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from Janet Thomson
Professional
Books
Summer 2006
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latest picks
Ardagh, Arjuna. (2005). The Translucent Revolution: How People Just Like You Are Waking Up and Changing The World. Novato, California: New World Library.
Beers, Kylene. (2003). When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do. Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann.
Chiasson, Paul. (2006). The Island of Seven Cities: Where The Chinese Settled When They Discovered America. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Dawkins, Richard. (2004). The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage To The Dawn of Evolution. New York: Mariner Books.
**Davenport, Thomas H. (2005). Thinking For A Living: How To Get Better Performance and Results From Knowledge Workers. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
**deBlij, Harm. ( 2005). Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America—Climate Change, The Rise of China, and Global Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Diamond, Jared. (2005). Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed.
New York: Viking.
Ellison, Katherine. (2005). The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter. New York: Basic Books.
Gabriel, John G. (2005), How To Thrive As A Teacher Leader. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Goldberg, Elkhonon. (2005). The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older. New York: Gotham Books.
Greene, Jay P. (2005). Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You To Believe About Our Schools, and Why It Isn’t So. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Gurian, Michael & Stevens, Kathy. (2005). Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind In School And Life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
**Harris, Sam. (2005). The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
**Kozol, Jonathan. (2005). The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America. New York: Crown Publishers.
**Lavoie, Richard. (2005). It’s So Much Work To Be Your Friend: Helping The Child With Learning Disabilities Find Social Success. New York: Touchstone.
**Lerner, Michael. (2006). The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our country From the Religious Right. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco.
**Marzano, Robert J., Waters, Timothy, and McNulty, Brian A. (2005). School Leadership That Works: From Research To Results. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Marzano, Robert et al. (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
NAESP. (). Leading Early Childhood Learning Communities. Alexandria, VA: NAESP.
National Research Council. (2004). On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness: Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations. The National Academies Press. Get this book FREE ONLINE AT: books.nap.edu/catalog/11025.html
Olson, Steve. (2002). Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins. Boston: Mariner Books. This is a mind-changing book—you’ll probably permanently change your thoughts about race!
Phillips, Kevin. (2006.) American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century. New York: Viking.
Fun Stuff To
Read!
Atkinson, Kate. (2004) Case Histories. New York: Back Bay Books.
Barry, John M. (2004). The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History. New York: Viking Penguin Group.
Crafts, Hannah. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2002). The Bondwoman’s Narrative. New York: Warner Books.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998.
Eichenwald, Kurt. (2000). The Informant: A True Story. New York: Broadway Books.
Fasman, Jon. (2005.) The Geographer’s Library. New York: Penguin.
Frank, Dorothea. (Various Years). Sullivan’s Island. Shem Creek. Isle of Palms. All of these are just great reads. Voice at its best. Better still, get the CD and listen—you’ll howl with laughter!
Gore, Kristin. (2004,,) Sammy’s Hill. New York: Hyperion.
Haddum, Mark. (2003). The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time. London, England: Vantage Books. Voice as you’ve never experienced it before. An incredible story, from an entrancing point of view.
Haruf, Kent. (1999). Plainsong. New York: Vintage Books.
Martin, William. (2003). Harvard Yard. New York: Warner Books.
McCrumb, Sharyn. (2005.) St. Dale. New York: Kensington Books. (Paperback).
Hold on to your sides—this is definitely a sidesplitter. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Meets NASCAR and the results are hilarious, darkly funny, and never serious! Every English teacher should take time to meander through this one. And, if y’all like NASCAR you might even see some people you know…
McCullough, David. (2005). 1776. New York: Simon & Schuster.
**Mann, Charles C. (2006). 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
**Miller, Donald L. (1996). City of The Century: The Epic of Chicago And The Making of America. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Morris, Larry. (2004). Fate of the Corps, The: What Became of the Lewis And Clark Explorers After The Expedition. New Haven: Yale University Press.
**Obama, Barack. (1995, 2004). Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. New York: Three Rivers Press.
Randall, Lisa. (2005). Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions. New York: HarperCollins.
Schneider, Andrew, and David McCumber. (2004). An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
Sebold, Alice. (1999). Lucky. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. “Voice” at its best—Sebold’s Memoir of being raped and the conviction of her rapist. STUNNING book. Her writing is stark. Read also her later book, The Lovely Bones, another writing triumph.
Smith, Alexander McCall. (1998). The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. New York, NY: Anchor Books. …and all of the others in this great series from this fun author!
Simons, Paullina. (2003). The Bridge to Holy Cross. Flamingo—An imprint of HarperCollins. This is historical fiction about WW II at its best!
(Classics and Recommended Books for Educators & Students)
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