Educators

San Pedro es una de las figuras más destacadas del cristianismo, uno de los Doce Apóstoles y líder de la Iglesia primitiva. Aparece en los cuatro evangelios del Nuevo Testamento y en los Hechos de los Apóstoles. Según las enseñanzas cristianas tradicionales, San Pedro murió crucificado en Roma bajo el gobierno del emperador Nerón. Muchas iglesias antiguas lo veneran como santo principal y fundador de la Iglesia de Antioquía y Roma, y Jesús le prometió una posición especial dentro de su Iglesia. El Nuevo Testamento muestra su influencia a través de la predicación y los relatos de testigos oculares, mientras que también aparece en varias obras apócrifas como los Hechos de Pedro y el Evangelio de Pedro. Aunque los historiadores protestantes sugieren que no fue hasta más tarde cuando las congregaciones locales fueron dirigidas por obispos, las enseñanzas católicas y ortodoxas creen que fueron guiadas por el propio San Pedro antes de este periodo de tiempo. Yendo más atrás en la historia, Ireneo explica cómo el apóstol Pablo fundó y organizó la primera Iglesia en Roma junto con San Pedro, que sigue siendo una figura importante para muchas personas hoy en día debido a su significativo impacto en el crecimiento del cristianismo a lo largo de la historia. Pida ya su ejemplar de esta biografía.

Zurecht gehört die Kurzprosa Walter Benjamins zum Kanon der Klassischen Moderne. Seine berühmten Denkbilder, die vordergründig meist Unscheinbares und Alltägliches in den Blick nehmen, zielen immer auf ein tieferes Verständnis der Zeitläufte und beschwören dabei die Ängste wie Hoffnungen des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts herauf. Benjamins biografisches Werk 'Berliner Kindheit um 1900' spiegelt anhand von einzelnen bruchstückhaften Erinnerungen meisterhaft die unwissende Sicht des Kindes auf eine unüberschaubare, sich langsam öffnende Welt. - 'Über Walter Benjamin ist wahnsinnig viel geschrieben worden, über seine Ideen und Theorien vor allem. Unter seinen Werken gibt es eins, das besonders gut zugänglich und einfach sehr, sehr schön ist: sein Buch ¿Berliner Kindheit um 1900¿' Deutschlandfunk- Ausgehend von Orten und Gegenständen verwebt Benjamin persönliche Erinnerung und philosophische Reflexion zu einem faszinierenden Panoramabild- Vom Tiergarten bis zum Telefon in der elterlichen Wohnung in der Kurfürstenstraße 154, von der Siegessäule bis zur Sorge, zu spät zur Schule zu kommen

Howard Hanson's previously unpublished autobiography is now compiled and edited from manuscript sources, providing valuable insight into the life and work of this important American musician and educator.Howard Hanson was an American composer, conductor, and educator. Following his retirement as director of the Eastman School of Music, he worked intermittently for about a half-dozen years on an autobiography before abandoning the project. A Romantic Symphony: The Autobiography of Howard Hanson has been compiled and edited from various manuscript sources and now published as a valuable source of information concerning a man of wide influence in the music world of his time.Although an important composer, it is perhaps as an educator and advocate for American music that he should be most remembered. His early efforts to establish criteria for the Bachelor of Music curriculum and later for the development of a professional doctorate in music were among his most notable achievements. Of equal importance, however, was his support for the work of fellow American composers through his annual American Composers' Concerts and Festivals of American Music, which gave these composers opportunities to hear live performances of their works, often for the first time. Equally significant were Hanson's many recordings of American music that were issued on the RCA Victor, Columbia, and Mercury labels over a period of more than three decades. Hanson's autobiography is an important addition to our knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of this important figure in American music.

Let the Sunday Timesbestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year...Does the phrase 'back to school' fill you with dread? Or does it bring delight ... until you see the size of your September to-do list? Can you really be expected to keep track of next Thursday's swimming, spelling and singing club? Not to mention the PTA-sponsored bounce!From the autumn harvest festival to the summer sports day, the academic year is a non-stop frenzy of planning, preparation and potential chaos, whichever side of the school gates you find yourself. But now Britain's best-loved teachers and podcast hosts Lee and Adam Parkinson are here to make it all that little bit easier as they share the hilarious trials, tribulations and tomfoolery going on inside our primary schools.Whether you're a fatigued parent or a frazzled teacher - or just want a good laugh! - grab your back-to-school essentials, find your desk and get ready to learn what NOT to do in the year ahead.Don't just survive the school year - thrive!

