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Apollo 11: The Inside Story

David Whitehouse - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

Informed by extensive interviews with astronauts such as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, David Scott, John Young, Alan Shepard, Charlie Duke, Al Bean, Gordon Cooper, Al Worden, Walt Cunningham, Tom Stafford, Dick Gordon, John Glenn, Pete Conrad, Edgar Mitchel, James Irwin, Stu Roosa,...
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Master the NCLEX-RN Exam

Peterson's - Peterson's
Format: Paperback

Peterson's Master the NCLEX-RN is a comprehensive source of information designed to help candidates score their best on the licensing exam to become a registered nurse. With its content aligned to the test plan developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and practice...
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8 Ways to Avoid Probate

MARY RANDOLPH - NOLO
Format: Paperback

By taking some simple steps now, you can spare your family and beneficiaries a lot of time and money. How much? Probate court proceedings after a death can drag on for a year and cost tens of thousands of dollars--money that would otherwise have gone directly to your loved ones. 8 Ways...
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Exonerated: A History of the Innocence Movement

Robert J Norris - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the innocence movement's quest for justice.Documentaries like Making a Murderer, the first season of Serial, and the cause clbre that was the West Memphis Three captured the attention of millions and focused the national discussion on wrongful convictions....
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Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

Charles P Wohlforth - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly...
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Constructing and Covering Boxes: The Art and Craft of Box Making

Tom Hollander - Schiffer
Format: Paperback

Learn all the steps necessary to make a variety of colorful, decorative, useful boxes created from book board and covered with decorative papers and book cloth. Nearly 300 color photos illustrate every step needed to make hinged lid, clamshell, and creative boxes. Necessary tools and materials...
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Boom!: The Chemistry and History of Explosives

Simon Field - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed during the Tang dynasty in China.It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them for a complete and powerful...
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Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America

Michael Z Newman - MIT Press
Format: Print book

Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular culture, like television. In fact, video games were sometimes seen as an improvement on television because they spurred...
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The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog

Rick McIntyre - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover

The astonishing true story of one of the first wolves to roam Yellowstone in more than 60 years.Book One in The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone: A Trilogy[Rick McIntyre] is first and foremost a storyteller whose encyclopedic knowledge of Yellowstone's wolf reintroduction project is unparalleled."...
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Social Security Handbook 2017: Overview of Social Security Programs

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. - BERNAN PRESS
Format: Print book

he Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2016 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. The Handbook also contains information about related programs administered by agencies...
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Averting a School Crisis: A Risk Management Guide on Preparedness for School Faculty and Parents

Cody M. Santiago
Format: Paperback

It seems that almost daily we can turn on our televisions or sort through social media and find an incident that happened at a school that caused a disruption. Most people today are only focused on active shooter incidents. While that is a very disruptive and horrific incident to encounter,...
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Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom

Sylvia Libow Martinez - Constructing Modern Knowledge Press
Format: Hardcover

Join the maker movement!Theres a technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to the masses. Fortunately for educators,...
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Dancing with Bees: A Journey Back to Nature

Brigit Strawbridge Howard - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A naturalist's passionate dive into the world of bees of all stripes--what she has learned about them, and what we can learn from them Brigit Strawbridge Howard was shocked the day she realised she knew more about the French Revolution than she did about her native trees. And birds. And wildflowers....
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Targeting Language Delays: IEP Goals & Activities for Students with Developmental Challenges

Caroline Lee - Woodbine House
Format: Book

ForeWord Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Gold Winner for Education Many school-aged children with developmental challenges need help with their listening, language, and whole-word reading skills. This book explains how to teach these skills in sequential steps using more than...
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Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper

Charles Barber - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in AmericaWhen he was in his early...
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Nolos Quick LLC: All You Need to Know About Limited Liability Companies

Anthony Mancuso - NOLO
Format: Hardcover

Limit your liability, simplify taxes with an LLCIf you run your own business, youve probably heard about limited liability companies. Cheap to set up and easier than a corporation to maintain, LLCs are more popular than ever. Business owners who operate LLCs arent personally liable for business...
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Patent Pending in 24 Hours

