Biography & Autobiography - Educators

This book is autobiographical in nature, considerably more informal than a thesis or a research paper. My emotional handicaps struck the week before my senior year of high school. This was at a time when "Special Education" was not established. Mental illness was not...

The book is about how life was in rural places during the fifties and sixties. It also describes the transition of old fashion customs into modern living in simple words.Author: Fey RabindronISBN-10: 1532054793ISBN-13: 9781532054792Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2018Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

Hank Roth covers all the bases in providing valuable insight and perspective into high school athletics today. John Doherty, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers A must read for high school athletes, coaches, athletic directors, officials and parents. Ron Rothstein, former head coach for...

Ron Swindall looks back at a life spent teaching, coaching, playing music, and enjoying the great outdoors. An ordinary guy from Indian Creek, near the little town of Pound, Virginia, he says there is no better place for him to call home. It was...

Sigrid Gassner-Roberts' unique work evolves from her recollections of narrating her life story to her husband, who lies in a coma in a Viennese hospital after a brain aneurysm. The doctors tell her that he can hear her, so she begins by reminding him...

The Journey tells the stories of professional and personal ventures from my mother's Kindergarten homeschooling till post-Doctoral studies and beyond in nine different countries. It is a saga of friendship with so many families and colleagues in diverse cultures, a true anecdote of universal...

Author: Padric McDuffieISBN-10: 1499067623ISBN-13: 9781499067620Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2014Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

The Harvest is a narrative of short stories that makes us reflect about how things used to be and how they are nowadays. This book becomes a great tool against forgetfulness, the collective amnesia that affects many of us. Martínez, as a good teacher,...

Everyone knows that educators should be competent and well qualified, but what about caring for the students?In life, when the boss cares about employees, they are more productive, and Cathine Gilchrist Scott, Ph.D., knows that the same is true in the classroom.She looks back...

Author: R. K. DavidISBN-10: 1479738514ISBN-13: 9781479738519Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2012Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

Author: Sunil N. ShabdeISBN-10: 1477129111ISBN-13: 9781477129111Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2012Pages: 350Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

Forensic Leadership is a book about a young man who grew up on the westside of town in the government subsidized projects and how he learned to lead in a very diverse, conservative community in the Deep South. By age 23 he was the...

When Erminia "Minnie" Lopez Rincon was born, she was not breathing, but the attendant working on her tiny body did not give up until Rincon was breathing on her own. So began the life of a Mexican American woman who would not only endure...

Author: Brenda Tate GroatISBN-10: 1453548106ISBN-13: 9781453548103Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2010Pages: 92Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

What they undertook to do, they brought to pass. All things hang like a drop of dew upon a blade of grass. -W. B. Yeats The work of a college president, or of any administrator in a position of responsibility, is fraught with challenges...

Author: Sally Zolkosky LaBadieISBN-10: 1441523308ISBN-13: 9781441523303Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2009Pages: 110Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

A compelling account of a career in education. Dr. Bagnall has served as an elementary school teacher, a public and private high school teacher, a professor in community colleges, and an administrator in a college continuing education division. His many challenges contrast sharply with...

""Reminiscences Of The Happy Life Of A Teacher"" is a memoir written by Alfred Holbrook, first published in 1885. The book details Holbrook's experiences as a teacher and educator in the mid-19th century. Holbrook reflects on his teaching career, discussing the challenges and rewards...

Author: Perry MunsonISBN-10: 1436347548ISBN-13: 9781436347549Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2008Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

Horace Mann: His Ideas and Ideals is a biography of Horace Mann written by Joy Elmer Morgan. Mann was a prominent American educator and politician who is often referred to as the ""father of American public education."" The book explores Mann's life, his ideas...

How Poor Boys and Girls Go to College is a book written by Orison Swett Marden, which explores the challenges and opportunities faced by young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who aspire to pursue higher education. The book details the stories of several individuals who...

Friedrich Froebel is a book written by Elbert Hubbard that provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the German educator Friedrich Froebel. Froebel is widely regarded as the founder of the kindergarten movement and is known for his innovative ideas on...

The book ""Life and Letters of John Howard Raymond Late President of Vassar College"" is a biographical account of the life and achievements of John Howard Raymond, who served as the president of Vassar College. The book is written by Raymond himself and provides...

Noah Webster by Horace E. Scudder is a biography of the famous American lexicographer and educator, Noah Webster. The book explores Webster's life, starting from his childhood in Connecticut, his education, and his early career as a teacher. It also delves into his passion...

The Odyssey of a Vice Chancellor is about the physical and academic journey of Professor Alven Makapela back to South Africa after forty years of domicile and intellectual growth in the United States. The theme of the book centers on the politics of conflict...

