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MAT Strategies, Practice & Review

Kaplan. - Kaplan Pub
Format: Print book

The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a prerequisite for entrance into many graduate or postgraduate programs in the arts and sciences. With this new edition of Kaplan's MAT Strategies, Practice & Review, students preparing to take this challenging exam will have a competitive edge....
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The Official Guide to the HiSET Exam, 2nd Edition

Ets. - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

The one and only official study guide for the HiSET Exam From Educational Testing Service -- the creator of the HiSET Exam -- comes the best, most reliable test preparation resource you'll find. This book is the only guide that shows you exactly what the real exam is like. You'll...
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How the Jews Defeated Hitler: Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism

Benjamin Ginsberg - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted the Germans but actually played a major...
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The Feel Trio

Fred Moten - Letter Machine Editions
Format: Print book

Poetry. African American Studies. Music. California Interest. THE FEEL TRIO is Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley and William Parker. Or is it that THE FEEL TRIO are Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley and William Parker? See, that's the amazing problem and chance, right there! In the wake and air and light...
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Cracking the ASVAB, 4th Edition: All the Strategies, Practice, and Review You Need to Score Higher

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Print book

If it's on the ASVAB, it's in this book! The Princeton Review's Cracking the ASVAB brings you everything you need to conquer the ASVAB exams. Inside, you'll find comprehensive reviews of the test topics, proven strategies for overcoming challenging questions, and all the practice...
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Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead

David Casarett M.D. - Current
Format: Hardcover

Not too long ago, there was no coming back from death. But now, with revolutionary medical advances, death has become just another serious complication.. As a young medical student, Dr. David Casarett was inspired by the story of a two-year-old girl named Michelle Funk. Michelle fell into...
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The Makerspace Librarian's Sourcebook

Ellyssa Kroski - ALA Editions
Format: Print book

Library makerspaces continue to thrive, drawing new patrons in and engaging them as never before. This hands-on sourcebook edited by technology expert Kroski includes everything libraries need to know about the major topics, tools, and technologies relevant to makerspaces today. Packed...
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

Nicola Tallis - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book

A significant retelling of the often-misunderstood tale of Lady Jane Grey's journey through her trial and execution -- recalling the dangerous plots and web of deadly intrigue in which she became involuntarily tangled, and which ultimately led to a catastrophic conclusion. "Good people,...
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Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture

David Lemmo - Mcfarland
Format: Print book

From his first appearance in 1912, Tarzan became a multimedia franchise whose cultural influence extended well beyond mere entertainment. The original 20th century superhero, the Lord of the Apes was the inspiration behind such early archetypes as The Shadow and Doc Savage, themselves the basis...
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2017 with Online Question Bank and Exclusive Video

Gmac - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book

The premier GMAT review guide for fully personalized preparation The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2017 is the ultimate preparation kit from the makers of the GMAT exam. You'll find success strategies and test-taking tips from the experts at The Graduate Management Admission Council,...
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Kaplan SAT Premier 2014 with 8 Practice Tests: book + online + DVD + mobile

Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing; Pap/Psc/Dv edition
Format: Paperback

The groundbreaking SAT program preparation guide, from the test prep leader for 75 years, that features exclusive strategies guaranteed to raise test scores! The SAT is the most widely used college standardized admissions test. Kaplan SAT 2014 Premier is Kaplan’s latest essential...
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America's Best Colleges for B Students

Tamra B. Orr - SuperCollege; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Print book

High school students who get average grades and don't ace the SAT or ACT discover that an exceptional college education is by no means beyond their reach with this guide. Along with information on what to look for in a college and what colleges look for in their students besides grades,...
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION | FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION | FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The...
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The Best 379 Colleges, 2015 Edition

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Book

What Makes THE BEST 380 COLLEGES the Most Popular College Guide?Written for any student or parent mystified by the confusing college admissions process, The Best 380 Colleges provides the facts and information needed to make a smart decision about which of the country's best...
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Practice Exercises for the TOEFL with MP3 CD, 8th Edition

Pamela J. Sharpe Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback

This package is designed to prepare students to succeed on both the ITP (Institutional TOEFL Program) and the iBT (Internet Based TOEFL) . Updated to reflect the latest TOEFL formats, this book and MP3 CD package presents more than 1,000 practice questions with explanatory answers, as well...
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Pass the U.S. Citizenship Exam

LEARNING EXPRESS EDITORS. - Learningexpress, LLC
Format: Paperback

This all-in-one contains everything needed to prepare for and pass the U.S. Citizenship exam and become a U.S. citizen. Inside you will find:100 official USCIS history and civics questions and answersA sample N-400 Form--application for naturalizationVocabulary lists that cover all the words...
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Barron's New MCAT with CD-ROM, 2nd Edition

Jay B. Cutts M.A. - Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Completely revised and expanded for the 2015 MCAT, Barron's New MCAT test prep manual with enclosed CD-ROM provides test takers with an in-depth, easy-to-use science review and a set of often-neglected but critical strategies for test taking that cover timing, test anxiety, scientific...
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Barron's TOEIC Practice Exams with MP3 CD, 3rd Edition

