Resultados para "Great Expectations" en Biografías y memorias

At 22, Dan Brown came to the Bronx's P.S. 85 as an eager, fresh-faced teacher. Unbeknownst to him, his assigned class, 4-217, was the designated "dumping ground" for all fourth-grade problem cases, and his students would prove to be more challenging than he could ever anticipate. Intent on being a caring, dedicated teacher but confronted with unruly children, absent parents, and a failing administration, Dan was pushed to the limit time and again: he found himself screaming with rage, punching his fist through a blackboard out of sheer frustration, often just wanting to give up and walk away.

In this brutally honest and sometimes heart-wrenching book, Ali Carter takes you through his personal journey from chef to police officer, to family mediator and ultimately, founder of a tech start-up. Improving your life and making significant changes for the better is challenging - especially if you have complex childhood issues, react terribly to rejection and think you can do it all by yourself, as Ali did.

In this brutally honest and sometimes heart-wrenching book, Ali Carter takes you through his personal journey from chef to police officer, to family mediator and ultimately, founder of a tech start-up.

THE FINE ART OF TOUGH LOVE. If you're lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever. The one who pushed you to dream bigger and to reach higher, and who set you straight on what matters in life. Perhaps it was a coach, or a professor, or a family friend. For...

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Charles Dickens remains – 200 years after his birth – arguably Britain’s most successful writer. Works such as Great Expectations and Oliver Twist have amused and inspired readers in all languages since their...