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What’s Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask

November 13, 2008 – 12:47 pm

Rating: (44 reviews)
Author: Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, Chava Castro, Robert Leighton, Walker & Co
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers

Product Description
Why is my voice making such weird sounds? When will I be able to start shaving? Why do I keep getting pimples? What is a wet dream? Your body has been behaving very strangely [...]

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40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can’t Resist (Grades 4-8)

October 11, 2008 – 4:47 pm

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Marcia Miller, Martin Lee
Publisher: Teaching Resources

Product Description
Humorous, reproducible math mystery stories will give your math sleuths a chance to have fun while practicing important math problem solving skills. They’re just perfect for classwork and homework and help you meet the NCTM standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

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Algebra 1: An Incremental Development

September 28, 2008 – 10:47 pm

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: John H., Jr. Saxon
Publisher: Saxon Publishers

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240 Vocabulary Words 3rd Grade Kids Need To Know

September 23, 2008 – 2:43 pm

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Linda Ward Beech
Publisher: Teaching Resources

Product Description
Teachers can build word power with these 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons. Each lesson is packed with fun, research-based activities that help students to explore roots, prefixes, and suffixes; use students’ prior knowledge for greater understanding.

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Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That’s Right for You

September 21, 2008 – 11:19 pm

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Loren Pope
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Product Description
The celebrated book that revolutionized the way Americans choose collegesnow fully revised and updated An invaluable guide with virtually no competition, this book helped to establish Loren Pope as one of the nations most respected experts on the college application process. Now fully [...]

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How to Spell Like a Champ

September 13, 2008 – 11:10 pm

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Barrie Trinkle, Carolyn Andrews, Paige Kimble
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Product Description
Be all over “minuscule.” Score big with “curvaceous.” Hit “trireme” out of the park. From the authorities behind the Scripps National Spelling Bee comes a comprehensive illustrated book on the endangered art of spelling.
Written for ages 9 and [...]

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Walt Disney’s Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park

September 4, 2008 – 5:13 pm

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Jeff Kurtti
Publisher: Disney Editions

Product Description
Fifty years ago, Walt Disney utterly transformed the concept of outdoor entertainment venues from tawdry carnivals and seedy amusement piers called “amusement parks,” to an entirely new destination that would come into common vernacular as the “theme park.” Although Disneyland was the inspiration of [...]

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Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

August 17, 2008 – 8:33 am

Rating: (83 reviews)
Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Plume

Product Description
The runaway national bestseller, now in paperback

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En Espanol: Level 2 Mas Practica Cuaderno with Lesson Review Bookmarks

August 8, 2008 – 2:16 pm

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Carlin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

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CliffsAP Biology (Cliffs Ap Biology)

August 8, 2008 – 1:42 pm

Rating: (94 reviews)
Author: Phillip E., Ph.D. Pack
Publisher: Cliffs Notes

Product Description
Your complete guide to a higher score on the *AP Biology exam
About the contents:
Introduction
* A review of the AP exam format and scoring *
[...]

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Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire, Revised Edition (7 CDs)

July 18, 2008 – 1:13 pm

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Product Description
The Story of the World CD audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice is “liquid gold” (CNN TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). These spirited readings of the first volume [...]

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Scholastic Success With Math Workbook Grade 2 (Grades 2)

July 3, 2008 – 7:47 am

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Scholastic Books
Publisher: Skills Books

Book Description
For classroom or at home, this super-fun resource provides engaging practice and reinforcement for all the essential math skills that kids need to succeed - in school and on the tests. Includes counting, shapes and patterns, addition, subtraction, problem-solving, and more! Packed [...]

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Algebra 2

June 21, 2008 – 3:50 am

Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff, Timothy D. Kanold
Publisher: McDougal Littell

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The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, 2nd Edition

June 12, 2008 – 3:43 pm

Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Harlan Cohen
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Product Description
In college, there’s a surprise around every corner…but that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared! From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew [...]

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Examkrackers: 1001 Questions in MCAT in Physics

June 5, 2008 – 4:26 pm

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Jonathan Orsay, Jordan Zaretsky
Publisher: Osote Publishing

Book Description
This book contains 1001 fully annotated physics questions in the MCAT format organized by topic. The range of difficulty is from easy to very difficult. There are questions on every physics topic that might appear on the MCAT.

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Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

May 7, 2008 – 5:12 pm

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Chemistry Subject Test is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about chemistry–only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. [...]

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Cracking the AP Environmental Science Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

May 3, 2008 – 1:10 pm

Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Scoring high on the AP Environmental Science Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about environmental science—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP Environmental Science [...]

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Cracking the AP Biology Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

April 21, 2008 – 7:47 am

Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Scoring high on the AP Biology Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about biology–only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP Biology Exam, we’ll teach [...]

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Barron’s AP Environmental Science 2007/2008 (Barron’s How to Prepare for the AP Environmental Science Advanced Placement Examination)

April 15, 2008 – 10:45 am

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Gary Thorpe
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Product Description
Updated to reflect the most recent exams, this manual has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent AP Environmental Sciences exam. It covers all important environmental science concepts and also provides an overview of the exam format, test-taking strategies, and two [...]

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Words Are Not for Hurting

April 7, 2008 – 2:12 pm

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Book Description
The older children get, the more words they know and can use-including hurtful words. This book teaches children to think before they speak, then choose what to say and how to say it. They learn that there is a connection between hurtful words [...]

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