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
$27.00 Add to cart#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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Beautiful Child: The True Story of a Child Trapped in Silence and the Teacher Who Refused to Give Up on Her
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of One Child comes this amazing, true story of a mute and withdrawn seven–year–old girl and the special education teacher determined never to abandon a child in need.
Seve
- Author: Hayden, Torey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0062662740
- Language: English
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An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms
$16.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of The Power of Myth, a conversation with Joseph Campbell that distills the mature wisdom and eclectic spiritual thinking of the world-renowned scholar and mythologist.
- Author: Toms, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 23 1990
- ISBN10: 0060972955
- Language: English
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Max and Mia’s Story
$15.95 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.
Parents Angelina and Ben exist in enviable luxury: not just wealth, success and
- Series: Thrown Away Children
- Author: Allen, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1802791205
- Language: English
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Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite
$20.00 Add to cartA haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea’s ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il’s reign
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lin- Author: Kim, Suki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0307720667
- Language: English
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Anna and the King of Siam
$17.99 Add to cartThe bestselling book that inspired the musical play and film The King and I
“Enchanting. . . . The author wears her scholarship with grace, and the amazing story she has to tell is recounted with humor
- Author: Landon, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 03 1999
- ISBN10: 0060954884
- Language: English
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Rubber Bands on My Socks: The Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter – Family, Poverty, Potential and Progress
$19.95 Add to cartNothing explains this book more than the subtitle, “The Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter – Family, Poverty, Potential, and Progress,” that refers to the journey of the daughter of a sharecropp… [more below]
- Author: Wimbish Ed D., Annie P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1977209548
- Language: English
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One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
$21.99 Add to cart“One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . This isn’t merely a book about baseball. It’s a book about heart.” — Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The… [more below]
- Author: Ballard, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1401312667
- 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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To Create the World That Ought to Be: Memoirs of a Radical Educator
$39.99 Add to cartTo Create the World That Ought to Be explores enticing possibilities and proven solutions for transforming our society and ourselves, as viewed through the lens of the life and work of a celebrated vi
- Author: Langberg, Arnie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987537305
- Language: English
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C. S. Lewis — A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
$22.99 Add to cartECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction)
Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellec… [more below]- Author: McGrath, Alister
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1496410459
- Language: English
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In the Great Green Room
$23.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children’s classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown.
Margaret’s books have- Author: Gary, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 1250160626
- 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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Somebody Else’s Kids: The True Story of Four Problem Children and One Extraordinary Teacher
$16.99 Add to cart“A heartwarming book full of tenderness.” —Library Journal
From the bestselling author of One Child, the true story of four problem children and one extraordinary teacher.
They were all “just somebody
- Author: Hayden, Torey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0062564404
- 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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The School That Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler
$21.99 Add to cartNamed one of Book Riot’s BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2022
The “devastatingly affecting and moving” true story of a courageous school principal who saw the dangers of Nazi Germany and took drastic steps to sa- Author: Cadbury, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1541751183
- 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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Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year
$17.99 Add to cartA must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esm? is the exuberant diary of Esm? Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirit… [more below]
- Author: Codell, Esmé Raji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1565129350
- Language: English
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Pivot: Empowering Yourself Today to Succeed in an Unpredictable Tomorrow (Students & Entrepreneurs)
$17.99 Add to cartEducation is more than just going to school
How can you empower yourself to stay relevant in an ever-changing world? As globalization and artificial intelligence dramatically change the future of work,
- Author: Hutheesing, Ravi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 173574414X
- Language: English
