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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one in which a college degree benefits only to those in the top income brackets. In Degrees of Inequality, acclaimed political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains why the system has gone so horribly wrong and why the American Dream is increasingly out of reach for so many. In her eye-opening account,...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When the final frontier proves to be a desolate wasteland, mankind turns its sights toward exploring -- and conquering -- a different sort of territory: alternate Earths. HIGHER EARTH, written and created by Sam Humphries, takes place in a universe of interconnected Earths, with many falling under the empire of the titular throne world.
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Heidi, a girl born in garbage. Rex, a soldier gone rogue. The only thing between them and their destiny is an empire of a hundred different Earths, across a hundred alternate timelines. Now, with nowhere else to turn, Heidi must ally herself with the last person she ever suspected. But can they be trusted, or has Heidi lost sight of the truth? Created and written by Sam Humphries (UNCANNY X-FORCE, FANBOYS VS. ZOMBIES) HIGHER EARTH Volume 2 collects...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic expose of how the University of Oregon sold its soul to Nike--and what that means for the future of academics and college sports. In the world of college sports, winning means big dollars. But that money often comes at a cost. University of Nike explores the University of Oregon's complex relationship with its corporate partner, Nike, and how the arrangement has undermined the school's academic integrity, transparency, and campus culture....
Author
Series
Captain Marvel (2014) volume 1
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Hero! Pilot! Avenger! Captain Marvel, Earth's Mightiest Hero with an attitude to match, is back and launching headfirst into an all-new ongoing adventure! As Captain Marvel, a.k.a. Carol Danvers, comes to a crossroads with a new life and new romance, she makes a dramatic decision that will alter the course of her life - and the entire Marvel Universe - in the months to come. But as Carol takes on a mission to return an alien girl to her homeworld,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Collects Captain Marvel (2014) #1-6. One of Marvel's most beloved Avengers launches into her own ongoing series! Carol Danvers has played many roles in her life; hero, pilot, Avenger, and now, deep-space adventurer! Join Captain Marvel as she attempts to return an alien girl to her home world, and defend the rights of aliens revolting against the Galactic Alliance. Guest-starring Guardians of the Galaxy!
27) A higher call: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
Author
Publisher
Pushkin Industries
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In Higher Animals, New Yorker science writer Michael Specter explores how MRNA vaccines have transformed the scientific landscape and helped spark a biotechnology revolution.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum, Atheneum Boooks for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shares the life of the explorer and slave who mapped the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, discovered new species of fish inside the cave, and gave regular tours through the cave.
Author
Publisher
Pearson Education
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The definitive "Blanchard on Leadership"
25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book!
From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard's books have helped millions of people unleash their power and the potential of everyone around them. The Ken Blanchard Companies has helped thousands of organizations become more people-oriented, customer-centered,
...Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The national bestselling author of The God Equation takes us on a thrilling journey to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
“A wonderful tour, with an expert guide.” —Brian Greene, New York Times bestselling author of The Elegant Universe
Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations...
“A wonderful tour, with an expert guide.” —Brian Greene, New York Times bestselling author of The Elegant Universe
Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations...
Author
Series
Samphire School volume 3
Publisher
The Judaica Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Time to take flight ... As Sherry and her friends finish their last year of school and head out into the adult world, the challenges they face are more real than ever. Will they rise to overcome them, or will they falter? Join the girls as they learn that you don't need to walk to stand tall ... and you don't need wings to fly. Flying Higher is part of the riveting Samphire School Series, about a spirited group of girls away at boarding school in...
Author
Publisher
Regnery Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The Obama administration's overreaching and pervasive secularist policies represent the greatest government-directed assault on religious freedom in American history. So argue conservative movement leader Phyllis Schlafly and journalist George Neumayr in their new book, No Higher Power. In No Higher Power, Schlafly and Neumayr show how Obama is waging war on our religious liberties and actively working to create one nation under him rather than one...
Author
Series
Publisher
JIST Publishing
Language
English
Description
Current, interesting, thorough descriptions of more than 100 careers presented in convenient alphabetical order, within five degree levels -- jobs typically requiring a professional or doctoral degree, a master's degree, a bachelor's degree plus work experience, or a bachelor's degree.
