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Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters
Michael S. Roth · Yale University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Contentious debates over the benefitsor drawbacksof a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of higher education have attacked its irrelevance and elitismoften calling for more vocational instruction. Thomas Jefferson, by contrast,... |
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson · Riverhead Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life... |
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BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY;10TH EDITION
Bryan A. Garner · Thomson West; 10 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For more than a century, Black's Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today, it s the most widely cited law book in the world. By Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner, the world s leading legal lexicographer, the 10th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive... |
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Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make
Peter Cappelli · PublicAffairs
Pages: 215
Format: Print book
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The decision of whether to go to college, or where, is hampered by poor information and inadequate understanding of the financial risk involved.Adding to the confusion, the same degree can cost dramatically different amounts for different people. A barrage of advertising offers new degrees... |
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The Job Description Handbook
Margie Mader-Clark · Nolo; Third Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Everything you need to define the job, step by stepEvery job has a description -- and if you craft it carefully, you can use a job description for effective hiring, new employee orientation, evaluating performances, discipline and plan for future growth. But if it's poorly written (or not written... |
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The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine--Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary
Jenny Uglow · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical Victorian church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed, passionate, and unusual in every way.Sarah Losh is a lost Romantic genius—an antiquarian,... |
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More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing
Diane Ravitch · Haymarket Books
Format: Book
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For too long so-called education reformers, mostly billionaires, politicians, and others with little or no background in teaching, have gotten away with using standardized testing to punish our nations youth and educators. Now, across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting... |
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