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Fiske Countdown to College: 41 To-Do Lists and a Plan for Every Year of High School
Edward B Fiske - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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Unique, simple approach to the complicated college prep process, from the leading authority in college admissions.Getting ready for college is a complicated and confusing process -- how do you know when to take the SAT? When do you start applying to schools? What classes should you be taking... |
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SAT Advanced Practice: Prep for 1600
KAPLAN. - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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If you're looking to get a top tier score on the SAT, Kaplan's SAT Advanced Practice workbook will provide you with the confidence you need to tackle the toughest questions on the test. This workbook features comprehensive review of high-difficulty questions with detailed answers... |
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Winning Elections and Influencing Politicians for Library Funding
Patrick "PC" Sweeney - Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Paperback
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As the saying goes, all politics is local. And 90% of funding for public libraries comes from the will of local politicians and, in turn, from local voters. So it's urgent that librarians, library supporters, and anyone interested in running an election or campaign for a library understand... |
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Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Introduction for Patients and Caregivers
Naheed Ali - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition that causes persistent and debilitating tiredness. The condition has no obvious cause but persists for more than six months, and patients tend to avoid activity due to constant fatigue. A wide variety of causes are thought to contribute to the condition,... |
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Future-Proofing the News: Preserving the First Draft of History
KATHLEEN A HANSEN - ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format: Print book
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News coverage is often described as the "first draft of history." From the publication in 1690 of the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, to the latest tweet, news has been disseminated to inform its audience about what is going on in the world. But the preservation... |
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CliffsNotes NCLEX-RN Cram Plan
Michael Reid M.S. RN - Cliffs Notes
Format: Paperback
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CliffsNotes NCLEX Cram Plan is the perfect way to review for your RN or PN nursing exam whether you have two months, one month, or even one week left to prepare!CliffsNotes NCLEX-RN Cram Plan uses calendars to create a specific study plan for test-takers depending on how much time they... |
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ACT Prep 2018: 3 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
KAPLAN. - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Kaplan Test Prep is the Official Partner for Live, Online Prep for the ACT. For more information visit kaptest.com/onlinepreplive Kaplan's essential, comprehensive ACT guide provides proven test-taking strategies, realistic practice questions and tests, detailed answer explanations,... |
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Decades Behind Bars: A 20-Year Conversation with Men in America's Prisons
Gaye Holman - McFarland
Format: Paperback
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More than two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons--one in nine is serving a life sentence. Mass long-term imprisonment devours state budgets, adversely affects community well-being and skews our collective moral compass. This study examines the human costs of keeping... |
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Pass Key to the GMAT, 2nd Edition
Bobby Umar M B A - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book
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This all-new test preparation guide is a shorter version of the brand-new Barron's GMAT manual. Pass Key to the GMAT gives an overview and explanation of all four GMAT test sections, including Analytical Writing Assessment; Integrated Reasoning; Quantitative; and Verbal. It also offers... |
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The Official Guide to the HiSET® Exam
Educational Testing Service - McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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The one and only official guide to the ETS HiSET Exam High School Equivalency Test now used in more than 12 states This one and only Official Guide to the HiSET Exam is the best, most reliable guide to the exam that is now used in more than 12 states to test students seeking to earn... |
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LSAT Logic Games, 2nd Edition: Includes 50 Practice Games with Detailed Explanations
CAROLYN NELSON - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Prospective law students must pass the LSAT to gain acceptance into law school, and the LSAT's Analytical Reasoning section--commonly called the Logic Games section--is widely considered to be the most difficult part of the entire exam. In this 35-minute session, test takers are presented... |
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PSAT/NMSQT Prep 2018: 2 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
KAPLAN. - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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The most complete PSAT preparation guide! Prep Smarter. Not Harder. The PSAT is a critical step in your education and future. It tests key skills and concepts that you'll need to succeed in high school and college. A high score is also a great way to start to differentiate yourself... |
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Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace
Colleen Graves - Libraries Unlimited
Format: Paperback
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An invaluable how-to text that details the workshop model, addresses the design challenges, and explains the best avenues for curriculum-based learning in the school library makerspace.* Explores crowdsourced research methods that lead to authentic participatory learning* Ensures that... |
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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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Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Paul Scharre - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death.What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Or when a weapon that can hunt its own targets is hacked? Although... |
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Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays
Adam Hochschild - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozen essays and pieces of reporting from his long career. Threaded through them all is his concern for social justice and the people who have fought for it. The articles here range from a California... |
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ASVAB Study Guide: Prep Book & Practice Test Questions
ASVAB Test Study Guide Team - Test Prep Books
Format: Paperback
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ASVAB Study Guide: Prep Book & Practice Test Questions Developed for test takers trying to achieve a passing score on the ASVAB test, this comprehensive study guide includes: * Quick Overview * Test-Taking Strategies * General Science * Arithmetic Reasoning * Word Knowledge * Paragraph... |
