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Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 156
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
xxxi, 185 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based in part on the author's schooldays at Lancing and then Hertford College in England and subsequently as a teacher in North Wales, "Decline and Fall" is Evelyn Waugh's debut novel, first published in 1928. In the socially satirical style for which the author is known, Waugh brilliantly lampoons British society of the 1920s. The story tracks the life of Paul Pennyfeather, who following expulsion from Oxford, the result of a drunken prank, is forced...
2) Daddy's girl
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Language
English
Description
Natalie Greco loves being a law professor, even though she can't keep her students from cruising sex.com during class. When a colleague talks Nat into teaching a class at a local prison, her comfortable world turns upside. A violent prison riot breaks out, and in the chaos, Nat rushes to help an injured guard. Before he dies, he asks her to deliver a cryptic message. The dying declaration plunges Nat into a nightmare. Suddenly, the girl who has always...
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Series
Carolina girls volume 5
Language
English
Description
"The drawback to having a picture-perfect life is that there's nowhere to go but down--and Annalise Haverford is falling fast. Once, she was the self-proclaimed queen bee of Magnolia, North Carolina. Now her husband has been arrested for fraud, and she's become an outcast in the shallow circles she used to rule. There's only one affordable rental in town, and it's owned by the woman Annalise got fired from a lucrative job. Much as single mother Shauna...
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a British student-teacher arrives, A. J. and his friends wonder if her all-black clothing and love of blood sausage mark her as a vampire, while Mr. Granite simply hopes her musician-boyfriend will stay away long enough for a math lesson.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A solo holiday trip inspires one woman to rediscover her passion-and remember that, sometimes, duets are more fun-in this romantic Christmas novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Hailey Morgan's life has always revolved around music. She once had big dreams of composing her own songs, but the reality of life has led her to working as an assistant high school band teacher in Portland, Oregon. As the holidays approach, Hailey...
7) Teachers
Author
Publisher
Jump!
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers gives examples of what teachers teach, and what they do before and after school"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Love's academic volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols. Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, capturing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated...
Author
Series
My weird school volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
11) The black hour
Author
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"For Chicago sociology professor Amelia Emmet, violence was a research topic--until a student she'd never met shot her. He also shot himself. Now he's dead and she's back on campus, trying to keep up with her class schedule, a growing problem with painkillers, and a question she can't let go: Why? All she wants is for life to get back to normal, but normal is looking hard to come by. She's thirty-eight and hobbles with a cane. Her first student interaction...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young, restless Alabama teacher searching for a sense of purpose accepts a position at a tiny Louisiana bayou school, where a lonely Cajun fisherman, a tight-knit community, and a legendary white alligator will change her life forever"--
Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in tiny Bernadette, Louisiana deep in bayou country to escape the familiarity of her Alabama home. Though suspicious of outsiders, most of the people come to appreciate the...
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Series
Christmas Tree Ranch volume 3
Language
English
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Description
A demure kindergarten teacher with dreams of Nashville stardom makes a difficult choice when she reunites with a smitten and wildly attractive rancher during an annual western-themed Christmas ball that launches a holiday season of romance and promise.
Conner Branch hasn't stopped thinking about the sultry singer he spotted on stage during last year's Cowboy Christmas Ball. Imagine his surprise when he meets Megan Carson, a demure kindergarten teacher...
14) Love lessons
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Quirky, free-spirited Valerie Marquez likes to make sure her kindergarten class has fun while learning. Uptight, by-the-book Andrew Wexler is allergic to fun, and loud music gives him a migraine, which makes sharing a wall with the other kindergarten teacher who loves to blast music all day his worst nightmare. But during the end-of the school year party, their shared tension morphs into a night of wild sex. What neither expected was the surprise...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
[32 pages] : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Say thank you to a teacher with this adorable gift book featuring Lowly Worm and friends from Richard Scarry’s Busytown! Show your favorite teacher and educator you care with this kind and thoughtful Busytown gift book featuring Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, and all their Busytown friends! This charming keepsake is an ideal end-of-year gift and the perfect thank-you for teachers of all grades—from preschool through college!" - penguinrandomhouse.com....
16) Five bad deeds
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Language
English
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Description
"Teacher, mother, wife, and all-around good citizen Ellen is juggling nonstop commitments, from raising a teen and two toddlers to job hunting to renovating her dream home, the Meadowhouse. Amid the chaos, an ominous note arrives in the mail, declaring: People have to learn there are consequences. Why would someone send her this? Ellen has no clue. She's no angel--a white lie here, an occasional sharp tongue there--but she's done nothing to incur...
17) Secretly yours
Author
Series
Vine mess volume 1
Language
English
Description
Returning home to his family's California winery, Professor Julian Vos, on sabbatical from his Ivy League job, finds himself distracted from his plans to write a novel by eccentric, chronically late, unbelievably beautiful gardener Hallie Welch, who is a burst of color in his gray-scale life.
18) I will ruin you
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher's act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. How would you react in a life-or-death situation? It's a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now she's the wife to a respected professor at an elite boarding school, where she also teaches. Her seventeen-year-old son, Rudy, whose dark moods and complicated behavior she's long worried about, seems to be thriving: he has a lead role in the school play and a smart and ambitious girlfriend. Tess tries not to think about the mistakes she made eighteen years ago, and mostly, she succeeds....