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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. INSCRIBED by author. Lightly edge worn and bumped. biog; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 202 pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 381 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.86 inches. In Stock.

Comic. Condition: Very Good. Cover and pencils: Sean Chen Inks: Kathryn Bolinger (illustrator). Light wear, binding sound; very good overall. Sent in a comic bag and backing board as well our usual protective packaging.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The word "teacher" conjures up so many conflicting images, because it is a word so rich in meaning, that revealing you're a teacher, without the chance to expound a bit on what that signifies, is like being thirty-nine years and eleven months old but telling people you're thirty-something. Too much has to be left out, which is why I wrote this book to share what it meant to me working in a public school all those years. Education in America is a huge topic, but I don't believe that enough is said in personal ways right from the trenches. Books like UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE by Bel Kaufman, and TEACHER MAN by Frank McCourt are what can truly influence teaching in positive ways, and my book falls into that category, education from the point of view of an actual teacher, not a theorist. Mr. McCourt was my present age when he published his first book, ANGELA'S ASHES. In the autumn of 1969, I, a first-year, Indiana high school teacher of English and French, wondered if I had chosen the right career in trying to become a modern-day Mr. Chips, but I ended up staying for thirty-five years with that profession of high drama and hilarity in an ever-changing America, where both failure and triumph created who I became as a person and mentor. The book personalizes what it means to be a teacher, a student, and a parent as generations change from one to another. If there was any problem at all in teaching French to Northwest Indiana Hoosiers, it was that French was at first viewed as some kind of luxury, something frilly and totally unnecessary in order to function in a world that was all about paying bills on time, having clothes to wear, and enough to eat. That practical framework of values didn't include knowing any more French than what R.S.V.P. meant, and certainly didn't include the need to know anything at all about "pate de foie gras" or that Coco Chanel wasn't some new kind of kid cereal. My work was cut out for me. Alternately funny and touching, COME SEPTEMBER, conveys the story of every high school teacher's struggle to enlighten both himself and his pupils, encountering along the way, battles with colleagues, administrators, and parents through a parade of characters that include a freshman boy for whom the faculty code name is "Spawn of Satan," to a senior girl whose water breaks during a pop-quiz over THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Through social change and the relentless march of technology, the human element remains constant in the book's personal, entertaining, and sympathetic portraits of faculty, students, parents, and others. The audience for this book will certainly include school teachers everywhere, teenagers, parents of teens, as well as anyone who appreciates that blend of humor and pathos with which the world of public education is drenched. The drive of the story is the narrator's struggle to become the best teacher he can be. The book is filled with advice for young teachers based upon experience of the writer, advice that will never be found in college methods classes. An English and French teacher at Morton High School in Hammond, Indiana, the author shares memories of his thirty-five years teaching high school. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gift inscription by Author (Lou Jordan) on title page. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some cover shelfwear and corner wear. Inside pages are clean. ; 208 pages.

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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. See or perhaps remember what it was like to be a teenager in the 1960's, facing the quest to fit in while finding your own identity at school and at home.making good and bad choices, dealing with siblings, finding your way in a world that was only outwardly simpler than today's world, encountering unforgettable characters along the way and finding that life is overall pretty wonderful. See Indiana of the 1960's, what college life was like, friendships, laughable conflicts we thought were catastrophic, the world through a teen's eyes, and maybe discover that there are certain universals that haven't changed all that much over the past fifty years. See yourself, no matter what your age. Remember, laugh, cry, and discover how much the 1960's impacted us all forever. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Resisting Gravity (A Ghost Story) is about grief and healing. Bruce Benson, a retired Boston man whose wife dies after fifty years of marriage experiences terrible grief to the point at which he believes that if he sells their house and everything in it, the painful memories can be abated. He buys an old house (built in 1882) in Cambridge that he decides to redo, using his carpentry skills even though his career has been that of an accountant. He hopes that his being busy will ease the pain of his recent loss (and the loss of his daughter, who years before died at the age of nine). The house, however is haunted by the spirit of a little boy named Andrew (and his dog, Finn), who died in 1882 of Scarlet Fever. It is not a horror story. The little ghost actually helps Bruce in extraordinary ways to survive the loss of his wife and child. The theme is really about rediscovering life after unspeakable pain and loss and the innate power to find joy and purpose again. The story includes humor and pathos mixed in a way that is credible but also inspiring. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The word "teacher" conjures up so many conflicting images, because it is a word so rich in meaning, that revealing you're a teacher, without the chance to expound a bit on what that signifies, is like being thirty-nine years and eleven months old but telling people you're thirty-something. Too much has to be left out, which is why I wrote this book to share what it meant to me working in a public school all those years. Education in America is a huge topic, but I don't believe that enough is said in personal ways right from the trenches. Books like UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE by Bel Kaufman, and TEACHER MAN by Frank McCourt are what can truly influence teaching in positive ways, and my book falls into that category, education from the point of view of an actual teacher, not a theorist. Mr. McCourt was my present age when he published his first book, ANGELA'S ASHES. In the autumn of 1969, I, a first-year, Indiana high school teacher of English and French, wondered if I had chosen the right career in trying to become a modern-day Mr. Chips, but I ended up staying for thirty-five years with that profession of high drama and hilarity in an ever-changing America, where both failure and triumph created who I became as a person and mentor. The book personalizes what it means to be a teacher, a student, and a parent as generations change from one to another. If there was any problem at all in teaching French to Northwest Indiana Hoosiers, it was that French was at first viewed as some kind of luxury, something frilly and totally unnecessary in order to function in a world that was all about paying bills on time, having clothes to wear, and enough to eat. That practical framework of values didn't include knowing any more French than what R.S.V.P. meant, and certainly didn't include the need to know anything at all about "pate de foie gras" or that Coco Chanel wasn't some new kind of kid cereal. My work was cut out for me. Alternately funny and touching, COME SEPTEMBER, conveys the story of every high school teacher's struggle to enlighten both himself and his pupils, encountering along the way, battles with colleagues, administrators, and parents through a parade of characters that include a freshman boy for whom the faculty code name is "Spawn of Satan," to a senior girl whose water breaks during a pop-quiz over THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Through social change and the relentless march of technology, the human element remains constant in the book's personal, entertaining, and sympathetic portraits of faculty, students, parents, and others. The audience for this book will certainly include school teachers everywhere, teenagers, parents of teens, as well as anyone who appreciates that blend of humor and pathos with which the world of public education is drenched. The drive of the story is the narrator's struggle to become the best teacher he can be. The book is filled with advice for young teachers based upon experience of the writer, advice that will never be found in college methods classes. An English and French teacher at Morton High School in Hammond, Indiana, the author shares memories of his thirty-five years teaching high school. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. I'd like to think that I see the optimism of modern life and its humorous side, despite the frustrations that all of us endure. The items of writing in this book were selected by friends as the "best" from my blog entries of the past two years. I hope that they will trigger thoughts, passions, and the love of life in readers. Hodgepodge seemed a good title, because that's often what life is, a wonderful but often bewildering series of thoughts and experiences. How to outline those experiences posed a challenge, but I enjoyed it. The topics are everything from people to pets, holidays, technology, recipes, poetry, and more. Happy reading. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.