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A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes
Zeeya Merali - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own?What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that... |
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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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A Writer's Craft: Multi-Genre Creative Writing
Kendall Dunkelberg - Palgrave
Format: Paperback
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This introductory creative writing text uses a unique, multi-genre approach to provide students with a broad-based knowledge of their craft, treating them as professional writers. Beginning by discussing elements common to all genres, this book underscores the importance of learning good... |
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Peterson's ACT Prep Guide 2017
PETERSON'S. - Peterson's
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Peterson's ACT Prep Guide 2017 offers all of the information students need to prepare well and score high on the ACT, including thorough subject matter reviews and practice questions for each question type. Students will benefit from expert advice, strategies, and test-taking tips for comprehensive... |
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Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, Second Edition
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE. - MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
Format: Print book
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150 REAL GRE Verbal Reasoning questions -- direct from the test maker!The best way to prepare for the Verbal Reasoning measure of the GRE General Test is with real GRE test questions--and that is what you will find in this unique guide. Specially created by the actual test maker, it offers... |
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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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Peterson's ACT Prep Guide 2018
Peterson's - Peterson's
Format: Paperback
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Peterson's ACT Prep Guide 2018 offers all of the information students need to prepare well and score high on the ACT, including thorough subject matter reviews and practice questions for each question type. Students will benefit from expert advice, strategies, and test-taking tips for comprehensive... |
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CLEP Official Study Guide 2018
COLLEGE BOARD. - College Board
Format: Paperback
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Like The Official SAT Study Guide, this is the only official study guide for CLEP, developed and published by the test makers. The book has remained the most popular study aid for CLEP exams. Interest in CLEP is high among graduating high school students, adults returning to college,... |
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The World of James Bond: The Lives and Times of 007
Jeremy M Black - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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This book presents an insightful and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the political context of the Bond books and films. Jeremy Black offers a historian's interpretation from the perspective of the late 2010s, assessing James Bond in terms of the greatly changing world order of the Bond... |
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Master the PSAT/NMSQT
PETERSON'S. - Peterson's
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Peterson's? Master the PSAT/NMSQT? provides complete test preparation for the newly redesigned PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 exams, both aligned to the redesigned SAT?. PSAT/NMSQT scores not only enable students to see how they might do on the SAT, but they also give students a chance to qualify... |
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The Illustrated Directory of American Cars
Bruce Wexler - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book
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Everything that is great about the American automobile is presented in this full color, beautifully depicted guide. It includes all of your favorite American models; Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Jeep, Lincoln, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac, and many more. There is a car catalogued... |
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The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems
William Carlos Williams - New Directions
Format: Paperback
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Here is a perfect little gift: the most beloved poems by the most essential American poet of the last century Gathered here are the gems of William Carlos Williams's astonishing achievements in poetry. Dramatic, energetic, beautiful, and true, this slim selection will delight any reader... |
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The Collection All Around: Sharing Our Cities, Towns, and Natural Places
JEFFREY T DAVIS - Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Paperback
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Public libraries' mission, skills, and position in their communities make them ideal facilitators of public access to local resources. In other words, the collection is all around, and libraries can help citizens discover historical, cultural, and natural riches that they might otherwise... |
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Managing the Digital You: Where and How to Keep and Organize Your Digital Life
Melody Condron - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Managing the Digital You: Where and How to Keep and Organize Your Digital Life is a much-needed guide for those struggling with how to manage and preserve their digital items. Starting with a values assessment, this book helps readers identify what items are important to them personally... |
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Barron's LSAT, 2nd Edition
JAY B CUTTS - BARRON'S
Format: Paperback
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This must-have review book thoroughly prepares law school candidates for the all-important Law School Admission Test. An introductory chapter explains the LSAT's format, suggests a detailed three-month study plan for success, and presents a diagnostic test with explained answers. Chapters... |
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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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Officer Candidate Tests
Learning Express Editors. - Learningexpress, LLC
Format: Paperback
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In addition to military academies and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) , the United States military services also draw a significant number of officer trainees from enlisted ranks and from civilian college graduates. This guide is the ultimate preparation for anyone looking to pass... |
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Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Studentswith MLA 2016 Update
David Starkey - Broadview Press
Format: Paperback
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Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students is a rhetoric designed to cover the basics of a college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Anything inessential to the business of college writing has been excluded. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing... |
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McGraw-Hill Education TEAS Review, Second Edition
CARA CANTARELLA - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback
