Books every teacher should read

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Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College 4.01 avg rating — 5,491 ratings
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The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD]
The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD] 3.99 avg rating — 9,723 ratings
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Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year 3.91 avg rating — 6,537 ratings
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Educational Game Design Fundamentals: A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences
Educational Game Design Fundamentals: A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences 4.33 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools 4.26 avg rating — 18,905 ratings
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Lifting The Curtain: The disgrace we call urban high school education (1st edition)
Lifting The Curtain: The disgrace we call urban high school education (1st edition) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom 4.04 avg rating — 5,672 ratings
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 4.10 avg rating — 169,823 ratings
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,691 ratings
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Teaching Kids to Think: Raising Confident, Independent, and Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification
Teaching Kids to Think: Raising Confident, Independent, and Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification 3.78 avg rating — 348 ratings
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life 3.88 avg rating — 6,971 ratings
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The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life 3.96 avg rating — 4,455 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,746 ratings
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.30 avg rating — 37,863 ratings
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Connect for Classroom Success: A Mentoring Guide for Teachers K-12
Connect for Classroom Success: A Mentoring Guide for Teachers K-12 4.88 avg rating — 24 ratings
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk 4.27 avg rating — 37,561 ratings
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Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)
Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 39,643 ratings
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Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions 4.03 avg rating — 797 ratings
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Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
by: Jim Fay
4.13 avg rating — 3,193 ratings
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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 3.93 avg rating — 5,853 ratings
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Up the Down Staircase
Up the Down Staircase 3.96 avg rating — 10,349 ratings
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education 4.22 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
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Teaching Outside The Box: How To Grab Your Students By Their Brains
Teaching Outside The Box: How To Grab Your Students By Their Brains 4.04 avg rating — 859 ratings
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Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.27 avg rating — 873 ratings
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die 3.98 avg rating — 97,582 ratings
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD) 4.01 avg rating — 34,188 ratings
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Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students
Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students 3.74 avg rating — 881 ratings
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The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child 4.50 avg rating — 18,464 ratings
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Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition
Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition 4.13 avg rating — 4,592 ratings
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Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 4.30 avg rating — 2,082 ratings
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Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students
Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students 4.04 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,690 ratings
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The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom
The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom 4.27 avg rating — 821 ratings
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,726 ratings
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There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America 4.30 avg rating — 15,926 ratings
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,848 ratings
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Strings Attached: Life Lessons from the World's Toughest Teacher
Strings Attached: Life Lessons from the World's Toughest Teacher 4.31 avg rating — 674 ratings
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Never Give Up
Never Give Up 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Power of the Socratic Classroom: Students. Questions. Dialogue. Learning.
The Power of the Socratic Classroom: Students. Questions. Dialogue. Learning. 4.30 avg rating — 30 ratings
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MY DAUGHTER NATASHA: Discovering Life’s Hard Truths One Street At A Time
MY DAUGHTER NATASHA: Discovering Life’s Hard Truths One Street At A Time 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Child Whisperer: Classroom Management Through Calmness and Consequences
The Child Whisperer: Classroom Management Through Calmness and Consequences 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? (The Series on School Reform)
Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? (The Series on School Reform) 3.89 avg rating — 824 ratings
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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life 4.26 avg rating — 4,065 ratings
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 3.89 avg rating — 24,501 ratings
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Better Than College: How to Build a Successful Life Without a Four-Year Degree
Better Than College: How to Build a Successful Life Without a Four-Year Degree 3.93 avg rating — 244 ratings
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The Excellent 11: An Award Winning Teacher's Guide to Raising Children who Love to Learn
The Excellent 11: An Award Winning Teacher's Guide to Raising Children who Love to Learn
by: Ron Clark
4.04 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science 4.20 avg rating — 21,353 ratings
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition 4.14 avg rating — 11,731 ratings
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The Essential 55
The Essential 55
by: Ron Clark
3.91 avg rating — 5,695 ratings
50.