An intimate, inspiring memoir by educator and labor union leader Karen Lewis, a formidable fighter, a staunch defender of teachers and students, and a beloved Chicagoan.In 2012, Karen Lewis led the Chicago Teachers Union to a historic strike, challenging the city's powerful mayor and paving the way for an unprecedented wave of teacher strikes in the decade that followed. But Lewis's life took her in rich and surprising directions long before she landed in the CTU President's office. I Didn't Come Here to Lie, written in collaboration with historian and education expert Elizabeth Todd-Breland, tells Lewis's story in full for the first time, capturing her lively wit, her charisma, and her commitment to building the schools and communities teachers, students, and families deserve.From her childhood on Chicago's South Side to her teen years organizing Black Power walkouts, from her education at Mount Holyoke and Dartmouth to her years in Oklahoma and Barbados and her stints in medical school and film school, readers follow Lewis through a life full of exploration. Wherever she was, she maintained a strong commitment to building fairness. She found her calling in the classroom, teaching science for more than twenty years before becoming a union leader in Chicago.Up until her untimely death from brain cancer in 2021, Karen Lewis was spirited, unshakeable, and fierce. She remains a model for current organizers and teachers doing the day-to-day work of building a better world. I Didn't Come Here to Lie is a testament to one of the true revolutionaries of her generation.

Explore an enchanting journey of a novice teacher navigating Prop 13 and the colorful 70s San Francisco, balancing between teaching and working at the hottest musical revue, BBB.Simply Magical is a captivating memoir of a dreamer who found herself at the heart of San Francisco's vibrant cultural shifts. The story unravels the journey of a fresh college graduate with aspirations of becoming a teacher, landing in San Francisco amidst the remnants of the Beat movement, the burgeoning Gay Pride, and the iconic Castro District. Facing a saturated job market, she finds herself waitressing at Beach Blanket Babylon (BBB) while seeking her dream role in education.This narrative is not just a tale of resilience in the face of adversity, but also a celebration of life's unexpected detours. The protagonist's stint at BBB becomes a transformative journey, introducing her to eclectic characters, including the iconic Steve Silver and the immensely talented cast and crew. These encounters lead to heartwarming friendships and unforgettable adventures that fill the pages with laughter, tears, and the sheer magic of human connection.While juggling the glitz and glamour of BBB, she navigates the world of teaching, from selling encyclopedias to finally landing a teaching position at a Catholic school. The narrative beautifully contrasts the flamboyant world of BBB with the childlike wonder of a kindergarten classroom, encapsulating the dichotomy of her life.As the story progresses, a chance meeting at a party orchestrated by friends leads to a charming love story, adding another delightful layer to this compelling narrative. Simply Magical is a heartwarming tale of dreaming big, embracing life's unexpected turns, and finding love in the most unlikely places. Filled with a unique blend of humor, heart, and a dash of spirituality, this book is a testament to the power of dreams, the magic of perseverance, and the beauty of finding one's place in the world.

"At the age of 97 I am proud to share my story. It is dominated by music but with a few tragedies along the way"My happy routine of doing the job I loved was shattered in 1979 when the government decided to make cuts in spending on education and I was made redundant. The Seeley Primary School in Perry Road at Sherwood, Nottingham organised two concerts in appreciation of my 18 years service. The entertainment consisted of performances from former pupils of the school, a choir and an orchestra picked from the last ten years concerts. The Nottingham Evening Post reported the story, on Friday October 26, 1979 and included the picture printed below giving it the title "Bitter-Sweet School Harmony". The reporter wrote: "As a further indication of the popularity of Mrs Broughton. the shows - held on Wednesday and again last night (Thursday) were sold out for both nights". I finished with a blaze of publicity but felt unwanted and abandoned as I sat at home on my own. A fairy godfather smiled on me a few months later enabling me to continue my story.

