Biography & Autobiography - Educators

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Learning by Heart: An Unconventional ...

Tony Wagner

“A page turner. With candor and clarity, Tony Wagner tells the story of his remarkable life and, in so doing, tells the story of our education system.” —Angela Duckworth, Founder and CEO, Character Lab, and New...

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Published: Apr 2021

My Larger Education: Being Chapters f...

Booker T. Washington

The celebrated African American leader describes his influences and outlines his views, in which racial identities unite rather than separate. Washington proposed that most African Americans would benefit from a practical trade rather...

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Published: Dec 2013

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Univers...

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Published: May 1999

The Perils of Being Permanently Seate...

Shirley Stinger Watson

When Shirley Watson became a quadriplegic from a car accident at age twenty, she decided not to be defined by her paralysis but would meet her challenges with humor. This narrative is a collection of 55 years of Christmas letters she ...

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Published: Nov 2013

Sit Down and Shut Up

Roger Wong

Innocently stumbling into the field of education at the last minute, Roger Wong discovered teaching had many rewards, and over the years, he developed a visceral love for his chosen occupation. But sometimes, his job did not love him ...

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Published: Mar 2016

The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The...

Molly Worthen

Psychologically astute and passionately written, Molly Worthen’s remarkable debut charts the intricate relationship between student and teacher, biographer and subject. As an admiring college freshman, Worthen found herself deep...

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Published: Aug 2007

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year: H...

Six-Word Memoirs

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Published: Oct 2021
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