Richard Stim Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to protect your invention now Ready to stamp "patent pending" on your invention? Then you need to file a provisional patent application (PPA) , an inexpensive way to claim your invention - and buy yourself time to determine whether it's worthwhile to pursue...
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life

David R Montgomery - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared...
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The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America's Supreme Law

JOSEPH TARTAKOVSKY - Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover

In a fascinating blend of biography and history, Joseph Tartakovsky tells the epic and unexpected story of our Constitution through the eyes of ten extraordinary individuals -- some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett....
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ACE Short-Response Writing: 15 Mini-Lessons, Strategies, and Scaffolds to Help Students Craft Meaningful Short Responses

Grace Long - Scholastic Teaching Resources
Format: Paperback

Teach students to ACE their responses with this collection of mini-lessons that guides them to utilize their own knowledge to construct clear, cohesive comments. ACE is an acronym for "Answer the question, Cite evidence, and Elaborate." At the heart of ACE are eight elaboration...
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Love & Money: Protecting Yourself from Angry Exes, Wacky Relatives, Con Artists, and Inner Demons

Ann-Margaret Carrozza - Allworth Press
Format: Hardcover

It is no secret that we are living in an increasingly litigious society. What may come as a surprise, though, is that we are far more likely to be involved in a costly legal dispute with a former loved one than we are with a stranger. In Love and Money, Ann-Margaret Carrozza will...
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Bridge to Brilliance : How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World

Nadia Lopez - Viking
Format: Print book

"The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy is the story of American education. Nadia Lopez . . . must be a principal, a mentor, and sometimes a mother. I hope that you're as impressed by her dedication to these kids as I've been." - Brandon Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America

Barbara Szerlip - Melville House
Format: Print book

Before there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. A ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium, to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub,...
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies Thatll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

Kelly Weinersmith - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller!A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into...
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Jumpstarting the Arduino 101: Interacting with a Computer That Learns

YINING SHI - Maker Media, Inc
Format: Paperback

Arduino 101 houses an Intel Curie module which offers a better performance at a lower power footprint. The module has two 32-bit MCUs - an x86 Intel Quark processor and an ARC EM4 processor along with 384kB flash memory and 80kB SRAM. These onboard MCUs combine a variety of new technologies...
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The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success

Al Siebert - Practical Psychology Pr
Format: Print book

Whether enrolling in college for the first time or returning after an extended absence, this one-stop reference provides adult students with a wealth of practical guidance once they hit campus - either brick and mortar or online. This thorough guide explores not only how to succeed academically...
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New Bankruptcy, The: Will It Work for You?

Stephen Elias Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Not sure where to start? Let's find the right bankruptcy option for you. You know bankruptcy will help you get back on your financial feet. But which chapter type is best? The New Bankruptcy explains the benefits of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. You'll learn that Chapter...
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Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court

RALPH WARNER - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Win your small claims case! You don't need a lawyer to win in small claims court. You need to know how to prepare and present your own case. Smart preparation for your day in court can make the difference between receiving a check and writing one. Everybody's Guide to Small Claims...
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A Teacher's Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Form, Manage, Assess, and Differentiate in Groups

Dina Brulles - Free Spirit Publishing
Format: Paperback

Grouping learners purposefully throughout the school day based on their needs and the curriculum remains the single best way to differentiate instruction. This guide will help teachers expertly use flexible grouping and differentiation strategies to respond to students' diverse learning...
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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life

Jess Kimball Leslie - Running Press Book Publishers
Format: Print book

I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It is tech analyst Jess Kimball Leslie's hilarious, frank homage to the technology that contributed so significantly to the person she is today. From accounts of the lawless chat rooms of early AOL to the perpetual high school reunions that...
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The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Hardcover

An essential guide to criminology, exploring the most infamous cases of all time, from serial killers to mob hits to war crimes and more.From Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer, The Crime Book is a complete study of international true crime history that unpacks the shocking stories...
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The Elegant Warrior: How To Win Lifes Trials Without Losing Yourself

