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Four-Year Colleges 2015

Peterson's · Peterson's; 45 edition
Format: Print book

This valuable resource includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada (and many international schools)-more than 2,600 institutions in all. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel for over 300 colleges...
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The United States Government Manual 2011

National Emergency Council (U.S.) · Office of the Federal Register
Pages: 602
Format: Paperback

Known as the Official handbook of the Federal Government. This annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates,...
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The United States Government Internet Directory, 2010

Peggy Garvin · Bernan Press
Pages: 627
Format: Paperback

Discover the depth of government information and services available online.

The United States Government Internet Directory serves as a guide to the changing landscape of government information online.

The Directory is an indispensable guidebook for anyone who is looking...
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Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2014 (Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes)

Peterson's · Peterson's; 18 edition
Pages: 960
Format: Paperback

PetersonĂ¢??s Scholarships, Grants & Prizes is the must have guide for anyone looking for private aid money to help finance an education. This valuable resource provides up-to-date information on millions of privately funded awards available to college students. The comprehensive scholarship...
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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

danah boyd · Yale University Press
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover

An essential read, written by a leading expert, for anyone who wants to understand young people's use of social media

What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this...
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Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education

SUSAN WISE BAUER · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A best-selling expert on education shows how to make the school system work for your child.

Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isn't a good fit for all -- or even most -- students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others,...

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Vikings: Life and Legend

Gareth Williams · Cornell University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created a cultural network that spanned four continents: from the Caspian Sea to the North Atlantic and from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. The Viking Age was a period of major change as a result of the Vikings’ impact on neighboring...
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Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times

Lucy Lethbridge · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The vividly told lives of British servants and the upper crust they served. From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, servants were essential...
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Four-Year Colleges 2014 (Peterson's Four Year Colleges)

Peterson's · Peterson's; 44 edition
Pages: 2000
Format: Paperback

Presents information on location, enrollment, costs, financial aid, admissions, curriculum, campus life, housing, and career services of four-year colleges and universities in the United States, United States territories, Canada, and a selection of international universities.
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The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance

Stephen P Hinshaw · Oxford University Press
Pages: 254
Format: Print book

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial and misunderstood medical conditions today. With skyrocketing rates of diagnosis and medication treatment, it has generated a firestorm of controversy. Alarming questions have been raised about ADHD in recent...
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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock

Lucy Worsley · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to the cosy crimes of the Golden Age, renowned historian Lucy Worsley explores the evolution of the traditional English murderand reveals why we are so fascinated by this sinister subject. Murdera dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate...
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Older Americans Information Directory 2007

Laura Mars-Proietti · Grey House Pub; 6 edition
Format: Book

This reference book for senior citizens compiles information on health conditions, disability aids, facilities, and other topics related to aging. The listings (about 12,000 in this edition) include organizations, books, directories, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, video and audio,...
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