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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Erin Gruwell
RRP: £13.99£9.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385494229Author Erin GruwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England by Richard Beard
RRP: £10.99£8.02'Read this book' Alastair Campbell'A really wonderful book' Nigella Lawson via TwitterIn 1975 Richard Beard was sent away to boarding school. So were Boris Johnson and David Cameron.He didn't enjoy it. But the first and most important lesson was not to... -
Whatever Happened to Margo? by Margaret Durrell
RRP: £9.99£7.36*With a foreword from Gerald Durrell* In 1947, returning to the UK with two young children to support, Margaret Durrell starts a boarding house in Bournemouth. But any hopes of respectability are dashed as the tenants reveal themselves to be a host of... -
The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell
RRP: £10.99£8.02SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM, THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF THE UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A FLIGHTLTESS BIRD AND A TEACHER OUT OF HIS DEPTH . . . 'I can't remember the last time I read a book that made me smile so continuously' 5***** Reader Review 'How could a... -
Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools by Lee Parkinson 9780008474218
RRP: £9.99£6.89THE SENSATIONAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A heart-warming and hilarious look at life in the classroom from the teachers who host the most popular UK education podcast, Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast). ''Education's... -
The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee by Gulwali Passarlay
RRP: £10.99£7.57*NOW UPDATED WITH EXTRA MATERIAL*The boy who fled Afghanistan and endured a terrifying journey in the hands of people smugglers is now a young man intent on changing the world. His story is a deeply harrowing and incredibly inspiring tale of our times... -
Max and Mia's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: £8.99£6.70From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.Parents Angelina and Ben exist in enviable luxury: not just wealth, success and a gorgeous home, but a loving relationship and... -
Work Hard. Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America by Jay Mathews 9781565125162
RRP: £13.99£8.65When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that-and more. In their early twenties, by sheer... -
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger
RRP: £9.99£7.36'A wonderful book.' - Temple Grandin, author of Animals in TranslationUnderstand what your canine best friend is thinking with this New York Times bestselling handbook.An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your... -
In Love with the World: What a Monk Can Teach You About Living from Nearly Dying by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
RRP: £10.99£7.96A rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk's near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it.'Generous, beautiful, and essential' - George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the BardoIn In Love With... -
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
RRP: £10.99£7.50A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New... -
I Heard What You Said: A Black Teacher, A White System by Jeffrey Boakye
RRP: £10.99£7.76A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students.An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of The Year'Essential reading' - The Guardian'Sharp and witty with moments of startling... -
Billy's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: £8.99£6.16From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.Louise has trouble on her hands from the first moment that 5-year-old Billy Blackthorn comes to stay. He is one of more than 20... -
Head Over Heels in the Dales by Gervase Phinn
RRP: £9.99£7.36Join Gervase Phinn in the classroom where he faces his greatest challenge: keeping a straight face as teachers and children alike conspire to have him laughing out loud . . .'So funny, it will echo things that happen in your own life' 5***** Reader... -
Sky's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: £8.99£6.16When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by troubled parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster... -
The Secret Teacher: Dispatches from the Classroom by Anon
RRP: £10.99£7.57I will teach them literature, poetry, culture. I will teach them The Waste Land ! I will be the Best Teacher Who Has Ever Lived!Or so the Secret Teacher thinks. On his first day at an inner-city state school things don't quite go to plan . . . His... -
I Heard What You Said by Jeffrey Boakye
RRP: £16.99£12.28An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of 2022'Essential reading' - The Guardian'Sharp and witty with moments of startling candour' - The i'Makes a powerful case' - Rt Hon Lady Hale'Revealing and beautifully written' - David Harewood________Before Jeffrey... -
The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work by Joseph Campbell 9781608681891
RRP: £17.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608681891Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Learning to be Free by Andy West
RRP: £9.99£7.12An Irish Times and The i Book of 2022'Tense and intimate . . . an education' - Geoff Dyer'Enriching, sobering and at times heartrending. A wonder' - Sir Lenny Henry'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving' - Terry Waite__________Can someone in prison be... -
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger 9781529053876