Heather Hansen - Page Two
Format: Paperback

"... contains plenty of valuable, adaptable life lessons to help readers through tricky situations... a template for achieving personal and career goals." Publishers WeeklyCan you win lifes battles without losing yourself?Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior...
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The Self-Sufficiency Handbook: Your Complete Guide to a Self-Sufficient Home, Garden, and Kitchen

Alan Bridgewater - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

Worried about ever-rising fuel bills and longing for the day when you can be off-grid and independent? Anxious about the quality of the food you eat and planning to go organic? Yearning to get back to the way it was but don't know where to start? This book will show you how to achieve the eco-friendly...
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Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution

David M Ewalt - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of the history, development, and future of virtual reality, a technology with world-changing potential, written by award-winning journalist and author David Ewalt, stemming from his 2015 Forbes cover story about the Oculus Rift and its creator Palmer Luckey.You've...
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Puppies For Dummies

Sarah Hodgson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to bring home a new puppy Across America and beyond, tails are wagging with anticipation. Why? Because puppies and the people who love them are eager for the update of Puppies for Dummies. Originally released and welcomed as a positive, loving alternative...
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Your Cabin in the Woods

Conrad E Meinecke - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Print book

Ever dream of escaping to a cozy cabin in the great outdoors? This unique bind-up of Conrad Meinecke's classic works helps make that a reality, while imparting a deeper appreciation of nature and of building something with your own two hands. For 70 years, readers have been enjoying Meinecke's...
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Four-Year Colleges 2020

Peterson's - Peterson's
Format: Paperback

Peterson's Four-Year Colleges 2020 is a valuable resource that includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada, more than 2,500 institutions in all. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel for over...
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Howard Stern Comes Again

Howard Stern - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and mobsters. A president. Over his unrivaled four-decade career in radio, Howard Stern has interviewed thousands of personalities - discussing sex, relationships, money, fame, spirituality,...
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Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?

MUMIA ABU-JAMAL - City Lights Publishers
Format: Paperback

"This collection of short meditations, written from a prison cell, captures the past two decades of police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter while digging deeply into the history of the United States. This is the book we need right now to find our bearings in the chaos."--Roxanne...
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Genomic Messages: How the Evolving Science of Genetics Affects Our Health, Families, and Future

George Annas - HarperOne; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Two leaders in the field of genetics - a bioethicist-health lawyer and an obstetrician-gynecologist geneticist - answer the most pressing questions about the application of new genetics to our universal medicine and what personalized medicine means for individual healthcare.Breakthroughs...
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Waste Not: Make a Big Difference by Throwing Away Less

Erin Rhoads - Hardie Grant
Format: Flexibound

Shrink-wrapped veggies, disposable coffee cups, clothes and electronics designed to be upgraded every year; we are surrounded by stuff that we often use once and then throw away. Each year the average household produces enough trash to fill a three-bedroom home, including thousands of dollars...
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The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change

Robert Henson - American Meteorological Society
Format: Paperback

Everybody can be a thinking person when it comes to climate change, and this book is a perfect roadmap. Start a web search for "climate change" and the first three suggestions are "facts," "news," and "hoax." The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate...
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Performance Management For Dummies

Herman Aguinis - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Implement best-in-class performance management systems Performance Management For Dummies is the definitive guide to infuse performance management with your organization's strategic goals and priorities. It provides the nuts and bolts of how to define and measure performance in terms...
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The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits

Simon Schama - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

Author of a number of celebrated works, including the bestselling The Story of the Jews and Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon Schama's latest book fuses history and art to create a tour de force of narrative sweep and illuminating insight. Using images from works-paintings,...
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Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

Dan-el Padilla Peralta - Penguin Press
Format: Print book

An undocumented immigrant's journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton classDan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than...
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Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time

Mark Hyman - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

Help to transform the planet in crisis with this indispensable guide to healthy, ethical, and economically sustainable food from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Hyman, MD -- "Read this book if you're ready to change the world" (Tim Ryan, US Representative) .Food...
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Workbook and Lab Manual for Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice

