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Confessions of a Headmaster

By: Paul F. Cummins

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“Both a memoir and manifesto for education reform . . . chronicles [Cummins’s] remarkable career as a teacher, headmaster, and school founder.” —Kirkus Reviews In this entertaining and inspiring memoir, renowned educator Paul Cummins candidly shares his journey from privileged kid and ivory-tower scholar to hands-on progressive educator, working to achieve social justice through education for all youth: from children of celebrities to foster and incarcerated youth and those facing sometimes unimaginable circumstantial hurdles to education and accomplishment—proving time and again that all children can succeed given appropriate support. Confessions of a Headmaster is “the story of the birth of the kind of open, enlightened, diverse education we all take for granted today, told in a warm and engaging way by the visionary in our midst who made it happen” (Victoria Shorr, cofounder of the Archer School for Girls and of the Pine Ridge Girls’ School). “The story of a man who brought the romance back into teaching at a time when the field of education is a field of constant national controversy, and our most popular books have titles with militarist references, such as The Teacher Wars.” —Mona Simpson, national bestselling author of Anywhere But Here “As Paul Cummins once remarked, ‘Passion without intelligence is of limited value’—and the inverse is also true—for who would want intelligence without passion? In Confessions, we see what can happen when these two qualities work in sync!” —John Densmore, drummer for the Doors

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Red Hen Press

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159709546X

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9781597095464

LOVE AND SQUALOR

Musings on culture, literature and the environment

By: PAUL F. CUMMINS

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LOVE AND SQUALOR

Musings on culture, literature and the environment

By: PAUL F. CUMMINS

Two years ago I published a book about culture and literature called Why Poetry? Friends and colleagues seemed to enjoy it. The book was essentially a gathering of articles I had written for the Santa Monica Mirror. Recently, a couple of friends said, “Why don’t you do a sequel and collect some more articles?” “But please,” one friend cautioned, “none of your liberal whining.” So here is that sequel offering random thoughts, not whining about politics but rather musings about writing, culture, and the environment. If any of these essays create a spark or two, the book will have served its purpose.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456887564

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9781456887568

All Aboard the Train of Thought

By: Paul F. Cummins

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All Aboard the Train of Thought

By: Paul F. Cummins

Anna has been assigned to write a poem for her class, but she doesn’t really know what a poem is, let alone how to write one. As she and her brother Sam fall asleep in their sleeping bags (they’re camping out in their back yard), they embark upon a wonderful adventure aboard the Train of Thought, where (in addition to the Conductor) they meet an array of fanciful characters like the Balladeer, the Heroic Couplet twins, the Master of Metaphor, the Mix-Master of Metaphor, the Doggerel Dog, Peter Patterfeet (who’s in charge of rhythm and meter), and ultimately the King and Queen of Poetry. When Sam and Anna return from their journey, Anna not only knows what a poem is, but is able to write one herself.

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1477176942

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9781477176948

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

Continuation of the German 1918 Offensives, 24 March–24 July 1918

By: Paul Oldfield

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Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

Continuation of the German 1918 Offensives, 24 March–24 July 1918

By: Paul Oldfield

This illustrated WWI battlefield guide explores the heroic acts honored with Victoria Crosses—and the sites where they took place—in 1918 France. Historian and battlefield tour guide Paul Oldenfield spent years researching the Victoria Cross actions of the First World War and accurately locating where each event took place. He now shares his remarkable findings with battlefield visitors and armchair historians in this fascinating series of guidebooks. This volume in the Victoria Crosses on the Western Front series covers the first Battles of the Somme in 1918, the Battle of the Lys, and other combat operation in western France. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants, while photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. Oldfield also includes a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering their families, education, civilian employment, military career, death, and commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

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1008

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Pen and Sword

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1473884977

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9781473884977

Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle

William Henry Bush

By: Paul H. Carlson

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Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle

William Henry Bush

By: Paul H. Carlson

An outsider, he brought his business savvy and vision of civic growth to bear on America's last frontier.

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220

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603441336

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9781603441339

Fulton, Missouri 1820 - 1920

By: Carolyn Paul Branch

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Fulton, Missouri 1820 - 1920

By: Carolyn Paul Branch

The story of the growth of Fulton, Missouri from a lonely homestead in the wilderness to a thriving small city is captured in rare old photographs from the archives of the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society and transcribed articles from local newspapers and other contemporary sources. Articles and stories arranged chronologically carry the reader through the lawlessness of a frontier town where every store had a whiskey barrel for customers and the town doctor could walk into a hardware store and shoot the school teacher without any apparent regrets or repercussions. The book covers the upheaval and discord of the Civil War era, including the well-known story of Celia, a Slave, the fast paced changes of the industrial revolution and the Great War that took so many Callaway boys far away from the mule trading capital of the world and introduced them to tanks and flying machines.

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Lulu.com

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0557684501

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9780557684502

Book's by Paul F. Cummins

Confessions of a Headmaster

Confessions of a Headmaster

LOVE AND SQUALOR

LOVE AND SQUALOR

All Aboard the Train of Thought

All Aboard the Train of Thought

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle

Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle

Fulton, Missouri 1820 - 1920

Fulton, Missouri 1820 - 1920

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