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Blue Water, Green Skipper: A Memoir of Sailing Alone Across the Atlantic

by Stuart Woods & Stephen Collins

Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this...

What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

by Taylor Mali

The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why our society needs them now more than ever.

Former middle-school teacher and teachers' advocate Taylor Mali struck a chord with his...