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Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Nigel Cawthorne · Chartwell Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book |
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Nikola Tesla today is largely unknown and overlooked among the great scientists of the modern era. While Thomas Edison, the most famous inventor in American history, gets all the glory for discovering the light bulb. But it was his one-time assistant and life-long arch nemesis, Tesla, who made... |
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Two-Year Colleges 2016
Peterson's · Peterson Nelnet Co
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback |
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Peterson's Two-Year Colleges 2016 includes information on nearly 1,900 accredited two-year undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada, as well as some international schools. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel. College-bound... |
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Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
Dan-el Padilla Peralta · Penguin Press
Pages: 312
Format: Print book |
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An undocumented immigrant's journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton classDan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than... |
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The Military Quotation Book: More than 1,100 of the Best Quotations About War, Leadership, Courage, Victory, and Defeat
James Charlton · Thomas Dunne Books; 3 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Revised and updated to include more than 1,100 quotations, The Military Quotation Book brings together the wisdom of fallen heroes, living politicians, honored statesman, and rebellious writers-quoting official edicts as well as off-the-record remarks.Among the most authoritative-and the most... |
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Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense
Caroline E Light · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book |
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A history of America's Stand Your Ground gun laws, from Reconstruction to Trayvon MartinIn the aftermath of the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, conservative legislators and school administrators shocked some observers when they proposed armed "public school patrols"... |
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
William Deresiewicz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover |
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A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be - but aren't - providing.As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest... |
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson · Riverhead Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life... |
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Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
Richard Kluger · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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The untold story of the battle to legalize free expression in America by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ashes to Ashes.The liberty of written and spoken expression has been fixed in the firmament of our social values since our nation's beginning -- the government of the United... |
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The Eleven Commandments of Good Teaching
Vickie Gill · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Print book |
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Vickie Gill's time-tested wisdom and practical advice provides the insight teachers need to develop a dynamic, successful classroom. This third edition of her bestseller contains new material that helps teachers work with new technologies, evolving social climates, limited budgets,... |
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The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits
Simon Schama · Oxford University Press
Pages: 632
Format: Print book |
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Author of a number of celebrated works, including the bestselling The Story of the Jews and Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon Schama's latest book fuses history and art to create a tour de force of narrative sweep and illuminating insight. Using images from works-paintings,... |
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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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Private Secondary Schools 2016-2017
Peterson'S. · Peterson'S, 2016.
Format: Print book |
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Peterson's Private Secondary Schools 2016-17 is a valuable resource to help parents and students evaluate and choose from the overwhelming number of private secondary schools in the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. Featured institutions include independent day schools,... |
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