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Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians
Elizabeth R Leggett - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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With the world becoming increasingly more dependent upon the Internet, libraries offer an essential service by providing access to this worldwide network. To help their patrons, modern librarians must have a thorough understanding of this technology. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library... |
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Word Smart, 6th Edition: 1400 Words That Belong in Every Savvy Student's Vocabulary
PRINCETON REVIEW. - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback
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LET YOUR VOCABULARY SPEAK FOR ITSELF.Whether your goal is to get a competitive edge on a specific exam or simply to build your word knowledge, this updated sixth edition of Word Smart gives you the tools you need to transform your vocabulary and start using words with confidence!WORD SMART,... |
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Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources
Carol Willsey Bell - Clearfield
Format: Paperback
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This is a very comprehensive guide to the genealogical records and sources in Ohio, written by one of Ohio's foremost genealogists, Carol Willsey Bell. For each of Ohio's eighty-eight counties, Mrs. Bell supplies the following data: the county creation date and the name(s) of the parent... |
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Reader's Digest Atlas of America: Our Nation in Maps, Facts, and Pictures
Editors of Reader's Digest - Readers Digest; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive factual and geographic reference to the United States. More than 200 full-color maps, 500 color illustrations and photos, and in-depth profiles of all 50 states. Plus a complete guide to the country's 54 national parks. |
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Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices
M. Sandra Wood - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Print book
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Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices brings together a wealth of information from public, academic, special, and school libraries who share their successful approaches to raising... |
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Corrections Officer Exam Study Guide 2015
Corrections Officer Exam Team - Trivium Test Prep
Format: Print book
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Think all Corrections Officer study guides are the same? Think again! With easy to understand lessons and practice test questions designed to maximize your score, you'll be ready. You don't want to waste time - and money! - retaking an exam. You want to accelerate your education,... |
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Easy Algebra Step-by-Step, Second Edition
Sandra K McCune - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback
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The Quick and Effective Way to Learn AlgebraThe fastest way to learn algebra is to build a solid foundation in the basics. Inside this book you won't find a lot of endless drills. Instead, you get an original, step-by-step approach to learning algebra. In your first steps, you are introduced... |
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GRE Math Workbook
Kaplan. - Kaplan Pub, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Hundreds of realistic practice questions and exercises to prepare you for the Math portion of the GRE, including a new section of advanced content for those aiming for a very high score.Kaplan's GRE Math Workbook, 10th Edition, comprehensively addresses the math section of the GRE Revised... |
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CSET English Subtests I-IV Book Online
John Allen - Research & Education Association
Format: Print book
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REA's CSET: English Subtests I-IV with Online TestsGets You Certified and in the Classroom!California requires all prospective English teachers to take the CSET: English Test. Recently, the CSET: English subtests were revised to align more closely with the California Common Core State... |
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The Rising: Ireland: Easter 1916
Fearghal McGarry - Oxford University Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Based on a recently released trove of over 1,700 eye-witness statements, this gripping volume tells the story of the Easter Rising as seen through the eyes of the rebels themselves, capturing in crisp, unflinching detail what the nascent Irish revolution actually felt like. As it chronicles... |
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Estate & Trust Administration For Dummies
Margaret A. Munro - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Estate and Trust Administration For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119543879) was previously published as Estate and Trust Administration For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118412251) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should... |
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McGraw-Hill Education 8 GRE Practice Tests, Third Edition
KATHY A ZAHLER - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback
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Your First Step Toward a Great Score on the GRE Test!With more than 125 years of experience in education, McGraw-Hill Education is the name you trust to deliver results. This MHE guide will provide you with the intensive practice you need to succeed on the GRE. Inside this book, you will... |
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Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates
Robert Kourik - Metamorphic Press
Format: Paperback
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Drip irrigation is the best way to help any plant flourish and survive tough times, especially short or long droughts. Pick the wrong "stuff " and you easily can feel overwhelmed. Robert Kourik's Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates clearly explains how to use less... |
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Make Your Own Living Trust
Denis Clifford Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Living trusts simplified! Protect your family and avoid probate with this bestselling guide. Death may be inevitable, but probate doesn't have to be. By creating a living trust, your property will bypass lengthy and expensive probate proceedings and go directly to the people you've... |
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The Makerspace Librarian's Sourcebook
Ellyssa Kroski - ALA Editions
Format: Print book
