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Common Core Standards For Parents For Dummies

Jared Myracle · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book

A parents guide to understanding the Common Core educational standards Designed to ensure a similar level of job and college preparedness for students from all backgrounds and regions the Common Core standards have been adopted in states from coast to coast These new common standards are designed...
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A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie

Kathryn Harkup · Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Agatha Christie's detailed plotting is what makes her books so compelling. Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other murder method, with the poison itself being a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical...
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Help Your Kids with Language Arts

DK Publishing · DK ADULT
Format: Paperback

Reduce the stress of studying English and help your child with their homework! The perfect guide for parents who want to assist their children with schoolwork, Help Your Kids with Language Arts is designed to make all facets of studying the English language easy and interesting. Presenting...
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Help Your Kids with Science

DK Publishing · DK
Format: Book

Following the success of Help Your Kids with Math, Help Your Kids with Science is a comprehensive and stress-free approach to science. With clear graphics, instantly understandable diagrams, and welcoming, jargon-free text — covering all the important areas of biology, chemistry and physics...
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The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry

Elizabeth Woyke · The New Press
Format: Print book

We think we know everything about our smartphones. We use them constantly. We depend on them for every conceivable purpose. We are familiar with every inch of their compact frames. But there is more to the smartphone than meets the eye. How have smartphones shaped the way we socialize and interact?...
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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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Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make

Peter Cappelli · PublicAffairs
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

The decision of whether to go to college, or where, is hampered by poor information and inadequate understanding of the financial risk involved.Adding to the confusion, the same degree can cost dramatically different amounts for different people. A barrage of advertising offers new degrees...
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Making Cheese: Make Your Own Traditional Artisan Cheese, Butter and Yoghurt

Susan Ogilvy · Batsford; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover

Create artisanal cheeses - right at home! Susan Ogilvy's detailed instructions and line drawings take you through the process, so you can easily produce delicious fresh milk cheese; cream cheese; traditional soft cheeses like Colwick and Cambridge; a small Cheshire, and more. This wonderful...
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101 Law Forms for Personal Use

Nolo Editors · NOLO; Ninth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

101 Law Forms for Personal Use gives you forms and step-by-step instructions to cover the legal issues you're most likely to face every day. . bills of sale for buying and selling personal property . promissory notes for lending and borrowing money . a basic will form and general...
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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum

Kennedy Odede · Ecco Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Find Me Unafraid tells the uncommon love story between two uncommon people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls and the urban poor. With a Foreword by Nicholas Kristof.This is the story of two young people from completely different...
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K-2 Chart Sense: Common Sense Charts to Teach K-2 Informational Text and Literature

Rozlyn Linder Ph.D. · The Literacy Initiative
Format: Print book

K-2 Chart Sense is the ultimate resource for primary teachers who are ready to create meaningful, standards-based charts with their students. The same literature and informational text charts that Rozlyn creates with students when she models and teaches in classrooms across the nation are all included...
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Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court

Ralph Warner · Nolo
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback

Successfully present and win your small claims court case. Thorough preparation for your day in small claims court can make the difference between writing a check and receiving one, so get the only guide to small claims court that provides tips by former judges. Everybody's Guide...
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street

MATT TAIBBI · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The Divide "[A] searing exposé . . . What emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing...
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Postsecondary Play: The Role of Games and Social Media in Higher Education

Tracy Fullerton · Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

The college application process—which entails multiple forms, essays, test scores, and deadlines—can be intimidating. For students without substantial school and family support, the complexity of this process can become a barrier to access. William G. Tierney and his team...
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101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Ronald W Fry · Course Technology
Pages: 182
Format: eBook

Tough interview questions are inevitable in today's competitive job market. Ron Fry's "101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions" has helped more than 500,000 job seekers pinpoint what employers are really asking with every question, and more importantly: what...
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