In this fascinating and, at times, hilarious account of an improbable career, Ronnie Landau, classicist and modern historian, takes the reader from his beginnings in a small Jewish community in north-east England, to his diverse experience of teaching and lecturing in radically different educational settings.Whether it is his account of cutting his teeth in a rough-and-tumble north London comprehensive, being a visiting tutor in uber-posh Eton, running a massive department in Europe's largest adult education Institute, being visiting professor in a Canadian university, located in an exotic English castle, or enthusing about Greek civilisation aboard cruise ships, this book will inform, engage and entertain.This memoir also tells of the author's struggles to write about what he sees as the most important, universal messages of the Holocaust, and the intimidating demands of getting his first book published.Penetrating, thought-provoking and often irreverent, this rich assembly of ideas and observations will challenge the way we think about the worlds of education and identity, and of recent history itself."If you're very lucky, there will be two or three teachers over a lifetime who you can point to and say they shaped the way you see the world. For me, without hesitation, one of those is Ronnie Landau. Through him I learnt the modern history of the Jewish people, a knowledge which informs my thinking to this day. It was a privilege to be his student and it is a privilege to read his story."- Jonathan Freedland, Guardian columnist, broadcaster and author

'Memorable... One of [China's] most astute and sensitive foreign observers' Financial Times<BR>'Compassionate... full of warmth' Guardian<BR><BR>More than two decades after teaching English in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach China's next generation. In doing so, he is able to tell an intimately unique story about the country's incredible transformation.<BR><BR>Hessler's students embrace the astonishing new opportunities China's boom affords as they navigate governmental restrictions with pragmatism and a sense of irony. And through his own twin daughters' education, he witnesses first-hand the intense pressures of China's extreme meritocratic system.<BR><BR>Other Rivers demonstrates how education is the perfect lens for examining China's past, present and future - one that also shines a mirror onto how we raise our own future generations.

Emma Violand-Sánchez knew little English when she arrived in Virginia from Bolivia in the summer of 1961 as a high school senior. In the decades that followed, she would lose a husband in Vietnam, raise two children as a single mother, and become a transformative figure in American public education and in service to immigrants and refugees, advocating for bilingual education and expanding opportunities for immigrant students and their families.Part testament to the power of suffering and faith and to the challenges women face across the world, Dreams and Shadows is also a meditation on politics, class, the immigrant experience, acculturation as a lifelong process, and the importance of maintaining bicultural identity against the myth of the American "melting pot." On a deeper level, it is also the story of a life lived in service-and about the ways that suffering and joy are contained each within the other, binding us all together across cultures and boundaries.

Emma Violand-Sánchez knew little English when she arrived in Virginia from Bolivia in the summer of 1961 as a high school senior. In the decades that followed, she would lose a husband in Vietnam, raise two children as a single mother, and become a transformative figure in American public education and in service to immigrants and refugees, advocating for bilingual education and expanding opportunities for immigrant students and their families.Part testament to the power of suffering and faith and to the challenges women face across the world, Dreams and Shadows is also a meditation on politics, class, the immigrant experience, acculturation as a lifelong process, and the importance of maintaining bicultural identity against the myth of the American "melting pot." On a deeper level, it is also the story of a life lived in service-and about the ways that suffering and joy are contained each within the other, binding us all together across cultures and boundaries.

Let the Sunday Timesbestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year...Does the phrase 'back to school' fill you with dread? Or does it bring delight ... until you see the size of your September to-do list? Can you really be expected to keep track of next Thursday's swimming, spelling and singing club? Not to mention the PTA-sponsored bounce!From the autumn harvest festival to the summer sports day, the academic year is a non-stop frenzy of planning, preparation and potential chaos, whichever side of the school gates you find yourself. But now Britain's best-loved teachers and podcast hosts Lee and Adam Parkinson are here to make it all that little bit easier as they share the hilarious trials, tribulations and tomfoolery going on inside our primary schools.Whether you're a fatigued parent or a frazzled teacher - or just want a good laugh! - grab your back-to-school essentials, find your desk and get ready to learn what NOT to do in the year ahead.Don't just survive the school year - thrive!

The book is a memoir about James Kleiner's public-school teaching career. It includes recollections of his own education and mentors. "Landing On My Feet, Teaching and Learning During a Career in Education" chronicles the challenges of his career as well as the many joys and inspirational moments he experienced."Landing On My Feet, Teaching and Learning During a Career in Education" is a memoir written by James Kleiner, a career educator in the Connecticut public schools for 33 years. The book chronicles his own education and pays tribute to the teachers who mentored and inspired him. His story takes him through the challenges he was faced with and, ultimately, overcame through the years. In every case, he learns from these experiences and continues in the field, buoyed by many inspirational and joyful interactions with his students, colleagues, and co-workers. Throughout the book, there are many instances where he learns as muchfrom his students as he has taught them.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' BEST BOOKS OF 2025The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work—and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts.In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war.Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis—a tale that reveals the indelible power of the humanities to change the world.