Elsevier - Elsevier
Format: Paperback

This easy-to-use, chapter-by-chapter companion to Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition helps you reinforce and master your understanding of key skills and concepts. Each chapter of this combination workbook and lab manual contains a wide variety of review...
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Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America

James Poniewozik - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

A generational work that, using television, reframes America's identity through the rattled mind of a septuagenarian, insomniac, cable-news-junkie president.In the tradition of great cultural figures like Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, New York Times chief television critic James Poniewozik...
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Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation

AnnMarie Thomas - Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition
Format: Print book

This is a book for parents and other educators - both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today's youth to be makers - to see the world as something...
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Form Your Own Limited Liability Company: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name

Anthony Mancuso Attorney
Format: Paperback(Eleventh Edition)


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One Giant Leap: The Untold Story of How We Flew to the Moon

Charles Fishman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman reveals the untold true story of the men and women charged with taking the United States to the Moon.President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress...
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The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Robert Iger - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A grand vision defined: The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney...
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In Our Prime: How Older Women Are Reinventing the Road Ahead

Susan Douglas - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Do you see women your age portrayed as puttering gardeners and docile grannies? Do you feel bombarded by anti-aging products that insist you must "defy" getting older? Do you feel invisible in professional and social situations? And have you had enough and are you ready to challenge...
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Form Your Own Limited Liability Company

ANTHONY MANCUSO - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Make your business an LLCS Structuring your business as an LLC can bring important advantages: It lets you limit your personal liability for business debts and simplify your taxes. Here, you'll find the key legal forms you need to create an LLC in your state, including: LLC articles...
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Earth in Human Hands: The Rise of Terra Sapiens and Hope for Our Planet

David Grinspoon - Grand Central Pub
Format: Print book

For the first time in Earth's history, one species--humans--is knowingly altering our planet's evolution, exerting increasing influence and attempting stewardship. How we handle this juncture may very well determine the fate not just of our species, but of life, and the planet. Without...
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Jodi Kantor - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movementFor many years, reporters...
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Jodi Kantor - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movementOn October 5, 2017, the New...
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Greasy Bend: A Novel: The Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond Mysteries, book 2

Kris Lackey - Blackstone Audio
Format: Hardcover

In a driving sleet storm, a farmer has discovered a body snagged on cottonwood roots in the Washita River. Johnston County deputy Hannah Bond realizes it's her elderly friend, Alice. Meanwhile, at the Golden Play Casino, robbers posing as armored-car guards kill a local stickball hero and friend...
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Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life

Tanya Goodin - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Paperback

Walk down any street, stroll through any park, step into a bar or restaurant, and everyone is glued to their mobile devices. Many of us struggle with the near-constant urge to check our phones - the average person interacts with their device more than 2,600 times a day - and this dependence...
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The 50 Greatest Bike Rides of the World

Sarah Woods - Icon Books
Format: Paperback

From freewheeling through tufted French vineyards and scaling the rocky, cloud-topped tracks in the Himalayas to rattling past white-washed sugar-cube houses in narrow Spanish valleys, surviving the peaks of the Yorkshire Dales to tackling truly hair-rising descents in rural Cuba, the sheer...
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Make: Learn electronics with Arduino : an illustrated beginner's guide to physical computing

Jody Culkin - Maker Media

"If you're an absolute beginner who is ready to learn electronics, this fun, lavishly illustrated book is for you! You'll quickly get up to speed with electronics and writing programs. Connect an Arduino to your computer, download a free application that lets you create code,...
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits

David A Morton - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability covers the criteria for getting disability benefits for back problems, heart and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, mental issues like depression and anxiety, and 200 more medical conditions. Learn how to match...
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Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories

E D Hirsch - Harvard Education Press
Format: Print book

In Why Knowledge Matters, influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit,...
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The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution

Susan Hockfield - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

From the former president of MIT, the story of the next technology revolution, and how it will change our lives.A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear...
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Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System

Jerome F Buting - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America's criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform.Over...
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Becoming an Architect

