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Crazy English

by Richard Lederer

In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of...

Testing for Learning

by Ruth Mitchell

Arguing that traditional, test-based evaluation has a negative effect on many students, this book describes new methods of assessing student performance.

Angels and Us

by Mortimer J. Adler

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

The Play of Words

by Richard Lederer

Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business?...

Trade Secrets: Get the Most for Your Money - All the Time- on Goods and Services Ranging from Alarms and Art, Cars and Computers- to Financial Plannin

by Winifred Conkling

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

Grammar for Smart People

by Barry Tarshis

Good grammar is essential for effective communication. Yet many of us are plagued by the same nagging question:

If I'm so smart why does grammar make me feel so dumb? Grammar For Smart People can help.

Here...

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...

What High Schools Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You toKnow): Create a Long-Term Plan for Your 7th to 10th Grader for Getting into the T

by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

From the author of What Colleges Don’t Tell You, a plan to help parents of middle and early high school students prepare their kids for the best collegesIn order to succeed in the fiercely competitive college...

What Colleges Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to Know): 272 Secrets for Getting Your Kid into the Top Schools

by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

A sought-after packager of high school students shares 272 secrets to help parents get their kids into the top schools

Targeting the savvy parents of today?s college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven...

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

by Loren Pope

Now fully revised-the perennially popular guide to choosing the right college Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to College Survival

by Laurie E. Rozakis

Laurie Rozakis, Ph.D., has published over 100 books and scores of articles. Her publications include trade books, young adult books, textbooks, biographies, reference books, articles, and scholarship. In addition...

Real College: The Essential Guide to Student Life

by Douglas Stone

Few people have as much experience helping students cope with college life as Douglas Stone, a long-time Harvard residential adviser and coauthor of Difficult Conversations, and Elizabeth Tippett, recent Harvard...

What You Don't Know Can Keep You Out of College: A Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakesand Why Character Isthe Key to College Adm

by Don Dunbar

In the tradition of The Gatekeepers, a veteran counselor provides the missing key to the college admissions door with insider wisdom about how admissions committees think, and the thirteen fatal mistakes that...

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...

The Dyslexic Scholar: Helping Your Child Achieve Academic Success

by Kathleen Nosek

Veteran educator Kathleen Nosek tells parents the secrets to successfully naviagating today's school system and ensuring that dyslexic children receive the quality education they are entitled to by law. Includes...

Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement

by Bill Pittman & Dick B.

Courage to Change deals with the influence of Sam Shoemaker on the early years of Alcoholics Anonymous, the writing of the Twelve Steps, and the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill Wilson proclaimed at the 1955...

Magic with Everyday Objects: Over 150 Tricks Anyone Can Do at the Dinner Table

by George Schindler

Magic with Everyday Objects is an easy-to-follow how-to manual for novice magicians or those interested in picking up a few easy tricks to entertain at a moment's notice.

The Power to Write: Seven Keys to Discover Your Writer Within

by Caroline Joy Adams

A writing workshop in a book! Writing teacher and artist/calligrapher Adams knows the tremendous power of the written word. And she has made it her mission to put into action her belief that everyone can experience...