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Your Guide to College Writing is a practical handbook for academic writers. This book teaches you the rules for college research and writing and shows you how to follow them in real-world examples. By starting with the basics of paragraphs, sentences, punctuation, word choice, research, and guides to MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, you'll become comfortable with the building blocks of writing in college. When you have trouble with a specific error or...
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"From Struggle to Success: Practical Study Techniques for Every Student" is a comprehensive guide designed to empower students with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to overcome academic challenges and achieve their full potential. Drawing upon the latest research in educational psychology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book offers practical advice and actionable techniques that students can apply to improve their study habits,...
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This book introduces new audiences to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final initiative, the multiracial Poor People's Campaign (PPC) of 1968. Robert Hamilton depicts the experience of poor people who traveled to Washington in May 1968 to dramatize the issue of poverty by building a temporary city, Resurrection City. His narrative allows us to hear their voices and understand the strategies, objectives, and organization of the campaign. In addition, he...
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IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
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"A poignant and inspiring memoir. . . . Dole's odyssey of courage and determination can be a guideline to us all."- Philadelphia Inquirer
In his own words, Bob Dole tells his legendary World War II story-a personal odyssey of tremendous courage, sacrifice, and faith
In One Soldier's Story, Dole recites the moving, inspirational story of his harrowing experience in World War II, and how he overcame life-threatening injuries long before rising to...
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Aubree:One night of risks.Two broken condoms.Three positive pregnancy tests.& the baby daddy?#4 on the College Hockey Team. Jace:I liked Aubree, she was fun and beautiful andhad this confidence about her that made her even sexier.But was I ready to be a dad? No.The only things on my mind were making it into the NHL and graduating college.In that order. So when Aubree comes to me with a positive pregnancy test and no where to go, I'm left with no...
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A book anyone can read especially if they wonder how their dream may be fulfilled.
"Father Mike Ortiz is now retired from the Army Chaplaincy and the active Priesthood. After several attempts to become a military chaplain he finally was accepted and volunteered for the Green Berets and served with the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and the 10th Groups. He underwent SCUBA and HALO training and is a graduate of the Command & General Staff College as well...
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A book anyone can read especially if they wonder how their dream may be fulfilled.
"Father Mike Ortiz is now retired from the Army Chaplaincy and the active Priesthood. After several attempts to become a military chaplain he finally was accepted and volunteered for the Green Berets and served with the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and the 10th Groups. He underwent SCUBA and HALO training and is a graduate of the Command & General Staff College as well...
11) Chance
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One night. One moment. One chance.Buried in obligation, Aveline Michaels is in over her head, caring for her bed-ridden mother, taking college courses, and working her ass off to make ends meet. When she finally agrees to let loose and take one night off from her duties, everything changes.College student, Greer McQueen knows meeting Aveline face-to-face is exactly what he wants. After all, he's wanted her since the day they met in his online class....
12) Returning to You
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Monica's relationship with her father is falling apart, made more obvious when her return to Madison after years aboard results in him throwing her out of the house. Lisa Carson, her BFF and old college roommate, takes her in. Turns out Lisa has her own issues with her parents – they're pushing her to date despite her lack of desire. So when Monica joins a Carson family dinner, she lies and says it's starting a relationship with Lisa that brought...
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Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. Before you knew his name, before he drafted your favorite player, before he guided your team to a championship, he had a playing career of his own at an NCAA Division III college. He didn't play for fortune – the NBA was out of reach, and his school didn't even give athletic scholarships. He didn't play for fame – ...
15) Cougar Hunt
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NUMBER 1 Listopia's Addiction RomancesShe understands the dangers of the game she's playing. Finding friends with benefits on the internet could cost her more than her job. The only constant in her life is the kid she continues to reject. Joey keeps on coming back until the night they share during the snowstorm. Ready to admit she may need professional help; Linda finds she may have waited too long.Joey withdraws from college and leaves town without...
16) Benched
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Baseball broke Evie Cordova's heart. Living in Santa Isabella, home of the five-time College World Series champs, The Quakes, Evie has grown up loving baseball. Her dad has been the head coach for as long as she can remember and her happiest memories were on the baseball diamond. But baseball broke her heart, in more ways than one, and she'll do anything to avoid it. Now Evie is in college and she can't avoid baseball anymore. Working for her dad...
17) Uproar
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In 1981 New Zealand, 17-year-old Josh Waaka navigates rugby-centric St Gilbert's College. Amidst the Springboks' tour and national protests, he embraces acting and his Māori heritage. Josh faces a choice: conform or stand up for family, future, and identity. "Uproar" is his heartwarming journey against a nation's struggle.
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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 doesn't...
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When 26 year old Marcus and his family gets invited to spend the summer holiday at his dad's rich best friend from his college days, he is reluctant to go. But the moment he meets Nathan, his dad's best friend, there is an instant attraction between them. But that's insane, right? Nathan is years older than him and, to make it worse, his dad's best friend. Oh, and there's one more problem; Marcus and Nathan are both straight.
20) Crazylegs
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The story of Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, from his high school days, into the Universities of Wisconsin and Michigan, followed by what was thought to be a career-ending fractured skull. Defying the odds, he went on to play for the Los Angeles Rams, becoming one of the acknowledged great athletes of his day. Football sequences are skillfully edited from the actual college, All-Star and Rams games.
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