Lee W Waldrep - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Paperback

"Becoming an Architect will inspire future architects, career consultants, and human resources professionals alike, providing all the information you'll need to make intelligent decisions about careers in architecture." - From the Foreword by Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA,...
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Strategic Management for School Development: Leading Your School’s Improvement Strategy

Brian Fidler - SAGE Publications Ltd
Format: Hardcover

Written at a very accessible and practical level, this book introduces strategic management and provides self-development activities to help educators develop a strategy within their own organizations.
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Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination, The

Deborah C. England - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Every day, it seems, another company is in the news for the wrong reason: It's been accused of harassment or discrimination against employees. Your company can avoid this fate by making sure managers and employees recognize and know how to respond to illegal conduct promptly and effectively....
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AP Biology: With 2 Practice Tests

Goldberg, Deborah T. - BARRONS EDUCATION SERIES

Barron's AP Biology: With Two Practice Tests is revised to reflect all upcoming changes to the AP Biology course and the May 2020 exam. You'll get the in-depth content review and practice tests you need to fully prepare for the exam. This edition features: Two full-length practice...
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Living Trusts for Everyone: Why a Will Is Not the Way to Avoid Probate, Protect Heirs, and Settle Estates

Ronald Farrington Sharp - Allworth
Format: Print book

Living Trusts for Everyone, Second Edition, is the best resource for setting up a living trust. Explaining in specific terms what benefits a trust will have, Ronald Farrington Sharp gives the tools necessary to settle a loved one's trust with no lawyers and no expense.Wills benefit...
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Beekeeping For Dummies

Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to 'bee' a successful backyard beekeeper If you've ever thought about becoming a backyard beekeeper - or have already tried a hand at it and want to be better one - then this is the book for you! In Beekeeping for Dummies, 4th Edition you'll find everything...
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Summer Blast: Getting Ready for Third Grade – Full-Color Workbook for Kids Ages 7-9 - Reading, Writing, Art, and Math Worksheets - Prevent Summer Learning Loss – Parent Tips

Wendy Conklin - Shell Education
Format: 1st Edition

Eliminate summer learning loss with this easy-to-use resource for parents. Keeping the skills your child learned in second grade sharp while on break from school will help his or her third grade year get off to a great start. This standards-based tool provides 9 weeks of engaging and relevant...
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QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive; Includes 48 Queenspotting Challenges

Hilary Kearney - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

At the heart of every bee hive is a queen bee. Since her well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill. In QueenSpotting, experienced beekeeper and professional "swarm catcher"...
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Decarcerating America: From Mass Punishment to Public Health

Ernest M Drucker - New Press
Format: Print book

An all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end the mass incarceration Mass incarceration will end--there is an emerging consensus that we've been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2. 2 million Americans behind bars...
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199 Mistakes New Teachers Make and How to Prevent Them: Insider Secrets to Avoid Classroom Blunders

Kimberly Sarmiento - Atlantic Pub Co
Format: Book

This title focuses on dealing with elementary school age children. It covers how to caputure and keep the attetion of younger students, what to expect at each age and grade level, discipline, creating an effective atmosphere in the classroom, and more. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent...
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The Traveler's Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists

Neil F. Comins - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make...
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I Cant Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street

Matt Taibbi - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The DivideNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTOn July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old...
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My War Criminal: Personal Encounters with an Architect of Genocide

Jessica Stern - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

An investigation into the nature of violence, terror, and trauma through conversations with a notorious war criminal and hero to white nationalistsBetween October 2014 and November 2016, global terrorism expert Jessica Stern held a series of conversations in a prison cell in The Hague with...
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River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey

Helen Prejean - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In this revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking, the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion...
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The Hidden Ivies, 3rd Edition: 63 of America's Top Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities

Howard Greene - Collins Reference
Format: Print book

Completely revised and updated with a dozen new colleges and universities, the essential guide students need to help them choose and gain admission to the outstanding schools that fit them best.Based on Howard and Matthew Greene's years of counseling experience and research, The Hidden...
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Make: Drones: How to Teach an Arduino to Fly

