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Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on his background in cultural geography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro excavates the wealth of stories that are embedded in New York City's place-names and uses them to illuminate the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place. He traces the ways in which the native...
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Lessons Learned and Cherished: The Teacher Who Changed My Life

Deborah Roberts - Andscape Books
Format: Hardcover

A giftable collection of essays from celebrity contributors celebrating the great work of teachers or a teacher they admire, curated by ABC News journalist Deborah Roberts. Contributors include Oprah Winfrey, Jenna Bush Hager, Robin Roberts, Brooke Shields, Octavia Spencer, Rachael Ray,...
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Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back

Kate Aronoff - Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover

It has become impossible to deny that the planet is warming, and that governments must act. But a new denialism is taking root in the halls of power, shaped by decades of neoliberal policies and centuries of anti-democratic thinking. Since the 1980s, Democrats and Republicans have each...
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Graduate Programs in the Biological/Biomedical Sciences & Health-Related Medical Professions 2015

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

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Biological/Biomedical Sciences & Health-Related Medical Professions 2015 contains profiles of 6,750 graduate programs at over 1,200 institutions in the biological/biomedical sciences and health-related/medical professions. Informative data profiles...
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The Job Closer: Time-Saving Techniques for Acing Resumes, Interviews, Negotiations, and More

Steve Dalton - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Steve Dalton's 2-Hour Job Search method has proven to be successful among job-seekers of all stripes, covering the different ways to use technology to efficiently filter through job listings, make key connections, and secure informational meetings with potential advocates. In The Job Closer,...
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The Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever

Kent Garrett - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of the Harvard class of '63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action.In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited an unprecedented eighteen "Negro" boys as an early form of affirmative action....
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Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News

Lisa Napoli - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

The wild inside story of the birth of CNN and dawn of the age of 24-hour news How did we get from an age of dignified nightly news broadcasts on three national networks to the age of 24-hour channels and constantly breaking news? The answer - thanks to Ted Turner and an oddball cast of cable...
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And Finally

Henry Marsh - ?St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover


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Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade

Trey Gowdy - Crown Forum
Format: Hardcover

You do not need to be in a courtroom to advocate for others. You do not need to be in Congress to champion a cause. From the boardroom to the kitchen table, opportunities to make your case abound, and Doesn't Hurt to Ask shows you how to seize them. By blending gripping case studies...
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Graduate Programs in Engineering & Applied Sciences 2015

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

Peterson's Graduate Programs in Engineering & Applied Sciences 2015 contains comprehensive profiles of more than 3,850 graduate programs in all relevant disciplines-including aerospace/aeronautical engineering, agricultural engineering & bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil and environmental...
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