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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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The Official Guide to the GRE General Test, Third Edition
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE. - MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
Format: Print book
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Get the only official guide to the GRE General Test that comes straight from the test makers!If you're looking for the best, most authoritative guide to the GRE General Test, you've found it! The Official Guide to the GRE General Test is the only GRE guide specially created by ETS--the... |
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Kaplan 5 Strategies for the New SAT
Kaplan - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Print book
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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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Practice Exercises for the TOEFL with MP3 CD, 8th Edition
Pamela J. Sharpe Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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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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SAT For Dummies, with Online Practice
Geraldine Woods - For Dummies; 9 edition
Format: Print book
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The easy way to prepare for the SAT The College Board has announced a redesign to the SAT in the spring of 2016. Theres no doubt that students, parents, and educators are clamoring for a revised and authoritative resource on the latest iteration of this important standardized test. Packed... |
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How the Body Works
Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK
Format: Hardcover
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A bold, accessible, illustrated guide that delivers real scientific information on how the body works with a healthy side of fun facts and trivia.If you've ever searched the Internet for information on that odd rash on your arm, advice to help you get the best night's sleep, or tips for staying... |
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The History of the Hudson River Valley: From Wilderness to the Civil War
Vernon Benjamin - Overlook Hardcover
Format: Book
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Sailing down the river that would later bear his captain’s name, explorer Robert Juet described the Hudson River Valley in 1609 as a “drowned land” submerged by a “great lake of water.” Over the next two centuries, this drowned landscape would be the site of a truly... |
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Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College
Edward Fiske - Sourcebooks; 5 edition
Format: Book
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An exceptionally useful overview for the college bound.BooklistGet Accepted to the College Thats Right For You Getting into college can be stressful. Its hard enough to find your dream school, but you need to navigate the admissions process too! Never fear. With advice from the two leading... |
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Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors 2017
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. - United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Format: Paperback
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This annual, updated year 2017 edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors" includes resources to help veterans access their benefits. You will find a listing of various toll-free phone numbers, plus world wide web locations and a directory of Veterans Affairs... |
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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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Reynard the Fox: A New Translation
James Simpson - Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the greatest characters of medieval literature, the trickster Reynard the Fox, comes to life in this rollicking new translation.What do a weak lion king, a grief-stricken rooster, a dim-witted bear, and one really angry wolf have in common? The answer is theyve all been had by one sly fox named... |
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Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Danielle Allen - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the Zcalo Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2015 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize, Society of American Historians "Danielle Allen lays bare the Declaration's history and significance, returning it to its true and rightful owners -- you and me."... |
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Barron's ACT with CD-ROM
Brian Stewart - Barron's Educational Series; Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Print book
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College-bound students preparing for the ACT will find the help they need in this brand new edition of Barron's trusted ACT study manual. Its helpful features include:A detailed overview of the ACT with comprehensive answers to frequently asked questionsA chapter on optimizing the test-taking... |
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CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2016
Maxine Papadakis - McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
Format: Paperback
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Includes 6 online-only chapters at no additional cost!Visit AccessMedicine.com/CMDTThe #1 annual internal medicine guide that clinicians turn to first -- extensively revised and updatedNew to the 2016 edition of CMDT New sections on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; drug-induced... |
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The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt
Steven Snape - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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From early towns to booming metropolises, The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt explores every facet of urban life in ancient Egypt with a leading authority in the field as a guideAncient Egyptian cities and towns have until recently been one of the least-studied and least-published aspects... |
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Makers with a Cause: Creative Service Projects for Library Youth
Gina Seymour - Libraries Unlimited
Format: Paperback
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This quick-start guide explains how to use inquiry to promote civic engagement in the school library makerspace and provides ready-to-use ideas for hands-on service projects.* Provides step-by-step instruction for service-driven, hands-on projects* Lists possible organizations to work... |
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SAT Prep Plus 2018: 5 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