A beautifully written collection of short stories... full of wry observations and entertaining characters, College Days captures the latter half of the Twentieth Century in finely tuned prose.Author: Arthur CridlandISBN-10: 141208394XISBN-13: 9781412083942Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2006Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d

Author: Gabriel CompayreISBN-10: 1410201228ISBN-13: 9781410201225Publisher: University Press of the PacificLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2002Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d

This book is a classic in the field of the history of education. It contains the autobiography of Thomas Platter (the memoirs of a shepherd turned academic 1499-1582) and a discussion of his life and times. Written in 1572 but not published until the...

Harvard Memories is a book written by Charles William Eliot, which provides a personal account of his experiences as a student at Harvard University. The book is a memoir that takes the reader on a journey through Eliot's time at Harvard, providing a glimpse...

Friedrich Froebel is a book written by Elbert Hubbard that provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the German educator Friedrich Froebel. The book explores Froebel's educational philosophy and his contribution to the development of early childhood education. It delves into...

This biography explores the life and career of William Rainey Harper (1856-1906), a prominent figure in American religious and academic circles. Harper was a distinguished Baptist minister, a renowned scholar of Semitic languages, and, most notably, the first president of the University of Chicago....

A group of students from New York City's temporary housing chose to embark on a journey of critical reflection about what matters most in their daily lives. Against the backdrop of the 2020-2021 school year, students used their voice to write narratives that highlight...

Morton Keller recounts his "not extraordinary life played out in quite extraordinary times"--from the Great Depression through World War Two, the cold war, the sixties, and 9/11. A classic American saga of respectable achievement from relatively humble origins, his life through eight-plus decades as...

In Raised at Rutgers, Richard L. McCormick tells what it is like to run a major state university and vividly portrays the often contentious environment in which a university president operates today. He unsparingly recounts his decade of leadership, including his own missteps--those we...

This book is a biography of University of California-Berkeley sociology professor Troy Duster, grandson of Ida B. Wells. It explores Duster's work in minority studies and the many ways in which his research and teaching influenced the lives of his many students.Author: John F....

Author: Howard J. WiardaISBN-10: 0738804339ISBN-13: 9780738804330Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/1999Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.54h x 5.53w x 0.75d

From unruly teenager to PhD University Lecturer, with just about every occupation you can think of in between, Yalmambirra's colourful and amazing stories have made up the jigsaw puzzle of his life. This honest and open recollection of his greatest memories, will have you...

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1928, Gunter K. von Noorden spent the first few years of his life in idyllic comfort. But his familys move to Berlin in 1937 exposed Gunter to the appalling reality of Hitlers dictatorship as a ten-year-old member...

This is the first book which provides an engaging and insightful narrative on the life of a geographer in India. The author introspects on her own experiences and engagements with the discipline and explores the life and works of twenty-four other geographers from India....

By the end of this light hearted, witty book "Things I Only Tell My Friends" you'll feel like you've chatted with your best friend, mentoring you through the stories she tells and the lessons she has learned. The author shares her own powerful and...

It could happen to anyone. One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny's husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann - who had no history of mental illness - began suffering from depression, and then from...

This memoir recounts a journey through academia, military service, and careers in advertising, journalism, and teaching. Set against mid-20th-century America's backdrop, it reflects on personal growth amid societal shifts and the Vietnam era's challenges. With humor and introspection, the narrative celebrates the author's transformative...

Pawn Takes Rook is the story of a school leader engaged in active resistance of the status quo. Keenly aware of the contextual factors that are at play in the American South, public education, and in the diaspora, he sets out to engage in...

Author: Kenneth K. MwendaISBN-10: 1919178856ISBN-13: 9781919178851Publisher: Mereo BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2025Pages: 396Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.81d

Olga Armstrong - later known to scores of north London school pupils as Mrs Qasim - continues to home tutor local children and teenagers in any one of a range of subjects, though her favourite remains Maths A level. Not bad for 87 years...

Some fish are meant to be caught. Others are meant to slip out of your hands and flop around on the boat deck of life.Strikethru is about the fish that slapped you in the face before leaping back into the sea.In this painfully honest...

Archaeology has never had as prolific and articulate an advocate as Brian Fagan. Vernon L. Scarborough Brian Fagan is arguably the best-known archaeologist of the past half century. His nine textbooks introduced hundreds of thousands of students to archaeology. His 50 popular books on...

A wide-ranging memoir of life as a junior/ middle school teacher. The author takes us on a fascinating journey through his career from the naive young probationary teacher of the mid 1980s to the experienced Deputy Head of the early 2020s. He uses his...

You don't need all the answers-just the courage to take the first step.In Bold: A Memoir, author J.A. Jernay delivers an unforgettable story about daring to live a life guided by guts, not guarantees.From leaving behind predictable paths to chasing dreams in unfamiliar places,...

Starting as a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje's contributions to Nigeria have been wide ranging. Commonly know as the Grandfather of African Geography he has participated in census taking, forest resource management, establishing a state university; planning the new federal...