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Best Graduate Schools 2017
U S News and World Report - U.S. News & World Report Format: Hardcover
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Whether you are considering an MBA, a law degree, a master's, or a Ph.D., this must-have guide to more than 1,900 U.S. graduate programs can help you find the best one for you - and the money to pay the bills. Explore U.S. News & World Report's latest exclusive rankings of programs... |
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Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
Stephen Elias - NOLO; Seventeenth Edition edition Format: Paperback
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Legal Research: Take the law into your own hands Do you have legal questions at home, at work, or as part of law-related course work? Legal Research provides everything you need, laying out easy-to-follow research methods that will help you find the right answers. Find out how to: locate... |
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Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future
Caitlin Shetterly - G.P. Putnam's Sons Format: Print book
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A disquieting and meditative look at the issue that started the biggest food fight of our time--GMOs. From a journalist and mother who learned that genetically modified corn was the culprit behind what was making her and her child sick, a must-read book for anyone trying to parse the incendiary... |
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Estate Planning Basics
DENNIS CLIFFORD - NOLO Format: Paperback
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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 by parents with minor... |
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Make Your Own Living Trust
Denis Clifford - Nolo Format: Print book
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Living trusts simplified! Protect your family and avoid probate with this bestselling guide Death may be inevitable, but probate doesn't have to be. By creating a living trust, your property will bypass lengthy and expensive probate proceedings and go directly to the people you've... |
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Cabins & Cottages and Other Small Spaces
Editors of Fine Homebuilding - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Bigger doesn't always mean better. Especially when it comes to your mortgage payment. Unfortunately the recent real estate crisis taught us that important lesson. Cabins & Cottages: and Other Small Spaces will inspire you to think smaller and smarter. Think small! With each turn of the page... |
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U.S. Immigration Made Easy
Ilona Bray J.D. - NOLO; Seventeenth Edition edition Format: Print book
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Ready to move to the USA? Here's the insider's guide you need! Want to live, work or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card or other immigration status. You'll learn: whether you and your family... |
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What About Bankruptcy?: The one guide to read before filing for bankruptcy protection.
Christopher H. Ariano Esq. - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Format: Paperback
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Are you struggling with debt? Are you looking for a path that leads you towards financial freedom? Do you wonder whether you could benefit from filing for bankruptcy protection? Look no further. In "What about Bankruptcy?" Arizona attorney Christopher Ariano introduces readers... |
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Copyright Handbook, The: What Every Writer Needs to Know
Stephen Fishman J.D. - NOLO Format: Paperback
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What copyright law protects... . and doesn't No writers like to see their hard work or creativity copied by others - or to be accused of copying. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself Find information and forms to help you: register your work... |
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Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution Thats Transforming Education
Ken Robinson - Viking Format: Hardcover
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A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most... |
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What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know
E D Jr Hirsch - Bantam Format: Print book
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Grade by grade, these groundbreaking and successful books provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of a good education for first to sixth graders. B & W photographs, linecuts, and maps throughout; two-color printing. "From the Trade Paperback edition." |
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This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm
TED GENOWAYS - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a small ranch, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in York County,... |
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Common Core Math For Parents For Dummies with Videos Online
Christopher Danielson - For Dummies; 1 edition Format: Print book
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Help your child succeed with a better understanding of Common Core Math Common Core Math For Parents For Dummies is packed with tools and information to help you promote your child's success in math. The grade-by-grade walk-through brings you up to speed on what your child is learning,... |
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Employer's Legal Handbook, The: Manage Your Employees & Workplace Effectively
Fred S. Steingold Attorney - NOLO Format: Paperback
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All the laws employers need to know! What do employers need to know about the law? Plenty! Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace -- and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this comprehensive guide to find answers to workplace... |
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance - Ecco Format: Paperback
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New York Times and International Bestseller Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and AmazonMore than 1 million copies sold In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary... |
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Networking All-in-One For Dummies
LOWE. - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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Becoming a master of networking has never been easier Whether you're in charge of a small network or a large network, Networking All-in-One is full of the information you'll need to set up a network and keep it functioning. Fully updated to capture the latest Windows 10 releases... |
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Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World
Bill Nye - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future.In UNSTOPPABLE, Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that with a combination... |
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No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin - National Geographic Format: Print book
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Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered through his event-filled life - both in outer space and on earth - in this inspiring guide-to-life for the next generation. Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz... |
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Ham and Shortwave Radio for the Electronics Hobbyist
Stan Gibilisco - McGraw-Hill Education TAB; 1 edition Format: Book
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Get up and running as a ham radio operator―or just listen in on the shortwave bands! Ham and Shortwave Radio for the Electronics Hobbyist shows you, step by step, how to set up and operate your own ham radio station. It’s also perfect for those interested in shortwave listening,... |
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Utopia is creepy : and other provocations
Nicholas Carr - W W Norton Format: Print book
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With a razor wit, Nicholas Carr cuts through Silicon Valley s unsettlingly cheery vision of the technological future to ask a hard question: Have we been seduced by a lie? Gathering a decade s worth of posts from his blog, Rough Type, as well as his seminal essays, Utopia Is Creepy offers... |
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Homeschooling 101: A Guide to Getting Started.