Dr. Lin Lougheed - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book

ESL students preparing to take the Test of English for International Communication will find six full-length practice exams that reflect the actual TOEIC in length, subject matter, question types, and degree of difficulty. Two of the tests follow the format of the TOEIC administered in Korea...
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Kaplan ACT 2014 Premier with 6 Practice Tests: book + online + DVD + mobile

Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing; Pap/Psc/Dv edition
Format: Paperback

The essential comprehensive guide from Kaplan, the leader in test prep for 75 years, that provides proven test-taking strategies and in-depth practice so that students can score higher on the ACT--guaranteed.College is becoming more competitive and costly each year, making a high score...
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Digital Rights Management: The Librarian's Guide

Catherine A Lemmer - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

In a world of users that routinely click "I Agree" buttons, librarians may be the lone voice raising an alert to the privacy, use, and ownership issues arising in connection with the design and implementation of digital rights management (DRM) technologies. DRM reflects the efforts...
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Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College

Edward B Fiske - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

"A first-rate introduction." -- BooklistGet Accepted To The College That's Right For YouEveryone has their own idea of the perfect college. The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College is the only admissions guide that starts with an in-depth assessment of your priorities,...
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015

Edward Fiske - Sourcebooks; 31 edition
Format: Print book

The best college guide you can buy.-USA Today This leading guide to more than 300 colleges and universities has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Hip, honest, and straightforward, The Fiske Guide to Colleges delivers an insiders look...
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The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems

Molly McCully Brown - Persea
Format: Paperback

Harrowing poems from a dark corner of American history by the winner of the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry. Haunted by the voices of those committed to the notorious Virginia State Colony, epicenter of the American eugenics movement in the first half of the twentieth century,...
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Barron's ASVAB with CD-ROM, 11th Edition

Terry L Duran - Barron's Educational Series, Inc.,
Format: Print book

The ASVAB is the qualifying test required for recruits entering all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as current service members who want to raise their score to qualify for more exclusive specialties or officer training. This comprehensive test preparation guide includes:A diagnostic...
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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

Florence Williams - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An intrepid investigation into nature's restorative benefits by a prize-winning author.For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; and Nikola Tesla...
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The Best 380 Colleges, 2016 Edition

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

What Makes THE BEST 380 COLLEGES the Most Popular College GuideWritten for any student or parent mystified by the confusing college admissions process, The Best 380 Colleges provides the facts and information needed to make a smart decision about which of the country's best schools...
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The Best Way to Save for College: A Complete Guide to 529 Plans 2015-2016

Joseph F Hurley - Saving for College
Format: Print book

The Best Way to Save for College: A Complete Guide to 529 Plans is the ultimate guide for families and professionals looking to plan for the future. With over 100,000 copies sold, it continues to be the number one resource on all 529 programs and other college savings strategies (including...
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SAT Premier 2017 with 5 Practice Tests: Online Book

Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Print book

Prep Smarter for the SAT. Our SAT prep guide features exclusive methods and strategies as well as more than 2,000 practice questions guaranteed to raise your SAT score! Each practice question is accompanied by a step-by-step explanation that shows you how to get the right answer the expert...
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SAT Subject Test Mathematics Level 2

Kaplan. - Kaplan Pub
Format: Print book

Essential strategies, practice, and review to ace the SAT Subject Test Mathematics Level 2 Getting into a top college has never been more difficult. Students need to distinguish themselves from the crowd, and scoring well on an SAT Subject Test gives students a competitive edge. Kaplan's...
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The Italians

John Hooper - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A vivid and surprising portrait of the Italian people from an admired foreign correspondent How did a nation that spawned the Renaissance also produce the Mafia? And why does Italian have twelve words for coat hanger but none for hangover? John Hooper's entertaining and perceptive...
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2016

Edward Fiske - Sourcebooks; 32 edition
Format: Print book

Every college and university has a story-and no college guide tells those stories like the Fiske Guide, written from the honest, independent perspective of Edward B. Fiske. Students, parents, and counselors agree, Fiske is the best way to get to know the unique personalities of schools,...
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American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

DAVID BARON - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, American Eclipse ultimately depicts a young nation that looked to the skies to reveal its towering ambition and expose its latent genius.On a scorching July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age, the moon's shadow descended on the American...
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Cracking the New SAT Premium Edition with 6 Practice Tests, 2016: Created for the Redesigned 2016 Exam

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

SUCCEED ON THE NEW SAT WITH THE PRINCETON REVIEW! With 6 full-length practice tests created specifically for the redesigned exam, brand-new content reviews, and updated scoring strategies, this Premium Edition of Cracking the New SAT covers every facet of this challenging test.Big changes...
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The Monster Movies of Universal Studios

James L. Neibaur - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. This box office success was followed by a string of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics, including Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man. With each new film, Universal established its place...
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2014

