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Confessions of the Unmedicated Mind: Growing up with ADHD, before ADHD    by Benjamin Tomes
Price: $0.99 USD. 80620 words. Language: English. Published on April 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Teachers & educators.

A nationally acclaimed teacher and coach, Benjamin Tomes provides a captivating backstory to an unlikely success story. Growing up in an era still unfamiliar with ADHD, Tomes provides a unique perspective in a birth-21 account of an erratic childhood. Filled with biting sarcasm and wicked humor, the gory details of a personal war on boredom are expressed with blunt force drama and brutal honesty.
Each One Must Shine: The Legacy of Vasily Sukhomlinsky    by Alan Cockerill
Price: $2.99 USD. 77090 words. Language: English. Published on January 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Teachers & educators.

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An account of the life and ideas of the holistic Ukrainian educator Vasily Sukhomlinsky. This study introduces English speakers to the work of a very signficant educator, who has influenced the practices of many teachers in Ukraine, Russia, China and other parts of the world.
A Year in the Life of a Student Teacher    by Chris Surawy
Price: $1.99 USD. 93700 words. Language: British English. Published on September 27, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Teachers & educators.

This is the diary of an office worker who decided to become a school teacher. I attempted the transition from quiet IT professional to loud scary school teacher. I left behind good friends interested in knowing what happened to me, so I began writing this diary. I had no idea it would be such an emotionally charged, powerful, funny, compelling, upsetting and profoundly life altering voyage.
In Black In White    by L.T. Woody
Price: $1.99 USD. 104900 words. Language: English. Published on August 19, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » People of color.

Among several other themes, In Black In White looks at the idea of nature versus nurture. It's the true story of the "two educations" of a black youth; an education derived from attendance in the Baltimore City Public Schools (and surviving that city's streets); and an education acquired from time spent inside the ivy-covered Halls of the prestigious St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire.