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The Silk Road: A New History

Valerie Hansen · Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal But what was it exactly It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track reaching from China to Rome The reality was different--and far more interesting--as...
 
 
Barron's CDL: Commercial Driver's License Test, 4th Edition

Mike Byrnes and Associates · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

This updated manual prepares professional and prospective tractor-trailer drivers for the test that applicants must pass in order to receive a commercial driver's license. The test, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, is required in all 50 states. Comprehensive coverage...
 
 
NCLEX-RN Prep 2018: Practice Test Proven Strategies

Kaplan Nursing · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 540
Format: Paperback

The NCLEX-RN exam is not just about what you know - it's about how you think. Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Prep 2018 uses expert critical thinking strategies and targeted sample questions to help you put your expertise into practice and ace the exam! The NCLEX-RN exam tests how you'll...
 
 
Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

PATRICK SHARKEY · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening account of the transformation of cities and an urgent call to action to prevent another crime wave.Over the past two decades, American cities have experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime, dramatically changing urban life. In many cases, places once characterized...
 
 
HiSET Power Practice: Preparation to Pass The Test and Earn a Diploma

Learning Express Editors · Learning Express (NY)
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Earning a high school equivalency degree is essential if you want to pursue a career or attend college. The HiSET, a more affordable and accessible alternative to the GED Test, is gaining popularity nationwide.This guide provides access to FIVE full-length practice tests that mirror the HiSET...
 
 
Pass The 66: A Plain English Explanation To Help You Pass The Series 66 Exam

Robert M. Walker · Surefire Publications
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback

UPDATED FOR THE JULY 1, 2016 CHANGES TO THE SERIES 66 EXAM. Trying to pass your Series 66 Exam? Pass The 66 is written with the reader always in mind. This Series 66 exam study guide uses Plain English and concise explanations as it ticks off the items mentioned on the NASAA Series 66 exam...
 
 
PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook 2017

PDR Staff · PDR Network
Pages: 1500
Format: Print book

Nurses are on the front line when it comes to safe medication use and counseling patients. The PDR® Nurse's Drug Handbook 2017 provides all nursing professionals, no matter what the clinical setting, with an accurate, up-to-date, and easily accessible guide to the most commonly prescribed...
 
 
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond · Crown Publishers
Pages: 418
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION | FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION | FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York...
 
 
Essential Words for the GRE, 4th Edition

Phillip Geer Ed. M. · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for test-taking success on the Graduate Record Exam. This book presents 800 graduate-level words with definitions that frequently appear on the exam. Words are used in different contexts to familiarize test takers with their many variations....
 
 
McGraw-Hill Education Preparation for the GRE Test 2016: Strategies + 6 Practice Tests + 2 Apps

Erfun Geula · McGraw-Hill Education; 2 edition
Format: Print book

This go-to study guide provides the concepts, study strategies, and practice you need to dramatically raise your GRE score McGraw-Hill Education: Preparation for the GRE Test focuses on the fundamental concepts tested on the exam as well as the reasoning and analytical skills necessary...
 
 
Grad's Guide to Graduate Admissions Essays: Examples from Real Students Who Got into Top Schools

Colleen Reding · Prufrock Press
Format: Print book

Grads' Guide to Graduate Admissions Essays provides more than 50 successful admission essays straight from the source--recent college graduates making the transition to earning advanced degrees at highly selective graduate programs. Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and Northwestern are just...
 
 
Barron's Police Sergeant Examination, 6th Edition

DONALD J SCHROEDER · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 600
Format: Paperback

Revised and updated to reflect current exams, this manual prepares police officers to take any of the various exams given throughout the country that qualify applicants for promotion to the rank and responsibilities of police sergeant. A diagnostic test and three full-length practice exams,...
 
 
Praxis: Core Academic Skills for Educators

Learning Express Editors · Learning Express (NY)
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Complete and comprehensive preparation for the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators Tests, which measure academic skills in reading, writing and mathematics. Colleges and universities may use the Praxis Core tests to evaluate individuals for entry into teacher education programs, and many...
 
 
Pediatrics PreTest Self-Assessment And Review, Thirteenth Edition

Robert Yetman · McGraw-Hill Medical
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

The closest you can get to seeing the USMLE Step 2 CK without actually taking it Pediatrics: PreTest Self-Assessment & Review is the perfect way to assess your knowledge of pediatrics for the USMLE Step 2 CK and shelf exams. You'll find 500 USMLE-style questions and answers that...