KAPLAN. - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Prep Smarter for the SAT. Our SAT prep guide features exclusive methods and strategies as well as more than 1,400 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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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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ACT Prep 2019: 3 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Kaplan's ACT Prep 2019 has the essential strategies, realistic practice, and expert advice you need to face Test Day with confidence. Kaplan Test Prep is the Official Partner for Live Online Prep for the ACT. For more information visit kaptest.com/onlineprepliveKaplan is so certain... |
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The Official SAT Study Guide, 2018 Edition
COLLEGE BOARD. - College Board
Format: Paperback
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"The Official SAT Study Guide: Second Edition" by The College Board features 10 official SAT(r) practice tests created by the test maker. With over 1,000 pages and more than 20 chapters, it's packed with the most up-to-date information students need to get ready for the test.... |
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George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981
Richard Irvin - McFarland
Format: Book
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An elementary school dropout, George Burns went on to become one of Americas most beloved entertainers. This book covers a neglected part of his career--his work as a television producer. Burns was not only a behind-the-scenes producer, but also filled the role of producer in various comedies... |
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Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
Maya Schenwar - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family’s experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety.... |
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GED Test For Dummies: with Online Practice
Caren Van Slyke - For Dummies; Premier 3rd Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Score higher on the GED with this book online practice If youre preparing for this all-important exam, GED Test For Dummies with Online Practice gets you up and running on everything you can expect on test day, from overviews of the test sections to invaluable reviews and test-taking... |
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McGraw-Hill Education 500 MAT Questions to Know by Test Day
Kathy Zahler - McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition
Format: Book
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500 Ways to Achieve Your Highest Score We want you to succeed on the MAT. Thats why weve selected these 500 questions to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best score. These questions are similar to the ones youll find on the MAT so you will... |
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MCAT Biology Review: Online Book
Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Kaplan has been the world leader in the MCAT prep industry for 40 years. Our decades of test expertise and experience are available with MCAT Biology Review. This book features thorough subject review, more questions than any competitor, star-ratings to focus your study on the most important... |
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Pass Key to the TOEFL iBT with MP3 audio CD 9th Edition
Pamela J Sharpe - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book
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This updated shorter version of Barron's full-size TOEFL iBT test preparation manual prepares ESL students for the Internet-based test with -- An overview of the test format and a review of required academic skills that include note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizingA... |
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Pass Key to the LSAT, 2nd Edition
JAY B CUTTS - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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This handy book is a shorter version of the Barron's LSAT. This manual explains and reviews the test's four sections: Logical Reasoning, Reasoning Comprehension, Analytical Reasoning, and the LSAT Essay. Each review chapter includes practice questions with answers. The book also... |
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Daily Life during the California Gold Rush
Thomas Maxwell-Long - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover
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It is easy to see the vestiges of the California Gold Rush in the state's modern culture. The San Francisco 49ers football team are named after the term given to those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold; California is nicknamed "the golden state;" and the official... |
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Cracking the GED Test with 2 Practice Tests, 2020 Edition
Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback
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Everything students need to know to succeed on the GED, the most commonly taken high school equivalency exam.The GED (General Educational Development) tests provide hundreds of thousands of people each year with... |
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The Rebirthing of God: Christianity's Struggle for New Beginnings
John Philip Newell - Skylight Paths Pub
Format: Print book
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Dare to imagine a new birth from deep within Christianity, a fresh stirring of the Spirit."The walls of Western Christianity are collapsing. In many parts of the West that collapse can only be described as seismic.... There are three main responses or reactions to this collapse. The first... |
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McGraw-Hill Education TABE Level A Verbal Workbook
Phyllis Dutwin - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book
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Now updated! Expert verbal preparation for the TABE exam that is the first step to lifelong success Whether you're looking to quality for a government job, to launch a career with a private company, or to demonstrate your abilities for school placement, a high score on the Test of Adult... |
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Master the Catholic High School Entrance Exams 2018
Peterson's - Peterson's
Format: Paperback
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Peterson's Master the Catholic High School Entrance Exams 2018 is the comprehensive test-prep book for scoring high on Catholic high school entrance exams. The book includes a Diagnostic Test to help students determine their strengths and weaknesses PLUS 6 full-length practice tests... |
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Certification Exam Review For Dental Assisting: Prepare, Practice and Pass!
