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CLEP Official Study Guide 2014
The College Board - College Board
Format: Paperback
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Every year, students save countless hours and dollars by taking advantage of the College Board's CLEP examinations. CLEP allows students to get college credit by earning a passing score on any of 33 exams covering introductory-level subjects. There are more than 2,900 colleges and universities... |
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CIVIL SERVICE VOCABULARY / WORD MEANING
National Learning Corporation. - National Learning Corporation
Format: Book
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The General Aptitude and Abilities Series provides functional, intensive test practice and drill in the basic skills and areas common to many civil service, general aptitude or achievement examinations necessary for entrance into schools or occupations. The Civil Service Vocabulary Passbook... |
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Moments That Made the Movies
David Thomson - Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Lushly illustrated, compellingly written—David Thomson's choice of the key moments in movie history In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments—which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced... |
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Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture
Erez Aiden - Riverhead Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
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“One of the most exciting developments from the world of ideas in decades, presented with panache by two frighteningly brilliant, endearingly unpretentious, and endlessly creative young scientists.” – Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature Our society... |
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Essential Supreme Court Decisions: Summaries of Leading Cases in U.S. Constitutional Law
John R. Vile - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Fifteenth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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First published in 1954, this indispensable reference quickly became the gold standard for concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases. The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases... |
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The Organized Teacher's Guide to Your First Year of Teaching with CD-ROM
Steve Springer - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Make your first year teaching a success! As a new teacher, you can be completely overwhelmed--feeling lost and not knowing where to start when you receive the keys for the first time. The Organized Teacher's Guide to Your First Year of Teaching will be your guide during these first... |
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SAT Prep Plus 2019: 5 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Kaplan's SAT Prep Plus 2019 teaches you the ins and outs of the SAT and offers extra study plans, online practice and video lessons to make sure you're ready for Test Day. With clear explanations, detailed subject review and more than 1,400 practice questions, SAT Prep Plus 2019... |
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The Official ACT Prep Guide, 2016 - 2017
ACT, Inc. - Wiley
Format: Other Sellers from
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Everything you need to know about the 2016-2017 ACT test, with real full-length practice tests from the makers of the ACT!The Official ACT Prep Guide 2016-2017 is the bestselling resource for students gearing up for the ACT test. This comprehensive guide walks you through the entire test... |
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ACT 2016-2017 Strategies, Practice, and Review with 6 Practice Tests: Online Book
Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Print book
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Kaplan's essential, comprehensive ACT guide provides proven test-taking strategies, realistic practice questions and tests, detailed answer explanations, and video tutorials so you can score higher on test day - guaranteed. More than 1.9 million high school students take the ACT. Despite... |
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Master The Mechanical Aptitude and Spatial Relations Test
Peterson's - Peterson''''s; 7 edition
Format: Paperback
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Master the Mechanical Aptitude & Spatial Relations Tests provides the key to test-prep success on exams measuring spatial relations, symbol reasoning, and mechnical aptitude for training and employment opportunities in the military, civil service, technical schools, and private industry.... |
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The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods
Julian Baggini - Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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The second edition of this popular compendium provides the necessary intellectual equipment to engage with and participate in effective philosophical argument, reading, and reflection Features significantly revised, updated and expanded entries, and an entirely new section drawn from... |
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Audio Recorders to Zucchini Seeds: Building a Library of Things
Mark Robison - Libraries Unlimited
Format: Paperback
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This inspiring exploration of the range of options for a "library of things" collection demonstrates what has been implemented successfully and offers practical insights regarding these nontraditional projects, from the development of concepts to the everyday realities of maintaining... |
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Bus Operator
National Learning Corporation. - National Learning Corporation
Format: Plastic Comb
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The Bus Operator 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: rules of the road; safe... |
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Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century
Kevin Fong M.D. - The Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Anesthesiologist, intensive care expert, and NASA adviser Kevin Fong explores how physical extremes push human limits and spawn incredible medical breakthroughsLittle more than one hundred years ago, maps of the world still boasted white space: places where no human had ever trod. Within... |
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1,001 GED Practice Questions For Dummies
Consumer Dummies. - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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1,001 practice opportunities for passing the GED test Ready to take the GED test? Get a head start on a high score with 1,001 GED Test Practice Questions For Dummies. Inside, you'll find 1,001 practice questions on all four sections of the GED test: Mathematical Reasoning, Science,... |
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert Sapolsky - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." - David P. Barash, The Wall Street JournalFrom the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad,... |
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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers
Roberto Saviano - Verso; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The product of five years’ investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to its author, Anabel Hernández, Narcoland has been a publishing... |
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams, 9th Edition
Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series; 9 edition
Format: Paperback
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This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements. Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage,... |
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*U.S.Citizenship Test
J.S. Aaron - Lakewood Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test (Spanish * English * Español * Inglés) 100 Bilingual Questions and Answers 100 Preguntas y Respuestas del Exámen de Ciudadanía de EE.UU. (2011-2012)Pasa el Examen de Ciudadania Americana Este libro le ayudará a prepararse... |
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Master the Corrections Officer Exam
Peterson's - Peterson's; 16 edition
Format: Paperback
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Job opportunities for corrections officers are expected to grow far more rapidly than that of the average for all occupations over the next several years. Peterson's Master the Corrections Officer Exam can help you score high on the qualifying exam and launch your career as a corrections... |
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Pronounce it perfectly in french : with audio cds.
