Education and Study aids / Reference

Angels and Us

by Mortimer J. Adler

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Instant Vocabulary

by Ida Ehrlich

LEARNING NEW WORDS IS AS EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE!

• RECOGNIZE the keys to the English language, the basic units from which all words are made

• FOLLOW clear examples of how the key explains a word's origin...

55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays

by The Staff of the Harvard Crimson

Separate yourself from the pack

Competition has never been more intense for admittance into the nation's top law schools. The application essay represents your only chance to plea your case to admissions officers....

Dinosaurs: From A to Z

by Blago Kirof

This picture book is a great teaching tool for vocabulary building. A set of wonderful pictures show exactly what a dinosaurs looks like. It is like a dictionary of dinosaurs for toddlers. The pictures are clear,...

The Study of the American Superintendency, 2000: A Look at the Superintendent of Education in the New Millennium

by Thomas E. Glass, Lars Bjork & Cryss C. Brunner

This book is a must-have for school leaders, aspiring school leaders, and those charged with preparing and supporting school leaders. It includes a wide range of information about and from superintendents, including...

Essays that Worked for College Applications: 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges

by Boykin Curry & Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for College Applications offers advice on writing a successful college admissions essay and presents fifty examples.

50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Third Edition

by Staff of the Harvard Crimson

Where to Begin?

With an ever-growing pool of talented and diverse college applicants coming from the top high schools in the country and beyond, students everywhere are feeling the pressure to craft application...

The High School Athlete's Guide to College Sports: How to Market Yourself to the School of Your Dreams

by College Bound Sports

This is a guide for high school athletes who wish to leverage their talent to get into the best possible college of their choice. In addition to ranking schools according to value, academics, best housing, and...

Cool Colleges 2013

by Peterson's

Our newly updated, Peterson's Cool Colleges 2013, features colorful, easy-to-read profiles of hundreds of "cool" colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. You're about to make one of the...

Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions

by Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda, who offers spiritual leadership to 12 million Soka Gakkai Buddhists throughout the world, responds to the complicated issues facing American young people in a straightforward question-and-answer...

Applying Successfully to Top US Universities

by Jason Morris

Peterson's Applying Successfully to Top U.S. Universities is a unique guide that assists highly ambitious Chinese students to get accepted to one of the top-ranked higher-education institutions in the United...

Cool Colleges 2013

by Peterson's

Peterson's Cool Colleges 101: International features colorful, easy-to-read profiles of international colleges and universities from Canada, England, France, Italy, and Spain. You're about to make one of the...

Cool Colleges 2013

by Peterson's

Peterson's Cool Colleges 101: The Eastern Region of the United States features colorful, easy-to-read undergraduate profiles of dozens of colleges and universities on the east coast of the United States. You're...

Cool Colleges 2013

by Peterson's

Peterson's Cool Colleges 101: The Western Region of the United States features colorful, easy-to-read undergraduate profiles of dozens of colleges and universities on the west coast of the United States. You're...

Cool Colleges 2013

by Peterson's

Peterson's Cool Colleges 101: The Midwestern Region of the United States features colorful, easy-to-read undergraduate profiles of dozens of colleges and universities in the Midwestern United States. You're...

Cool Colleges 101 National Edition

by Peterson's

Peterson's Cool Colleges 101 is an undergraduate guide featuring colorful, easy-to-read profiles of hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. You're about to make one of the...