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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock

Lucy Worsley - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to the cosy crimes of the Golden Age, renowned historian Lucy Worsley explores the evolution of the traditional English murderand reveals why we are so fascinated by this sinister subject. Murdera dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate...
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The Irish Revolution 1912-25: An Illustrated History

Fergal Tobin - Gill & Macmillan
Format: Hardcover

We are entering the years of commemoration centered on the centenary of the Irish Easter Rising. This generously illustrated popular history looks backward and forward from the Rising and surveys the entire period of the Irish Revolution. Beginning with the Ulster crisis of 1912, it traces...
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Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream

Suzanne Mettler - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Americas higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates. Higher education is evolving into a caste system with separate and unequal...
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How to Get Money for College 2016

Peterson's - Peterson Nelnet Co
Format: Paperback

How to Get Money for College is a great resource for anyone looking to supplement his or her federal financial aid package with aid from colleges and universities. This comprehensive directory points you to complete and accurate information on need-based and non-need gift aid, loans, work-study,...
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Consumer Affairs Investigator

National Learning Corporation. Civil Service Division. - Civil Service Division, National Learning Corp.
Format: Paperback

The Consumer Affairs Investigator Passbook prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: mediation...
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Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education

SUSAN WISE BAUER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A best-selling expert on education shows how to make the school system work for your child.Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isn't a good fit for all -- or even most -- students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes...
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