A Boy I Once Knew: What a Teacher Learned from her Student
 A Good Read, But Not What I was Expecting: A Boy I Once Knew is a bit of a miss-titled novel. Although the book is an interesting read, I was expecting a book about the title character and his life journey from the time he was a student to the time he [... more]
$19.95
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and ...
Amazon.com Review: This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant [... more]
$13.95
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Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger ...
Wonderful and Extremely Well Researched: While much has been written about the engineering and management decisions that lead up to Challenger explosion, the mission, the Challenger crew and the whole Teacher in Space Program have received much less [... more]
$24.95
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The Random Walks of George Polya (Spectrum)
Book Description: One of the giants of classical analysis in the 20th century, George Pólya had a temendous influence on the state of mathematics today. This book serves both as a biography of Pólya's life, and a review of his many [... more]
$29.95
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Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race
Amazon.com Review: Ward Connerly, the champion of California's controversial Proposition 209 outlawing racial preferences in state government, offers a compelling memoir and polemic with Creating Equal. Political figures don't often write books worth [... more]
$16.95
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Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot
Noah Webster deserves to be better known.: If you're ready for a reprieve from contemporary biographical sleaze, read this fine biography of Noah Webster, a good and moral man who held his family and country in balanced respect. You have lots to learn [... more]
$24.95
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Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford ...
Well written, but perhaps a bit self-serving?: I enjoyed this book for the most part. It really conveys the sense of martyrdom that Murray must have felt during the 30-some years that he worked on the Dictionary. After a while, however, it got a little [... more]
$15.95
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Teacher (Touchstone Books)
A passionate, thought-provoking story by a great teacher.: Hard for me to write a short review of this book since I've written a book about Ashton-Warner's contributions to teaching young children. The point is, Ashton-Warner was a careful observer of [... more]
$16.95
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Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Amazon.com Review: Esmé Raji Codell has written a funny, hip diary filled with one-liners and unadorned thoughts that speak volumes about the raw, emotional life of a first-year teacher. Like Ally McBeal in the classroom, the miniskirted and [... more]
$10.95
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There Are No Shortcuts: How an inner-city ...
There is a fine line between genius and insanity...: ... and I'm quite positive that Rafe Esquith stands firmly on the "insanity" side. This was an interesting read, though I would never use it as a guideline for how to teach, which is how it [... more]
$21.00
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Public Teaching: One Kid at a Time
Penny is a Super Teacher: Mrs. Kittle is a teacher at my high school. I've never had her as a teacher but she always has a "Hi!" when you pass in the hall. I knew she was a great writer. (My essay writing teacher, Mr. Fayle, talks about her [... more]
$17.00
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The Water Is Wide
Substandard Kindle Edition!: If I were only rating Pat Conroy's wonderful book, I'd be giving it five stars instead of two. However, the Kindle edition, which I purchased 26 December 2008, is riddled with ridiculous typographical errors which make [... more]
$7.50
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