Christopher Ph D Kendris - Barron'S
Format: Audiobook
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In mastering French, nothing is more important than learning to pronounce the words and phrases so that you can be understood. This CD-and-book program emphasizes speaking, sound discrimination, and standard intonation patterns that are typical of native French speakers, for example pronunciation... |
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Nursing2010 Drug Handbook with Web Toolkit
Lippincott - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 30 Pap/Psc edition
Format: Paperback
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The best-selling nursing drug handbook for 30 years is now in its fully updated 2010 edition. Organized by therapeutic class, Nursing2010 Drug Handbook provides quick access to current, accurate information on over 900 generic and 3,000 brand-name drugs. This edition includes black box warnings... |
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Peter Singer - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those... |
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Kaplan Catholic High School Entrance Exams: COOP * HSPT * TACHS
Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Last year, nearly 200,000 eighth graders took the entrance exams to get into Catholic high schools. For many, this is their first time taking any kind of standardized entrance exam. To help make the experience a positive one, this valuable guide provides expert advice, practical tips, and lots... |
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Language in the Real World: An Introduction to Linguistics
Susan J. Behrens - Routledge; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Language in the Real World challenges traditional approaches to linguistics to provide an innovative introduction to the subject. By first examining the real world applications of core areas of linguistics and then addressing the theory behind these applications, this text offers an inductive,... |
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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America
Kevin Cook - Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Format: Hardcover
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At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop -- a murder the New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change." The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese,... |
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The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Eric Schmidt - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness.... |
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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole
Lori Holden - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Prior to 1990, fewer than 5% of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, 90% or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adoption. Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them! The adult parties in open... |
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New Concise World Atlas
Oxford University Press - Oxford University Press
Format: Map
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With hundreds of dramatic, full-color, large-format maps produced by Europe's finest team of cartographers, the fourth edition of the New Concise World Atlas solidifies Oxford's position as the only publisher of regularly updated atlases at every desirable size and price. Containing over... |
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Customer Service Representative
Jack Rudman - National Learning Corporation
Format: Print book
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The Customer Service Representative 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... |
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The Bound-for-College Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding and Applying to Colleges
Frank Burtnett - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The Bound-for-College Guidebook, now in its second edition, addresses the high school to college transition from A to Z. The guidebook provides students and parents with the information and tools they need for effective exploration, decision-making and application for admission and financial... |
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Every Tenant's Legal Guide
Janet Portman - Nolo, 2015.
Format: Print book
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What every renter needs to know The only book of its kind, Every Tenant's Legal Guide gives you the legal and practical information (plus dozens of sample letters) you need to: find a great home and landlord know your rights when it comes to pets fight improper rent increases and late... |
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The Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer-and How to Win It
Clifton Leaf - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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A provocative, eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward. OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer continues... |
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Chinese For Dummies (For Dummies (Language & Literature))
Wendy Abraham - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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The fast and easy way to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese China has become a major influence in the world today, and Mandarin Chinese is the world's most widely spoken language. Not only is China full of opportunities in business and politics, but Chinese culture, continues to make its way into... |
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Ged math test tutor.
