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I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing Americas Education Gap

M. Night Shyamalan - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In this vital book, the famed filmmaker tells how his passion for education reform led him to learn that there are five tested, indispensable keys to transforming Americas underperforming schools.. Famed director M. Night Shyamalan has long had a serious interest in education. The founda­tion...
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Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation

Christopher M. Elias - University of Chicago Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn were titanic figures in midcentury America, wielding national power in government and the legal system through intimidation and insinuation. Hoover's FBI thrived on secrecy, threats, and illegal surveillance, while McCarthy and Cohn will...
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IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans: Strategies for Taking Your Money Out

Twila Slesnick - NOLO
Format: Other Sellers from

Take cash out of your retirement plan while avoiding taxes and penalties If you have a retirement plan, IRAs, 401(k) s & Other Retirement Plans is your comprehensive guide on taking money out of it. Make sense of the complex tax rules governing when you can take money out of your plan and how much...
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

Christian Davenport - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes...
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Remote Pilot Test Prep 2020: Study & Prepare: Pass your test and know what is essential to safely operate an unmanned aircraft from the most trusted source in aviation training

ASA Test Prep Board - Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
Format: Paperback

Flying a drone as a remote pilot-in-command for non-hobby operations requires a Remote Pilot Certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) . You must successfully complete the FAA Knowledge Exam to earn a remote pilot certificate with a small unmanned aircraft systems...
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The Ministry of Common Sense: How to Eliminate Bureaucratic Red Tape, Bad Excuses, and Corporate Bs

Lindstrom, Martin - HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

A humorous but serious and practical guide on how we can finally rid ourselves of those commonplace, bureaucratic bottlenecks that plague every office in every company around the world. The author presents a five-step plan on how to make our work lives much, much easier.The Ministry of Common...
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Plastics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

Imari Walker-Franklin - The MIT Press
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive introduction to the plastics life cycle - the impacts on our lives, our future, and our planet - and the actions we can take.. Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by plastics: perhaps you have a book in one hand and your phone - made of various metals, plastics, and glass...
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Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2015

Peterson's - Peterson's; 49 edition
Format: Hardcover

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2015 contains details on over 11,000 graduate programs of study across all relevant disciplines-including the arts and architecture, communications and media, psychology and counseling, political science and international...
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Let's Review Regents: Living Environment Revised Edition

Gregory Scott Hunter - Barrons Educational Series

All Regents test dates for 2020 have been canceled. Currently the State Education Department of New York has released tentative test dates for the 2021 Regents. The dates are set for January 26-29, 2021, June 15-25, 2021, and August 12-13th. You'll get one recent Regents exam and question...
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The Comparative Guide to American Elementary & Secondary Schools 2014 / 2015: Covers All Public School Districts Serving 1,500 or More Students ... to American Elementary and Secondary Schools)

Grey House Publishing - Grey House Publishing
Format: Paperback

The only guide of its kind, offering a snapshot profile of every public school district in the United States serving 1,500 or more students-more than 5,900 districts are covered. Organized alphabetically by district within state, each chapter begins with a two-page Statistical Overview...
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