Dynamic Lecturing (The Excellent Teacher Series)
By: Christine Harrington
3.81
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Is the lecture an outmoded teaching method that inhibits active learning or is it a potentially pow…
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1. Creating Self-Regulated Learners
By: Linda B. Nilson
3.89
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the … read more
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- nonfiction
- teaching
- education
"Study skills really aren't the point. Learning is about one's relationship with oneself and one's ability to exert the effort, self-control, and critical self-assessment necessary to achieve the best…"-Linda B. Nilson, Creating Self-Regulated Learners
2. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine May
3.86
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more
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- nonfiction
"The problem with “everything"-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
3. Calypso
By: David Sedaris
4.11
Format: 272 pages, ebook
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever la… read more
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- nonfiction
"In France the most often used word is “connerie,"-David Sedaris, Calypso
"A young couple strolls by, the adoration of one bouncing off the tolerance of the other."-David Sedaris, Calypso
"We’re like a pair of bad trapeze artists, reaching for each other’s hands and missing every time"-David Sedaris, Calypso
"We're not pessimists, exactly, but in late middle age, when you envision your life ten years down the line, you're more likely to see a bedpan than a Tony Award."-David Sedaris, Calypso
4. A Promised Land
By: Barack Obama
4.33
Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to… read more
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- nonfiction
"Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America."-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"I thought the country I'd just described to them - a hopeful, generous, courageous America, an America that was open to everyone. At about the same age as the graduates were now, I'd seized on that i…"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"Then again, a president wasn’t a lawyer or an accountant or a pilot, hired to carry out some narrow, specialized task. Mobilizing public opinion, shaping working coalitions - that was the job. Whethe…"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"But there comes a point in the speech where I find my cadence. The crowd quiets rather than roars. It's the kind of moment I'd come to recognize in subsequent years, on certain magic nights. There's …"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
5. The Stranger in the Lifeboat
By: Mitch Albom
4.12
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days… read more
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"God -starts- things,' he [the Lord] said. 'Man stops them."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"Despair has its own voice. It is a prayer unlike any other."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"...the stories we tell ourselves long enough become our truths."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
"The power of misery is its long shadow. It darkens everything within view."-Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
6. Nine Perfect Strangers
By: Liane Moriarty
3.55
Format: 453 pages, Hardcover
Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? These nine perfect strangers are a… read more
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"One must placate large strange men in the middle of nowhere."-Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers
"The risks were calculated. The risks were justified. No one ever ascended a mountain without risk."-Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers
"He was a good man, but they brought out something terrible in each other, like allergic reactions."-Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers
"She didn't believe in alternate realities. She believed in the transcendent power of love, memory and imagination. 'Anything is possible."-Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers
7. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
By: Robert Waldinger
4.16
Format: 352 pages, ebook
What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more
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- nonfiction
8. How Learning Works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
By: Marsha C. Lovett
4.26
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
Apply these eight learning principles for more effective teaching As educators in the ever-evolving… read more
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- nonfiction
- teaching
- education
9. Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
By: Kevin M. Gannon
4.33
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in co… read more
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- nonfiction
- teaching
- education
"Neutrality is a luxury of the comfortable; in these uncomfortable times, our students and our academic communities need more from us."-Kevin M. Gannon, Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
10. What Inclusive Instructors Do
By: Tracie Marcella Addy
3.92
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Inclusive instruction is teaching that recognizes and affirms a student's social identity as an imp… read more
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- education
- teaching
11. Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College
By: Peter Felten
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A mentor, advisor, or even a friend? Making connections in college makes all the difference. What s… read more
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- nonfiction
- teaching
- education
12. Dynamic Lecturing (The Excellent Teacher Series)
By: Christine Harrington
3.81
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Is the lecture an outmoded teaching method that inhibits active learning or is it a potentially pow… read more
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