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Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you... -
Freakonomics_ A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner
SUMMARY: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like ty... -
365DaysofWonder
In the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. Simply put, precepts are principles to.... -
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 Bone House - Brian Freeman
From Publishers WeeklyAt the start of this solid stand-alone from Freeman (Immoral and three other titles in his Duluth, Minn., crime series), former high school teacher Mark Bradl... -
The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
From Publishers WeeklySignatureReviewed by Jennifer GilmoreTom Perrotta knows his suburbia, and in The Abstinence Teacher he carves out an even larger chunk of his distin... -
Table for five - Susan Wiggs
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Sometimes it takes a leap of faith in order to soar . . . A gifted teacher, Lily Robinson adores her students, but fiercely guards her independent lifestyle. Deep...