438452969ISBN-13: 9781438452968Publisher: Excelsior...

Author: Julius C. ManriqueISBN-10: 075963808XISBN-13: 9780759638082Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2001Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.12h x 6.40w x 0.45d

From the days of a childhood spent in a one-room schoolhouse and the public schools of Buffalo, New York comes this honest and humorous memoir about a teacher who was creative, caring, and incorrigible. During a career that spanned forty years, she was among...

Christopher M. Milo is a Nationally Renowned Concert Pianist, Professional Motivational Speaker and creator of the "13 Messages from Milo". He has been fully trained in Life Skills and Resiliency. He has spoken to over 100,000 students on topics of Leadership, Anti Bullying, Suicide...

The author, an eighth generation West Virginian, visited the Soviet Union on his way home from the Peace Corps. Back home in West Virginia he moved to Lincoln County and parlayed a chemical engineering degree into a teaching position. For twenty-two years he taught...

Based on a private journal, memories, and a blog that chronicled her adventure to India, Sandra Bornstein wrote May This Be the Best Year of Your Life to serve as a resource and guide to help others overcome the challenges of living outside their...

Wisdom of a Western Mom Prepare for everything you ever thought about parenting to be flipped on its head. Mama Marlaine advocates: Retiring "Children Learn What They Live." Retiring Academic Principles of Right/Wrong, Perfect/Imperfect Retiring the term "Therapy" for education in interpersonal communication. Retiring...

A fresh, comprehensive biography of the pioneering educator and activist who changed the way we look at children's minds, from the author of Oriana Fallaci. Born in 1870 in Chiaravalle, Italy, Maria Montessori would grow up to embody almost every trait men of her...

"They became candles. And winds blew against them mercilessly, violent winds toothed and clawed with war, yet their fragile flames, lit by vision and love, still burn, radiance."So Janet Ruhe-Schoen describes the nine Bahá'ís brought to life in this engaging and moving book. And...

This book is about triumphs and tragedies while serving for four decades as a firefighter. In the book, Brad overcomes personal and professional roadblocks and adversity. He describes memorable people on his journey. He has been a lifelong learner studying his craft. The book...

In this book, Thomas recounts growing up on a ranch in Idaho during the Great Depression, playing baseball with Jackie and Mack Robinson, joining the Navy after Pearl Harbor, and serving as a TBM Torpedo Bomber pilot on aircraft carriers in the Atlantic and...

Author: Roy FraserISBN-10: 0595233724ISBN-13: 9780595233724Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2002Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d

This is a book about persons who went from very simple backgrounds to achieve tremendous successes professionally. It will inspire anyone, young and old, who reads it.The author, Dr. Charles Blankson, currently lives in Fontana, California.Author: Charles BlanksonISBN-10: 1662847270ISBN-13: 9781662847271Publisher: Xulon PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2022Pages:...

Since its founding in 1921, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) at the University of London has seen students and teachers come together, socially and intellectually, to engage in lively academic seminars. But for what purpose and with what value? Talking History provides a...

This is a tale of one company's journey as they master the art of achieving more by doing less.Contrast this with standard industry practice of adding ever increasing management systems and compliance to passive organisations that only decreases productivity. We are inadvertently achieving less...

What is it like to be born into an extended Peranakan family that has seen better days? Besides poverty, there's strife when some don't pull together. However, I had a wise Grandma, Dad, and Aunt. Reading transported me into a world of joy, and...

"But in 1997, I was completely na?e and oblivious to these tensions. I was instead overjoyed that I was now a business owner, albeit one who cared very deeply about the education of young children." MEET DR DENISE LAI CHUA.THIS IS HER STORY But...

A BLACK FIRST: The Blackness Continues....... Is a thought-provoking book about the existence of Black Lives, successes therein, and the questioning of that combination.At the end of this book, author Peter E. Carter asks, "How do Black Lives Succeed?". As an immigrant, prominent educator,...

The students in Ms. Russell's classes have never read an entire book, and they can't relate to Harry Potter and his magic wand. Abel is twenty-eight days behind everyone else, and she needs to get enough books inside him to get his lungs to...

A Heart of Giving chronicles the life of J.D. Oliver-his extraordinary quest for learning, his career in education and the space industry, and the influences and events instrumental to his success. Navigating life as an African American man born in rural Texas in the...

A Lifetime of Travels: A Memoir of 60 Years of ExperiencesBy: Douglas SimpsonThe title of this book says it all: from a trip to Europe in 1968 to the Canadian Rockies in recent travels, and exotic locations all over the globe in between, English...

Beginning to End is the book I needed when I accepted the Director position of my first child care center. I could have used a roadmap to navigate the ins and outs of being a leader and of building an education organization - at...

While on a weekend vacation to see their beloved LSU Tigers play, Jim and Mary T deBrueys get a call that would stop any parent's heart. "We're calling to let you know that a boat transporting your son, James, and others has gone missing."...

My Harvard Portfolio contains the profiles and interviews from 30 Harvard students and alumni about their personal and academic journey to Harvard University. They discuss their childhood experiences, how their parents raised and supported them, strategies for studying, and how they got accepted to...

This biography of the Polish British anthropologist Maria Czaplicka (1884-1921) is also a cultural study of the dynamics of the anthropological collective presented from a researcher-centric perspective. Czaplicka, together with Bronislaw Malinowski, studied anthropology in London and later at Oxford, then she headed the...

This book traces personal memoirs to encourage others in their personal sense of insecurity to be freed by God's grace, to become bold "in Christ." It binds memoirs of the inner self, with one's opportunities of public service. Two highlights are recorded: how three...

Dr. Richard N. Drake (1945-2011) had a new vision for what a school of theology should be and this inspired him to found Primus University of Theology International in Phoenix, Arizona. In this way, he became the architect of the contemporary adaptation of the...

Originally published in 1999. James Turner's biography offers the first modern account of Norton's life and its significance, following him from his perilous travels across India as a young merchant to his role as his country's preeminent cultural critic. Turner shows how Norton developed...