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This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting: Classroom Confessions, Calamities and Clangers by Lee Parkinson 9780008508418
RRP: $19.48$10.84THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming new book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) Remember the distant days of... -
The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell
RRP: $21.43$15.15SOON 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: $19.48$12.95THE 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... -
Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England by Richard Beard
RRP: $21.43$15.15'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... -
Max and Mia's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: $17.53$12.58From 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... -
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Erin Gruwell
RRP: $27.28$18.10Apologies 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... -
In Love with the World: What a Monk Can Teach You About Living from Nearly Dying by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
RRP: $21.43$15.03A 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... -
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger
RRP: $19.48$15.13'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... -
Whatever Happened to Margo? by Margaret Durrell
$27.38*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... -
Sky's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: $17.53$11.52When 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... -
Billy's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: $17.53$11.52From 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... -
I Heard What You Said: A Black Teacher, A White System by Jeffrey Boakye
RRP: $21.43$14.64A 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... -
The Secret Teacher: Dispatches from the Classroom by Anon
RRP: $21.43$14.27I 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... -
Head Over Heels in the Dales by Gervase Phinn
RRP: $19.48$13.86Join 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... -
The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee by Gulwali Passarlay
RRP: $21.43$14.27*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... -
I Heard What You Said by Jeffrey Boakye
RRP: $33.13$23.95An 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: $35.08$22.97Apologies 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 -
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
RRP: $21.43$14.14A 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... -
The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Learning to be Free by Andy West
RRP: $19.48$13.40An 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: $33.13$23.95'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: $27.28$25.70#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... -
Masters of Sex (Media tie-in): The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier
RRP: $25.33$15.95Now a New Showtime Original SeriesShowtime's dramatic series Masters of Sex, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before Sex and the City and ViagraTM, America... -
Dear Freedom Writer: Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation by The Freedom Writers
RRP: $29.23$18.53Apologies 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 -
Black is the Body: Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard
RRP: $29.23$18.58A 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... -
Over Hill and Dale by Gervase Phinn
RRP: $21.43$15.15Over 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... -
Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy
RRP: $25.33$12.97The 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: $21.43$14.27The 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... -
Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose 9781035004249
RRP: $33.13$23.95As 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... -
Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations by Fred Rogers
RRP: $27.28$18.10Apologies 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 -
Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard by Bo Seo 9780593299531
RRP: $35.10$22.09Apologies 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 -
Teachers' Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true tales from over five centuries of teaching by Iain Spragg
RRP: $15.58$10.55A 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... -
The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Philosophy and Family by Andy West
RRP: $33.13$23.95'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... -
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 9780486287386
RRP: $9.73$6.75Apologies 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)... -
Carmen Blacker: Scholar of Japanese Religion, Myth and Folklore: Writings and Reflections by Hugh Cortazzi
$187.63Carmen 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... -
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
RRP: $46.80$26.75Apologies 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: $33.13$32.43Apologies 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: $39.00$26.01The 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... -
The Ascent of Jacob Bronowski: The Life and Ideas of a Popular Science Icon by Timothy Sandefur
RRP: $37.03$28.08Best 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: $40.95$26.38Apologies 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: $29.23$21.35Apologies 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