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Barron's Firefighter Candidate Exams, 8th Edition
James J. Murtagh · Barron's Educational Series Pages: 464 Format: Print book
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This revised and updated manual presents practice exams similar to those given to firefighter candidates in cities and communities across America. The book opens with a description of the firefighter's role, the important terminology he must understand, and the physical, medical, and written... |
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Civil Service Exams Power Practice
LEARNINGEXPRESS LLC EDITORS. · Learningexpress, LLC Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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This guide offers what every candidate preparing for a civil service exam is looking for - powerful practice. Packed with EIGHT full-length practice tests based on exams given nationwide--the most exams available on the market - Civil Service Exams: Power Practice offers the comprehensive... |
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American Epic: When Music Gave America Her Voice
Elijah Wald · Simon & Schuster, 2016. Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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The companion book to the groundbreaking PBS and BBC documentary series celebrating the pioneers and artists of American roots music - blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American - without which there would be no jazz, rock, country R&B, or hip hop today.Jack... |
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Hamlet Globe to Globe
Dominic Dromgoole · Grove Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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Two years, 193,000 miles, 190 countries, one play. For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth the Globe Theatre undertook an unparalleled journey, to take Hamlet to every country on the planet, to share this beloved play with the entire world. The tour was the brainchild of Dominic... |
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Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living
TIM BAUERSCHMIDT · HarperOne Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma - newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage - rose to her full height... |
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The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness
Paula Poundstone · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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"The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness is a remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat." - Lily Tomlin Is there a secret to happiness? Beloved comedian Paula Poundstone conducts a series of "thoroughly scientific" experiments... |
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Untitled
ANONYMOUS. · Scribner Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring four-hundred-mission career, which included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates... |
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Theft by Finding: Diaries
DAVID SEDARIS · Little, Brown and Company Pages: 528 Format: Hardcover
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One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiotDavid Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the makingIt's no coincidence that the world's best writers tend to keep diaries.... |
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir
Sherman Alexie · Little, Brown and Company Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover
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One of the most anticipated books of 2017--Entertainment Weekly and Bustle A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, and loss from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award winner.When his mother passed away at the age of 78, Sherman Alexie responded the only... |
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Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival
Jeffrey Gettleman · Harper Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize - winning New York Times journalist, comes a memoir about finding love and finding a calling in one of the most violent yet most beautiful places in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past... |
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Are You Anybody: A Memoir
Jeffrey Tambor · Crown/Archetype Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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It's rare that an actor embodies even one memorable character over the arc of a career. Jeffrey Tambor has managed to create three, beginning with Hank "Hey Now!" Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, the series created by Garry Shandling, Jeffrey's first mentor in television. He went... |
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
WILLIAM MCRAVEN · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 144 Format: Hardcover
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BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE GRADUATION SPEECH WITH OVER 10 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBEIf you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.On May 21, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking... |
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The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels
David Limbaugh · Regnery Publishing Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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David Limbaugh, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus on Trial and The Emmaus Code, now approaches the question of Jesus Christ's divinity--In what sense was Jesus God? How do we know?--with the same precise, methodical form of enquiry he has employed in his career as lawyer and law professor.... |
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Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
ADA CALHOUN · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 192 Format: Hardcover
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Poignant and witty essays on the beautiful complexity of marriage.Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay "The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give," Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip) , smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving intimate... |
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The Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1956
Sidney Blumenthal · Simon & Schuster Pages: 608 Format: Hardcover
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Volume II of Sidney Blumenthal's acclaimed, landmark biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future president's genius during the most decisive period of his political life when he seizes the moment, finds his voice, and helps create a new political party.In 1849,... |
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The Official ACT Prep Guide, 2018 Edition
ACT. · Wiley Pages: 720 Format: Paperback
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The only guide from the ACT organization, the makers of the exam, revised and updated for 2017 and beyond The Official ACT Prep Guide, 2018 Edition, Revised and Updated is the must-have resource for college bound students. The guide is the go-to handbook for ACT preparation and the only... |
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The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2018: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes
GEN TANABE · SuperCollege Pages: 816 Format: Paperback
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Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. Each entry contains... |
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Hunger: A Memoir of
Roxane Gay · Harpercollins Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself."I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl... |
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The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
Finn Murphy · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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A long-haul mover's rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he's covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Known by his trucker... |
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