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Firefighter Exam

Learningexpress. · Learning Express, 2016.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Challenging, rewarding, and well-paying, firefighting is a terrific career choice. But before they join the ranks of one of the nation's most admired occupations, applicants must pass a rigorous exam. With 5 total practice exams, this guide provides the most thorough and up-to-date...
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

JEFFREY KLUGER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three...
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This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

TED GENOWAYS · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover

Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a small ranch, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in York County,...
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Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

Gillian Thomas · St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple phrase didn't mean much until ordinary...
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Space Atlas, Second Edition: Mapping the Universe and Beyond

James Trefil · National Geographic
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Space Atlas combines updated maps, lavish photographs, and elegant illustrations to chart the solar system, the universe, and beyond. For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, here is the newly revised edition of National Geographic's enduring guide to space, with a new introduction...
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Renters' Rights: The Basics

Janet Portman · NOLO
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback

Handle problems with landlords and roommates! The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommate is always late with his share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems--and others--and...
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The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

MICHIO KAKU · Doubleday
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization...
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Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World

Judith D. Schwartz · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: eBook

Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has entered the realm of economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide...
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Harry Potter Page to Screen: Updated Edition: The Complete Filmmaking Journey

Bob McCabe · Harper Design
Pages: 540
Format: Hardcover

Harry Potter Page to Screen: Revised and Expanded now has more pages devoted to the legacy of the Harry Potter films. In addition to the complete history of all eight Harry Potter films, the book now explores the theme parks in Florida, California and Japan, the sets and props in Leavesden,...
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Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To

Melanie Cullen · NOLO
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Get It Together is a detailed workbook that helps you collect and organize your important papers and information. The author leads you through the process step-by-step, prompting you to find and keep track of:
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What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City

MONA HANNA-ATTISHA · One World
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of relentless citizen resistance in the face of corrupt power Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan - in the name of austerity - shifted the source of its water supply...
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Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet

Leonard David · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet and human habitation of Mars isn t much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars an achievable goal; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon s"The Martian"drew crowds into theaters, signaled by its nearly...
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Electronics All-in-One For Dummies

Doug Lowe · For Dummies
Pages: 864
Format: Print book

A comprehensive collection of 8 books in 1 offering electronics guidance that can't be found anywhere else! If you know a breadboard from a breadbox but want to take your hobby electronics skills to the next level, this is the only reference you need. Electronics All-in-One For Dummies...
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LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media

P W Singer · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists...
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life

David R Montgomery · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared...
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