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Wilt on High - Tom Sharpe
Wilt is still teaching at the Fenland Tech, attempting to drill English into plasterers, dozing through tedious committee meetings and occasionally getting mildly plastered in 'The... -
What the Dog Saw_ And Other Adv - Malcolm Gladwell
EDITORIAL REVIEW: What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach... -
Understanding Our Mind - Thich Nhat Hanh; Rachel Neumann
This profound look at Buddhist psychology offers important insights into how Buddhism's ancient teachings apply to the modern world. Basing his work on the writings of the great fi... -
True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
Amazon.com Review"What is it about we Australians, eh?" demands a schoolteacher near the end of Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang. "Do we not have a Jefferson? A Disrae.... -
The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle
What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, b... -
The Raven's Gift - Don Rearden
John Morgan and his wife can barely contain their excitement upon arriving as new teachers in a Yupik Inuit village on the windswept Alaskan tundra. Lured north in search of advent... -
The Pat Conroy Cookbook_ Recipe - Pat Conroy
SUMMARY: chapter oneNathalie DupreeThe first actual cooking teacher who took both my money and my grief for imparting culinary secrets to me was the inimitable, unclassifiable quee... -
The Next Best Thing - Kristan Higgins
SUMMARY: Lucy Lang isn't looking for fireworks. She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbecue, teach their future children to play... -
The Ministry of Pain - Dubravka Ugresic; Michael Henry
SUMMARY: Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other you... -
The Middle Way_ Faith Grounded - Dalai Lama; Geshe Thupten Jinpa
Product DescriptionFor nearly 2,000 years, Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in the great Ind...