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In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, and he was denounced for stirring up animosity between black parents and Jewish teachers. Later, however, he built alliances with blacks, and at...
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He was an inspiring teacher, innovative leader, and dedicated advocate for students. Armen Sarafian, born in 1920, was the son of educated immigrants who taught him that attaining higher education would pave the way to a fulfilling life and successful career. As an educator, Armen Sarafian became known for saving colleges-and in one case an entire community college district-from the brink of failure and transforming them into thriving institutions...
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Examines the life of education activist Audrey Cohen and her founding of Metropolitan College of New York.
In 1964 educational activist, Audrey Cohen, and her colleagues developed a unique curricular structure that enables urban college students to integrate their academic studies with meaningful work in community settings. Creating a College That Works chronicles Cohen's efforts to create an innovative educational model that began with the Women's...
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A Curious Life chronicles the remarkable life of preeminent biochemist Thomas Haines. Born in 1933, Haines was barely four when he was sent by court order to The Graham School, an orphanage in Hastings-on-Hudson NY founded in 1806 by Isabella Graham and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. His trajectory is a series of radical reversals: from penniless orphan to innovative scientist and educator; from right-wing McCarthyite to left-wing activist; founder...
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The events in this book are true. The names of children were changed to protect their identity. (For the record, I'm using a pen name.). Why? There is still a great deal of ignorance when it comes to understanding individuals having a disability. Sometimes, a disability is obvious. Other times, it's not. As for my three children, each had a different disability. They never received social security, since their disability is not severe. However, it...
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What happens when an idealist volunteers to introduce Shakespeare to a group of unruly kids? Bedlam. Tears. And, hard lessons learned.
Convinced that children can relate to Shakespeare's themes- power, revenge, love- Mel Ryane launches The Shakespeare Club at a Los Angeles public school. Teaching Will is a riotous cautionary tale of high hopes and goodwill crashing into the realities of classroom chaos. Every week, Mel encounters unexpected comedy...
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L'auteur partage avec nous des récits de vie emplis d'émotions à la fois tendres et piquants
Instituteur et secrétaire de mairie pendant presque 30 ans, José Herbert nous livre ses souvenirs sur un ton à la fois drle et tendre, toujours sincère, souvent impertinent...
Vivez avec lui au rythme de Wambaix, un petit village du Cambrésis... Allez à la rencontre de personnages pittoresques, sympathiques, attachants... Éprouvez les joies et...
229) Yalmambirra
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From unruly teenager to PhD University Lecturer, with just about every occupation you can think of in between, Yalmambirra's colorful and amazing stories have made up the jigsaw puzzle of his life.
This honest and open recollection of his greatest memories, will have you laughing, crying and, at times, shocked, at what it was like to be an Aboriginal man growing up in 20th century Australia.
It was in 1997, at the age of 47, when he became fully,...
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The gang leader doesn't like poetry. But will a detention center workshop show her how to express love for her newborn daughter? A teen boy dies of a drug overdose. Will his final poem speak what he cannot say? In the middle of a career change, Mindy Hardwick volunteered to facilitate a weekly poetry workshop at a juvenile detention center. By helping the teens write poems about their lives, Mindy discovered strength and courage to grieve the loss...
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John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." As I look back at what I have written for this memoir, A Boy Named Broccoli, I see this paradox repeating throughout. For example, during my teen years, Music was a huge part of my life – I wrote my own scores, I played the guitar, and I traveled in the singing group, Up With People. Although, I kept asking myself, what am I going to do with the rest of my life?...
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Découvrez l'existence exceptionelle du fondateur du scoutisme!
Officier de la cavalerie aux Indes, chasseur en Afrique, espion en Russie et dans les Balkans, vainqueur des Zoulous, dresseur de chevaux et champion de polo, Robert Baden-Powell fut, mieux que tout autre, le « maître de l'aventure ».
« J'ai eu le bonheur de vivre heureux et je souhaite à chacun de pouvoir en dire autant. » Ce souhait, Baden-Powell ne s'est pas contenté de...
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In her funny, poignant and absorbing memoir, 'Mad Lizzie' Webb charts her phenomenal rise from a drama and dance teacher to being crowned the beloved fitness queen of breakfast television. Throughout the eighties and early nineties, Lizzie Webb inspired the nation to get up and move as TV-am's resident fitness guru. The music featured in her routines shot to the top of the charts, resulting in hits for the likes of Take That, Sonia and George Harrison....
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Traveler, Adventurer, Observer, Geopolitics Expert, Teacher, Writer, Actor, Author...Andrew Reilly's book is a guide to the international politics, history and social life of numerous countries where Andrew spent part of his life, an amazing life many people dream of: free of daily routine and full of excitement and discoveries!
As Andrew's saga threads its way through over 50 countries around the globe, the story becomes a chronicle of our times,...
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Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) lived through what he described as 'the two great catastrophes of the twentieth century: the rise of Hitler in 1933 and the dropping of the atomic bombs in 1945', and yet the keynote of his astonishingly rich and varied life and work was an enduring optimism. Bronowski was a professional scientist, scientific administrator, poet, philosopher, dramatist and television and radio personality, possessing an energy and versatility...
236) Men As Friends
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Neither 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 other men but are too embarrassed to say so, opening the reader to the deep sadness of loss as well as the joy of its acknowledgment.
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Rosey E. Pool (1905—71) did not live an ordinary life. She witnessed the rise of the Nazis in Berlin firsthand, tutored Anne Frank, operated in a Jewish resistance group, escaped from a Nazi transit camp, published African American poets in Europe, operated a London "salon" with her partner, witnessed independence movements in Nigeria and Senegal, and took part in the American civil rights movement. “I Lay This Body Down” is the first study...
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Elizabeth Jones, a newly hired Spanish teacher at North Gate High School, finds herself standing in the middle of a cinder block warehouse at her new campus. Formerly an Industrial Arts room with old equipment stored against the walls and rusty nuts and bolts scattered across the floor, Elizabeth is horrified at the thought of this being her new classroom. She is even more horrified to learn that she will be sharing this space with Theater Arts classes...
239) Nursing, Yes I Do!
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Nursing, Yes I Do! Is a compelling story of a high school graduate who had an aspiration to become a nurse, without knowing the hardship, drama, heroism, or heartache that comes from being a medical professional. Follow Aubrey in her memoir of entering the healthcare workforce and experiencing being commended by some, abused or criticized by others, while seeing the birth of a child and then dealing with death, sometimes in one day. Jump on the...
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Veteran educator Marjan Glavac s latest book gives new meaning to the concept of the teachable moment. His collections of personal and inspirational affirmations are guaranteed to connect with anyone who has dedicated their lives to students in a classroom. For every educator who has felt frustrated, unappreciated, and overwhelmed, Teaching Is... reinforces the power of teachers to inspire, motivate, and make a difference. This small book with a big...
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