- Educators (266)
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On Great Fields
- The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- By: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Ronald C. White
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero....
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Unknown facts on a Maine and Civil War hero. Very well written
- By Uncle Techy on 04-20-24
By: Ronald C. White
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Vikas Adam, Piper Goodeve, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence....
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Dear Neil...
- By Tina G. on 10-14-19
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St. Francis of Assisi
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most influential men in the whole of human history....
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About Time
- By Cristina on 01-01-16
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Up Home
- One Girl's Journey
- By: Ruth J. Simmons
- Narrated by: Ruth J. Simmons
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity, no books to read....
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Excellent
- By Wanda on 11-26-24
By: Ruth J. Simmons
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The Assassination of Barbara O'Neill
- By: Michael O'Neill
- Narrated by: Michael O'Neill
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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How could a 66-year-old grandmother, who gave her life to helping people with their health, become the subject of a malicious smear campaign which resulted in her being classified as a serious threat to public health in Australia?
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Great Story about The Amazing Barbara O'Neil!!!...
- By Gary Niki on 07-30-24
By: Michael O'Neill
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'Tis
- By: Frank McCourt
- Narrated by: Frank McCourt
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured our hearts in the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes comes of age in 'Tis....
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Marvelous
- By Tony on 02-05-06
By: Frank McCourt
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On Great Fields
- The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- By: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Ronald C. White
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero....
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Unknown facts on a Maine and Civil War hero. Very well written
- By Uncle Techy on 04-20-24
By: Ronald C. White
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Vikas Adam, Piper Goodeve, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence....
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Dear Neil...
- By Tina G. on 10-14-19
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St. Francis of Assisi
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most influential men in the whole of human history....
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About Time
- By Cristina on 01-01-16
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Up Home
- One Girl's Journey
- By: Ruth J. Simmons
- Narrated by: Ruth J. Simmons
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity, no books to read....
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Excellent
- By Wanda on 11-26-24
By: Ruth J. Simmons
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The Assassination of Barbara O'Neill
- By: Michael O'Neill
- Narrated by: Michael O'Neill
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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How could a 66-year-old grandmother, who gave her life to helping people with their health, become the subject of a malicious smear campaign which resulted in her being classified as a serious threat to public health in Australia?
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Great Story about The Amazing Barbara O'Neil!!!...
- By Gary Niki on 07-30-24
By: Michael O'Neill
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'Tis
- By: Frank McCourt
- Narrated by: Frank McCourt
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured our hearts in the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes comes of age in 'Tis....
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Marvelous
- By Tony on 02-05-06
By: Frank McCourt
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The Water Is Wide
- By: Pat Conroy
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten....
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A powerful look at life of the island peoples.
- By L. W. LARSON on 04-22-23
By: Pat Conroy
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Poor
- By: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. Poor is the extraordinary story - moving, funny, brave, and sometimes startling - of how Katriona turned her life around....
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Great listen
- By Anonymous User on 08-21-23
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Afropessimism
- By: Frank Wilderson III
- Narrated by: Frank Wilderson III
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Why does race seem to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery continue to define the Black experience? These are just some of the compelling questions that animate Afropessimism....
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Afropessimism goes beyond ESSENTIAL reading!!!
- By Martin James on 09-01-20
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
- By: Booker T. Washington
- Narrated by: Rodney Louis Tompkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Booker T. Washington’s 1901 autobiography can be read as a redemption story echoing many similar voices of its time. Starting from the humiliation he experienced as a slave, he ponders the meaning of identity in a situation that seeks to dehumanize....
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speech pattern distraction, great listen
- By Jade on 12-21-22
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A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit
- The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
- By: Noliwe Rooks, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Narrated by: Danielle Lee James
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation.
By: Noliwe Rooks, and others
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Good Arguments
- How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
- By: Bo Seo
- Narrated by: Bo Seo
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Two-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.
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Useful ideas, political though
- By Amazon Customer on 07-23-22
By: Bo Seo
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The One World Schoolhouse
- Education Reimagined
- By: Salman Khan
- Narrated by: Salman Khan
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, has written what is destined to become one of the most influential books about education in our time....
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Inspiring and Revolutionary
- By Brad on 12-08-12
By: Salman Khan
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
- A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
- By: Robert Kanigel
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
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In 1913, an unschooled young Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Hardy, realizing the letter was the work of a genius, arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England....
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Thorough and Enjoyable
- By Roger on 05-23-08
By: Robert Kanigel
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To Name the Bigger Lie
- A Memoir in Two Stories
- By: Sarah Viren
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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This unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author’s life—exploring the line between fact and fiction, reality and conspiracy.
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The This American Life story was better than the book
- By Patricia Stern on 06-19-23
By: Sarah Viren
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Paper Belt on Fire
- How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University
- By: Michael Gibson
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Paper Belt on Fire is the unlikely account of how two outsiders with no experience in finance—a charter school principal and defrocked philosopher—start a venture capital fund to short the higher education bubble....
