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Winner, NSW Carer of the Year 2013!
Winner, Certificate of Commendation, NSW Mental Health Awards 2013!
Art from Adversity shines the spotlight on mental illness, in particular, bipolar disorder. It provides an insight into what it is like to become mentally ill, to ascend into mania, free fall into depression, and finally emerge profoundly changed by the experience.
Art from Adversity: A Life with Bipolar is Anne Therese Naylor's memoir...
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Tracie's book is an autobiography that is told from her perspective, a "brownish" local girl, born and raised in Hawaii. The words "Tita Ē" describes a girl who is born and raised in the islands and is an expression of warm regard toward a female of the islands. It is a reflective and informational book filled with life stories and examples of race, racism, prejudice, and injustice. It is a heart-warming account of her life to give you an understanding...
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Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school's headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man "at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule,...
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Con el gusto de siempre y con la enorme nostalgia por la ausencia de personajes que fueron memorables en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Guadalajara, hoy dedicamos el volumen 3 de la Colección Maestros Memorables de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras al doctor Alberto Ladrón de Guevara Jiménez, ilustre en todas las acciones que realizó: la docencia, la investigación, la divulgación de la historia, y fuera del ámbito...
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“Heart of the Circus” is an unusual story of courage, resilience and forgiveness by Manna. Through her travels across the US on a train, her home for almost 8 years, Manna takes us on this magical adventure, one which is rare for an Indian woman from a conservative family. Without being preachy, this is the story of an inspiring circus teacher whose dedication and persistence will leave you wanting to explore more into what and how education should...
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Looking back, my life at school wasn't quite easy for me. Sometimes, I hated school, but I was so determined to wrestle at the division I level, that I worked as hard as I could in order to accomplish that goal. I hardly ever focused on my problems; For the most part, I focused on exerting myself in ways that set me aside and away from the rest. Upon earning my masters and doctoral degree, I had to work just as hard, if not, way harder than I had...
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This classical text, which knowledgeable horsemen have been anxiously awaiting for years, is finally available in English. Henriquet's personal record of correspondence provides a unique window into the private problem-solving dialogue between master and student. Now a master écuyer in his own right, Henriquet embellishes this new edition with 50 photographs from his personal collection. This first and only English edition includes many more photographs...
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The Thirty-third Hour opens at midnight Saturday, in the study of Rabbi Arthur Greenberg, the leader of the largest synagogue in Miami. The Rabbi has until 9 a.m. Monday morning, thirty-three hours, to investigate a sex ethics charge brought against one of his colleagues by a member of the congregation, Brenda, an attractive widow and the mother of an autistic son.
That colleague, Moshe Katan, an associate from Arthur's seminary days, has been leading...
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One morning, a box was delivered to Elizabeth Stone's door. It held ten years of personal diaries and a letter that began "Dear Elizabeth, You must be wondering why I left you my diaries in my will. After all, we have not seen each other in over twenty years . . ."
What followed was a remarkable year in Elizabeth's life as she read Vincent's diaries and began to learn about the high school student she had taught twenty-five years before. A Boy I...
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When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that, and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes...
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Dr. Joseph Couture (1930–2007), known affectionately as "Dr. Joe," stood at the centre of some of the greatest political, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a gifted orator, he easily walked two paths, as a respected Elder and traditional healer and as an educational psychologist, one of the first Aboriginal people in Canada to receive a PhD. His work challenged...
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From humble beginnings in Nashville, Tennessee, formally known as the Country Music Capital of the World and having a population of ~170,000, to thriving as an Aristocrat of Bands member and influencing generations through music, Stanley D. Stewart shares his unique story of perseverance, grit, and grace in A Notable Journey.
Now known as Music City and boasting a population of more than one million, Nashville plays an integral role in the storytelling,...
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You won't find his portrait on our currency anymore and his signature isn't penned on the Constitution, but former statesman Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) contributed immeasurably to the formation of America. Gallatin was the first president of the council of New York University and his name lives on at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, so it is with pride that New York University Press and the Swiss Confederation publish this new biography...
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The story of how, a first generation college graduate and rapper from Cleveland, became the 1st viral college marketing video rapper of the 21st-Century and the face of a top ranked university in Ohio. This is, based on a true story, and the slogan he created "Where My Falcons At" has, reached national attention from some of the biggest platforms in the world, including ESPN Sports Center, where he was, interviewed on live television.
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This book draws us into the life of the extraordinary scholar, Father Horacio de la Costa, SJ. It takes us into his adolescent journey of self-discovery, when he decided to become a priest. This sets him on the path to becoming a brilliant history teacher and writer, and in his spare time, even a builder of model ships. Nostalgic scenes of his times come to life in ink illustrations as well as a timeline with photos shared by the Archives of the Philippine...
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Public Choice: The Life of Armand V. Fabella in Government and Education chronicles the legacy of Armand V. Fabella as a talented, dedicated civil servant and educator who had worked with six presidents-from Ramon Magsaysay in the 1950s to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 2000s-and as senior government adviser and Education secretary. Penned by business journalist Roel Landingin, Public Choice is more than a biography of a remarkable Filipino who dedicated...
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