Erica Arndt - Erica Made Designs, LLC Format: Paperback
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So youve decided to homeschool but dont know where to start? Dont worry, Homeschooling 101 offers you a step by step practical guide that will help you get started and continue on in your homeschooling journey.Erica will walk you through all of the aspects of getting started, choosing and gathering... |
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On Your Case: A Comprehensive, Compassionate
Lisa Green - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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Television legal analyst and attorney Lisa Green offers something new: a witty, direct and empowering legal guide for women, filled with accessible information they can employ to understand and respond to common legal issues throughout their lives, from dating, marriage, and kids to jobs,... |
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Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
Dan-el Padilla Peralta - Penguin Press Format: Print book
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An undocumented immigrant's journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton classDan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than... |
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Randall Munroe - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Print book
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Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "ten hundred") most common words to provide... |
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Open Concept Houses
FRANCESC ZAMORA - Harper Design Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the successful 150 Best series comes the debut entry in the forward-thinking Open Concept Houses series, filled with nearly 500 pages of color photos - sure to become the ultimate resource for this fast-growing trend in home design and renovation.One of the hottest lifestyle... |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2016
Old FarmerÂ?s Almanac - Old Farmer's Almanac Format: Paperback
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The timeless reference book returns with full color pages; color weather-forecast maps; weather predictions; astronomical data; gardening advice; recipes; articles on fishing, raising animals, laughter, and more; ideas, hints, and charts that provide simple solutions for everyday challenges;... |
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Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty
Will Beemer - Storey Publishing Format: Print book
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The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions,... |
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Lessons of Hope: How to Fix Our Schools
Joel Klein - Harper Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller (Education) The Economist Best Books of the Year SelectionIn this revealing and provocative memoir, the former chancellor of the New York City schools offers the behind-the-scenes story of the city's dramatic campaign to improve public education and an inspiring... |
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The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed
Scott Parazynski - Little A Format: Hardcover
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"Scott Parazynski's drive, curiosity, inventiveness, and great humor shine through the pages of The Sky Below and will certainly inspire future generations to pursue their dreams with every fiber in their being." - John Glenn, NASA astronautAn epic memoir from a man whose... |
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Mars: Science Fiction to Colonization
Lightning Guides - Lightning Guides Format: Paperback
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Mars: Science Fiction to Colonization, explores how science fiction has emerged into scientific fact as the prospect of colonizing Mars grows ever more tangible. From modern technology borne straight from the pages of classic novels to the Space Race, the first orbiter missions to the hypothesized... |
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Criminal Law Handbook, The: Know Your Rights, Survive the System
Paul Bergman - NOLO; Fourteenth edition Format: Fourteenth Edition
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The criminal justice system is complicated -- Understand it and your rights Criminal law is full of complex rules and procedures, but this book demystifies them. It explains how the system works, why police, lawyers, and judges do what they do, and -- most important -- the options... |
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Natural Soapmaking
Marie Browning - Sterling; 1st Pbk. Ed edition Format: Paperback
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“Soap is...one of the better crafts to consider as gifts...supplies directions for more than 20 different kinds of hand-milled soap, an easier process than starting from lye...instructions extend to bath oils and salts and to packaging, labeling, and creating a munificence of fragrance.... |
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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples
Ralph Warner - NOLO; Fifteenth Edition edition Format: Book
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Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court -- unlike married couples, most unmarried couples don't automatically inherit or receive protection under the law. Consequently, you must document everything from property ownership and children to wills and other... |
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Frugal Innovation: How to do more with less
Navi Radjou - The Economist; First Trade Paper Edition edition
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Frugal innovation is a way that companies can create high-quality products with limited resources. Once the preserve of firms in poor markets, Western companies are now seeking ways to appeal to cost-conscious and environmentally-aware consumers at home. With an estimated trillion-dollar... |
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The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human
Adam Piore - Ecco Format: Print book
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For millennia, humans have tried - and often failed - to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The new scientific frontier is the human body: the greatest engineers of our generation have turned their sights inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize... |
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The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School
Ed Boland - Grand Central Publishing Format: Print book
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THE BATTLE FOR ROOM 314In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable... |
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Nolo's Patents for Beginners: Quick & Legal
David Pressman Attorney - NOLO Format: Paperback
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A brilliantly clear and up-to-date patent guide Patent law is changing, and this bestselling primer on patent law has up-to-date information on the America Invents Act, the most important change to American patent law in two centuries. Packed with detailed information, Nolo's Patents... |
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The Burning Answer: The Solar Revolution: A Quest for Sustainable Power
Keith Barnham - Pegasus; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Using the little-known equation E=hf as the foundation for a compelling new vision, The Burning Answer reveals the importance of embracing solar energy as the only solution to the global energy crisis. Our society faces a choice. We could be enjoying a sustainable lifestyle but we have... |
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Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System
Jerome F Buting - Harper Format: Hardcover