Melissa Campbell - Cengage Learning
Format: Print book
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This is the only resource you will need to prepare for and pass your certification exams. CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW FOR DENTAL ASSISTING, 1st Edition is designed around the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) Examination blueprint. Its fresh approach centers on how and what to study... |
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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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Technology Disaster Response and Recovery Planning: A LITA Guide
Mary Mallery - Amer Library Assn
Format: Print book
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Most library disaster plans focus on response and recovery from collection and facilities disasters, such as fire and floods. But because technology is becoming ever more integral to libraries' role in their communities, any interruption in service and resources is a serious matter.... |
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MCAT Physics and Math Review 2019-2020: Online Book
Alexander Stone Macnow - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Kaplan's MCAT Physics and Math Review 2019-2020 offers an expert study plan, detailed subject review, and hundreds of online and in-book practice questions - all authored by the experts behind the MCAT prep course that has helped more people get into medical school than all other major... |
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Grockit 1600 Practice Questions for the GRE: Book Online (Grockit Test Prep)
Grockit - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Pap/Psc Edition
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Dont just study for the GRE. Grock it.. Get the right practice for the GRE with realistic practice questions. Target your weaknesses with an efficient, effective workout using1600 Practice Questions for the GRE and its online question bank. Grockits methodology has beenbuilt on learning... |
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Cracking the ACT Premium Edition with 8 Practice Tests and DVD, 2017
Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Print book
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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.... |
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Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories, 1967 to the Present
Ahron Bregman - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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An authoritative and impassioned history of the aftermath of the Six Day War -- by a former Israeli soldier -- and a cogent argument for an end to the occupation. In a move that would forever alter the map of the Middle East, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and Sinai... |
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Private Tutor - Your Complete SAT Critical Reading Prep Course
Amy Lucas - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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The purchase of this Book includes an offer for a FREE DVD or Digital Download of 2 hours from our 20-hour SAT prep video course. Private Tutor SAT Critical Reading 2013-2014 Prep Course is a critically-praised, low cost alternative to the often unaffordable tutoring industry. Students... |
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Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
MARTHA C NUSSBAUM - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher's approach with a lawyer-economist's.Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly... |
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College Handbook 2018
COLLEGE BOARD. - College Board
Format: Paperback
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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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The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country
Peter D. Schiff - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.
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Peter D. Schiff has fully revised and updated his provocative New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller The Real Crash. First published in 2012, The Real Crash argues that America is enjoying a government-inflated bubble, one that reality will explode...with disastrous... |
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High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans
Ian Ozsvald - O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: eBook
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Your Python code may run correctly, but you need it to run faster. By exploring the fundamental theory behind design choices, this practical guide helps you gain a deeper understanding of Pythons implementation. Youll learn how to locate performance bottlenecks and significantly speed up your... |
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50 Successful Ivy League Application Essays
GEN TANABE - SuperCollege
Format: Paperback
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The powerful tools in this invaluable resource equip students with the skills to write successful entrance essays for top-notch universities. The strengths and weaknesses of 50 application compositions from Ivy League schools, as well as Caltech, Duke, MIT, Stanford, and University of Chicago,... |
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New Space Frontiers: Venturing into Earth Orbit and Beyond
Piers Bizony - Zenith Press
Format: Hardcover
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Take a journey into the New Space Frontier!It is easy to imagine that the space shuttle's retirement has edged the Space Age toward closure, at least in terms of human flight beyond the bounds of earth. In fact, there are more people-carrying ships being constructed now than at any time... |
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert Sapolsky - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." - David P. Barash, The Wall Street JournalFrom the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad,... |
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Boom, Bust, Exodus: The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities
Chad Broughton - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 33,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for decades. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour,... |
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God Bless America: The Origins of Over 1,500 Patriotic Words and Phrases
Robert Hendrickson - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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The Queens English has no place across the pond, where a long history of defiance, creativity, and originality has made its way into the everyday vocabulary of Americans coast-to-coast. God Bless Americais an informative and entertaining guide to the meaning and history beneath our uniquely... |
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Wisconsin's Early French Habitants
Jo Bartels Alderson - Heritage Books
Format: Paperback
