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Keep Up If You Can: Confessions of a High School Teacher by Bill Sherk Publisher Comments Bill Sherk taught history to Toronto high school students for more than thirty years. With his dynamic, creative, and occasionally unorthodox teaching style, he instilled in his students a passion for history and learning. Sherk was loved by his students... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Trade Paper 
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Kabbalist: a cinematic novel by Semion Vinokur Publisher Comments At the dawn of the deadliest era in human history, the 20th century, a mysterious man appeared on the socio-political scene carrying a stern warning for humanity and an unlikely solution to its suffering. In his writings, Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Long Haul: An Autobiography by Myles Horton Publisher Comments In his own direct, modest, plain-spoken style, Myles Horton tells the story of the Highlander Folk School. A major catalyst for social change in the United States for more than sixty years, this school has touched the lives of so many people, Martin... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The "Miracle Worker" and the Transcendentalist: Annie Sullivan, Franklin Sanborn, and the Education of Helen Keller by David Wagner Publisher Comments Helen Keller and her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan, up to the present have consistently appeared near the top of lists of best-known American women. But few Americans know much about the history of how Anne Sullivan, once a pauper in a large... (read more) Your price: $125.25 New - Hardcover
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American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute by Jeffrey Abt Publisher Comments James Henry Breasted (1865–1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the... (read more) Your price: $45.75 New - Hardcover
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Teacher Man by Frank Mccourt Publisher Comments Here at last in paperback is Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed and bestselling book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Child in the Principal's Office by Richard Lodish Publisher Comments Quoting cases from his teaching experience, the author of this innovative guide demonstrates how humour can be used effectively in teaching. Richard Lodish believes that schools can become more successful if they incorporate more laughter into serious... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Walking Out of the Boys (98 Edition) by Frances K. Conley Publisher Comments In May 1991, Frances K. Conley, the first female tenured professor of neurosurgery in the country, made headline news when she resigned from Stanford University to protest the medical schools unabashed gender discrimination. In this controversial... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Still Life with Chickens: Starting Over in a House by the Sea by Catherin Goldhammer Publisher Comments In this beautifully written and frequently funny memoir, Catherine Goldhammer, newly separated, along with her twelve-year-old daughter, starts life anew in a cottage by the sea, in a rustic town where live bait is sold from vending machines. Partly to... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Being Lucky: Reminiscences and Reflections by Herman B Wells Publisher Comments In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during the Great Depression, and his... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions) by Booker T Washington Publisher Comments Born in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African-Americans of his day. In this eloquently written book, he describes events in a remarkable life that began in bondage and culminated... (read more) List Price $3.25 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University by James H. Capshew Publisher Comments Energetic, shrewd, and charming, Herman B Wells was the driving force behind the transformation of Indiana University--which became a model for American public higher education in the 20th century. A person of unusual sensitivity and a skilled and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin Publisher Comments Leonardo of Pisa—better known today as Fibonacci—was the first Westerner to recognize the power of the Hindu-Arabic number system (featuring the numerals 0 through 9), which offered a much simpler method of calculation than the finger... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Teachers Beyond the Law: How Teachers Changed Their World by Oscar Weil Publisher Comments Before the late 1950s and the early 1960s, teachers in Illinois and the rest of the country generally did not participate in a formal process to establish their salaries and working conditions or to influence policies that affected the nature and quality... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman Publisher Comments Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Forensic Leadership: Changing the Culture of a Nation by Trent T. North Publisher Comments Forensic Leadership is a book about a young man who grew up on the westside of town in the government subsidized projects and how he learned to lead in a very diverse, conservative community in the Deep South. By age 23 he was the youngest member to be... (read more) Your price: $15.50 New - Trade Paper
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Eros, Magic and Murder of Professor Culianu (96 Edition) by Ted Anton Publisher Comments On May 21, 1991, popular University of Chicago Divinity School Professor Ioan Culianu was murdered execution-style on campus. The crime stunned the school, terrified students, and mystified the FBI. The case remains unsolved. In Eros, Magic, and the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Life of Elaine Goodale Eastman (Women in the West) by Theodore D. Sargent Publisher Comments Raised in a sheltered, puritanical household in New England, Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863-1953) followed her conscience and calling in 1885 when she traveled west and opened a school on the Great Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Over the next six years... (read more) Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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