Sandra Rush - Research & Education Assn
Format: Print book
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REA's GED Math Test Tutor - Focus on the most challenging part of the GED test!Revised Second EditionIt's like having your own tutor ... Each year, test-takers report that the Mathematical Reasoning test is the toughest of all the GED tests. That's why REA offers the most complete... |
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The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community
Marc J. Dunkelman - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping new look at the unheralded transformation that is eroding the foundations of American exceptionalism. Americans today find themselves mired in an era of uncertainty and frustration. The nation's safety net is pulling apart under its own weight; political compromise is viewed... |
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The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
William P. Jones - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant history that goes beyond the dazzling "I Have a Dream" speech to explore the real significance of the massive march and the movement it inspired. It was the final speech of a long day, August 28, 1963, when hundreds of thousands gathered on the Mall for the March on Washington... |
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SAT Prep Guide 2017
Peterson'S. - Peterson'S
Format: Print book
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Peterson's SAT Prep Guide 2017 provides a wealth of test-taking strategies and skill-building exercises to help students prepare well for the redesigned SAT. Students will find extensive subject reviews for the Reading, Writing and Language, Math-No Calculator, and Math-Calculator test... |
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Becoming an Urban Planner: A Guide to Careers in Planning and Urban Design
Michael Bayer - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Becoming an Urban Planner answers these key questions: What do urban planners do? What are the educational requirements? How do I enter the field? How do I choose between the different types of planning, from land use planning to policy planning? What is the future of the urban planning... |
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Civil Service Exams: Power Practice
Learning Express Llc - LearningExpress, LLC
Format: Hardcover
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This guide offers what every candidate preparing for a Civil Service Exam is looking for--powerful practice. Packed with EIGHT full-length practice tests--the most exams available on the market--Civil Service Exams: Power Practice offers the comprehensive preparation needed to succeed on the exam... |
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Clerk-typist.
National Learning Corporation. - National Learning Corp.
Format: Plastic Comb
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Clerk-Typist (Ces-C-147) |
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Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education
SUSAN WISE BAUER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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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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Praxis: PPST: Pre-Professional Skills Test and PLT: Principles of Learning and Teaching
LLC LearningExpress - Learningexpress, Llc
Format: Paperback
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With the newest and most updated information throughout and hundreds of practice questions, Praxis, 5e gives future teachers the edge they need to excel on the Praxis I exam and the Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) exams. This guide provides: * THREE completely revised... |
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Kaplan Asvab Prep 2018-2019 4 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
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Kaplan's ASVAB Prep 2018-2019 features proven strategies and realistic practice for all sections of the ASVAB and AFQT. Comprehensive subject review, expert tips, and detailed explanations will help you face the test with confidence. Kaplan is so certain that ASVAB Prep 2018-2019 offers... |
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They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to As
Jesse Ventura - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, you’re aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you’ve read one or a dozen of the books on this topic, there’s no way to fully... |
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1001 movies you must see before you die
Steven Jay Schneider - Barron's
Format: Book : Picture : English : Updated editionView all editions and formats
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This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history. Every film profile is packed with details including the director and cast, a plot summary and production notes, and little-known facts relating to the film's history. Is it any wonder... |
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CAHSEE Review! Complete CAHSEE Study Guide and Practice Test Questions
Blue Butterfly Books - Blue Butterfly Books
Format: Paperback
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Comprehensive CAHSEE study guide, prepared by our dedicated team of exam experts, including practice test questions! Everything you need to pass the CAHSEE! Includes FREE eBook version suitable for use on any table or iPad, or any smartphone! This CAHSEE Study Guide helps you: Practice... |
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Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble
Marilyn Johnson - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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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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Sanitation Worker
National Learning Corporation. - National Learning Corp.