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A wonderful book.' - Temple Grandin, author of Animals in TranslationAn instant New York Times bestsellerAn incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to 'talk' from speech-language pathologist Christina... -
Great Second Acts: In Praise of Older Women by Marlene Wagman-Geller
RRP: £13.99£13.19#1 New Release in Biographies & Memoirs and Educators Empowering biographies of older women in historyA feminist and motivational collection of stories: Antony said of Cleopatra, "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale/Her infinite variety... -
The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Philosophy and Family by Andy West
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Tense and intimate... an education.' Geoff Dyer'Written with sensitivity and humanity... a remarkable insight into prison life.' Amanda Brown'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving.' Terry Waite'Enriching, sobering and at times heartrending... a... -
Over Hill and Dale by Gervase Phinn
RRP: £10.99£8.02Over Hill and Dale is the second volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling Dales series.'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom?So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North... -
Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations by Fred Rogers
RRP: £13.99£9.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612198958Author Fred RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy
RRP: £12.99£6.90The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo ('I dare anyone to read it and not come away shocked, moved and entertained')Benjamin Zephaniah: 'A must-read. Her life... -
Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature' (Bernardine Evaristo) by Beryl Gilroy
RRP: £10.99£7.57The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo ('I dare anyone to read it and not come away shocked, moved and entertained.')Benjamin Zephaniah: 'A must-read. Her life... -
Teachers' Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true tales from over five centuries of teaching by Iain Spragg
RRP: £7.99£5.66A hilarious assortment of the weirdest and wackiest tales ever to come out of the classroom - and they're all true. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fighting bears, the story of how a fight with his teacher... -
Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose 9781035004249
RRP: £16.99£12.28As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.'Told with the verve and immediacy of a novel' - Iain SinclairA vividly told yet reflective account of a year as a volunteer police officer, examining the nature of policing, its impact on those who are policed... -
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 9780486287386
RRP: £4.99£3.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486287386Author Booker T. WashingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard by Bo Seo 9780593299531
RRP: £18.00£12.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593299531Author Bo SeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 135mm * 18mm -
Carmen Blacker: Scholar of Japanese Religion, Myth and Folklore: Writings and Reflections by Hugh Cortazzi
£96.22Carmen Blacker was an outstanding scholar of Japanese culture, known internationally for her writings on religion, myth and folklore - her most notable work being The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan. Importantly, a third of the... -
Please I Can to the Toilet Go?: The Memoirs of a Supply Teacher by Guy Newmountain 9781035807987
RRP: £9.99£7.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035807987Author Guy NewmountainFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
RRP: £24.00£13.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Books for a Better Life (Inspirational Memoir) 2008. Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2010. Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (High... -
Personal Odyssey, A by Thomas Sowell 9780684864655
RRP: £16.99£16.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684864655Author SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm -
Untitled Memoir by Sir Peter Lampl
RRP: £20.00£13.34The candid tale of one of Britain's most outstanding contemporary philanthropists. These pages wryly track Peter's varied career moves, from flogging tickets for one of The Beatles first major concerts, to getting... -
Black is the Body: Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard
RRP: £14.99£9.78A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its... -
The Ascent of Jacob Bronowski: The Life and Ideas of a Popular Science Icon by Timothy Sandefur
RRP: £18.99£14.40Best remembered today for his blockbuster documentary series The Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski spent decades explaining scientific ideas to laypersons on television and radio. A true Renaissance man, Bronowski was not only a scientist, but a philosopher... -
Memoirs Of Lorenzo Da Ponte by Lorenzo Da Ponte
RRP: £21.00£13.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322356Author Lorenzo Da PonteFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History by Howard Zinn
RRP: £14.99£9.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807043844Author Howard ZinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Dear Freedom Writer: Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation by The Freedom Writers
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593239865Author The Freedom WritersFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc