Biography & Autobiography, Educators
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Crescendo to Becoming
A Memoir of My Life by Francesco Fiorentino
This book is truly Cav. Francesco Fiorentino's labor of love. It was originally written around 2010 but was abandoned when the author lost his forty-four-year-old daughter to cancer. Thanks to the insistence and inspiration of his twelve...
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My Song is My Testimony
Autobiography of Bennie Lucille Williams As Told to Jacquelyn Benton by Bennie Lucille Williams and Jacquelyn Benton
“I see that as such a powerful testimony, since you’re not just singing a song but also telling a story, and it’s your own story.” Bennie Lucille Williams was born in Marshall, Texas—a city split not into two, she would argue, but into three....
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Walk With A Purpose (Second Edition)
The John Volken Story From Dishwasher to Multi-Millionaire, Then Gave It All Away... by John Volken
Horatio Alger wrote in the nineteenth century about impoverished boys rising from humble backgrounds to lives of achievement through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. Alger should have met John Volken. He would have loved him, as...
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Peace Corps Victim
A Peace Corps Volunteer Story of Trauma and Betrayal by Patrick Shea
Witness the harrowing true story of an idealistic American Volunteer who ventured into the heart of Eastern Europe with the honorable intention of serving in the United States Peace Corps. What awaited him in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia...
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Wats, Wadis and Waterfalls
A Canadian Woman's Travel and Teaching Experiences in the Middle East and Southeast Asia by Monica Murphy
Independence, optimism, and resilience characterize my life’s journey and are the main themes of this book, which is for the over-fifty women out there who are retired or starting a new chapter in their lives. You may think, "It's too hard, "I’m...
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The Principal Chronicles Two/Too/II/As Well
by David Garlick
David Garlick, your favourite educational storyteller, is back with a new collection of short stories: The Principal Chronicles Two/Too/II/As Well. It’s a ‘mostly true’ memoir that follows Garlick from pre-school to post retirement. The majority...
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Catholic Education in Ottawa
Difference Makers 1900 to 2020 by John Curry
Difference Makers in Catholic Education traces the history of Catholic education in the Ottawa, Ontario area through a series of biographies, stories, and anecdotes. From the establishment of Catholic schools in the province in the mid-1800s to...
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Ikpiarjuk
My Challenges Teaching in a Land of Inuit by Md Abdus Salam
We travel to India to see the Taj Mahal, Egypt to see Pyramids, Turkey to see Blue Mosque, Italy to see Colosseum, South America in quest of Inca civilization, and so on. But very few travel to Nunavut – A Land of Inuit. Md Abdus Salam – the...
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The Missing Puzzle Pieces
Finding My Birth Family by Joan Zaretsky
Joan Zaretsky was adopted as an infant, and grew up in a loving, happy home with adoptive parents who supported her to experience many opportunities. Following her retirement, and her adoptive parents passing away, Joan courageously endeavors to...
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The Gift of Adversity
Stories and Strategies to Turn Trials into Triumphs by Lisa Standeven
The Gift of Adversity is a collection of stories and strategies from a life lived through challenge. It began as a means of healing after the workplace accident that claimed Lisa Standeven’s dominant hand, making her an amputee. Confronting...
