Franek, Robert
Summary: A survey of life on the nation's campuses offers detailed profiles of the best colleges and rankings of colleges in dozens of different categories, along with a wealth of information and applications tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mega-guide to 1,573 colleges and universities. 2019 edition of The Complete Book of Colleges includes indexes listing schools according to cost, location, size, and selectivity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 COMSummary: A guide to over 1,700 two-year colleges provides students with school profiles focusing on academics, majors, tuition, application requirements, and student life, with a state-by-state comparison chart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 PETBaier, Lowell E.
Summary: In this book, Lowell E. Baier, one of America s preeminent experts on environmental litigation, chronicles the century-long story of Americas resources management, focusing on litigations, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys fees. He provides the first book-length comprehensive examination of the little-known Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and its role in environmental litigation....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344 BAIGrunbaum, Mara
Summary: "The Book describes the greenhouse effect"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 GRUSummary: Peterson's® Four-Year Colleges 2020 is a valuable resource that includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada, more than 2,500 institutions in all. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel for over 175 colleges and universities. College-bound students and their parents can access details including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.73 PETHomayoun, Ana
Summary: "What if a getting [sic] into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked in schools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "America's leading college directory and a perennial favorite among high school guidance counselors is a recognized authority in comparative college ratings The brand-new edition of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges describes more than 1,650 colleges, with up-to-date facts and figures covering: Admission requirements and procedures; Tuitions, fees, and financial aid sources; Library,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 PROSummary: One small act of kindness can change the world. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance celebrating individuality, acting with empathy, and being kind to yourself and other. She and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Within these pages you will meet young change makers who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 CHALutz, Amy S. F.
Summary: "In her 2006 memoir Strange Son, Portia Iversen coined the phrase "intact mind" to describe the typical cognitive abilities she believed were buried within even the most seemingly impaired autistic individuals, like her son Dov - who, at nine years old, was completely nonverbal and spent much of his time "chewing on blocks and tapping stones." Although he didn't know the alphabet, colors, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 LUTHuber, John J.
Summary: From the publisher: In the years since John Huber’s trailblazing Lean Library Management was published, budget pressures on libraries have only increased. Yet libraries who have adopted his strategies have turned conventional management thinking—that if budgets are reduced, customer service suffers—on its head. These libraries have proven that by streamlining and improving customer services,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association 2015
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1 available in Reference Office Reference, Call number: OFR 020 HUBSummary: 'The Who, What, and Where of America' is designed to provide a sampling of key demographic information. It covers the United States, every state, each metropolitan statistical area, and all the counties and cities with a population of 20,000 or more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bernan Press 2019
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 317.3 WHOHeller, Anne Conover.
Summary: A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAND, AYN HELHarris, Adam
Summary: Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 HARLaPrade, Robert F.
Summary: "From prominent experts in orthopedics and sports medicine, a comprehensive guide for anyone with knee injury or chronic knee pain: how injuries occur, how to treat problems, and how to return to the life and sports you love." -- from Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Long Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 LAPFiske, Edward B.
Summary: Draws on interviews with administrators and students to describe college programs, popular majors, application information, acceptance rates, and academic and social ratings on over three hundred four-year colleges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378.73 FISColeman, Marlene.
Contents: Community living -- Understanding the structure of the association -- Knowing the players of the association -- The legal structure of the association -- Preventing legal problems -- Resolving conflicts -- Ground rules for success -- Proactive and preventive financial management -- Planning and monitoring -- Communication and meetings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sphinx Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.2 COLTrought, Josh
Summary: For almost twenty years, D Acres of New Hampshire has challenged and expanded the common definition of a farm. As an educational center that researches, applies, and teaches skills of sustainable living and small-scale organic farming, D Acres serves more than just a single function to its community. By turns it is a hostel for travelers to northern New England, a training center for everything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2015
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Summary: "Get the facts about the dangers and destruction caused by dust storms in 12 in-depth chapters that include topics on desertification, downbursts, dust devils, and health hazards like Valley fever. Includes safety tips, statistics, sidebars, and critical thinking questions, plus editor-curated online resources for up-to-date information."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 12-Story Library 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.55 WILBratton, William J.
Summary: "When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after returning from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard , and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed by him too. But his success fighting crime could not be denied. Propelled byextraordinary results, Bratton had a dazzling rise, and ultimately a dazzling career, becoming the most famous police commissioner of modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRATTON, WILLIAM J. BRASchatzker, Mark.
Summary: "In The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker shows us how our approach to the nation's number one public health crisis has gotten it wrong. The epidemics of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are not tied to the overabundance of fat or carbs or any other specific nutrient. Instead, we have been led astray by the growing divide between flavor--the tastes we crave--and the underlying nutrition" --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 SCHMiller, Donalyn
Summary: Literacy advocates with a deep passion for books bestselling author Donalyn Miller and 5th grade teacher Colby Sharp showcase the power of children s access to books, providing teachers and administrators with the tools and information they need to increase children s meaningful interaction with books and to launch or sustain book access initiatives in their communities. Through research and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 028.5 MILLovett, Laura L.
Summary: "The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine and trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women's movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUGHES, DOROTHY PUTMAN LOVMcMahon, Peter
Summary: In the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, rented a house on Planting Island, near the base of Cape Cod. Thus began a chapter in the history of modern architecture that has never been told _until now.The area was a hotbed of intellectual currents from New York, Boston, Cambridge and the country's top schools of architecture and design. Avant-garde homes began to appear in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolis Books 2014