Format: Paperback
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The Sanitation Worker 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: understanding written... |
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To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing
Simon Garfield - Gotham
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map offers an ode to letter writing and its possible salvation in the digital age. Few things are as excitingand potentially life-changingas discovering an old letter. And while etiquette books still extol the practice, letter... |
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Series 7 Exam For Dummies
Steven M. Rice - For Dummies; Premier 2nd Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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The fast and easy way to score high at exam timeSeries 7 Exam For Dummies, Premier Edition includes all the help you need to pass your Series 7 exam and to reach your goal of being a stockbroker and selling securities. But the road to stock broker success isn't easy. First, you must... |
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Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War
Paul Jankowski - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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At seven o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next ten hours, twelve hundred German guns showered shells on a salient in French lines. The massive weight of explosives collapsed dugouts, obliterated trenches, severed communication... |
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Practice the CAHSEE: California High School Exit Exam practice test questions
Complete Test Preparation Inc. - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Book
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California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Practice Test Questions Prepared by our Dedicated Team of Experts! CAHSEE Practice Tests are one of the best ways to prepare for your test! Includes FREE ebook version for ipad, tablets or smartphone! CAHSEE Practice Test Questions including:... |
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GED Test Premier 2017 with 2 Practice Tests: Online Book Videos Mobile
Caren Van Slyke - Kaplan Pub
Format: Print book
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Comprehensive content review, strategies, and practice for all sections of the GED Tests from a top expert The GED is a high school equivalency test that is recognized by educational institutions and employers throughout the United States and Canada. Every year, hundreds of thousands of individuals... |
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Account Clerk-Typist
National Learning Corporation. - National Learning Corp.
Format: Paperback
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The Account Clerk-Typist 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: clerical operations;... |
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American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring
William Giraldi - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most gifted literary essayists of his generation defends stylistic boldness and intellectual daring in American letters.Over the last decade William Giraldi has established himself as a charismatic and uncompromising literary essayist, "a literature-besotted Midas of prose"... |
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Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms
Douglas Downing Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series; 11 edition
Format: Paperback
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This updated edition includes the most recent terms relating to constantly expanding computer and internet technology. More than 3,200 terms and definitions deal with-- Practical guidance for business software users Computer security, law, and ethics Computer programming, with examples... |
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The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age
Shelley M. Bennett - Huntington Library Press
Format: Print book
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The Art of Wealth provides a fresh perspective on the complicated mix of public and private motives and models that characterized art collecting and philanthropy in America in the early twentieth-century. The author focuses on four remarkable individuals: Collis Huntington, who started... |
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How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Pat Schneider - Oxford University Press; 3.11.2013 edition
Format: Paperback
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"When I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait." With that insight, Pat Schneider invites readers to contemplate their lives and deepest questions through writing. In seventeen concise thematic chapters... |
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Master the Firefighter Exam
Peterson's - Peterson's; 17 edition
Format: Paperback
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Master the Firefighter Exam provides everything you need to pass local, state, and national written exams, including test-taking strategies, information on the firefighter screening process, expert oral interview and job search advice, and a review of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.... |
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Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George
Gwendolyn Owens - Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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A landmark survey that illuminates through paintings, pastels, and photographs how Georgia O'Keeffe discovered and refined her approach to nature at Lake George From 1918 until the early 1930s, Georgia O’Keeffe lived for part of the year on Alfred Stieglitz’s family estate... |
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A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America
Evan J. Mandery - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Drawing on never-before-published original source detail, the epic story of two of the most consequential, and largely forgotten, moments in Supreme Court history. For two hundred years, the constitutionality of capital punishment had been axiomatic.... |
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Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection
Ethan Zuckerman - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
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A rousing call to action for those who would be citizens of the world—online and off. We live in an age of connection, one that is accelerated by the Internet. This increasingly ubiquitous, immensely powerful technology often leads us to assume that as the number of people online... |
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The Best 378 Colleges, 2014 Edition (College Admissions Guides)
Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback
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What makes The Best 378 Colleges the most popular college guide?*DIRECT QUOTES FROM STUDENTS that give insight into each school's unique character, classes, financial aid, social scenes, and more. The Best 378 Colleges is the only guide that relies on the real experts,... |
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ASVAB AFQT For Dummies: With Online Practice Tests
Angie Papple Johnston - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Score higher on the ASVAB AFQT Having a stable and well-paying career in the military can change your life for the better - and this book makes it easier than ever to pass the ASVAB AFQT so you can serve your country and set your future up for success. Inside, you'll find all the guidance... |
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Master the Case Worker Exam (Arco Master the Case Worker Exam)