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his new work concentrates on an often overlooked portion of North American history--the French exploration and "settlement" of South Central Canada and North Central U.S., namely the state of Wisconsin. The book follows the path of French explorers like Champlain and La Salle,... |
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GRE Prep Plus 2018: Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online Video Mobile
Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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GRE Prep Plus 2018 is a comprehensive prep system that includes both book and mobile-enabled online components. Get access to in-depth strategies, test information, and practice questions to help you score higher on the GRE. GRE Prep Plus 2018 features: * 2,200 practice questions with... |
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The GED Crash Course, 2E
ALPHA. - Alpha
Format: Paperback
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The next best thing to a personal GED tutor!Open new doors. That's exactly what earning your high school equivalency credential enables you to do. But the GED isn't a cake walk, and you can't expect to pass it without solid preparation.Fortunately, that's exactly what this... |
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Master the Firefighter Exam
Peterson's - Peterson's; 17 edition
Format: Paperback
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Master the Firefighter Exam provides everything you need to pass local, state, and national written exams, including test-taking strategies, information on the firefighter screening process, expert oral interview and job search advice, and a review of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.... |
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Assessing Service Quality: Satisfying the Expectations of Library Customers, Third Edition
Peter Hernon - ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2015
Format: Print book
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Academic and public libraries are continuing to transform as the information landscape changes, expanding their missions into new service roles that call for improved organizational performance and accountability. Since Assessing Service Quality premiered in 1998, receiving the prestigious... |
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Barron's ASVAB, 12th Edition: with Bonus Online Tests
TERRY L DURAN - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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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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Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life
William G. Staples - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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When we think of surveillance in our society, we usually imagine "Big Brother" scenarios with the government tracking our every move. The actual surveillance of our everyday lives is much more subtle, however, and may be more insidious. William G. Staples shows how our lives are tracked... |
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The Lincoln Library of Sports Champions
Frontier Press - Frontier Press Company; 39th Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Hardcover, as pictured (please see my image); VOLUME 2 / Pages 1101-2323; first three (pretext) pages have taped tears, but very readable; "LINCOLN LIB. ESSENTIAL INFO" written on bottom outside edge of pages (am) |
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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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Household Spanish: How to Communicate with Your Spanish Employees
William C. Harvey M.S. - Barron's Educational Series; 3 edition
Format: Paperback
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Updated with new material, the third edition of Household Spanish presents an informal, user-friendly course for non-Spanish speakers who need to learn fundamental Spanish words and expressions in order to communicate effectively with Hispanic employees in the workplace or in the home.... |
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GED Test Prep Plus 2018: 2 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
Caren Van Slyke - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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With realistic practice, proven strategies, and expert guidance, Kaplan's GED Test Prep Plus 2018 gives you everything you need to pass the test. Kaplan is the official partner for live online prep for the GED test and our content is 100% aligned with the GED test objectives.While other... |
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2018
EDWARD B FISKE - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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"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. That's why, for more than 30 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320 four*... |
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The Illusion of Conscious Will
Daniel M. Wegner - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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Selected as a Finalist in the category of Psychology/Mental Health in the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) presented by Independent Publisher Magazine., Silver Award Winner for Philosophy in the 2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards. and Selected as an Outstanding... |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary: Complete and Unabridged
Collins Dictionaries. - HarperCollins UK
Format: Hardcover
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First published in 1971, this dictionary pioneered a new approach to bilingual dictionary publishing which continues to inspire millions of language users today. With wide-ranging coverage of contemporary Spanish and English, a wealth of examples and idioms, and a clear layout, this remains... |
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Best Amer Essays 06 Pa
Lauren Slater - Best American
Format: Paperback
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"The essays in this volume are powerful, plainspoken meditations on birthing, dying, and all the business in between," writes Lauren Slater in her introduction to the 2006 edition. "They reflect the best of what we, as a singular species, have to offer, which is reflection... |
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Excavation: A Memoir
Wendy C. Ortiz - Future Tense Books
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Wendy C. Ortiz was an only child and a bookish, insecure girl living with alcoholic parents in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her relationship with a charming and deeply flawed private school teacher fifteen years her senior appeared to give her the kind... |
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2019/2020 ASVAB For Dummies
Angie Papple Johnston - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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The bestselling ASVAB study guide - now updated and improved for 2019/2020! More than 1 million students and potential recruits take the ASVAB every year, including 400,000 recruits and 900,000 high school students. Since the test was first introduced in 1968, more than 40 million people... |
