Biography & Autobiography - Educators

Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell's life-long education in the school of hard knocks, as the journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private...

"We cannot see where we are going. The road is unknownto us. There are deep ditches on either side. We do notalways even know where we are going or what the purposeof life is. All we know is that to us ours is an...

Sigmund Freud: The Biography of the Founder of Psychoanalysis, Writings on the Ego and Id, and his Basic Interpretation of Dreams" is an enlightening and comprehensive exploration of the life and groundbreaking work of Sigmund Freud, the Austrian neurologist who revolutionized the field of...

Have you ever been around people, yet still felt alone? Dr. bird has too. Within the first variant of their envirusmental series, they revealed thirty years of their late-in-life realized secrets. In this second volume, they, literally and figuratively, Zoom in on the last...

This is a social, intellectual, and spiritual autobiography of an average man who grew up in the American Midwest (Wisconsin) of a middle-class family, in the middle of the Twentieth Century.It details his Ancestry and Childhood, Education, and Career, in an era that is...

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...

George Washington Carver is today remembered in part for the many products he derived from the peanut, a crop he urged on Southern farmers to replace cotton and avoid soil exhaustion and the boll weevil. Less well known is the multitude of college students...

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...

Four hours. That was the amount of time between looking down the barrel of a gun and finding myself free along a silent highway lined by cotton fields. In the time period that seemed eternal, my unique experiences as a doctor created an indescribable...

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...

The third volume of Vincent Lenti's history of the Eastman School of Music Nurturing the Love of Music is the third volume of Vincent Lenti's history of the Eastman School of Music, being preceded by For the Enrichment of Community Life: George Eastman and...

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...

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...

The Legacy of John Holt contains sixteen portraits of a radical teacher and writer whose ten books and work influenced schoolteachers and homeschoolers to help children learn in their own ways. Written by friends, colleagues, and homeschoolers who knew Holt personally, this book sheds...

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...

Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist who is widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. He proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection which has become a fundamental concept in science. His five-year voyage on HMS Beagle established...

"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...

Saint Peter is one of the most prominent figures in Christianity, being one of the Twelve Apostles and a leader of the early Church. He appears in all four New Testament gospels as well as Acts of the Apostles. According to traditional Christian teachings,...

René Descartes was an influential French philosopher, scientist and mathematician who revolutionized the fields of geometry, algebra and philosophy. He is best known for his famous phrase "cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am") which formed a cornerstone of modern philosophical thought. His...

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:...

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...

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...