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College entrance achievement tests College entrance achievement tests Study guides Heat Moon, William Least Travel United States PSAT (Educational test) SAT (Educational test) SAT (Educational test) Study guides United States United States Description and travel Universities and colleges Entrance examinations Universities and colleges United States Entrance examinations Study guidesSummary: Provides in-depth subject review of the reading, writing and language, and mathematics sections of the SAT, along with diagnostic tools, test-taking strategies, and full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 PETSummary: "The Official Digital SAT Study Guide provides a comprehensive resource for understanding updates to the SAT in the digital format. It includes four official practice tests--all created by the test maker. As part of College Board's commitment to access, practice tests are also available in the digital testing platform, Bluebook, at no charge. However, the guide is the only place to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: College Board 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 OFFSummary: All content based on official College Board materials for accurate assessment and true familiarity with the test Modular lessons to allow for easy customization and greater focus on each topic Helpful tips and explanations sourced from dozens of highly experienced tutors and teachers More than 4 tests worth of SAT-like math questions New concepts and question types tested on the redesigned SAT,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Educational Group 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: SAT and PSAT Coursebook for Reading, Writing & Language, and Essay All content based on official College Board materials for accurate assessment and true familiarity with the test Modular lessons to allow for easy customization and greater focus on each topic Helpful tips and explanations sourced from dozens of highly experienced tutors and teachers More than 4 tests worth of SAT-like math...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Educational Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 REDSummary: Exposing the white supremacists and Neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville rally and exposing a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the US military, an investigation with ProPublica shows the group's terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017 Charlottesville rally. In the wake of the 2018 deadly anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DOCSmith, Sherri L.
Summary: "A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 629.13 SMIRiggleman, Denver
Summary: "As the US capitol was attacked on January 6, 2021, the White House went dark for seven hours and thirty-seven minutes. It was my job to turn the lights on. The void happened to overlap with the hours when supporters of former President Trump brawled with police, smashed windows, and rampaged through the halls of Congress as his loss to Joe Biden was being certified. Why the White House went...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 RIGSchulze, Bianca
Summary: 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up provides a comprehensive list of kid-friendly books for children to read before they grow up. This must-read review list acts as an interactive journal where kids can document the books they read, why they like them, and how they rate them. Divided into sections by subject, from fairy tales and fantasy to sports and nonfiction, 101 Books to Read Before You...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Walter Foster Jr., a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.5 SCHHeat Moon, William Least
Summary: Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least-Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map--if they get on at all--only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 HEASchmidle, Nicholas
Summary: "Based on exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic's campaign to build a space tourism company. Schmidle follows a handful of characters-Mark Stucky, Virgin's lead test pilot ; Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire funding the venture ; Mike Moses, the grounded,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.8092 SCHSummary: The all-in-one solution for your highest score possible -- including 8 full-length practice tests for realistic prep, content reviews for all test sections, and techniques for scoring success. -- From product description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1662 CRALassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASSummary: "Everything you need to score higher on the New SAT. Kaplan's 5 Strategies for the New SAT combines Kaplan's expertise, score-raising tactics, and the test-like practice you need to score high on the New 2016 SAT"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan Publishing 2015
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1 available in Consider This, Call number: 378 KAPHughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust)
Summary: "On November 5, 2008, the nation awoke to a New York Times headline that read triumphantly: "OBAMA. Racial Barrier Falls in Heavy Turnout." But new events quickly muted the exuberant declarations of a postracial era in America: from claims that Obama was born in Kenya and that he is not a true American, to depictions of Obama as a "Lyin African" and conservative cartoons that showed the new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.24 HUGPearson, P. O'Connell (Patricia O'Connell)
Summary: In the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but often forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country's call in its time of need during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 PEAJohnson, Caroline
Summary: Caroline Johnson was a F-18 Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) in the U.S. Navy. During her deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bush, she flew missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. She was the first woman to fly in combat in Iraq since 2011 and was the first woman to drop bombs on ISIS. Later she became a senior leadership instructor at the United States Naval Academy. Caroline is now a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 JOHNSON, CAROLINE JOHSummary: "Essential practice for the new SAT. Adaptive online test inclded. Detailed answer explanations."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The all-in-one solution for your highest score possible -- including 8 full-length practice tests for realistic prep, content reviews for all test sections, and techniques for scoring success. -- From product description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378.1662 SATKane, Brian M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flesk Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BAMA KANElish, Dan
Summary: On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the raid that captured bin Laden to life. Kids will feel as though they are in the room with President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the others in the cabinet who called for and monitored the raid. Primary source quotations make the event feel immediate, and photographs by the White House...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 958.104 ELISummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUPiper, Karen Lynnea
Summary: "A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PIPER, KAREN PIPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B PIPER PIPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PiperSummary: EXTRA PRACTICE FOR AN EXCELLENT SCORE! Get all the prep you need to ace the Digital PSAT with this comprehensive book of PSAT practice. Includes 1 full-length adaptive digital practice test online, 1 full-length practice test plus 300+ drill questions in the book, and everything you need to know about National Merit Scholarships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024