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A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
Mark Thompson · Pegasus Books Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening and provocative tour of our solar system, from one of Britain's celebrated astronomists. Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut, traveling through the universe on your very own space mission? What would it be like to tour the solar system, visiting the sun and the planets,... |
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Educational Issues, Expanded
Glenn L Koonce · McGraw-Hill Education Pages: 307 Format: Print book
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The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Createâ„¢ includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. This Collection contains a multitude of current and classic issues to enhance and customize your... |
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Butchering Beef: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering
Adam Danforth · Storey Publishing, LLC; Com edition Format: Hardcover
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Using detailed, step-by-step photography of every stage of the process, Adam Danforth shows you exactly how to humanely slaughter and butcher cattle for beef. From creating the right pre-slaughter conditions to killing, skinning, keeping cold, breaking the meat down, and creating cuts of meat... |
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Supercommunicator: Explaining the Complicated So Anyone Can Understand
Frank J. Pietrucha · AMACOM Format: Paperback
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In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them. Communicating technical content to nontechnical listeners has fast become a critical... |
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The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases
Deborah Halber · Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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Mary Roach meets C.S.I. in this “lively study that’s part whodunit, part sociological study…The result is eminently entertaining and will be devoured by armchair detectives” (Publishers Weekly).Currently, upwards of forty thousand people in America are dead and unaccounted... |
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Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do
Daniel T. Willingham · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition Format: Book
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How parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital age Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence. In Raising Kids Who Read, bestselling author and psychology professor Daniel T. Willingham explains... |
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The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter
Greg Toppo · St. Martin's Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen - with the aid of video games. Greg Toppo's The Game Believes in You presents the story of a small... |
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Arduino Sketches: Tools and Techniques for Programming Wizardry
James A. Langbridge · Wiley; 1 edition Format: Print book
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Master programming Arduino with this hands-on guide Arduino Sketches is a practical guide to programming the increasingly popular microcontroller that brings gadgets to life. Accessible to tech-lovers at any level, this book provides expert instruction on Arduino programming and hands-on... |
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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step
Mimi Lyster Zemmelman · NOLO; Eighth edition Format: Paperback
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Avoid custody battles -- save time, money and grief Working out a fair and realistic child custody agreement is one of the most difficult tasks for parents going through a divorce or separation. Building a Parenting Agreement That Works is the only book to show separating or divorcing... |
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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
Cory Doctorow · McSweeney's Format: Hardcover
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In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This... |
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Common Core Curriculum: English, Grades K-5
Common Core · Jossey-Bass; 2 edition Format: Paperback
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Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades K-5. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent... |
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College Tuition: Four Decades of Financial Deception
Dr. Robert V. Iosue · Blue River Press Format: Hardcover
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College Tuition erases the notion that colleges are automatically trusted places of reverence. When it comes to finances, colleges lust for money and self-interest knows no bounds. The higher education system is broken and its future depends on developing a more productive mode of operation.... |
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Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers
Peter P. Leibman · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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This is the perfect time to become a full-time teacher and yet too many college graduates who majored in education, or corporate workers looking to transition to teaching, cannot secure a teaching position. Where are the opportunities? How do you market yourself appropriately? In Launch... |
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The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them
Christopher Newfield · Johns Hopkins University Press Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a decade, the realm of American higher education has been wracked with... |
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