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Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties

Kevin M. Schultz · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters.William F. Buckley, Jr., and Norman Mailer were the two towering intellectual figures of the 1960s, and they lived remarkably parallel lives. Both became...
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1920: The Year that Made the Decade Roar

Eric Burns · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

One of the most dynamic eras in American history -- the 1920s -- began with this watershed year that would set the tone for the century to follow. "The Roaring Twenties" is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our collective fascination with...
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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America

Kevin Cook · Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover

At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop -- a murder the New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change." The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese,...
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ASVAB 2017-2018 Strategies, Practice, and Review with 4 Practice Tests: Online Book

Kaplan · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 588
Format: Print book

ASVAB 2017-2018 Strategies, Practice, and Review is an online, print, and mobile study system that prepares you to succeed on the ASVAB and AFQT, with extensive review of all ASVAB subject tests.ASVAB 2017-2018 Strategies, Practice, and Review includes:* 4 full-length ASVAB practice tests...
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The Community College Advantage: Your Guide to a Low-Cost, High-Reward College Experience

Diane Melville · Sourcebooks
Pages: 237
Format: Paperback

Maximize your college experience. Follow the track that costs less and pays more. Whether you're looking to transfer to a four-year school or you want an edge in the job market, community college could be your key to success. The question is: How can you make community college work...
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11 Practice Tests for the SAT and PSAT, 2015 Edition

· Princeton Review; 2015 Edition edition

THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the SAT and PSAT with 11 full-length practice tests, comprehensive explanations for every question, and helpful scoring grids and admissions advice.Practice Your Way to Perfection. • 11 full-length practice...
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Diversity and Leadership

Jean Lau Chin · SAGE
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Although leadership theories have evolved to reflect changing social contexts, many remain silent on issues of equity, diversity, and social justice. Diversity and Leadership, by Jean Lau Chin and Joseph E. Trimble, offers a new paradigm for examining leadership by bringing together two domains...
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How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

Ruth Goodman · Liveright; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A delightful tour through the intimate details of life in Victorian England, told by a historian who has cheerfully endured them all. Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling...
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Guns in American Society

Gregg Lee Carter Ph.D. · ABC-CLIO; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover

The landmark 2002 edition of Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law was acclaimed for helping readers get beyond the sometimes overheated rhetoric and navigate the overwhelming amount of unbiased academic research on gun-related issues. Now,...
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Parenting Difficult Children: Strategies for Parents of Preschoolers to Preteens

Michael Hammond · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Parenting young children is a challenge, and dealing with difficult or problem behavior can set up an atmosphere of tension and strife - not just between the child and the parents, but between parents as well. Parenting Difficult Children provides a method of removing that tension with...
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