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World-Class Education: Learning from International Models of Excellence and InnovationIn the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in education--the first country to achieve universal secondary education and the first to expand higher education beyond the elite class. Now other countries are catching up and leaping ahead--in high school graduation rates,...
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Concept-Rich Mathematics Instruction: Building a Strong Foundation for Reasoning and Problem SolvingHave you ever wondered why students too often have only a rudimentary understanding of mathematics, why even rich and exciting hands-on learning does not always result in "real" learning of new concepts? The answer lies in whether students have actually learned mathematical concepts, rather...
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Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save BaseballVindicated is the New York Times bestselling memoir from Jose Canseco with shocking new details about Major League Baseball's steroid epidemic. In 2005, Jose Canseco blew the lid off Major League Baseball's steroid scandal--and no one believed him. His New York Times bestselling memoir...
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Teaching Writing in the Content AreasMost educators intuitively understand the critical relationship between thinking and writing: writing allows us to express what we think, but the very act of writing spurs a process of exploration that changes our thinking and helps us learn. Teaching Writing in the Content Areas...
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A Short History of WomenNOMINATED FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE A profoundly moving portrait of the complicated legacies of mothers and daughters, A Short History of Women chronicles five generations of women from the close of the nineteenth century through the early years of the twenty-first.Beginning...
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InvisibleA spare, poetic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence, leading to a profound meditation on what it means to see and be seen: "Invisible puts questions of life and suffering into sharp focus, without sanctimony or sentimentAuthor:...
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Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the FightFrom the moment he set foot on it, Karl Rove has rocked America's political stage. He ran the national College Republicans at twenty-two, and turned a Texas dominated by Democrats into a bastion for Republicans. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by...
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Flint and Silver: A Prequel to Treasure IslandJohn Silver had never killed a man. Until now, his charisma, sheer size and, when all else failed, powerful fists had been enough to dispatch his enemies. But on a smoldering deck off the coast of Madagascar, his shipmates dead or dying all around...
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Shadow of the Sentinel: One Man's Quest to Find the Hidden Treasure of the ConfederacyAs a boy growing up in rural Arkansas, Bob Brewer often heard from his uncle and his great-uncle about a particular tree in the woods, the "Bible Tree," filled with strange carvings. Years later he would learn that this tree was carved with symbols...
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Moses Expedition"Juan Gómez-Jurado has created a true masterpiece. The Moses Expedition is a brilliant thriller--sharp, suspenseful, and engrossing" (Brad Thor, author of Code of Conduct). After fifty years in hiding, the Nazi war criminal known as the Butcher of Spiegelgrund has finally been tracked down...
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The Sins of Brother Curtis: A Story of Betrayal, Conviction, and the Mormon ChurchThis brilliantly reported, unforgettable true story reveals how one of the most monstrous sexual criminals in the history of the Mormon church preyed on his victims even as he was protected by the church elders who knew of his behavior. When Seattle attorney Tim...
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A Fortunate AgeInstantly compelling and immensely satisfying, A Fortunate Age details the lives of a group of Oberlin graduates whose ambitions and friendships threaten to unravel as they chase their dreams, shed their youth, and build their lives in Brooklyn during the late 1990s. There's Lil,...
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The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933): A Facsimile EditionW. B. Yeats's The Winding Stair and Other Poems was published in 1933 when Yeats was sixty-eight, ten years after he won the Nobel Prize and six years before his death in 1939. Yeats famously invoked in "Adam's Curse" the time he spent "stitching...
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Once in a LifetimeKenny's Department Store, with its handsome Edwardian facade and meticulously hand-selected goods, is the jewel in the crown of the small Irish town of Ardagh. Star Bluestone sells her beautifully crafted tapestries at Kenny's. Made with natural dyes, they embody her earthy spirit and...
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Ride the ThunderFrom the Driving Power of Manhattan's Penthouses to the High, Wild Beauty of Idaho's Mountains, a Love Story That Rides the Thunder! Jordanna Smith was the wild and willowy daughter of a prominent banker and a glamorous socialite, a globe-trotting huntress who sought the...
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Chirunning: Una Manera Revolucionaria de Correr Sin Esfuerzo Y Sin LesionesM s de 24 millones de personas corren en los Estados Unidos solo, pero un 65 por ciento tendr que dejar de hacerlo al menos una vez este a o debido a alguna lesi n. A n as , otros elegir n seguir corriendo...
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Deadly IntentFrom award-winning author Lynda La Plante comes the latest detective story involving Anna Travis, who must juggle old and new love affairs while tracking down one of the world's deadliest drug dealers. Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men...
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Scarecrow ReturnsFrom the internationally bestselling author, the fourth novel in the thrilling Scarecrow series featuring "some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thriller in a long time...and a little bit of conspiracy (Chicago Tribune). From the internationally bestselling author, the fourth...
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December 6Amid the imperialist fervor of late 1941 Tokyo, Harry Niles is a man with a mission -- self-preservation. But Niles was raised by missionary parents and educated in the shadows of Tokyo's underworld -- making his loyalties as dubious as his business dealings. Now,...
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Lincoln's CodePulitzer Prize FinalistBancroft Prize WinnerABA Silver Gavel Award WinnerA New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies....
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