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U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Printing of First Trade Edition. Hardcover Book AS NEW with a Very Good Jacket . The 'most' realistic portrayal of American education ever written-about education but also about the joy of acting out of conscience and love; its subject in nothing less than the struggle between good and evil. An emotionally powerful book. Pulitzer Prize-winner and National Book Award. Binding of bright red half cloth with gilt titles, tan speckled paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, tight & solid volume. Internals as new. Jacket is clean and bright , closed tear on rear lower edge, unclipped. 340 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1989.

Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1970. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover is quite clean, no markings, no creasing; solid and square glued binding. Page block edges clean, some faint scratches. Internals Fine-clean, no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, not toned. 384 pages with index. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Judson Press, Valley Forge, PA 1970.

U.S.A: Regnery Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacker As New. In a devastating critique of American higher education, George Roche explains how and why the smoke screen of success in America's institutions of higher education mask huge deficits, overpaid administrators and professors, and dismal standards of education. Fine binding of olive-green half cloth with sharp and bright gilt titles, cream paper-wrapped boards, clean, neat, tight & solid volume. Internals and page edges clean and white, also as new. 310 pages with Endnotes and Index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Regnery Publishing, USA, 1994.

USA: WND Books/Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals pristine. Bright and clean jacket, no edgewear. 366 pages with Bibliography, Notes, and Index. WND Books/Thomas Nelson Inc., Nashville, TN 2004.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author. Signed by Author on Title Page. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Blue half cloth binding with silver titles, red paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, with slight rubbing to bottom edges. Tight & solid. Internals very clean and free from any markings. Jacket is unclipped, scuffed on the front over the author's name. Kozol states that one out of every three American adults cannot read this book--which is why every one else must. 25 million American adults cannot read the poison warnings on a can of pesticide. Kozol addresses this social and economic disaster with ideas for change. 270 pages with Notes and Index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Anchor Books/Doubleday, New York, 1985.

Spokane, Washington, USA: Stump House Books, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Slight ruffling to lower corners of pages, else fine. Bright, clean, unmarked, tight & solid glued binding. Foreword by Dr. Darrell Guder and Dr. Lisa Sardinia. Cover design by Pauline Haas. The professor says that being a professor was not on his boyhood list of things he wanted to be when he grew up. They were not part of the life in the real world, growingup as he did during the Depression and drought-plagued dust bowl farm in western Minnesota during the 1930s. His father was a farner. He wanted to be a farmer. He still wants to be--but befoe that, he has his four decade journey as a professor at a small liberal arts college teaching hundred of students the fine art of thinking well, infusing the rigors of scientific stury with an awe for all things living, as well as a healthy respect for other arenas of thought. Full… Read More

, Anstey, Leicestershire, England: Mott Media, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Tan cover is clean and unmarked, faint crease down spine, tight glued binding. Pages are clean and free from any markings, toned. McGuffey's system and books were used in schools across America and were considered to guide the minds of school children in their taste for literature, morality and social development. Have a look. 214 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. 1982, Mott Media, Milford, Michigan, USA

San Diego, New York, London: Jossey-Bass, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Second Edition of Effective Teaching and Mentoring. Purple cover with gold lettering is very clean and unmarked with a whisper of rubbing to some edges. Glued binding is tight, solid and square. Internals are as new. Learning, development and mentoring and the analysis of the satisfactions and problems and contradictions of mentoring are described in this second edition of a classic in the field of mentoring adult learners. 273 pages with Notes, References and Index. 6 x 9 inches. 1999, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA

U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf, 1987. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. David Elkind has written a very important, very serious book about the miseducation of preschoolers still going on today. He shows how there is a very real difference between the minds of a preschool child and that of a school age child. Preschool children learn when provided with developmentally appropriate practices. He shows how a healthy education supports and encourages spontaneous learning processes through which young children explore and learn to understand their immediate world. Miseducation, trying to teach the wrong things at the wrong time can permanently damage a child's self-esteem and bring about the loss of a positive attitude a child needs for learning. 221 pages with Notes and Index. 8.4 x 5.5 inches. 1987, Alfred A Knopf, USA