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Awesome
- By Jamie Keeney on 03-19-23
By: Michael Gibson
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The Assistant Principal 50
- Critical Questions for Meaningful Leadership and Professional Growth
- By: Baruti K. Kafele
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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In The Assistant Principal 50, award-winning, four-time principal Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions that encompass the breadth and depth of the assistant principalship—from finding your leadership lane to thriving and being an asset to your principal.
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“You must do everything, like I did for 5 months”
- By Amazon Customer on 12-16-24
By: Baruti K. Kafele
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Standing Up to Goliath: Battling State and National Teachers' Unions for the Heart and Soul of Our Kids and Country
- By: Rebecca Friedrichs
- Narrated by: Rebecca Friedrichs
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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In a book that’s both accessible and enlightening, Rebecca Friedrichs recounts her 30-year odyssey as an elementary school teacher who comes face to face with the forces dividing and corrupting our schools and culture - state and national teachers’ unions....
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Every Parent and Teacher Should Read this Book
- By John on 01-02-19
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Love, Teach
- Real Stories and Honest Advice to Keep Teachers from Crying Under Their Desks
- By: Kelly Treleaven
- Narrated by: Kelly Treleaven
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Hopeful, hilarious musings and serious advice for new teachers from the formerly anonymous blogger behind Love, Teach....
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Best Teaching Guidance Book Ever!!!
- By Anonymous User on 11-07-23
By: Kelly Treleaven
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The Ditchdigger's Daughters
- A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
- By: Yvonne S. Thornton M.D., Jo Coudert
- Narrated by: Fran L. Washington
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Donald Thornton was a ditchdigger who wanted more for his six daughters. He decided to do the grandest thing he could think of: force them to make a success of their lives....
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Perfection
- By Anonymous User on 06-24-24
By: Yvonne S. Thornton M.D., and others
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Landing at the Top
- How Embracing Adventure Can Lead to Extraordinary Success
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Dylan Wheeler, David Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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David Jackson is proof positive that hard work, persistence, and belief in yourself can help you fulfill your most desired goals and dreams no matter what obstacles are thrown in your way. If ever there was a testament to perseverance and hard work, *Landing at the Top* is it.
By: David Jackson
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A Personal Odyssey
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Thomas Sowell's life-long education in the school of hard knocks took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist....
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Thomas Sowell: An American treasure!
- By Wayne on 06-30-20
By: Thomas Sowell
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Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- By: Suki Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign....
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The King and I meets Mary Poppins
- By Michael on 02-22-15
By: Suki Kim
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Rescuing Socrates
- How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
- By: Roosevelt Montás
- Narrated by: Roosevelt Montás
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Dominican-born scholar Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life - and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds....
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Excellent defense of a crucial part of education
- By Nom de Guerre on 01-24-22
By: Roosevelt Montás
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The Art of Teaching Children
- All I Learned from a Lifetime in the Classroom
- By: Phillip Done
- Narrated by: Phillip Done
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
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An essential guide for teachers and parents that’s destined to become a classic, The Art of Teaching Children is one of those rare and masterful books that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience.
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Excellent!
- By Mindy on 09-19-22
By: Phillip Done
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Thomas Edison
- The One Who Changed the World: Great Biographies, Book 1
- By: The History Hour
- Narrated by: Jerry Beebe
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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There is a lot more to the story than just the light bulb, and there is a lot more to the invention of the light bulb than just Thomas Edison. One thing is for sure - he is still remembered as one of the greatest inventors of all time....
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good one
- By Justin E. Huynh on 10-28-19
By: The History Hour
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The Power of a Plant
- A Teacher's Odyssey to Grow Healthy Minds and Schools
- By: Stephen Ritz, Suzie Boss
- Narrated by: Stephen Ritz
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Teacher Stephen Ritz shows you how, in one of the nation's poorest communities, his students thrive by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom....
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Thanks For The Power Of A Plant
- By Pedalingfree on 05-08-21
By: Stephen Ritz, and others
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The Appalachian Trail
- A Biography
- By: Philip D'Anieri
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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The Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century....
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Misleading
- By Matt&Linz Williams on 12-31-21
By: Philip D'Anieri
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In the Great Green Room
- The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
- By: Amy Gary
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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The extraordinary life of the woman behind several beloved children's classics comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown....
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Excruciatingly boring
- By Melissa S. on 01-31-19
By: Amy Gary
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Miseducated
- A Memoir
- By: Brandon P. Fleming, Cornel West - foreword
- Narrated by: Brandon P. Fleming, Landon Woodson
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Miseducated is an inspiring memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate - all by the age of 27....
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so glad I lasted through the first parts...
- By Elizabeth L. on 01-19-22
By: Brandon P. Fleming, and others