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The Way of Mindful Education: Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students

10 best books like The Way of Mindful Education: Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students (Daniel Rechtschaffen): When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Twelve Angry Men, The Grammarians, Last Day, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, Doxology, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, Not a Drop to Drink, His Favorites

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
AuthorPatrisse Khan-Cullors
ISBN1250171083
A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America—and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.

Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the...
Twelve Angry Men
AuthorReginald Rose
ISBN0143104403
A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David Mamet

A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply...
The Grammarians
AuthorCathleen Schine
"The Grammarians" are Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins who share an obsession with words. They speak a secret “twin” tongue of their own as toddlers; as adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation continues, but this love, which has always...
Last Day
AuthorDomenica Ruta
ISBN0525510818
The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in a thought-provoking debut that brings to mind such novels as Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles.

In Domenica Ruta's profoundly original novel, the end of the world comes once a year....
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
AuthorJia Tolentino
ISBN0525510540
Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Jia writes...
Doxology
AuthorNell Zink
Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals—a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s...
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
AuthorRonald Takaki
ISBN0316831115
"A Different Mirror" is a dramatic new retelling of our nation's history, a powerful larger narrative of the many different peoples who together compose the United States of America. In a lively account filled with the stories and voices of people previously left out of the historical canon, Ronald...
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
AuthorG. Neri
ISBN1584302674
In August of 1994, 11-year-old Robert “Yummy” Sandifer — nicknamed for his love of sweets — fired a gun at a group of rival gangmembers, accidentally killing a neighborhood girl, Shavon Dean. Police searched Chicago’s southside for three days before finding Yummy dead in a railway tunnel,...
Not a Drop to Drink
AuthorMindy McGinnis
ISBN0062198505
Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.

Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.

Confident...
His Favorites
AuthorKate Walbert
ISBN1476799393
From the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of A Short History of Women, a searing and timely novel about a teenaged girl, a charismatic teacher, and a dark, open secret.

They were on a lark, three teenaged girls speeding across the greens on a “borrowed”...
The Reluctant Midwife
AuthorPatricia Harman
ISBN0062358243
The USA Today bestselling author of The Midwife of Hope River returns with a heartfelt sequel, a novel teeming with life and full of humor and warmth, one that celebrates the human spirit

The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children....
The Midwife of Hope River
AuthorPatricia Harman
ISBN0062198890
A remarkable new voice in American fiction, creates an uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle of life.

A William Morrow Paperback Original
A debut novel featuring Patience Murphy, an Appalachian midwife in the 1930s struggling against disease, poverty, and prejudices-and her...
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
AuthorBryan Stevenson
ISBN0525635920
The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy --soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and now the subject of an HBO documentary feature!

In this very personal work--adapted from the original...
Travel Light, Move Fast
AuthorAlexandra Fuller
From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well lived

Six months before he died in Budapest, Tim Fuller turned to his daughter: “Let me tell you the secret to life right now, in case I suddenly give up the...
Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators
AuthorElena Aguilar
ISBN1119364906
A practical framework to avoid burnout and keep great teachers teaching

Onward tackles the problem of educator stress, and provides a practical framework for taking the burnout out of teaching. Stress is part of the job, but when 70 percent of teachers quit within their first five years because...
Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College
AuthorAndrew Ferguson
ISBN1439109761
The cutthroat competition to get into the perfect college can drive students to the brink of madness and push their parents over the edge—and bury them in an avalanche of books that claim to hold the secret of success. Don’t worry: Crazy U is not one of those books. It is instead a disarmingly candid...
Natural Wine: An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines made naturally
AuthorIsabelle Legeron
ISBN1782491007
Do you know what’s in your wine?

Wine-making has become ever-more unnatural, from the use of blanket crop-spraying in vineyards, to the over-use of sulfites, but finally someone is doing something about it. Isabelle Legeron MW is leading the campaign for natural wine – wine made as nature...
The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider
AuthorIvan Orkin
Ivan Orkin is a self-described gaijin (guy-jin), a Japanese term that means “outsider.” He has been hopelessly in love with the food of Japan since he was a teenager on Long Island. Even after living in Tokyo for decades and running two ramen shops that earned him international renown, he remained...
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