Corwin, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Corwin Press, 2007. Trade Paperback As New. A guide to help administrators rethink, reshape, and strengthen their leadership styles and provide confident, focused direction that will help build real success for students and all members of the school community. 184 pp. 8vo. 2007, Corwin Press. ISBN10: 1412938465, ISBN13: 9781412938464

Seattle, Washington, USA: Washington Policy Center, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jackt in Fine Condition. Foundation thoughts on reforming our public schools. Black cloth with red titles, as new. Tight and solid, square. Red endpapers. Internals pristine. 108 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches, 2009, Washington Policy Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2006. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked book, solidly bound, internals as new. Mike Schmoker sets out a simple, clear agenda to improve the quality of instruction across the school curriculum to bring about a transformation in American schools. 197 pages. Index, Bibliography. 9 x 6". 2006, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, Virginia.

U.S.A: Crown Publishers, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Glossy and clean white cover with red and black titles, upper corner tip creased, tight glued binding. Pages quite clean, no markings. This is an impassioned book about how how public education system fails so many children. Kozol has written a scathing expose of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's school system and its effect of poor children. 261 pages with Chapter Notes, and Index. 6 x 9 inches. Crown Publishers, New York

USA: HarperPerennial, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 261 pages with Chapter Notes, and Index. Clean and unmarked book with tight glued binding. Very slight wear. Pages clean, no markings. This is an impassioned book about how how public education system fails so many children. Kozol has written a scathing expose of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's school system and its effect of poor children. 261 pages with Chapter Notes, and Index. 5.25 x 8 inches. HarperPerennial Publishers, New York, 1992.

USA: Penguin Group, 1993. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Pasperback in Good Condition. Bright and clean wrappers, light wear around edges. Tight and solid glued binding, square. Pages clean, unmarked, toned. An upbeat, child-centered view of the bright spots in American Education. 290 pages with Notes and Index. 8 x 5.25 inches. 1993, Penguin Group, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Viking Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. 14 pages of color photographs on coated paper, maps by Jim McMahon and Jeffrey L. Ward. Lovely yellow-cream cloth with gilt titles, ivory boards, immaculate condition. Greg Mortenson is a humanitarian and former mountaineer who believes that the best way to peace is through education--and he has put his beliefs into action, as described in this inspirational book. Over the past 16 years, her has promoted peace through education by establishing more than 130 schools, most of them for girls, in the remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is the author of "Three Cups of Tea" , in which he discusses his philosophies about building relationships, empowering communities, and educating girls. 420 pages with glossary and index. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Viking Press, New York, 2009.

Amherst, New York, USA: Prometheus Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. The author makes the case for rethinking and revising our educational system by including visual literacy to balance our overdependence on analytical approaches, to better balance nonverbal/visual creative thinking and verbal/math creative thinking. His book explores the role visual thinkers have played in creating scientific breakthroughs, and this approach may help others reach their full creative potential. 222 pages with References and Reading, and Index. 2004, Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group, 2010. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. An inspiring call for public school reform, including special chapters that provide resources, ideas, hands-on suggestions for improving schools. For parents, teachers and concerned citizens, this is an essential guide to the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing America's schools. [NOTE: There is no gift card inside. It is stated on the cover that there is].Clean and unmarked wrappers with slight wear to edges, no creasing, text block edges clean, no spotting. Tight glued binding. Pages clean and completely free from any markings, no creases. 279 pages with Notes and Index. 5 x 9.25 inches. 2010, Public Affairs, New York, New York, USA

USA: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover is clean and unmarked with slight wear. BInding tight and square. Pages have minimal underlining, are clean, toned. 291 pages with index. 5.2 x 8 inches. 1988, Harper & Row, New York, New York U.S.A.

Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Heinemann, 2000, Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. bright, glossy. completely clean blue wraps, bare touch of lower corner wear. Internals As New. Stephen Cary invites the reader into the teaching laboratory of real schools and classrooms and presents case studies drawn from his three decades of working with multilingual students. There is something here for all teachers who work with second language learners. 144 pages. Acronyms, Resources, Index. 8vo. 2000, Heinemann. ISBN10: 0325002509, ISBN13: 9780325002507,