No Excuses: Turning around one of Britain's toughest schools
By: Alison Colwell
4.26
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
"Eye-popping" – Sunday Times "Brilliant" – Iain Dale *** An unputdownable true account of how a …
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1. Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
By: Doug Lemov
4.01
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
***PLEASE NOTE, THIS EDITION IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. THERE IS A NEW EDITION AVAILABLE, TEACH L… read more
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"One of the problems with teaching is that there's a temptation to evaluate what we do in the classroom based on how clever it aligns with a larger philosophy , or even how gratifying it is to use not…"-Doug Lemov, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
"...we spend a lot of time defining behavior by the negative "that was inappropriate." These commands are vague and inefficient...Telling students what to do in a way that is specific, concrete, seque…"-Doug Lemov, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
2. All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir
By: Shulem Deen
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life, and one … read more
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3. Water
By: John Boyne
4.33
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more
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4. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)
By: Val McDermid
4.26
Format: 452 pages, Hardcover
Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more
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5. Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bu… read more
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6. Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Welcome back to Clarkson's farm. At the end of Jeremy's first year, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him … read more
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7. Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.14
Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition
Get tucked in to a third bestselling helping of Clarkson's Farm from our favourite wellie-wearing w… read more
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8. The Flip Side
By: James Bailey
3.26
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
Penny wise or pound foolish? A heartbroken young Brit decides to turn his love life over to the fli… read more
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"I look around at all these teachers, that fed us a narrative that we could be whatever we wanted to be, that we could achieve whatever we dreamed of. That was a load of nonsense. Why didn't they teac…"-James Bailey, The Flip Side
9. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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10. It Ends at Midnight
By: Harriet Tyce
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
It's New Year's Eve, and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. … read more
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11. Better to Live
By: Alastair Campbell
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Last Christmas I almost killed myself. Almost. I've had a lot of almosts. Never gone from almost to… read more
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12. Brazen: My Unorthodox Journey from Long Sleeves to Lingerie
By: Julia Haart
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, inspiring memoir of one woman's escape from an extremist religious sect and an extraord… read more
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13. Running the Room: The Teacher's Guide to Behaviour
By: Tom Bennett
4.27
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, s… read more
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14. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On
By: Wes Streeting
4.30
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more
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15. Let That Be a Lesson: A Teacher’s Life in the Classroom
By: Ryan Wilson
4.25
Format: None pages, ebook
The malodorous horrors of Sports Day. Bracing yourself for Parents' Evening. Refereeing teenage… read more
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16. A Quiet Contagion
By: Jane Jesmond
3.76
Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition
Six decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret. 1957. A catastrophe occurs at the pharmaceutical… read more
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17. Poems for a World Gone to Sh*t
By: Philip Larkin
3.75
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful little book of short, simple, classic and contemporary poems to dip into, to make life … read more
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18. No Excuses: Turning around one of Britain's toughest schools
By: Alison Colwell
4.26
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
"Eye-popping" – Sunday Times "Brilliant" – Iain Dale *** An unputdownable true account of how a … read more
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19. Teaching in the Online Classroom: Surviving and Thriving in the New Normal
By: Doug Lemov
3.91
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely guide to online teaching strategies from bestselling author Doug Lemov and the Teach Like … read more
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20. In the Thick of It
By: Alan Duncan
3.61
Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition
As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘poop… read more
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21. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way
By: Katharine Birbalsingh
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Teachers at the trailblazing Michaela school in London explore ideas that improve the lives of pupi… read more
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