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Drawing on more than 20 years' experience, a licensed psychologist who specializes in college mental health offers this resource for students, parents and loved ones that breaks down common problems and provides actionable strategies for help to make college a healthy, enjoyable and fulfilling experience.
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An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection comes as a welcome surprise for Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City's prestigious 42nd Street Library. But his pleasure quickly turns sour when the collection's curator-Ambler's friend Sam Abernathy-tells him he plans to fight the acquisition tooth and nail. The collection would make a fine addition to his holdings, but Ambler's not looking...
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The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the "University of Idaho Murders," offering a memorable, thoughtful dive into our societal fascination with true crime, the media's seeming blood-frenzy, and the future of homicide investigations, while cultivating an intimate look into the minds and hearts of the victims and their suspected killer alike.
Just after 4:00 am on November
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Becoming a medical doctor is a noble aspiration, and it all starts with the MCAT. Your score on this pivotal exam can make or break your medical career dreams. But with our comprehensive MCAT Study Guide, success is within your grasp. We've crafted this guide with the aspiring medical professional in mind, ensuring you have all the tools you need to nail this exam.
Inside this comprehensive two volume study guide, you will discover:
● Proven...
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After receiving a PhD in mathematics from MIT, Larry spent three decades working at prestigious companies in the tech industry. Initially he was not worried when he lost his job as part of a large layoff, but the prolonged unemployment that followed decimated his finances and nearly ended his marriage. Larry's story is not an anomaly.
In The Stigma Trap, Ofer Sharone explains how the stigma of unemployment can render past educational and professional...
6) MCAT Medical College Admission Test Study Guide Volume II – Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics
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Take your first step in your career as a doctor by passing the MCAT exam with a stellar grade and securing your admission to a top medical school!
Before getting started, it is vital to know what you're up against. It's a tough exam containing 230 questions, and it lasts a total of 7 hours.
The current national average MCAT score for M.D. matriculants is 511.
If this score looks good to you, take note: competitive medical school applicants are...
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An illuminating history of the reform agenda in higher education.
For well over one hundred years, people have been attempting to make American colleges and universities more efficient and more accountable. Indeed, Ethan Ris argues in Other People's Colleges, the reform impulse is baked into American higher education, the result of generations of elite reformers who have called for sweeping changes in the sector and raised existential questions...
8) XOXO
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Lark Levitt doesn't belong at Roosevelt College, at least in theory. Most students who attend the university come from wealthy families, and Lark is only a scholarship and a bus ride away from the trailer park where he lives. It's also a dream come true because dance is his life, and their program is one of the most prestigious in the country. But there are bumps in the road, like running into someone from his childhood.
Henry Albrecht survived childhood...
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While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especially when it comes to solving crimes – in USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower's radiant new historical mystery series inspired by the real sister of the Wright Brothers.
December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking...
December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking...
10) Rain Remembers
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In the companion novel to the critically acclaimed Rain Rising, Rain must once again find the strength to rise above.
The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college.
Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even...
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“Ninth House” meets “The Dead and the Dark” in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the human capacity for great love, great art, and great evil.
Magni animi numquam moriuntur. Great minds never die.
The students in Corbin College's elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she...
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An eye-opening analysis of collegiate activism and its effects on the divisions in contemporary American politics.
The past six years have been marked by a contentious political atmosphere that has touched every arena of public life, including higher education. Though most college campuses are considered ideologically progressive, how can it be that the right has been so successful in mobilizing young people even in these environments?
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Cal Newport's How to Become a Straight-A Student
There are many guides out there for college students that completely misrepresent what modern college life is like, or fail to provide them with the tools they need to succeed.
Cal Newport's How to Become a Straight-A Student (2006) sets the record straight on how to enjoy your college experience while also getting the grades you want. One of the main keys to Newport's...
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Enemy number one. Renowned playboy. The guy standing between me and my dream job. Otherwise known as my ex.
Colin James walked out on me in college without a second look back, breaking my heart.
How do I manage to land my dream job with the one guy on the planet that I can't stand?
We were hot and heavy in college. We were everything to each other. And now? Now we can't stand to be in the same room together.
But when I'm called to help rehab his...
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"A sweeping triumph in queer romance." –Booklist
"What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?"
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor—but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue.
In 1740, a lonely innkeeper...
"What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?"
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor—but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue.
In 1740, a lonely innkeeper...
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Das Tal
Season 1. Das Spiel
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Mitten in den kanadischen Wäldern liegt das Solomon-College, Ausbildungsschmiede für Hochbegabte. Doch seltsame Dinge gehen in dem abgeschlossenen Tal vor sich: Warum ist der Ort nicht auf Google Earth zu finden? Was hat es mit den Jugendlichen auf sich, die Mitte der 70er in den Bergen verschwanden? Julia und ihre Clique sind ahnungslos, als sie ihr erstes College-Jahr beginnen. Doch sie...
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American Predator meets Harlan Coben in this taut, ticking-clock thriller in which women are being kidnapped and murdered in the dead of an Alaskan winter. When the body of a barista is found in the once-pristine Alaskan snow, Anchorage homicide detective DeHavilland Beans is gutted to recognize the young woman, Jolene. He'd bought coffee from her every morning and knew her as a bright college student working her way through school. Devastated by...
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Internationally acclaimed poet Lang Leav's debut adult novel combines her poetical lyricism and emotional acumen to create an enthralling coming of age narrative set against the backdrop of anti-Asian sentiment sweeping Australia in the late 90's. A stirring portrayal of guilt, loss, and memory, Others Were Emeralds explores the inherent danger of allowing our misconceptions to shape our reality.
What comes first, the photograph or the memory?
The...
20) GameDay
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College Football is America's Game. The game has a rich history that is woven together with that of the nation which founded it. From the Civil War to the Steel Towns of the Midwest. From the Dust Bowls of The Great Depression to the battlefields of World War II. From The Civil Rights Movement to Campus Protests. From tragedy to 9/11. Whether you Roll Tide or you OH-IO. Whether you are a Michigan Man or a War Eagle. Whether you do the Gator Chomp...
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