college teachers

Follow the sad and happy journey of the new Latin teacher at Brookfield School, Charles Edward Chippings, as he rises from a mere teacher to "Chips, " the most beloved member of the faculty.

It's the debate of the ages; this time, held in a seemingly insignificant venue, but the outcome, as always, will be life-changing. A Christian college freshman, Josh Wheaton, and his atheist philosophy professor hold court on the existence of God. To pass the course, Josh must prove to the class that God is alive and well. This dare could cost him his relationships, his career, even his future, but Josh stands up for his faith and takes on the challenge.

In 1672 London, although women enjoy greater freedom, they are not allowed to practice medicine, a restriction that Hannah Devlin evades by treating patients that most other doctors shun: the city's poor. But Hannah has a special knowledge, and she's drawn into a murder investigation that may conceal conspiracy as far-reaching as the king himself. She leaves a diary that Claire Donovan, a history teacher in Trinity College, Cambridge, in 2008 uses for clues in a modern day murder that appears to relate to events from Hannah's time.

Retired married couple Fiona and Grant must come to terms with the unresolved issues in their marriage as Fiona's dementia grows worse.

Family man Michael Ahearn, a professor of literature at a small college in the upper Midwest, allows his search for the sublime to lead him into disaster when he becomes infatuated with new faculty member Lara Purcell and follows her back to her native island of St. Trinity, a place rife with political intrigue and superstition.

A lonely professor travels to the nation's capital in order to escape his previous life and his grief over his mother's death, and, through the letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln, learns some unexpected truths about America and loss.

An absolutely triumphant bestsellereverywhere hailed as the masterpiece toward which John le Carr has been building since the fall of communism. This epic tale of loyalty and betrayal spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances. ABSOLUTE FRIENDS is the thrilling work of international espionage that le Carr fans have long awaiteda brilliant, ferocious, heartbreaking work for the ages.

Philip Simmons discusses how his life changed after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 1993 and explains how he learned to accept the difficult hand life had dealt him.