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2015 with Online Question Bank and Exclusive Video
Graduate Management Admission Council - Wiley; 14 edition
Format: Book
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This is the only official study guide from the creators of the test and delivers more than 900 retired GMAT questions and answer explanations and a 100- question diagnostic exam to help focus your test preparation efforts. NEW to The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2015 Access to the online... |
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The College Blue Book
Macmillan - Macmillan; 042 edition
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Complete 6 volume set with free Two day shipping from Amazon |
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Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination
Greg Garrett - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nowadays references to the afterlife-angels strumming harps, demons brandishing pitchforks, God enthroned on heavenly clouds-are more often encountered in New Yorker cartoons than in serious Christian theological reflection. Speculation about death and its sequel seems to embarrass many... |
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Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Approach
John Montague - Wiley; 6 edition
Format: eBook
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The best-selling guide…now completely updated to include online tutorials! Basic Perspective Drawing introduces students, both those in formal design courses and self-learners, to the basic principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Clear and accessible illustrations show... |
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1,001 SAT Practice Problems For Dummies
Consumer Dummies. - John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Format: Print book
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The SAT is administered annually to nearly 2 million students at approximately 6,000 test centers located in more than 170 countries. Nearly every college in America accepts the SAT or SAT Subject Tests as a part of its admissions process. In addition to admission, many colleges use the SAT for course... |
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Two-Year Colleges 2015
Peterson's - Peterson's; 45 edition
Format: Book
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Petersons Two-Year Colleges 2015 includes information on more than 1,900 accredited two-year undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada, as well as some international schools. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel. College-bound... |
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Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers
Charles Snee - Scott Publishing Company; 93 edition
Format: Book
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The 93rd edition of Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers continues its tradition of being the most extensively researched and in-depth reference on U.S. stamps. Highlights among the long list of improvements and additions include A complete rework of the 1954-73... |
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A Concise History of Modern Europe: Liberty, Equality, Solidarity
David S Mason - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the political, economic,... |
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500 ACT English and Reading Questions to Know by Test Day, 2ed
Inc. Anaxos - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback
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Discover 500 Ways to Achieve Your Highest Score on the ACT! The ACT is required by more colleges and universities than any other college entrance exam. This essential guide will help you sharpen your skills and study more effectively for the exam. The questions are similar to the ones... |
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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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Sudden Justice: America's Secret Drone Wars
Chris Woods - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Less than a month after the September 11th attacks, a tiny, CIA-controlled Predator drone flew over Kandahar, searching out the home of the Taliban supreme commander Mullah Mohammed Omar. A lack of understanding of the drone's capabilities combined with a messy chain of command allowed... |
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Accepted! 50 Successful College Admission Essays
Gen Tanabe - SuperCollege
Format: Paperback
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Students will prepare powerful and successful admission essays with the tools provided in this invaluable, newly-updated resource for the college-bound. Examples of 50 real essays are included, discussing such topics as leadership, personal obstacles, athletics, public service, special... |
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CliffsNotes CSET Multiple Subjects 4th Edition
Btps Testing. - John Wiley
Format: Print book
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Test prep for California's CSET Multiple Subjects test, now aligned to Common Core Common Core meets California's CSET Multiple Subjects exam in this revised CliffsNotes CSET Multiple Subjects test-prep product. Given California's adoption of the Common Core State Standards,... |
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Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Susan L. Mizruchi - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... |
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Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools
Tom Little - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners.The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this... |
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Ham Radio For Dummies
H. Ward Silver - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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An ideal first step for learning about ham radio Beyond operating wirelessly, today's ham radio operators can transmit data and pictures; use the Internet, laser, and microwave transmitters; and travel to places high and low to make contact. This hands-on beginner guide reflects the operational... |
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Raising Children in the Military
Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Military life places unique demands on military families with children including frequent moves, disruptions in schooling, family separation, health care issues, loss of friends, financial hardships, underemployment of military spouses, and the ever present threat of risk of injury or death... |
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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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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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