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Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America's criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform.Over... |
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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples
Ralph Warner - NOLO; Fifteenth Edition edition Format: Book
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Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court -- unlike married couples, most unmarried couples don't automatically inherit or receive protection under the law. Consequently, you must document everything from property ownership and children to wills and other... |
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Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds
Greg Milner - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology -- but is changing us in profound ways.Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary shared utility: the Global Positioning System. Even as it guides us across town, GPS helps... |
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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
Kennedy Odede - Ecco Press Format: Hardcover
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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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Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight
Margaret Lazarus Dean - Graywolf Press Format: Print book
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Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known itIn the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a time our possibilities in space seemed endless. But in a time of austerity and in the wake... |
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Profit From Your Idea: How to Make Smart Licensing Deals
Richard Stim - NOLO Format: Paperback
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License your invention without the risk -- protect your idea You've got a great idea and are ready to strike it rich. But finding a company you can trust, hashing out a fair licensing deal, then watching your idea hit the marketplace -- well, you'll need help. Turn to Profit From... |
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson - Spiegel & Grau Format: Paperback
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A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice - from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice... |
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Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
Tony Wagner - Scribner Format: Hardcover
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The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. "If you read one book about education this decade, make it this one" (Adam... |
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Wil Haygood - Knopf Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional... |
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Fianc and Marriage Visas: A Couple's Guide to U.S. Immigration
Ilona Bray JD - NOLO Format: Paperback
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Obtain a visa and stay with your spouse in the U.S. You're engaged or married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and all you want is the right to be together in the U.S. Should be simple, right It's not. The pile of application forms can be overwhelming, the bureaucracy... |
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Painless Algebra
Lynette Long - Barrons Educational Series Format: Print book
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Defines algebraic terms, shows how to avoid pitfalls in calculation, presents painless methods for understanding and graphing equations, and makes problem-solving fun. Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects, as they are taught at middle school and high... |
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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Martin Ford - Basic Books Format: eBook
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What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? We might imagine - and hope - that today's industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new innovations of a new era. In Rise of the Robots,... |
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Forensics For Dummies
Douglas P. Lyle - For Dummies Format: Print book
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Understand the real-life science behind crime scene investigation Forensics For Dummies takes you inside the world of crime scene investigation to give you the low down on this exciting field. Written by a doctor and former Law & Order consultant, this guide will have you solving... |
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Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide
Stephen Fishman J.D. - NOLO Format: Paperback
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Maximize your tax deductions. Named a "Top 10 Real Estate Book" by Robert Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist. If you own residential rental properties, you will want to know about all the valuable deductions you are entitled to take as a landlord. Every Landlord's Tax Deduction... |
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
JEFFREY KLUGER - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three... |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017: Special Anniversary Edition
Old Farmer'S Almanac. - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Print book
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What is 225 years old yet always of the moment? The Old Farmer's Almanac! America's oldest continuously published periodical, beloved by generations for being "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," celebrates its unique history with a special edition and more readers... |
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Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart
Rachel Botsman - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust?From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. But this isn't the age of distrust--far from it. In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping... |
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2017 / 2018 ASVAB For Dummies
Rod Powers - For Dummies Format: Print book
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The bestselling enlistment test-prep - newly expanded and improved! Wanna join the military? Your first step is to take the ASVAB - the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Your score on this important test helps determine your military career, so if you have a specific job in mind,... |
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Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools
Tom Little - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners.The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this... |
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Form Your Own Limited Liability Company
ANTHONY MANCUSO - NOLO Format: Paperback
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Make your business an LLCS Structuring your business as an LLC can bring important advantages: It lets you limit your personal liability for business debts and simplify your taxes. Here, you'll find the key legal forms you need to create an LLC in your state, including: LLC articles... |
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Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done
Mick Ebeling - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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What if you discovered by accident that you could change the world? Mick Ebeling - a film producer by trade, optimist by nature - set out to perform a simple act of kindness that quickly turned into a lifelong mission. In the process he discovered that he could, indeed, change the world... |
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