David Mcgriffy - O'Reilly Media
Format: Print book

Make: Drones will help the widest possible audience understand how drones work by providing several DIY drone projects based on the world's most popular robot controller--the Arduino. The information imparted in this book will show Makers how to build better drones and be better drone...
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How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim

Joseph Matthews - NOLO
Format: Paperback

After your injury: Settle your claim the right wayWhen you've been hurt in an accident, dealing with insurance companies and lawyers can feel exhausting. But armed with the right information, you can handle a claim yourself -- and save many thousands of dollars in the process.How to Win Your...
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Bankruptcy law and practice

Grace A Luppino; Robert A Smith - Pearson Education
Format:  Print book : English

For courses in bankruptcy law Prepare paralegals for career success with a solid foundation in the practice of bankruptcy law. To prepare bankruptcy paralegals to enter the workforce, Bankruptcy Law and Practice equips readers with solid knowledge of the aspects...
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Mindful Classrooms: Daily 5-Minute Practices to Support Social-Emotional Learning

James Butler - Free Spirit Publishing
Format: Paperback

A guide for busy elementary educators on how to easily incorporate mindfulness activities into existing curriculum Teaching students how to focus and self-regulate at a young age can provide them with skills that will help throughout their schooling and adult lives. Like anyone, they need...
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True Roots: What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me about Health and Beauty

Ronnie Citron-Fink - Island Press
Format: Hardcover

Like 75% of American women, Ronnie Citron-Fink dyed her hair, visiting the salon every few weeks to hide gray roots in her signature dark brown mane. She wanted to look attractive, professional, young. Yet as a journalist covering health and the environment, she knew something wasn't right....
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Why the Wheel Is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move

Steven Vogel - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book

There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates - be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet there is no more fundamental human invention than the wheel - a rotational mechanism that accomplishes what our physical form cannot. Throughout...
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Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems: Pre-university Physics and Maths Puzzles with Solutions

Thomas Povey - Oneworld Publications
Format: Print book

In Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems, Thomas Povey shares 109 of his favorite problems in physics and maths. A tour de force of imagination and exposition, he guides us through uncompromisingly challenging territory that expands our minds and encourages a playful and exploratory...
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Estate Planning Basics

DENNIS CLIFFORD - NOLO
Format: Paperback

This book provides concise, straightforward, and easy-to-read information about the major components of estate planning - without going into endless detail about arcane options that apply only to the wealthy. Topics include: choosing beneficiaries estate planning by parents with minor...
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Building Interstate 95 in Delaware

William Francis - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback

November 1, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of Interstate 95 in its entirety in Delaware. Its construction was part of the largest public works project in American history, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, signed into law by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower. The bill allotted...
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The Best 385 Colleges, 2020 Edition: In-Depth Profiles & Ranking Lists to Help Find the Right College For You

The Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

A revised and updated edition of the hottest college guidebook, a perennial favorite of the national media!NO ONE KNOWS COLLEGES LIKE THE PRINCETON REVIEW! The Princeton Review's college rankings started in 1992 with surveys from 30,000 students. Over 25 years and more than a million...
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Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt

Beth Akers - Princeton University Pres
Format: Print book

College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weakened by a major recession, have raised serious questions about whether we are headed for a major crisis, with borrowers defaulting on their loans...
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Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler!

OLIVIA KOSKI - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated travel guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling...
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Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World

Pat Mitchell - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and inspiring memoir and call to action from Pat Mitchell -- groundbreaking media icon, global advocate for women's rights, and co-founder and curator of TEDWomen Raised in a small town in Georgia with no money or connections, Pat Mitchell challenged expectations to become...
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Summer Blast: Getting Ready for First Grade – Full-Color Workbook for Kids Ages 5-7 - Reading, Writing, Art, and Math Worksheets - Prevent Summer Learning Loss – Parent Tips

Jodene Smith - Shell Education
Format: Paperback

Eliminate summer learning loss with this easy-to-use resource for parents. Keeping the skills your child learned in kindergarten sharp while on break from school will help his or her first grade year get off to a great start. This standards-based tool provides 9 weeks of engaging and relevant...
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Richard Posner

