JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011
Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, LOGOS BOOKSTORE
Wintertime is here and it is a great time to catch up on one’s reading....READ MORE
Books, Not Bombs
By Rachel Gellert
When I sat down to read “Three Cups of Tea,” I found myself unable to move until I had finished the book cover to cover. Greg Mortenson deserves every inch of praise he has every received and more. “Three Cups of Tea” is a beautifully written testament to the inspirational power of determination and strength....READ MORE
JUNE 2009
Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President,
Logos Bookstore
June is bursting out all over at Logos Bookstore....READ MORE
Review of Manga High—Literacy, Identity And Coming Of Age In An Urban High School
By Merri Rosenberg
Figuring out how to reach hard-to-reach kids is quite possibly the Holy Grail of dedicated inner-city teachers who are confronted daily by challenges unimaginable to those working in more secluded precincts....READ MORE
FEBRUARY 2008
Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
The middle of winter is upon us, Valentine’s Day is coming soon and Logos has wonderful Valentine Day cards, and love related books from such authors as Stendhal, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, Abelard to Cynthia Heimel among others, as well as related poetry by Ovid, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Browning, William Wordsworth and Shakespeare....MORE
Celebrate Black History Month With Fascinating Picture Book Biographies
By Selene Vasquez
“I did not start as cabin boy, climb the ranks to able-bodied seaman, sail to five continents, and learn trades and foreign tongues to be shunned by white crews.”...MORE
Review of Why Our
Schools Need The Arts
It’s time to stop justifying the arts because they can help our children do better on their SATs or other standardized tests, urges Jessica Hoffman Davis in this impassioned, if slender, volume....MORE
NOVEMBER 2005
Logos Bookstore’s
Recommendations
It is quite interesting to find
out what books some book clubs are reading for discussion
these days. The Kill Your TV Reading Group (KYTV) which
meets at the bookstore is discussing Moab Is My Washpot,
the actor Stephen Fry’s autobiography of his first
20 years... READ
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OCTOBER 2005
E-Audiobooks—From
Emily Bronte to Dr. Phil—Now Available Free From
the Los Angeles Public Library
To the list of things you can do while stuck in traffic, climbing the Stairmaster,
eating lunch at your desk or just relaxing at home, you can now add listening
to a downloaded best-selling book, thanks to the new e-audiobook service from
the Los Angeles Public Library. READ
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Chris Whittle’s
Crash Course
By Joan Baum Ph.D.
It’s often the case—terrible irony—that people in the communications
field don’t communicate clearly. Enter Chris Whittle, formerly of Whittle
Communications and Channel One [news in the schools] and, for the last 16 years,
CEO of The Edison Schools, with Benno Schmidt as Chairman. READ
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Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations
As the season changes to autumn and the
New York City residents return to their city while
the autumn travelers visit the Big Apple, museums
continue to be places of great interest to visit. READ
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SEPTEMBER
2005
Logos Bookstore’s
Recommendations
Come celebrate the end of summer at Logos this September.
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AUGUST
2005
Summer Reading Choices
by Education Update
Compiled By Michelle DeSarbo
Eleven fantastic book reviews for your summer education enjoyment.
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JUNE
2005
Packed
Crowd Hears Book Winners at Bank Street College Awards
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
The 33rd annual Irma S. and James H. Black (ISB) Awards for Excellence in Children’s
Literature, hosted by Bank Street College of Education, reached hilarious heights
last month when 2004 ISB winner Mo Willems brought down the house with his
acceptance speech.
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APRIL
2005
Children’s Book
Committee at Bank Street College of Education Celebrates
2004
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
The book committee awards, under the aegis and expertise of committee president
Alice Belgray, always an SRO affair, are truly one of the city’s most
treasured tributes to literacy. READ
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MARCH
2005
Helping New Teachers Survive
Reviewed By Merri Rosenberg
Everyone knows what the problem is: within the next decade, the United States
public schools will have to hire about 2.2.million new teachers. READ
MORE
‘March’ Straight
Into A Great Selection
of Varied Readings!
Reviewes By Selene S. Vasquez
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Logos Bookstore’s
Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III,
President, Logos Bookstore
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JANUARY
2005
Excellence in Education:
The Making Of Great Schools
By Merri Rosenberg
Consider just a few of
these issues: safe schools, how to better integrate technology
into the curriculum, extending the school day and the school
year, how much homework is too much, figuring out successful
strategies to develop community-based schools, finding
foreign language and science teachers, managing gender
disparities in achievement and coping with testing. READ
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Ninety-Six And Too
Busy To Die
By Merri Rosenberg
Here’s something that might very well inspire those students who are
currently enrolled in alternative high schools or similar programs.
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