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Summary: The comprehensive guide to the 2023–2024 ACT test―including 8 genuine, full-length practice tests. The Official ACT Prep Guide 2023–2024 book includes six authentic ACT tests―all of which contain the optional writing test―so you get maximum practice before your test date. These full-length practice tests are also available on the Wiley Online Platform and mobile app alongside two additional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378.1662 OFFSummary: "The Official ACT® Prep Guide 2024-2025 book includes six authentic ACT tests--all of which contain the optional writing test--so you get maximum practice before your test date. These full-length practice tests are also available on the Wiley Online Platform and mobile app alongside three additional bonus tests via the PIN code inside, so you can study your official materials anytime,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 OFFSummary: This book is the comprehensive guide to this year's ACT test, with reall full-length practice tests. [This book] is the bestselling resource for students getting ready to take the ACT® test. Step by step, it walks you through the entire test experience, from registration to your Score Report, and provides you with effective test-taking strategies. The guide includes three actual ACT tests--...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 OFFSummary: "The Official ACT Prep Guide 2020-2021 is the only guide from the makers of the exam and includes actual ACT test forms taken from past ACT exams. This updated edition includes 5 actual ACT tests (all with optional writing test) to help you practice at your own pace and discover areas where you may need more work. The Official ACT Prep Guide 2020-2021 provides detailed explanations for every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 OFFSummary: "Get all the prep you need to ace the ACT with 6 full-length practice tests (4 in the book and 2 online), thorough ACT topic reviews, and extra practice online"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 ACTHeaton, Patricia
Summary: "Patricia Heaton knows what it's like to stage a second act and navigate pivotal transitions in life. When Heaton's children left the nest, she found herself in a new and unfamiliar stage of life, compelling her to evaluate which direction to take next. She discovered she had the time to pursue passions that were previously placed on hold, both personally and professionally. She made her move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon &Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.244 HEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help HeatonEarthen Sea
Contents: The present mist -- About that time -- Delicately in the sunlight -- Apparent lushness -- Exuberant burning -- Above the clouds -- The flats, 1975 -- Also an act of love.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC EARHiggins, M. G.
Summary: Provides tips on how to work at a new job and how to learn that new job. Flip the book over and there's a story about two workers with different attitudes about their jobs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 HIGBaker, Nicholson
Summary: "Ten years into researching a book about the possibility that the United States had used biological weapons in the Korean War, Nicholson Baker was frustrated and disheartened. In the course of his research, he had become deeply disillusioned with the process of FOIA requests. He has been forced to wait years in some cases, while other requests have been answered only with documents rendered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 358.388 BAKSummary: Provides comprehensive review for every section of the exam, along with test-taking tips, strategies, and eight full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Princeton Review 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1662 CRASummary: CNN journalist Frank Sesno moderates this energetic and informative program exploring the post-9/11 relationship between security and personal freedom in America. Seven distinguished panelists-including USA PATRIOT Act author Viet Dinh, bioterrorism specialist Margaret Hamburg, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government professor Juliette Kayyem-confront scenarios involving hypothetical attacks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: FBI statistics show that a woman is raped every seven minutes in the United States. These are reported rapes; probably ten times as many rapes go unreported. Hosted by actress Veronica Hamel, this program seeks to determine why people rape and to help people protect themselves against this crime. It examines the history and mythology of rape, and explains who are its most likely victims. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Guerin, Lisa
Summary: "Covers 20 major federal employment laws with detailed information on what each requires, who it covers, deadlines and necessary paperwork, and related state laws. The 3rd edition includes regulation changes, new court cases, and updated state law charts"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.01 GUESummary: Developed by nationally acclaimed ACT tutor Mauri Artz, this proven, engaging ACT tutoring course can help students achieve higher scores for college admission and/or applications for scholarships and grants. This pack provides score-raising methods for students to utilize for the Reading section of the test, and an easy approach to the Essay segment. The pack will give students an advantage in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Launch ACTChristie, Agatha
Summary: Thirteen guests gather for drinks at actor Charles Cartwright?s seaside escape. Benign Reverend Babbington, who rarely imbibes, takes one sip of his beverage and keels over dead. Soon after Sir Bartholomew Strange convenes the same party and meets his own end after swallowing port. One death could be natural, but two mean murder. Hercule Poirot, who was present at both affairs, stages a third...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRLondon, Martha
Summary: "Books, television shows, and movies have illustrated the adventures of cowboys, sharpshooters, and outlaws of the Wild West. But many popular stories about the American West have gotten some facts wrong and left others out altogether. Fact and Fiction of the Wild West dives into the myths about what life was like for settlers and Native American peoples in the West and brings the truth to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J978 LONSummary: "This ACT tutoring course can help students achieve higher scores for college admission and/or applications for scholarships and grants. This pack will give students an advantage in the English section of the test, through lessons, practice tests, and easy to follow explanations of test answers. This pack has a heavy focus on grammar."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Launch ACTHawley, George
Summary: During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech savvy, obsessed with provocation and trolling, amorphous, predominantly online, and mostly anonymous. And it was energized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 HAWSummary: How do advertisers get your telephone number or e-mail address? Do they have your social security number too? This timely video addresses your concerns about keeping personal information private. We hear from experts following this important issue and learn what steps we can take to safeguard our privacy. You will find out just how much information is already legally available to people who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Contents: Taking ultimate responsibility / William Damon and Kendall Cotton Bronk -- The ability to respond / Susan Verducci -- Creativity and responsibility / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura -- A call to serve : an exploration of humane creators / Wendy Fischman -- A balancing act : how physicians and teachers manage time pressures and responsibility / Jeffrey Solomon -- Placing God before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 RESGagne, Tammy
Summary: The telephone, the lightbulb, and the airplane are all inventions have changed the world for the better. But many popular stories about the creation of American inventions have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of American Invention dives into the myths about inventors and their inventions and brings the truth to light. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J670 GAGSummary: In this comedy a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire. The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SISGagne, Tammy
Summary: In the years following Christopher Columbus's expedition, Europeans made homes for themselves in the Americas and pushed out the indigenous peoples already living there. Many popular stories about life in the early American colonies have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of American Colonization dives into the myths about colonization and brings the truth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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Summary: In the early 1800s, white Americans sought out more lands. The 1830 Indian Removal Act allowed the US government to trade lands with Native Americans. But officials often forcibly removed Native peoples from their homelands. This book describes this period of forced removal and its lasting effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020