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Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
Charles Murray
Crown Forum, 2008
Thought provoking ideas about a fundamental topic
Murray provides practical insights to the challenges of education, and does it in a very straightforward, easy to read manner. There is a bit of math that some may struggle with, but overall this is a quick and very interesting read.
For me the most fascinating ...
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The Water is Wide
Pat Conroy
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002
Great book
Bought the book after seeing the movie. The movie was very close to the book and was called Conrack. It's a true story of the author Pat Conroy and I highly recommend both.
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Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat (Agora Series)
Michael Masterson
Wiley, 2008
Must Read for Entrepreneurs
I bought the audio-book version so I could listen to it over and over again. Being a long time subscriber to the Author's "Early to Rise" daily email newsletter I wasn't turned off by Michael Masterson's healthy ego. As a proven business builder, rainmaker, ...
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The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules For Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child
Ron Clark
Hyperion, 2004
A MUST For Every Teacher!
Because we teachers are now the sole teacher/parent figure in many children's lives (due to "parents" with no parenting skills!) this is a wonderful "manual" for teaching children of all ages life's important tools for success. It's chock full of rules and procedures ...
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Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase ...
Brent Sampson
Outskirts Press, 2007
Must-Have for Anyone Selling on Amazon
This book is an invaluable tool for authors wanting some inside information on how the Amazon system works. Increased sales start with increased exposure and increasing your book's exposure on Amazon can be tricky. With tips and guidelines covering everything that was ...
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Wheelock's Latin (Wheelock's Latin)
Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. Lafleur
Collins, 2005
If you want to study Latin as an undergraduate or graduate student...
...this book is tough to beat. The text along with it's workbook and grammar/vocabulary lists are great for the adult learner.
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IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
Creations by You
Creations by You, 2006
terrific product
With this kit you or your child(ren) can write up to 12 pages of text, each with its own illustration, send it off to the company, and receive a professionally printed hardbound book in a few weeks. There are even options to get gift books, each with its own unique ...
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire
Continuum, 2000
Critical Solutions for Five Billion Poor Including US Poor
Over a year ago 24 of us decided to co-found the Earth Intelligence Network and begin producing public intelligence in the public interest. We quickly expanded the vision to include a Transpartisan Policy Institute and a Public Budget Office. Today, for free, any ...
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
John Taylor Gatto
New Society Publishers, 2002
Incredibly Insightful!
I highly recommend this book, whether you're interested in the education debate or not! After 30 years as a New York public schoolteacher, Gatto has incredible insights into our culture's obsession with consumerism, production and efficiency, the breakdown of the ...
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FAR/AIM 2009: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM series)
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 2008
Same format.
Every year I buy a FAR/AIM and I stick with ASA every time for two reasons:
*Very good index
*Good/easy font to read
It makes things easy to find....
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Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (The Bioneers Series)
David W. Orr
Sierra Club Books, 2005
Towards a Deep Ecology of Learning
Living Education: The Power of the Circle
This book explores the depth of the challenges of thinking ecologically. I was especially impressed by the focus that is put on process within the decision making process. The variety of topics, and authors offers a wide ...
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Interviewing As Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education And the Social Sciences
Irving Seidman
Teachers College Press, 2006
Seidman is the Grand Master of Interviewing as QR
I was fortunate to take Irv's class at UMass. His book is the most comprehensive guide to interviewing, and I have used his method in my doctoral thesis and in multiple academic papers. Irv probably has exploitation issues with his method being used to collect consumer ...
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Kid Clock: Design Your Wall Clock!
Creations by You
Creations by You, 2000
Great birthday present!!
I bought this for my 5 year old son, and uploaded a picture of him with a huge fish that he caught to use for the background. I ordered it, and gave it to him at his party. He was thrilled with it, and so were my teenage nephews. They want clocks with pictures of ...
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
bell hooks
Routledge, 1994
Extremely Good Segue to Freire
This is the third of three books on liberation pedagogy that I picked up, the other two being Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage (Critical Perspectives Series) and Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
This book is a collection of essays by a woman of ...
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The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers, 1)
Roxann Kriete, Lynn Bechtel
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2002
Morning Meeting Book
This book helped me set up a brain-friendly morning for my fifth grade students. Each morning there is a greeting, sharing, and activity and a message. I adopted the middle school term CPR, Circle of Power and Respect. My students look forward to CPR each day! I highly ...
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