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War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict
War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict

Corey Mead · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look at how the military uses video game technology to train soldiers, treat veterans, and entice new recruits How does the U.S. military train its soldiers for new forms of armed conflict, all within the constraints of diminished defense budgets? Increasingly, the answer...
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59 Reasons to Write: Mini-Lessons, Prompts, and Inspiration for Teachers
59 Reasons to Write: Mini-Lessons, Prompts, and Inspiration for Teachers

Kate Messner · Stenhouse Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

In order to teach writing effectively, teachers must be writers themselves. They must experience the same uncertainty of starting a new draft and then struggling to revise. As they learn to move past the fear of failure, they discover the nervous rush and exhilaration of sharing work with...
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Leases & Rental Agreements
Leases & Rental Agreements

Marcia Stewart · NOLO; Tenth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Looking for a quick way to create the key documents necessary for owning or managing rental property, including a legally valid lease or rental agreement? Leases & Rental Agreements provides the practical and legal information necessary you need. With this bestselling guide, you'll...
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Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

Donalyn Miller · Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Pages: 273
Format: Paperback

In Reading in the Wild, reading expert Donalyn Miller continues the conversation that began in her bestselling book, The Book Whisperer. While The Book Whisperer revealed the secrets of getting students to love reading, Reading in the Wild, written with reading teacher Susan Kelley, describes...
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Acquittal: An Insider Reveals the Stories and Strategies Behind Today's Most Infamous Verdi cts
Acquittal: An Insider Reveals the Stories and Strategies Behind Today's Most Infamous Verdi cts

Richard Gabriel · Berkley
Format: Hardcover

October 3, 1995. The shocking outcome of the O.J. Simpson trial leaves a nation divided. July 5, 2011. Casey Anthony walks free despite being convicted by millions on cable news and social media.There are times when something as supposedly simple as a just verdict rises to the level of cultural...
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You Can Do This: Hope and Help for New Teachers
You Can Do This: Hope and Help for New Teachers

Robyn R. Jackson · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

HOPE IS ON THE WAY! “I firmly believe that what will make you a master teacher is not the advice I give you; what will make you a master teacher is that you figure out how to solve those challenges on your own, in your own way.” —From the Preface As a new teacher you face...
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Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

Adam Minter · Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran...
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Estate Planning Basics
Estate Planning Basics

Denis Clifford Attorney · Nolo; 7 edition
Format: Book

This book provides concise, straightforward, and easy-to-read information about the major components of estate planning – without going into endless detail about arcane options that apply only to the wealthy.  Topics include: • choosing beneficiaries • estate planning...
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Hacking Electronics: An Illustrated DIY Guide for Makers and Hobbyists
Hacking Electronics: An Illustrated DIY Guide for Makers and Hobbyists

Simon Monk · Tab Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Bring your electronic inventions to life! "This full-color book is impressive...there are some really fun projects!" -GeekDad, Wired.com Who needs an electrical engineering degree? This intuitive guide shows how to wire, disassemble, tweak, and re-purpose everyday devices quickly...
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Master the Firefighter Exam
Master the Firefighter Exam

Peterson's · Peterson's; 17 edition
Format: Paperback

Master the Firefighter Exam provides everything you need to pass local, state, and national written exams, including test-taking strategies, information on the firefighter screening process, expert oral interview and job search advice, and a review of the Candidate Physical Ability Test....
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Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl

Gail Damerow · Storey
Pages: 239
Format: Paperback

If you want to incubate, hatch, and brood chicks yourself, rather than buying them from a hatchery, this is the guide you need. Poultry authority Gail Damerow explains exactly how to hatch healthy baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets, addressing everything...
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Popular Mechanics Gadget Planet: 150 Gizmos & Inventions that Changed the World
Popular Mechanics Gadget Planet: 150 Gizmos & Inventions that Changed the World

Popular Mechanics · Hearst
Format: Hardcover

These gadgets changed the world! In 2011, Popular Mechanics gathered a panel of experts—esteemed inventors, designers, tech gurus, even a moonwalking astronaut—to create a definitive list of 101 gadgets that changed the course of history. The feature was so popular that it became...
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

William Deresiewicz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover

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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Reinventing Writing: The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, Teaching, and Learning Forever
Reinventing Writing: The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, Teaching, and Learning Forever

Vicki Davis · Routledge; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In this much-anticipated book from acclaimed blogger Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher), you’ll learn the key shifts in writing instruction necessary to move students forward in today’s world. Vicki describes how the elements of traditional writing are being reinvented with cloud-based...
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Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet
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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