Biography & Autobiography, Educators
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The Trouble With China
China since 1999, analysis based on four years in the Peoples' Republic by Peter Mitchelmore
If you’re interested in world economics, politics, history, or culture, you’ll run into China before long. Today’s People’s Republic of China is built on millennia of history and continues to influence present-day events—but what is the real ...
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Transitions in Leadership
The Story of the MBV by Robert B. Turrill
Transitions in Leadership is the story of a veterans' transition program conducted at the university level for men and women of the armed forces as they transition from a military career and mindset to a civilian career and mindset. This unique ...
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The Murphys of Rathcore Rectory
by Julia Turner
A complex character, angry and aggressive, James Murphy was not an easy husband or father. But all his children said "He made a God out of education." He had found education to be his gateway out of poverty, his way to leave a countryside still ...
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Head of the Hyena
Volume 3 by Cameron Dick
Head of the Hyena is the stirring account of a young man’s life-altering experience teaching in the isolated community of Wikondiek. He is joined there by Sabina, a beautiful and strong-willed young woman who is offered a position in the village ...
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Head of the Hyena
Volume 2 by Cameron Dick
Head of the Hyena is the stirring account of a young man’s life-altering experience teaching in the isolated community of Wikondiek. He is joined there by Sabina, a beautiful and strong-willed young woman who is offered a position in the village ...
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When Faith Meets Opportunity
Leaving, Learning, and Living in a Foreign Land by Y.M Palmer-Clarke
Within hours of the arrival of her visa, Yolanda left her close-knit family in Jamaica and was on a flight to Canada. In a leap of faith, she was headed for Saskatchewan, a place unheard of in Jamaica, to pursue further study. Fueled by a fierce ...
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Head of the Hyena
Volume 1 by Cameron Dick
Head of the Hyena is the stirring account of a young man’s life-altering experience teaching in the isolated community of Wikondiek. He is joined there by Sabina, a beautiful and strong-willed young woman who is offered a position in the village ...
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Evolution of an Educator
From Nigerian Student to American College Administrator by Joel O. Nwagbaraocha
How does education shape a person’s worldview and ultimate success? How does the traditional British education system that was imposed on many African territories compare to the education system in the United States? What role did Historically Black ...
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Truth.Fiction.Lies
Confessions of an Italian-Irish-Catholic-American Immigrant to Canada by Patrick X Walsh
How could he be a good boy and a bad boy at the same time? The TRUTH is what is. FICTION is not reality—but it can help us to see the TRUTH through stories, e.g., The Boy Who Cried Wolf. LIES deceive, for evil purposes, and for good purposes. But ...
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A Teacher Between Worlds
by Lillian Cui Garcia
This is a collection of essays I’ve written through the years reflecting on my teaching journey in a northern Canadian community college. They are interwoven with memories about my earlier Alberta government researcher’s job and my first teaching ...
