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Cracking the SAT with 5 Practice Tests, 2015 Edition

Adam Robinson · Princeton Review; Csm edition
Format: Paperback

THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the SAT with 5 full-length practice tests, thorough SAT topic reviews, and extra practice online.Techniques That Actually Work. • Powerful strategies to avoid traps and beat the test• Tips for pacing yourself...
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Health Care Careers Directory 2010-2011

American Medical Association · Amer Medical Assn; 38 edition
Format: Book

Indispensable information on 82 health care careers, including listings for 8,600 accredited educational programs in all 50 US states, Puerto Rico, Canadian provinces, and other countries.Educational programs are listed alphabetically by state and city and include the name and address of the program's...
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Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble

Marilyn Johnson · Harper
Format: Hardcover

The author of The Dead Beat and This Book is Overdue! turns her piercing eye and charming wit to the real-life avatars of Indiana Jones - the archaeologists who sort through the muck and mire of swamps, ancient landfills, volcanic islands, and other dirty places to reclaim history for us all.Pompeii,...
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American Library Directory 2011-2012

Inc. Information Today · Information Today; 64 edition
Format: Hardcover

American Library Directory 2011-2012
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Transforming Our Image, Building Our Brand: The Education Advantage

Valerie J. Gross · Libraries Unlimited; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

While there is no question that what librarians and library professionals do is critically important, the ways in which these roles and responsibilities are described can mean the difference between being valued as essential to the community or considered optional. Something as simple as a choice...
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Profiles of Pennsylvania 2013

David Garoogian · Grey House Pub; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

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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Give Me Liberty: Speakers and Speeches that Have Shaped America

Christopher L. Webber · Pegasus Books
Pages: 419
Format: Print book

Sure to become a classic of American oratorical history, ?Give Me Liberty reveals the enduring power of America's quest for a freer and more just society, and the context of the speeches and speakers -- from Daniel Webster and Patrick Henry to Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagan -- that...
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Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools

David L. Kirp · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

No school district can be all charismatic leaders and super-teachers. It cant start from scratch, and it cant fire all its teachers and principals when students do poorly. Great charter schools can only serve a tiny minority of students. Whether we like it or not, most of our youngsters...
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Broken Bonds: What Family Fragmentation Means for America's Future

Mitch Pearlstein · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques

Tracy DiSabato-Aust · Timber Press; Expanded Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

With more than 130,000 copies sold since its original publication, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden has proven itself to be one of the most useful tools a gardener can have. Now, in this expanded edition, there's even more to learn from and enjoy. This is the first, and still the most...
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College Handbook 2014: All New 51st Edition

The College Board · College Board; 51 edition
Format: Paperback

This is the only guide available that contains objective information on every accredited college in the United States--2,200 four-year colleges and universities, and 1,700 two-year community colleges and technical schools. With its clearly laid-out entries and more than 40 indexes, the College...
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

Nicola Tallis · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A significant retelling of the often-misunderstood tale of Lady Jane Grey's journey through her trial and execution -- recalling the dangerous plots and web of deadly intrigue in which she became involuntarily tangled, and which ultimately led to a catastrophic conclusion. "Good people,...
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The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty

Desmond Seward · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A vivid and colorful history of the most dominant royal dynasty in English history, from Richard the Lionheart and Edward the Black Prince to Henry IV and Richard III The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family―from Henry II to Richard III . Four kings were...
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Postal Exam Book for Test 473 and 473-C

Albert B. Kim · Nova Press; Updated edition
Format: Paperback

Comprehensive Prep for the Postal Exams, Test 473 and 473-C. This book provides information on postal exams, benefits and hiring procedures: * Explanation of the Federal Employees Retirement System. * Sample tests and helpful study information for Test 473 and Test 473-C. * Nine sample...
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Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science

Alex Pentland · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

From one of the world's leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT's Alex "Sandy"...
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