Tells how the author graduated from high school without learning to read, completed college, and became a high school English teacher and a successful business owner while using memory, imagination, and trickery to hide his illiteracy
The Teacher Who Couldn't Read" is John Corcoran's life story of how he struggled through school without the basic skills of how to read or write and went on to become a college graduate and a high school teacher, still without these basic skills. National literacy advocate John Corcoran continues to help bring illiteracy out of the shadows with this autobiography, "The Teacher Who Couldn't Read." It is the amazing true story of a man who triumphed over his illiteracy and who has become one of the nation's leading literacy advocates. His shocking and emotionally moving story-from being a child who was failed by the system, to an angry adolescent, a desperate college student, and finally an emerging adult reader-touched audiences of such national television shows as the Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, the Phil Donahue Show, and Larry King Live. His story was also featured in national magazines such as Esquire, Biography, Reader's Digest, and People. "The Teacher Who Couldn't Read" is a gripping tale of triumph over America's national literacy crisis-- a story you'll thoroughly enjoy while being enlightened to a national tragedy.
Br> An Introduction to Logic by Cohen, Morris R.; Nagel, Ernest; Corcoran, John (Introduction by) Terms of use Written for independent study and suitable for an introductory course in logic, this classic text combines a sound presentation of logic with effective pedagogy and illustrates the role of logic in many areas of humanistic and scientific thought. Cohen and Nagel’s elegant integration of the history of philosophy, natural science, and mathematics helps earn this work its distinguished reputation. Descriptive content provided by SyndeticsTM, a Bowker service.
Answers questions about the techniques, purposes, and practitioners of karate, kung-fu, judo, and other martial arts and their role on television and in films
Published with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Contains the only complete English-language text of The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages. Tarski made extensive corrections and revisions of the original translations for this edition, along with new historical remarks. It includes a new preface and a new analytical index for use by philosophers and linguists as well as by historians of mathematics and philosophy.
Focuses on the spiritual, technical, and esoteric dimensions of martial arts. Includes biographies of prominent masters and information on associations.
This book contains more than 75 essays, rants, news bloopers and observations about television news, as well as serious considerations on improving the craft, who's the top journalist in America, the inside story behind the best news cassette ever shot, and the real issue of the public good versus news excess. Corcoran is by turns outrageous, poignant, hilarious and maddening, but always truthful and never dull.
A TRUE STORY ... BASED ON AN INCREDIBLE OUT-OF-BODY-EXPERIENCE In November 2003, Matthew John Corcoran had an incredible out-of-body experience that changed his life forever. He quite unexpectedly left his body, travelled beyond the boundaries of this world and interacted with a 'spiritual force' that presented to him the truth, the secrets and the answers to the purpose and meaning of life. Matthew then devoted the next seven years to writing all this information down in a deeply spiritual, non-religious book titled 'The Yoooge Philosophy of Life'. This true story describes what he saw and what he has come to realize since that day ... and it's absolutely mind blowing. 'The Yoooge Philosophy is Life' is written from a normal person's viewpoint of an extraordinary experience. This makes it real, relatable and joyfully hilarious in places. It's Divinely inspired, sacred knowledge that quite simply and beautifully answers just about every question ever asked about the purpose and meaning of life. 'Utterly, totally, amazingly brilliant. What millions of us have been looking for all our lives. It totally blew me away. Matt's totally laid back Australian style of writing is fabulous and guaranteed - you won't be able to get the smile/grin off your face ... this book is going to be a global must read ... It's literally going to change the consciousness of the planet ...' Rosilyn K Kinnersley
An entertaining compendium of names, Let's Name It is a convenient prompter for any stymied boat owner. Seventeen chapters of alphabetically arranged names include themes such as early tradition and superstition, navigational stars, feminine influence, and word puns. Corcoran and Hackler offer excellent advice on the search for an appropriate name and lettering style. Tripple Effect, Stasea, Fearless Fosdick, Norse Maiden, Providence . . . The names are all here--10,000 of them-- and the wonder is that no one ever collected them before. Let's Name It Sophisticated Versatile Helpful Comprehensive Easy to Use Entertaining What's in a name? A lot, say the authors of this book. Modern psychology would agree that the time and energy we invest in naming people, things, or boats, can often give clues into the personality, lifestyles, and values of the people doing the naming.--John T. Thios, Associate Professor of Psychology, Richard Bland College of The College of William and Mary; and sailor.
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