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Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"While historically a college degree was considered a useful tool for economic and professional advancement, the rising cost of college tuition and the student loan crisis that has resulted from it have caused some to question whether higher education is worth the price. This volume considers a wide range of viewpoints on the role higher education plays in society, the economic variables that determine whether or not a college degree is worthwhile,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphant tale of a Jewish WWII assassin turned Hollywood star. In 2005, Siena Hayes is Hollywood's latest It Girl, but she has her sights set higher than the screen, she wants to be behind the camera. So when Siena meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous actor from decades past, Siena sees her big break. Siena wants to direct Lena's biopic-but...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched...
Author
Series
The Trepid trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Israel Bookshop Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
Description
"Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable...
Author
Series
Cullen's Celtic Cabaret volume 3
Publisher
Gold Harp Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the backdrop of a relentless war for Ireland's freedom, the stakes are higher than ever for Peter Cullen and his troupe as they try to stay out of the conflict. But as they soon discover, that's a luxury nobody can afford. As well as fighting the forces of occupation, some people are using this time of chaos to settle old scores, and it seems the cabaret has gathered some sinister enemies. With danger lurking around every corner, Peter...
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Publisher
Editorial Sirio, S.A
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"A menudo nos sentimos arrastrados por las circunstancias o por la negatividad de los demás. Creemos que carecemos de control sobre los factores que nos afectan y nos impiden desarrollar nuestro verdadero yo. Pero, según Lalah Delia, albergamos más poder del que imaginamos. Por ello, te anima a ti -- lector o lectora -- a que escuches tu voz interior única y a que confíes en tu instinto. En el momento en que lo hagas, empezarás a experimentar...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Neither southern nor northern, Baltimore has charted its own course through the American experience. The spires of the nation's first cathedral rose into its sky, and the first blood of the Civil War fell on its streets. Here, enslaved Frederick Douglass toiled before fleeing to freedom and Billie Holiday learned to sing. Baltimore's clippers plied the seven seas, while its pioneering railroads opened the prairie West. The city that birthed "The...
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This handbook offers general guidance to help students do a self-assessment and select the top eight colleges that are the strongest fit for them. Establishing readers as anthropologists, students will learn to observe 20 campus cultures, assess each one, and research their options in American higher education"--
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Series
Publisher
Hippo Park, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, a division of Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
c2023
Language
English
Description
"What's the best part of going on the swings? Is it that first push that sends you swinging? Kicking and tucking to go higher? Or is it soaring above the playground, beyond the clouds? For Fiona, they're all the best part!"--P. [2] of jacket.
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Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States. The overarching nonfiction narrative follows author Tiffany Jewell from early elementary school through her time at college, unpacking the history of systemic racism in the American educational system...
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Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"NASA has assured everyone the passage of rogue planet Malachite will be safe, but Crosby's been getting other messages—from a fortune teller and Malachite truther message boards. And now she believes that Malachite will kill everyone who doesn't ascend to the fourth dimension—a higher plane that transcends physicality. She tries to prepare her friends and family to leave their bodies behind and raise their frequency by changing their diets, wearing...
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Series
Publisher
Shelter Harbor Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Written to engage and enthuse young minds, the third volume in our series, Inside Mathematics: Geometry, introduces readers to the amazing people who figured out how shapes work and how they can be used to build spaces and study places we cannot go, like the beginning of the Universe.
15) WNBA
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Series
Publisher
Essential Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This title tells the story of the Women's National Basketball Association, from its founding in the 1990s to its status today as a world-class showcase for basketball talent. Readers will learn about the league's stars, teams, and coaches, as well as player efforts to earn higher pay. Features include infographics, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index."--Amazon.
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Publisher
Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Denise Hamilton has always believed in the power and promise of a word she learned as a schoolgirl: "indivisible." In her groundbreaking debut, she challenges readers to move beyond current notions of diversity and inclusion to build communities, workplaces, and relationships that live up to that word. She urges us to reexamine long-held beliefs and habits and to dismantle hierarchies that shape our current society. If we want to repair the fraying...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics can be flexible, creative, and visual. This joyful journey through the world of abstract mathematics into category theory will demystify mathematical thought processes and help you develop your own thinking, with no formal mathematical background needed. The book brings abstract mathematical ideas down to earth using examples of social justice, current...
Publisher
Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Get familiar with the new SAT at your own pace with 800+ SAt Practice Questions. Work on individual 'easier' and 'harder' modules for the Math and Readig/Writing sections, or put it all together to perfect your timing with two adaptive full-length tests online. there's even a bonus 'extra-hard' module to make sure your higher-level math and passage comprehension skills are ready for anything!"--Page 4 of cover.
19) The dead years
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to get their lives together after a tragic accident which killed their parents years ago. The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. With Crystal working as a newly minted detective at the Chicago Police Department and Cory owning a dog training academy with two human remains detection dogs of his own, their professional paths cross every now and then. Crime, and especially murder, in Chicago...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"We are obsessed with the multiverse. From blockbuster movies Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to television's The Man in the High Castle and Rick and Morty, the idea that there could be an infinite number of universes holding an infinite number of possibilities captivates us. And this fascination is not new - the fascination with these repetitions dates back to the philosophers of ancient Greece....