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Let McGraw-Hill Education help you excel on the TEAS!Achieving a high score on the TEAS can help you gain admission into the nursing school of your choice. This book provides you with the essential review of core subjects you need to excel on this important exam. Written by a test-prep... |
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ACT Advanced Practice: Prep for 36
KAPLAN. - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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If you're looking to get a top score on the ACT, Kaplan's ACT Advanced Practice workbook has the high-difficulty practice and expert strategies you need to face the toughest questions with confidence. Kaplan Test Prep is the Official Partner for Live Online Prep for the ACT. For more... |
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50 Fandom Programs: Planning Festivals and Events for Tweens, Teens, and Adults
Amy J Alessio - American Library Association
Format: Paperback
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This book of ready-to-go programs and events will help public libraries give fans who are passionate about genres, characters, games, and book series plenty of reasons to return to the library again and again. Fandom programming can require planning across departments, tie-ins to collections... |
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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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CLEP General Exams Book Online
Stu Schwartz - Research & Education Association
Format: Paperback
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CLEP General Exams Book Online Practice TestsHelps Students Get the College Credits They Deserve!9th Edition In 2017, CLEP marks 50 years as the most widely trusted credit-by-exam program in the U.S. CLEP exams help students fast-track their college degree, saving them time and possibly... |
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PreparedU: How Innovative Colleges Drive Student Success
Gloria Cordes Larson - Jossey-Bass
Format: Hardcover
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How can we as parents, educators, and members of the business community prepare students to be successful leaders in today's global environment? It's a critically important question. Gloria Cordes Larson, president of Bentley University, explains why today's practices in higher... |
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Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library
Ben Bizzle - Editions
Format: Paperback
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But this is how we've always done it! Objections to taking a fresh tack are about as common as budget shortfalls, and the two are more closely related than you might think. At the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Arkansas, Bizzle and his colleagues defied common practices... |
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback
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WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as "wrenching and revelatory" (The... |
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McGraw-Hill Education SAT 2018 Edition
CHRISTOPHER BLACK - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback
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WE WANT TO HELP YOU SUCCEED ON THE SAT* We've put all our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill Education SAT to make sure you're ready for this difficult exam. With this book, you'll get essential skill-building techniques and strategies developed by professional SAT instructors... |
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FAKE NEWS AND ALTERNATIVE FACTS : information literacy in a post-truth era
NICOLE A COOKE - ALA EDITIONS
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Talk of so-called fake news, what it is and what it isn't, is front and center across the media landscape, with new calls for the public to acquire appropriate research and evaluation skills and become more information savvy. But none of this is new for librarians and information professionals,... |
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Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators
Elena Aguilar - Jossey-Bass
Format: Paperback
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A practical framework to avoid burnout and keep great teachers teaching Onward tackles the problem of educator stress, and provides a practical framework for taking the burnout out of teaching. Stress is part of the job, but when 70 percent of teachers quit within their first five years... |
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Narrative by Numbers: How to Tell Powerful and Purposeful Stories with Data
Sam Knowles - Routledge
Format: Hardcover
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As jobs become increasingly similar, there are two skills that everyone needs if they're going to thrive. These are the ability to interrogate and make sense of data, and the ability to use insights extracted from data to persuade others to act. Analytics storytelling = influence.... |
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McGraw-Hill Education IELTS, Second Edition
Monica Sorrenson - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: CD-ROM
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IELTS Prep from the Name You TrustMcGraw-Hill Education IELTS, Second Edition is the ideal way to sharpen skills and prepare for this high-stakes English proficiency test, which is required for admission or hiring by schools, multinational corporations, and government agencies worldwide.... |
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Television: A Biography
David Thomson - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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"The invention, or the quaint piece of furniture, wandered into our lives in the 1940s, as a primitive plaything, a clever if awkward addition to the household. It was expensive, unreliable and a bit of an invalid." - Television, A BiographyIn just a few years, what used to be an immobile... |
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Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE. - MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
Format: Print book
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150 Real GRE Quantitative Reasoning questions - direct from the test maker!The best way to prepare for the Quantitative Reasoning measure of the GRE General Test is with real GRE test questions -- and that is what you will find in this unique guide. Specially created by the actual test... |
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Barron's TEAS Practice Tests
Sandra Swick B.S.N. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Potential nursing students who want to achieve the highest possible score on the Test of Essential Academic Skills will value this hands-on preparation method. In Barron's new TEAS Practice Tests, the emphasis is on learning by doing with a collection of sample exams that will help... |
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The First-Year Experience Cookbook
Raymond Pun - American Library Association
Format: Paperback
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First-year students face many challenges in adjusting to university life, including making the most of the university library. Librarians are constantly addressing student misconceptions about libraries and locating information, and have been working hard to reach first-year students and create... |
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The Annotated African American Folktales
Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales... |
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