Biography & Autobiography - Educators
Explore inspiring educator books featuring impactful stories of great teachers. Discover new biography books, top autobiographies, and the best selling books at our online bookstore today!
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Simply Magical: North Beach: 1977 - 1982Explore an enchanting journey of a novice teacher navigating Prop 13 and the colorful 70s San Francisco, balancing between teaching and working at the hottest musical revue, BBB.Simply Magical is a captivating memoir of a dreamer who found herself at the heart of San...
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Small-Town Chaos: Lessons on Country LifeIn Liberty, moments of grit, perseverance, heartbreak, and joy illustrate the fullness of living a small-town life.A staunch urbanite, Lenore Focht never thought she'd end up in a remote farming community of 450 people. But when she gets a teaching job that could pave...
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Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from The Freedom WritersThe extraordinary memoir of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Freedom Writers Diary, who's been hailed as "a true inspiration" (Hilary Swank) and "simply magical when it comes to inspiring people to action" (Los Angeles Times). Don't miss the public television...
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Teacher by Teacher: The People Who Change Our LivesNational Bestseller Teacher By Teacher traces the remarkable journey of the tenth U.S. Secretary of Education and is a deeply personal love letter to all the teachers in our lives. The story of John B. King Jr.'s inspiring path to President Obama's Cabinet begins...
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Teacher ManFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice. Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto...
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Thank You, Teachers: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of HopeThe son of a teacher himself, the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson blows the lid off what is happening in today's schools with firsthand stories, highlighting the heroic efforts of the world's teachers. Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank....
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Thank You, Teachers: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of HopeThe son of a teacher himself, the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson blows the lid off what is happening in today's schools with firsthand stories, highlighting the heroic efforts of the world's teachers. Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank....
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That's Not What This Book Is AboutEmbark on an emotional journey with Joanna Johnson as she navigates life's twists and turns, encountering remarkable individuals and absorbing life-changing insights along the way. Prepare to dive into your own memories, finding solace and inspiration in the enduring forces of love, strength, and...
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That's Not What This Book Is AboutEmbark on an emotional journey with Joanna Johnson as she navigates life's twists and turns, encountering remarkable individuals and absorbing life-changing insights along the way. Prepare to dive into your own memories, finding solace and inspiration in the enduring forces of love, strength, and...
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The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Woman and One Community Are Inspiring the WorldBe inspired by the magnetic young principal who "stands on the front line of the fight to educate America's children." (Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York ) and the book that Essence calls "Essential reading." In 2010, Nadia Lopez started her middle-grade...
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The Butterfly CageA tender and perspective-shifting book that offers a rare level of understanding about the subtle and and no-so-subtle layers of internalized oppression and deep feelings and dilemmas of Deaf people, written by former Deaf teacher Rachel Zemach.This mesmerizing, funny, and disruptive narrative invites you...
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred RogersNew York Times bestseller! "King is a skilled storyteller. . . . In today's ugly climate, full of bitterness and rage on all sides, Rogers's example feels more necessary than ever." --Washington Post Here is the definitive biography of Fred Rogers, children's television pioneer...
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The Intersection of Faith and School Leadership: Memoirs of a School AdministratorLeadership in schools is demanding work. It asks for patience, a steady voice, and a clear sense of purpose. Some days bring progress that feels good. Others test every bit of strength you thought you had. This is a real story about that kind...
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The Last LectureAfter being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned--about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have--in this life-changing classic."We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the...
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The Last LectureAfter being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned--about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have--in this life-changing classic."We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the...
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The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles HillPsychologically astute and passionately written, Molly Worthen's remarkable debut charts the intricate relationship between student and teacher, biographer and subject. As a Yale freshman, Worthen found herself deeply fascinated by worldly-wise professor Charles Hill, a former diplomat who had shaped American foreign policy in...
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The Power of the River: a memoirFrom a former Gonzaga basketball player and current University of Washington Dean and Vice Provost comes a memoir steeped in the universal truths and human pursuits of love, grace, forgiveness, and continued growth.Ed Taylor takes readers on a journey from Lompoc, California through a...
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The Sacred Art of Teaching: The Delpit/Emdin ConversationsAn unprecedented, no-holds-barred set of dialogues about race and education from two of the country's best-known educatorsIn this powerful and deeply personal volume, two luminary educators, generations apart but united by a shared commitment to transformative education, compare notes for the first time. An...
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The Tiger's Child: What Ever Happened to Sheila?From the bestselling author of One Child comes this incredible, true story of the six-year-old girl who touched the hearts of millions--and the courage of one teacher who would not give up on her.What ever became of Sheila?When special education teacher Torey Hayden wrote...
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The Water Is Wide: A MemoirA "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 of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families...
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