The Fire Within

David, Joe

Romance

Books for All Times

Violence-ridden Church Junior High School is the setting for Joe David's hard look into the world of "education," a world filled with hatred and deception, boredom and indoctrination - financially supported by government decree! The central character is Anne Harte, an idealist who tries to teach by igniting the fire within of knowledge. Unlike teachers who indoctrinate, Anne attempts to teach her students to think. Her commitment to reason, however, place her in direct conflict with the system and those who control it, especially Loretta Daniels, her principal. Unlike Anne, Loretta believes that children must "satisfy their needs, their instincts and impulses by action." What results is an incisive look at "education" with Loretta and Anne fighting for the survival of their diametrically opposed philosophies. Caught up in the battle are the other teachers, and the real victims, the students! Hard-hitting (Robert Kendal, Hispanic Times), Fast-paced (Alicia Patti, Libertarian Digest), Insightful (William P. Schaefer, American University), Scathing (Joan Hamburg, WOR-Radio, New York), Stark, chilling portrait of contemporary public education (Richard A. Cooper, The New York Tribune). www.bfat.com

Fire Within

Provocative answers to today's urgent questions about public "education."

Glad You Asked!

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

A witty look at the Frank Hammes in education, (i.e., over-schooled, know-it-alls who conceal their huge gaps in knowledge with "scholarly" nonsense).

Teacher of the Year

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

A Collection of short stories told with candor, wit, and sensitivity. We all want to live out our lives as best we can. In As Best We Can, we will see how many try--some nobly, others ignobly. In each story, some aspect of the human experience is presented compassionately, moving the reader to new levels of understanding. An environmentalist who is committed to destroying a leading soap company, but for what reasons? A preacher who purifies the Word each Sunday with decency, honesty--and televangelistic pornography. The expensively educated teacher who learns what she was taught isn't what she should teach. A middle-aged son who must confront his parents' mortality. An ambitious ad executive who lives in a world of deceptive images. And more.

As Best We Can

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

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