 | Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Publication Date: June 12, 2012Two years ago, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. They wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like in places where the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize profit. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is the searing account of their travels...
 |  | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Release Date: April 3, 2007In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the of...
|  | On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Release Date: May 9, 2006| ISBN-10: 0060891548 | ISBN-13: 978-0060891541| Edition: 30 Anv On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet.Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the ins...
|  | The PowerScore LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible
Publication Date: January 1, 2009| ISBN-10: 0980178258 | ISBN-13: 978-0980178258The PowerScore LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible™ is the most comprehensive book available for the Logic Reasoning section of the LSAT. This best-selling book will provide you with an advanced system for attacking any Logical Reasoning question that you may encounter on the LSAT. The concepts presented in the Logical Reasoning Bible are representative of the techniques covered in PowerScore’s live courses and have been consistently proven effective for thousands of students.The Logical Reasoning Bible ...
|  | Biology, 8th Edition
Publication Date: September 4, 2008| ISBN-10: 0805368442 | ISBN-13: 978-0805368444| Edition: 8Key Message: The best-selling biology textbook in the world just got better! Neil Campbell and Jane Reece’s BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The book's hallmark values—accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning—have made Campbell/Reece the most successful book for readers for seven consecutive editions. More than 6 million readers have benefited from BIOLOGY’s clear explanations, carefully crafted artwork, and...
|  | New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2010, First Course (New Perspectives (Thomson Course Technology))
Publication Date: July 15, 2010| ISBN-10: 053874653X | ISBN-13: 978-0538746533| Edition: 1 With the New Perspectives' critical-thinking, problem-solving approach, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Office 2010 and will learn how to take advantage of the flexibility it offers. Case-based tutorials challenge students to apply what they are learning to real-life tasks, preparing them to easily transfer skills to new situations. With New Perspectives, students understand why they're learning what they're learning and are better situated to retain skills beyond the ...
|  | Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Release Date: September 1, 1986Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book.The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's best-loved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life.With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests, Codependent No More is a simple, straightforward, readable map of th...
|  | Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Release Date: November 2, 2010We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to:• Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation• Start a conversation without defensiveness• Listen for the meaning of what is not...
|  | Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
Release Date: April 17, 2012For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris—Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives—the ones we’d like to pretend never happened—are in fact the ones that define us. In the #1 New York Times bestseller, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor. ...
|  | Official Guide to the TOEFL Test With CD-ROM, 4th Edition (Official Guide to the Toefl Ibt)
Publication Date: August 8, 2012| ISBN-10: 0071766588 | ISBN-13: 978-0071766586| Edition: 4 The one and only bestselling official guide to the TOEFL, from the makers of the test! Now expanded with a third actual TOEFL examThis Official Guide to the TOEFL Test is the best, most reliable guide to the test that is used around the world to assess foreign applicants to U.S. and Canadian universities for English proficiency. It includes real TOEFL questions for practice, as well as explanations of every section of the test and information on what is expected for every speaking and writing task...
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