Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories
By: E.D. Hirsch Jr.
4.19
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
In Why Knowledge Matters , E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, …
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1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None
4.30
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more
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"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
2. The Winter of Our Discontent
By: John Steinbeck , Susan Shillinglaw
4.01
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck’s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store … read more
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"Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?"-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
"If you want to keep a friend, never test him."-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
"Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms."-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
"A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody."-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
3. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
By: Daniel T. Willingham
4.04
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. W… read more
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- parenting
- teaching
- nonfiction
- education
- science
4. Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, #13)
By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--t… read more
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- childrens
5. Little Lord Fauntleroy
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Reginald Birch
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that m… read more
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6. Pericles
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Folger Shakespeare Library: the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies. Each edition includ… read more
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7. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
By: Maryanne Wolf
4.23
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to r… read more
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8. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
By: Adam Alter
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction--an age in which half of the American population is addi… read more
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9. For the Children's Sake
By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- teaching
- education
"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
10. Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
By: Kevin Leman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
With his characteristic warmth and humor, Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical guide to sex according… read more
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11. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
By: Greg McKeown , Liz Wiseman
4.50
Format: None pages,
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12. Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
By: Pete Hall , None
3.29
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
This essential resource explores how trauma disrupts learning and explains how to create a safe spa… read more
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13. Richard II
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more
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14. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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- parenting
- education
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
15. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
- science
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
16. Suffering is Never for Nothing
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.68
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more
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"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
17. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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- science
18. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
By: Louise Perry
4.28
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more
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- nonfiction
"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
19. Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice
By: Nathan Maynard
3.98
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learners Are yo… read more
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20. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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21. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
By: Natalie Wexler
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle o… read more
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22. The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades
By: Judith C. Hochman
4.39
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR… read more
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23. Thrivers
By: Michele Borba
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The bestselling author of UnSelfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test sco… read more
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24. Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom
By: Katie Cunningham
4.53
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book, Shifting the 6 Ways to Bring the … read more
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25. A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
By: Jack Schneider
4.09
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways--and ho… read more
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26. Closing the Reading Gap
By: Alex Quigley
4.25
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Our pupils’ success will be defined by their ability to read fluently and skilfully. But despite un… read more
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27. Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories
By: E.D. Hirsch Jr.
4.19
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
In Why Knowledge Matters , E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, … read more
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28. Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
By: Daniel T. Willingham
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to… read more
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29. The Art of Teaching Children: All I Learned from a Lifetime in the Classroom
By: Phillip Done
4.41
Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition
An essential guide for teachers and parents that’s destined to become a classic, The Art of Teachin… read more
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30. Closing the Vocabulary Gap
By: Alex Quigley
4.38
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
As teachers grapple with the challenge of a new, bigger and more challenging school curriculum, at … read more
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31. How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life
By: Eric G. Wilson
3.12
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A guidebook for beating the monotony of the everyday by purposefully cultivating the surprising joy… read more
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