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Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
Paul Collins · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America's most celebrated university.On November 23rd of 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's richest men simply vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting... |
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College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education
Ryan Craig · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For nearly two decades, pundits have been predicting the demise of higher education in the United States. Our colleges and universities will soon find themselves competing for students with universities from around the world. With the advent of massive open online courses ("MOOCS")... |
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Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice
Nikhil Goyal · Doubleday, an Imprint of Penguin Random House,
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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An all-in attack on the American way of education and a hopeful blueprint for change by one of the most passionate and certainly youngest (twenty) writers of this subject. Are America's schools little more than cinder-block gulags that spawn vicious cliques and bullying, negate creativity,... |
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Renters' Rights: The Basics
Janet Portman Attorney · NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Print book
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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... |
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How to Fix the Future
ANDREW KEEN · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Former Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping advance the conversation around the Internet, which has now morphed from a tool providing... |
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Manager's Legal Handbook,The
Lisa Guerin · NOLO
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
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Packed with all the information supervisors and managers need, The Manager's Legal Handbook is the perfect resource for avoiding legal trouble when dealing with employees. It covers everything from hiring to firing, including wages and hours, workplace privacy, time off from work, protecting... |
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Patent Pending in 24 Hours
Richard Stim Attorney · NOLO; Seventh Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Ready to stamp "patent pending" on your invention? Then you need to file a provisional patent application (PPA) , an inexpensive way to claim your hard work. With a PPA, you'll have time to figure out whether you can make a profit from your creation before you invest more... |
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Slavish Shore: The Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Jeffrey L. Amestoy · Harvard University Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. sailed to California as a common seaman. His account of the voyage, Two Years Before the Mast, quickly became an American classic. But literary acclaim could not erase the young lawyer's memory of the brutal floggings he had witnessed aboard... |
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Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination, The
Deborah C. England · NOLO
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
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Every day, it seems, another company is in the news for the wrong reason: It's been accused of harassment or discrimination against employees. Your company can avoid this fate by making sure managers and employees recognize and know how to respond to illegal conduct promptly and effectively.... |
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How to Get a Green Card
Ilona Bray · NOLO; Eleventh Edition edition
Format: Print book
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U.S. immigration law is a tangle of details. This book explains the most likely bases upon which an everyday person might qualify for a green card family, marriage, asylum, the visa lottery, and a few lesser-known categories. Then, the book leads readers safely through the enormous immigration... |
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Embracing New Paradigms in Education
H. W. Wilson · H.W. Wilson
Format: Print book
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Embracing New Paradigms in Education collects stories on rapidly changing fields and issues in education. This volume reveals that while teachers, students, and families confront many of the same issues as previous decades, the evolution of American socie, |
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