Educators
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The Making of a Racist: A Southerner Reflects on Family, History, and the Slave Trade
$21.95 Add to cartIn this powerful memoir, Charles Dew, one of America’s most respected historians of the South–and particularly its history of slavery–turns the focus on his own life, which began not in the halls of
- Author: Dew, Charles B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0813940397
- Language: English
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson
$31.50 Read more#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A special 20th anniversary edition of the beloved book that changed millions of lives–with a new afterword by the author
“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by- Author: Albom, Mitch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 18 2010
- ISBN10: 0739377779
- Language: English
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Gordon Cressy Tells Great Stories
$20.99 Add to cartGordon 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
- Author: Cressy, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1771806702
- Language: English
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The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori
$18.99 Read moreA 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 M- Author: de Stefano, Cristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1635424135
- Language: English
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Music in the Halls: The Heart and Heartbreak of Teaching at a High-Poverty School in Washington, DC
$17.95 Read moreThrough vignettes, essays, snapshots, portraits, and poems, Music in the Halls reveals the inner workings of a high-poverty District of Columbia Public School. In it, Jankowski brings to light the vis… [more below]
- Author: Jankowski, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1646034244
- Language: English
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Taught a Lesson
$18.95 Add to cartMichael Stivers was a kindergarten teacher in a school of children with very few behavior problems. Then he lost most of the use of his left arm. He could not drive to his school without fear of an ac
- Author: Stivers, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889821014
- Language: English
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Tis: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartA #1 New York Times bestseller and the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela’s Ashes, this masterpiece from Frank McCourt tells of his American journey from impoverished immi… [more below]
- Series: Frank McCourt Memoirs
- Author: McCourt, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 29 2000
- ISBN10: 0684865742
- Language: English
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Men As Friends: From Cicero to Svevo to Cataldo
$18.95 Add to cartNeither a cautionary tale nor a polemic, Men as Friends is about a variety of male friendships and a variety of men. A “coming-of-old-age story,” it speaks to an audience of men who love or have loved
- Author: Epstein, Irwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: May 26 2023
- ISBN10: 164663991X
- Language: English
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May Tomorrow Be Awake: On Poetry, Autism, and Our Neurodiverse Future
$26.99 Read moreAn author and educator’s pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry–a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the sp
- Author: Martin, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0063020157
- Language: English
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Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness
$10.99 Add to cartThe beloved real-life story of a woman in the Alaskan wilderness, the children she taught, and the man she loved.
“From the time I’d been a girl, I’d been thrilled with the idea of living on a fronti- Author: Specht, Robert
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: July 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0553265962
- Language: English
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The Claims of Life: A Memoir
$34.95 Read moreThe engaging memoir of a legendary president of Wellesley College known for authentic and open-hearted leadership, who drove innovation with power and love.
The Claims of Life traces the emergence of- Author: Walsh, Diana Chapman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048493
- Language: English
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Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
$14.99 Add to cartLearning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler
- Author: Feiler, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 11 2004
- ISBN10: 0060577207
- Language: English
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We Few, We Academic Sisters: How We Persevered and Excelled in Higher Education
$28.95 Add to cartStarting in 1967, a time when fewer than 1% of women completed advanced degrees, the Washington State University (WSU) Sociology Department hired three female faculty members who became supportive lif
- Author: Betty Houchin Winfield
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0874224241
- Language: English
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson
$26.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss … [more below]
- Author: Albom, Mitch
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 18 1997
- ISBN10: 0385484518
- Language: English
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The Water Is Wide: A Memoir
$22.00 Add to cartA “miraculous” (Newsweek) human drama, based on a true story, from the renowned author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip o- Author: Conroy, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0553381571
- Language: English
