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Master the ASVAB
Scott A. Ostrow · Peterson's; 5 edition
Format: Book
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Newly updated, Peterson's Master the ASVAB is a comprehensive guide that provides extensive review and practice tests, top-notch study tips and strategies, along with updated information on changes to the AFQT exam. This guide provides: Four full-length ASVAB practice tests, including... |
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Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Susan L. Mizruchi · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... |
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Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview
Ilona Bray JD · NOLO; Seventh edition
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Presents information on becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen, including eligibility for citizenship, the basic application procedures, a study guide to the citizenship exam, tips for a successful interview, and how to deal with setbacks. |
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PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs 2011
PDR Staff · PDR Network; 32nd Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Updated annually, this PDR reference covers the most commonly used drugs for which no prescription is required, providing FDA-approved information on analgesics, cough and cold preparations, fever reducers, allergy medications, and more. PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements,... |
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Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America
Theresa Morris · NYU Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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“Engagingly written, rigorously researched, and compellingly argued, this book [is] a must-read not only for women’s health advocates and scholars of reproduction, but also for those engaged in health care policy.”—Susan Markens, author of Surrogate Motherhood... |
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Broken Bonds: What Family Fragmentation Means for America's Future
Mitch Pearlstein · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The United States has the highest family fragmentation rates in the industrial world. Nonmarital birth rates for the nation as a whole are 40%, with proportions dramatically higher in many communities as defined by race, ethnicity, or geography. Divorce rates, while moderating in recent... |
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Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Jeremy Butterfield · Oxford University Press; 4 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Why literally shouldn't be taken literally.Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is.Is it OK to spell OK okay?What's wrong with hence why?Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic?Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage is the world-famous... |
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United States Government Manual 2013: The Official Handbook of the Federal Government
Records Administration · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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This newly revised edition of the United States Government Manual 20122013 provides up-to-date information regarding the activities of federal agencies, as well as the names of top officials in the presidential administration, U.S. Senate, and U.S. representatives. Readers will find crucial... |
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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
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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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On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory
Alan Ryan · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 204
Format: Print book
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An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realpolitik. Thought by some to be the founder of Italian... |
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The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country
Peter D. Schiff · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 444
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.
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Peter D. Schiff has fully revised and updated his provocative New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller The Real Crash. First published in 2012, The Real Crash argues that America is enjoying a government-inflated bubble, one that reality will explode...with disastrous... |
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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
danah boyd · YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social... |
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Profiles of Pennsylvania 2013
David Garoogian · Grey House Pub; 3 edition
Format: Paperback
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Each state-by-state volume in this series provides at-a-glance detailed demographic and statistical data on every populated place in the state, along with easy-to-use comparative rankings. Each Demographic Profile gives the user an easy-to-read snapshot of every single place and county... |
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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
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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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