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 4.34 avg rating — 26,842 ratings
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Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success
Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success 4.08 avg rating — 137,594 ratings
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 4.13 avg rating — 549,159 ratings
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
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The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else 4.03 avg rating — 26,517 ratings
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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way 4.07 avg rating — 15,166 ratings
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Listen to Me! An Exploration of the Students Voices Regarding Homework: Students are not against homework! Find out what they really think. Listen to them!
Listen to Me! An Exploration of the Students Voices Regarding Homework: Students are not against homework! Find out what they really think. Listen to them! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching
Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching 3.74 avg rating — 945 ratings
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The Children's Story
The Children's Story 4.10 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
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Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience
Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience 4.25 avg rating — 173 ratings
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This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education
This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education 4.12 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Just Back Off and Let Us Teach: A Book for Effective Teachers and Those Who Champion Them
Just Back Off and Let Us Teach: A Book for Effective Teachers and Those Who Champion Them 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Success with IEPs: Solving Five Common Implementation Challenges in the Classroom
Success with IEPs: Solving Five Common Implementation Challenges in the Classroom 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide
The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide 3.89 avg rating — 222 ratings
63.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,117 ratings
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Conversations with Great Teachers
Conversations with Great Teachers 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Teaching to the Child
Teaching to the Child it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide
Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide 4.30 avg rating — 434 ratings
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The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education
The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Create Your Dream Classroom
Create Your Dream Classroom 4.07 avg rating — 90 ratings
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A Place Called School
A Place Called School 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life 4.15 avg rating — 3,384 ratings
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The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them
The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them 3.75 avg rating — 448 ratings
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John Wiley And Sons Teaching With Heart: Poetry That Speaks to the Courage to Teach
John Wiley And Sons Teaching With Heart: Poetry That Speaks to the Courage to Teach 4.61 avg rating — 66 ratings
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants 3.97 avg rating — 189,415 ratings
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us 3.95 avg rating — 123,670 ratings
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating — 93,082 ratings
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Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement 4.09 avg rating — 849 ratings
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25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom: Easy, Low-Prep Assessments That Help You Pinpoint Students' Needs and Reach All Learners
25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom: Easy, Low-Prep Assessments That Help You Pinpoint Students' Needs and Reach All Learners 4.26 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Work Hard. Be Nice.
Work Hard. Be Nice. 3.83 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
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This Thing Called the Future
This Thing Called the Future 3.70 avg rating — 135 ratings
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There Are No Shortcuts
There Are No Shortcuts 3.93 avg rating — 1,485 ratings
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Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School
Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School 3.87 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Shame of the Nation
The Shame of the Nation 4.14 avg rating — 5,065 ratings
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See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers
See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers 3.92 avg rating — 896 ratings
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Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement 3.93 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
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Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachers
Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachers 4.09 avg rating — 99 ratings
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How We Think
How We Think 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Three Cups of Tea
Three Cups of Tea 3.66 avg rating — 358,691 ratings
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TLC for Frazzled Kids
TLC for Frazzled Kids it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Quiet Desperation: The Effects of Competition in School on Abused and Neglected Children
Quiet Desperation: The Effects of Competition in School on Abused and Neglected Children 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Restoring Education: Central to American Greatness Fifteen Principles that Liberated Mankind from the Politics of Tyranny
Restoring Education: Central to American Greatness Fifteen Principles that Liberated Mankind from the Politics of Tyranny it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Learning to Teach
Learning to Teach 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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What's the Big Idea?: Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking
What's the Big Idea?: Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking
by: Jim Burke
4.08 avg rating — 432 ratings
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What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series)
What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series) 3.98 avg rating — 653 ratings
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The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College
The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College 4.08 avg rating — 210 ratings
88.
Benjamin
Benjamin 3.92 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Cornerstone: Classroom Management That Makes Teaching More Effective, Efficient, and Enjoyable
The Cornerstone: Classroom Management That Makes Teaching More Effective, Efficient, and Enjoyable 4.31 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son 4.07 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
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Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to
Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Broadway Actors Present The Public Speaking Guide For Everyone
Broadway Actors Present The Public Speaking Guide For Everyone
by: Peitho
4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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