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was quickly formed-and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work as part of a new WWII intelligence effort-and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions.Book and Dagger draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war.Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story of espionage about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis-a tale that reveals the indelible power of the humanities to change the world.This riveting work of WWII history reveals:- From Academia to Espionage: The untold story of how literature professors, librarians, and historians were recruited into the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and trained in spycraft.- Declassified Histories: The true stories of operatives like Joseph Curtiss, who turned German spies into double agents, and archivist Adele Kibre, on her secret mission in Stockholm, drawn from newly released OSS files.- The Chairborne Division: A fascinating look inside the Research and Analysis branch (R&A), the OSS's intellectual engine that transformed how intelligence was gathered and helped win the war.- The Birth of the CIA: How this unlikely group of scholars laid the foundations for today's Central Intelligence Agency, forever changing the world of espionage.

The story of how Judy Carter overcame her humble beginning in poverty through dedication and hard work, rising to the pinnacle of her career in education.Judy Carter was born in McCormick, South Carolina. Raised by a struggling single mother, Judy's childhood was marred by the constant battle to make ends meet. From early childhood to high school and college years, Judy contended with the constraints of poverty and societal expectations. As Judy grew, so did her interest in education and her desire to make a better life for herself. She began her career in teaching at an elementary school and moved into positions in higher education. Her tenacity in learning served her well as she climbed to the top of her chosen profession, all the while dealing with challenges in her personal life.Call Me Judy showcases the story of an unlikely heroine, born into difficult circumstances and yet changing the trajectory of her own life through her own perseverance and grit. This memoir will appeal to readers who love stories of strong women who overcame the odds and educators looking for a role model in their profession. Call Me Judy is a memoir that tells a difficult but ultimately triumphant story of how one poor girl turned into a distinguished professor and dean.

More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand in their local primary school. Through reconnecting with his previous students now in their forties - members of China's "Reform generation" - and teaching his current undergraduates, Hessler is able to tell an intimately unique story about China's incredible transformation over the past quarter-century.<BR><BR>In the late 1990s, almost all of Hessler's students were the first of their families to enrol in higher education, sons and daughters of subsistence farmers who could offer little guidance as their children entered a brand-new world. By 2019, when Hessler arrived at Sichuan University, he found a very different China and a new kind of student - an only child whose schooling was the object of intense focus from a much more ambitious and sophisticated cohort of parents. Hessler's new students have a sense of irony about the regime but mostly navigate its restrictions with equanimity, and embrace the astonishing new opportunities China's boom affords. But the pressures of this system of extreme 'meritocracy' at scale can be gruesome, even for much younger children, including his own daughters, who give him a first-hand view of raising a child in China.<BR><BR>In Peter Hessler's hands, China's education system is the perfect vehicle for examining what's happened to the country, where it's going, and what we can learn from it. At a time when relations between the UK and China fracture, Other Rivers is a tremendous, indeed an essential gift, a work of enormous human empathy that rejects cheap stereotypes and shows us China from the inside out and the bottom up, using as a measuring stick this most universally relatable set of experiences. As both a window onto China and a distant mirror onto our own education system, Other Rivers is a classic, a book of tremendous value and compelling human interest.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • Now in paperback with exclusive new content!<BR><BR>The life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award–winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.<BR><BR>“The No. 1 celebrity memoir of the past 10 years.”—USA Today<BR><BR>“McConaughey’s book invites us to grapple with the lessons of his life as he did—and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.”—Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck<BR><BR>I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.<BR> <BR>Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. I found a reliable theme, an approach to living that gave me more satisfaction, at the time, and still: If you know how, and when, to deal with life’s challenges—how to get relative with the inevitable—you can enjoy a state of success I call “catching greenlights.”<BR> <BR>So I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story of my life so far. This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. Graces, truths, and beauties of brutality. Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets while trying to dance between the raindrops.<BR> <BR>Hopefully, it’s medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot’s license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears.<BR> <BR>It’s a love letter. To life.<BR> <BR>It’s also a guide to catching more greenlights—and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.<BR> <BR>Good luck.