William Domnarski - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age, on par with such generation-defining judges as Holmes, Hand, and Friendly. A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the principal exponent of the enormously influential law and economics movement, he writes...
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How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim

Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

After your injury: Settle your claim the right way When you've been hurt in an accident, dealing with insurance companies and lawyers can feel exhausting. But armed with the right information, you can handle a claim yourself -- and save many thousands of dollars in the process. How...
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Copyright Handbook, The: What Every Writer Needs to Know

Stephen Fishman J.D. - NOLO
Format: Paperback

What copyright law protects... . and doesn't No writers like to see their hard work or creativity copied by others - or to be accused of copying. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself Find information and forms to help you: register your work...
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Shattering Silences: New Approaches to Healing Survivors of Rape and Bringing Their Assailants to Justice

Christopher Johnston - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Every two minutes someone in the US is sexually assaulted, and each year there are nearly 300,000 victims of sexual assault. But victims are no longer silent, and new practices by police, prosecutors, nurses, and rape crisis professionals are resulting in more humane and compassionate treatment...
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Dr. Earl Mindell's Probiotic Bible: Learn how healthy bacteria can help your body absorb nutrients, enhance your immune system, and prevent and treat diseases.

Earl Mindell - Turner
Format: Paperback

To the surprise of many people, several pounds of good bacteria populate our digestive tract, help us maintain normal digestion, and protect us against stomach flus, candida overgrowth, and many other types of infection. Probiotics have also proven to improve gut health symptoms and anxiety...
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Extraordinary Dogs: Stories from Search and Rescue Dogs, Comfort Dogs, and Other Canine Heroes

Liz Stavrinides - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful photo book showcasing more than 50 heroic dogs "in uniform" and their stories, from photographer Liz Stavrinides and author John Schlimm. . Extraordinary Dogs portrays more than fifty working dogs, along with the police officers, firefighters, veterans, and other trained...
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Her Body, Our Laws: On the Front Lines of the Abortion War, from El Salvador to Oklahoma

Michelle Oberman - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

With stories from the front lines, a legal scholar journeys through distinct legal climates to understand precisely why and how the war over abortion is being fought.Drawing on her years of research in El Salvador - the only country to ban abortion without exception - legal scholar Michelle...
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A Spotter's Guide to Amazing Architecture

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

The next in our Spotter's Guide series reveals 120 of the world's great human constructions and where to find them, from cloud-piercing skyscrapers and ancient sites to classic buildings and contemporary designs. Packed with facts, maps and photos, it's a fun and fascinating introduction...
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology - and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark,...
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The K & w Guide to Colleges for Students With Learning Differences 350 Schools With Programs or Services for Students With ADHD or Learning Disabilities.

Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

Make sure you're preparing with the most up-to-date materials! Look for The Princeton Review's newest edition of this book, The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences, 14th Edition (ISBN: 9780525567899, on-sale February 2019) . Publisher's Note: Products...
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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor

Steven Greenhouse - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the longtime New York Times labor correspondent, an in-depth look at working men and women in America, the challenges they face, and how they can be re-empoweredIn an era when corporate profits have soared while wages have flatlined, millions of Americans are searching for ways to improve...
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Fabricating For Dummies

Kip Hanson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Work your way to fabricating successPeople have been hammering metal into shields, cookware, and ceremonial headdresses for centuries, and fabrication continues to be a popular and growing industry today. Fabricating For Dummies provides you with all the information you need to begin learning...
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Dodge Grand Caravan & Chrysler Town & Country

Editors of Haynes Manuals - Haynes Manuals N. America, Inc.
Format: Paperback

With a Haynes manual, you can do it yourself ... from simple maintenance to basic repairs. Haynes writes every book based on a complete teardown of the vehicle. We learn the best ways to do a job and that makes it quicker, easier and cheaper for you. Our books have clear instructions and hundreds...
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Electronics All-in-One For Dummies

