December 13, 2007 – 12:54 pm
Rating: (198 reviews)
Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Description
“The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world.”–John BrunnerTHE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . . Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.By 2021, the World War [...]
November 30, 2007 – 10:35 am
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Rick Osborne
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Book Description
A fathers prayer for his family to understand the deeper meaning of our Christmas celebrations becomes a reality during the search for a perfect Christmas tree. The family discovers the meaning behind one of their favorite Christmas traditions in The Legend of the Christmas Tree.
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November 23, 2007 – 6:51 am
Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Paul Bodine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Book Description
Expert guidance to help you write the essay that gets you accepted by the best business schools
If you’re applying to a business school these days, you need more than good grades, high GMAT scores, and an impressive resume. You need to write attention-grabbing [...]
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November 17, 2007 – 7:05 am
Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Description
The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough’s meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad’s style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers [...]
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November 16, 2007 – 11:21 pm
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
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November 15, 2007 – 7:55 pm
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Great Source Education Group
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November 15, 2007 – 7:03 pm
Rating: (43 reviews)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Description
What could be worse than a book by Lemony Snicket? Three books by Lemony Snicketâall in one foul package. This second Box of Unfortunate Events, contains The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, and The Ersatz Elevator.
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November 15, 2007 – 5:50 pm
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Mark Anestis
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Book Description
More than 100,000 students take the AP Biology test every year. With updated information on essays, and new free-response questions, this guide gets you prepped for this new format better than any other test prep book on the market.
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November 15, 2007 – 12:11 am
Rating: (29 reviews)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Description
Some boxes should never be opened. For the first time, the complete A Series of Unfortunate Events – including the highly feared #13: The End – is available in one awful package! We can’t keep you from succumbing to this international bestselling phenomenon, but we [...]
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November 14, 2007 – 9:08 am
Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Michelle Rose Gilman, Veronica Saydak, Suzee Vlk
Publisher: For Dummies
Amazon.com
You’ve heard that performing well on your ACT can make up for mediocre performance in high school. But how can you ace it? Suzee Vlk, author of The SAT I for Dummies, can help. The ACT for Dummies is packed [...]
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November 14, 2007 – 4:07 am
Rating: (37 reviews)
Author: Charles Gulotta
Publisher: Mostly Bright Ideas
Book Description
This book was originally published in 1992 as “500 SAT Words, and How To Remember Them Forever!” This current edition is the eighth printing, and we will soon sell our 50,000th copy. “500 Key Words for the SAT” uses pictures and stories [...]
November 14, 2007 – 12:57 am
Rating: (31 reviews)
Author: Janette Sebring Lowrey
Publisher: Golden Books
Book Description
One of the original 12 Little Golden Books, The Poky Little Puppy has sold nearly 15 million copies since 1942, making it one of the most popular children’s books of all time. Now this curious little puppy is ready to win the hearts [...]
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November 13, 2007 – 9:48 pm
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Kaplan
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Book Description
Kaplan ACT Premier Program 2007 with CD-ROM features: 4 full-length practice tests (2 in the book; 2 on CD-ROM) with detailed explanations for every answerIntegrated online component with diagnostic quizPreparation for the optional writing componentA higher score guaranteeComprehensive review for every section of the ACTQuick [...]
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November 13, 2007 – 8:00 pm
Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Jerry, Ph.D. Bobrow
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
Book Description
The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.
Math Review for Standardized Tests is for anyone [...]
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November 13, 2007 – 6:09 am
Rating: (135 reviews)
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Description
The Fellowship of the Ring, part one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, first reached these shores on October 21, 1954, arriving, as C. S. Lewis proclaimed, “like lightning from a clear sky.” Fifty years and nearly one hundred million American readers later comes a [...]
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November 12, 2007 – 10:17 pm
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Lawrence S. Leff
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series
Book Description
Revised to reflect the newly structured math section on the SAT, the new edition of this workbook offers students intensive preparation for the test’s all-important math questions. The author suggests special math strategies to help students approach unfamiliar types of questions [...]
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November 12, 2007 – 5:55 pm
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
Book Description
Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his circumstances makes his one of America’s best and most unlikely success stories. Douglass’ own account of his journey from slave to one [...]
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November 12, 2007 – 12:32 am
Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Description
Set during the pioneer days of the late 1800s and early 1900s, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books chronicle her life growing up on the Western frontier. For the first time in the history of the Little House books, these new editions feature Garth Williams’ [...]
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October 31, 2007 – 3:23 pm
Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Norma Shapiro, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Description
A comprehensive, flexible, and up-to-date vocabulary reference and teaching tool for English language learning. The Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components create a highly teachable programme that can be used as a complete, four-skills beginning course, or as [...]
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