Peterson's - Peterson's; 14 edition
Format: Paperback
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Job opportunities for case workers and social workers are expected to grow far more rapidly than the average over the next several years. Peterson's Master the Case Worker Exam can help you earn a great exam score and launch your career as a case worker, with all-new information on job requirements... |
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Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events
Jessie Carney Smith - Visible Ink Press; Third Edition, Third edition edition
Format: Print book
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Achievements, pride, and accomplishments involving people, places, and events in black history are gathered in Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Events. This new edition collects and celebrates the thousands of world-moving people and hard-to-find facts and accomplishments... |
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Cracking the ACT, 2013 Edition (College Test Preparation)
Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback
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Your top resource for ACT prep! The 2013 edition of Cracking the ACT has everything you need to master the ACT exam, including: * Access to 3 full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations - 2 in the book and 1 online * Specifics on what you need to know for all five... |
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egghead's Guide to Geometry
Cara Cantarella - Peterson's
Format: Print book
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Peterson's egghead's Guide to Geometry will help students improve their understanding of the fundamental concepts of geometry. With the help of Peterson's new character, egghead, students can strengthen their math skills with narrative cartoons and graphics. Along the way there... |
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Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Susan L. Mizruchi - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... |
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The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
Temple Grandin - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone... |
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Creating & Managing the Full-Service Homework Center
Cindy Mediavilla - American Library Association
Format: Paperback
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Despite the proliferation of online homework websites and tutoring services, public libraries still have an important role to play when it comes to supporting young people's educational needs. Public libraries that take a proactive approach by setting up organized homework centers have... |
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Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't
Robert G. Kaiser - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works - and doesn't - that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008.The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave... |
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Cracking the AP English language & composition exam
Richard A Hartzell; Princeton Review - Random House
Format: Book : English : 20143 ed
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THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the AP English Language & Composition Exam with 2 full-length practice tests, thorough topic reviews, and proven techniques to help you score higher.Inside the Book: All the Practice & Strategies You Need... |
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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests
CARLA C KIRKLAND - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Get the confidence you need to ace the Praxis Core Prepping for the Praxis Core can feel like a pain - but it doesn't have to! Beginning with a thorough overview of the exam to ensure there are no surprises on test day, Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests arms you with... |
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Adult Programs in the Library
Brett W. Lear - ALA Editions
Format: Paperback
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Programming is an important means of not only drawing new people to the library but also better serving existing patrons. Lear s invaluable guide to adult programs is back---and better than ever, with refreshed, expanded content and new ideas to reinvigorate programs and give them a 21st-century... |
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How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them
Ben Yagoda - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book
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Ben Yagodas How to Not Write Bad illustrates how we can all write better, more clearly, and for a wider readership.He offers advice on what he calls not-writing-badly, which consists of the ability, first, to craft sentences that are correct in terms of spelling, diction word choice, punctuation,... |
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How to Become a U.S. Citizen
Peterson's - Peterson's; 5 edition
Format: Paperback
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Peterson's How to Become a U.S. Citizen is the perfect resource to help you pass the U.S. citizenship exam with flying colors! Learn about the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship, eligibility requirements, and what's involved in becoming naturalized. Follow step-by-step... |
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Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
Felipe Fernández-Armesto - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An eminent scholar finds a new American history in the Hispanic past of our diverse nation. The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance... |
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ASVAB For Dummies, Premier Plus
Rod Powers - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Sharpen your ASVAB test-taking skills with tips and tests in the book, on the CD, and now online Want to ace the ASVAB? The bestselling ASVAB For Dummies, Premier PLUS now offers free access to tests online. In the book you ll find in-depth reviews of all nine test subjects with complete... |
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The Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction, Third Edition
Gregory Harms - Pluto Press; Third Edition,New Edition,Third Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict of the twentieth, and now twenty-first, century. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to assume the hostilities stretch back to an ancient period.The Palestine-Israel Conflict... |
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Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works
Elizabeth Green - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable BookWe've all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great?Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great.... |
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The Official SAT Study Guide, 2018 Edition
COLLEGE BOARD. - College Board
Format: Paperback
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"The Official SAT Study Guide: Second Edition" by The College Board features 10 official SAT(r) practice tests created by the test maker. With over 1,000 pages and more than 20 chapters, it's packed with the most up-to-date information students need to get ready for the test.... |
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The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
Gary Greenberg - Blue Rider Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—the DSM—the American Psychiatric Association’s compendium of mental illnesses... |
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