Edward Fiske - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

For more than 30 years The Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading resource on over 300 colleges and universities, helping college-bound students, parents, and guidance counselors find the top schools to meet every high school grads needs. Compiled from questionnaires sent to administrators...
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CLEP Official Study Guide 2015

The College Board - College Board; Csm Stg edition

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...
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Children : The Challenge

Rudolf Dreikurs - Dutton
Format: Book

Children: The Challenge gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved children. Based on a lifetime of experience with children - their problems, their delights, their challenges - Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, one of America's...
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ACT For Dummies

Lisa Zimmer Hatch - For Dummies; 6 edition
Format: Print book

The fast and easy way to score higher on the ACT Does the thought of preparing for the ACT give you anxiety? Fear not! This new edition of ACT For Dummies gives you a competitive edge by fully preparing you for the ACT exam with subject reviews, practice opportunities, three full-length...
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Kaplan SAT Premier 2015 with 8 Practice Tests: Book + DVD + Online+ Mobile

Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing; Pap/DVD edition
Format: Book

Kaplan's groundbreaking SAT prep guide -- from the test prep leader for 75 years -- features exclusive strategies guaranteed to raise test scores!Sharpen your pencils and your minds for the Official 2015 SAT with Kaplan’s SAT Prep Premier 2015 guide. This all-inclusive package...
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Cracking the ACT Premium Edition with 8 Practice Tests and DVD, 2016

Princeton Review - Princeton Review; Pap/Dvdr P edition
Format: Print book

THE ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION FOR YOUR HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE!Get all the prep you need to ace the ACT with The Princeton Review, including 8 full-length practice tests, thorough topic reviews, DVD extras, and exclusive access to our online Premium Portal with tons of extra practice and resources.Techniques...
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Kaplan 5 Strategies for the New SAT

Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Print book

Prepare for the New SAT with confidence from the test maker with more than 75 years of expertise!Kaplan's 5 Strategies for the New SAT features effective new strategies and practice for the College Board's redesigned SAT.Big changes are coming to the SAT in Spring 2016. The redesign...
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CLEP Official Study Guide 2014

The College Board - College Board
Format: Paperback

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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Cracking the TASC

Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

All the strategies, review, and practice you need to earn your high school equivalency certificate! Includes 2 full-length practice exams and bonus online drills and tutorials.The TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) is a new high school equivalency exam that some states are using...
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Reimagined: 45 Years of Jewish Art

Mark Podwal - Glitterati Inc
Format: Print book

Mark Podwal is today's premiere artist of the Jewish experience, with a prolific portfolio of work lauded by visionaries ranging from Elie Wiesel to Harold Bloom. His paintings and ink-on-paper drawings are not only beautiful but also offer profound and nuanced commentary on Jewish...
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8 Practice Tests for the Sat 2017 1,500 Sat Practice Questions

Sandra Nina Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Print book

Practice makes perfect Prep Smarter. Now that the College Board's redesigned SAT is in effect, there s nothing like a lot of practice to help build the necessary edge to increase your score. "8 Practice Tests for the SAT 2017" provides more practice tests than any other guide...
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College Study Hacks: 101 Ways to Study Easier and Faster

Melanie Falconer - Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.
Format: Paperback

The general rule of thumb has been that you should study about two to three hours for every hour you spend in the classroom. If you have a 15 credit hour semester, you generally spend about 15 hours in class every week, which means you should be studying between 30 to 45 hours per week....
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2017

Edward B Fiske - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

"The best college guide you can buy."-USA TodayEvery college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. Thats why, for more than 30 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320 four-year...
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Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes

Mark Robert Rank - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The United States has been epitomized as a land of opportunity, where hard work and skill can bring personal success and economic well-being. The American Dream has captured the imagination of people from all walks of life, and to many, it represents the heart and soul of the country. But there...
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Kaplan 8 Practice Tests for the New SAT 2016

Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback

Practice makes perfect!Prepare for the New SAT with confidence! With more than 75 years of experience and more than 95% of our students getting into their top-choice schools, Kaplan knows how to increase your score and get you into your top-choice college!Prep Smarter. Not Harder. The College...
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The Pushcart Prize XXXIX: Best of the Small Presses 2015 Edition

Bill Henderson - Pushcart Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

"Like discovering yet one more galaxy." - World Literature TodayPublishers Weekly in its boxed and starred review of last year's edition of this annual anthology commented "With large publishing houses facing an uncertain future, the Pushcart Prize is more valuable than...
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College Handbook 2016

College Entrance Examination Board. - College Board; 53 edition
Format: Print book

This is the only guide available that contains objective information on every accredited college in the United States - 2,200 four-year colleges and universities, and 1,700 two-year community colleges and technical schools. With its clearly laid-out entries and more than 40 indexes, the College...
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CLEP Official Study Guide 2016

The College Board - College Board
Format: Paperback

The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) gives students like you the opportunity to receive college credit for what they already know by earning qualifying scores on any of the 33 examinations. The 2016 CLEP Official Study Guide features: * Official practice questions for all 33 CLEP...
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