Doug Lowe - For Dummies
Format: Print book

A comprehensive collection of 8 books in 1 offering electronics guidance that can't be found anywhere else! If you know a breadboard from a breadbox but want to take your hobby electronics skills to the next level, this is the only reference you need. Electronics All-in-One For Dummies...
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Wild Beauty: Wisdom & Recipes for Natural Self-Care

Jana Blankenship - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring and easy-to-use primer on natural beauty, featuring 45 recipes for using essential oils to make your own perfumes and room sprays, lip balm, face and body oils, bath salts, juices, tonics, and more, including an overview of important plant ingredients, the benefits of detoxing...
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes

Jane Straus - Wiley
Format: Paperback

A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation,...
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Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil

William Middleton - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST ART BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY ARTNEWS**. The first and definitive biography of the celebrated collectors Dominique and John de Menil, who became one of the greatest cultural forces of the twentieth century through groundbreaking exhibits of art, artistic scholarship,...
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Tax Deductions for Professionals: Pay Less to the IRS

Stephen Fishman - NOLO
Format: Paperback

A tax deduction guide just for professionals. Keep your taxes under control! Architects, lawyers, dentists, chiropractors, doctors, and other licensed professionals are subject to special tax rules. With this book, learn how to pay less to the IRS at tax time by taking advantage of valuable...
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Go See the Principal: True Tales from the School Trenches

Gerry Brooks - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

From an elementary school principal and popular YouTube personality, inspiration and humor for educators to tackle the challenges they face day-in and day-outGerry Brooks is an elementary school principal turned YouTube celebrity who entertains K-12 teachers, administrators, and parents...
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Toward a More Perfect University

Jonathan R Cole - Public Affairs, 2016.
Format: Print book

Education has been disrupted dramatically by culture, technology and economics. The only certainty about the universities of the future is that they will not thrive if left unchanged. Jonathan Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor at Columbia University, and its former provost, is one of the country's...
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Wings in the Light: Wild Butterflies in North America

David Lee Myers - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary look at the wild butterflies of North America, with hundreds of compelling original photographs See what it's like to stare a butterfly in the eyes. Lavishly illustrated and scientifically rigorous, this dazzling volume provides a comprehensive visual guide to the butterflies...
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller - "one of the most influential books of the past decade," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education - with a new preface by the author Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow.Since...
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Brooklyn: The Once and Future City

Thomas Campanella - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades -- celebrated and scorned...
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The Field Guide to Citizen Science: How You Can Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a Difference

Darlene Cavalier - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Citizen science is the public involvement in the discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. The citizen science movement is approachable and inclusive, making it an excellent option for people...
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Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side

Trish Hall - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

From the former New York Times Op-Ed page editor, a definitive and entertaining resource for writers of every stripe on the neglected art of persuasion.From the former New York Times Op-Ed page editor, a definitive and entertaining resource for writers of every stripe on the neglected art of persuasion....
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The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed

Scott Parazynski - Little A
Format: Hardcover

"Scott Parazynski's drive, curiosity, inventiveness, and great humor shine through the pages of The Sky Below and will certainly inspire future generations to pursue their dreams with every fiber in their being." - John Glenn, NASA astronautAn epic memoir from a man whose...
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Summer Blast: Getting Ready for Fifth Grade

Wendy Conklin - Shell Education, 2016.
Format: Print book

Blast away summer learning loss and prepare students for fifth grade with the engaging cross-curricular activities and parental support tools in this standards-based resource. Excite and energize students in the summer months with 9 weeks of fun, theme-based units focusing on key skills...
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Public Domain, The: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More

Stephen Fishman J.D. - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Need content? Find public domain works free for the taking! Even though you've always been told otherwise, writers and artists can often copy other people's work and get away with it. Enter the world of the public domain, where everything is free for the taking, and the only secret...
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The Essential Executor's Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Dealing With Wills, Trusts, Benefits, and Probate

David G Hoffman - The Career Press
Format: Print book

Many of you, regardless of your feelings on the matter, will eventually be appointed as executor of your parents', spouse's, or another's estate.Just calling an attorney isn't enough. Settling a decedent's estate may require the combined expertise of accountants, appraisers,...
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