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Famous Works of ArtAnd How They Got That Way

John Nici · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In a world filled with great museums and great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the reigning queen. Her portrait rules over a carefully designed salon, one that was made especially for her in a museum that may seem intended for no other purpose than to showcase her virtues....
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SAT Prep Plus 2019: 5 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online

Kaplan Test Prep · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 960
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's SAT Prep Plus 2019 teaches you the ins and outs of the SAT and offers extra study plans, online practice and video lessons to make sure you're ready for Test Day. With clear explanations, detailed subject review and more than 1,400 practice questions, SAT Prep Plus 2019...
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Four-Year Colleges 2018

Peterson's · Peterson's

This valuable resource includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the United States and Canada (and many international schools) -more than 2,900 institutions in all. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel for approximately...
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The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell · Recorded Books
Pages: 21
Format: Audiobook

Interweaves six narratives spanning the period between 1984 and the 2030s to chronicle a secret war between a cult of soul-decanters and a small group of vigilantes who would take them down. By the award-winning author of Cloud Atlas.
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The Official ACT Prep Guide, 2018 Edition

ACT. · Wiley
Pages: 720
Format: Paperback

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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Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama

Ronald L. Feinman · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover

Throughout American history, Presidents and Presidential candidates have faced countless assassination threats and attempts on their lives. These threats have extended not only to sitting Presidents and candidates but also to Presidents-elect and former Presidents. Assassinations, Threats,...
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Book of Majors 2015

College Entrance Examination Board. · College Board; Ninth Edition edition
Format: Book

The Book of Majors by The College Board helps students answer these questions Whats the major for me? Where can I study it? What can I do with it after graduation? Revised and refreshed every year, this book is the most comprehensive guide to college majors on the market. In-depth descriptions...
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How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say--and What It Really Means

John Lanchester · W W Norton
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining and indispensable guide to the language of finance and economics by the writer hailed for "explain[ing] complex stuff in a down-to-earth and witty style" (The Economist) .To those who don't speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable and its ideas...
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Cracking the GED Test with 2 Practice Exams, 2018 Edition: All the Strategies, Review, and Practice You Need to Help Earn Your GED Test Credential

PRINCETON REVIEW. · Princeton Review
Pages: 832
Format: Paperback

PROUD PARTICIPANT IN THE GED® PUBLISHER PROGRAM!*Get the help you need to ace the test and earn your GED credential with 2 full-length practice tests, content reviews that are 100% aligned with GED test objectives, and 700 drill questions in the book and online. Techniques That Actually...
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Electronics all-in-one for dummies

Dickon Ross · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 840
Format:  Book : English : UK edition

Your one-stop UK shop for clear, concise explanations to all the important concepts in electronics and tons of direction for building simple, fun electronic projects.
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The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and Rise and Decline of Black Politics

Fredrick Harris · Oxford University Press, USA; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The historical significance of Barack Obama's triumph in the presidential election of 2008 scarcely requires comment. Yet it contains an irony: he won a victory as an African American only by denying that he should discuss issues that target the concerns of African Americans. Obama's...
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How to Write Anything: A Complete Guide

Laura Brown · W W Norton
Pages: 596
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to everything you'll ever need to write -- at work, at school, and in your personal life. With more than two hundred how-to entries and easy-to-use models organized into three comprehensive sections on work, school, and personal life, How to Write Anything covers a wide...
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