Tag Archives: Reference

What Dogs Want for Christmas (Holiday Series)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Kandy Radzinski
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Product Description
Proving that cats dont have the last word when it comes to making Christmas lists, author and artist Kandy Radzinski returns this holiday season with the canine companion book to last years favorite, What Cats Want for Christmas.
Using witty poems and winsome illustrations, What Dogs Want [...]

Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade: The Johnkankus

Author: Irene Smalls
Publisher:

Product Description
Anticipating the wonderful Johnkankus parade on Christmas day, a young slave girl, Irene Jennie, is saddened that she cannot share the festivities with her parents, who have been loaned to another plantation master.

Cracking the ACT, 2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
If it’s on the ACT, it’s in this book. Cracking the ACT, 2010 Edition includes:
 
·         3 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations—2 in the book and 1 online
·         Comprehensive and engaging review of all ACT subjects from trigonometry to reading comprehension
·         Practice questions and explanations in every [...]

The Naked Roommate

Rating: (41 reviews)
Author: Harlan Cohen
Publisher: Cumberland House

Product Description
In college, there’s a surprise around every corner…but that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared! From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to [...]

The Gift of Christmas

Author: Christine Leeson
Publisher: Little Tiger Press

Product Description
It’s Christmas and Molly Mouse is out in the woods, looking for Christmas decorations. It seems that everything she finds belongs to someone else. Maybe, though, because it’s Christmas, every animal is feeling generous, and Molly soon has everything she needs for her special tree. But Molly feels disappointed. [...]

Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Julie Stiegemeyer
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House

Product Description
Many parents and teachers struggle with how to approach the Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus dilemma. Many deal with this by telling children that the legends surrounding Santa Claus are based on a real, hi

A Christmas Carol

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.

Product Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the reader fully appreciate the beauty and humor of Dickens’s work.
In his “Ghostly little book,” Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world’s most adapted [...]

Barron’s AP Biology

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Deborah T. Goldberg M.S.
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Product Description
Three full-length practice exams are presented with all questions answered and explained. The author also presents detailed reviews of all test topics and includes multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers at the end of each topic’s chapter. Test topics include: biochemistry, the cell, cell [...]

Essential SAT Vocabulary (flashcards) (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Vocabulary practice is critical for success on the SAT, and these vocabulary flashcards provide you with an easy, efficient and portable way to prepare for the verbal section of the exam. This box of SAT flashcards includes 500 vocabulary words, with definitions and examples of each word [...]

The Usborne Book of Christmas Stories

Author: M. Larkin
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
This guide to the AP English Language & Composition Exam includes proven test-taking techniques from the AP experts at the Princeton Review. Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2010 Edition also brings you:
•2 full-length AP English Language & Composition practice tests with detailed explanations
•Comprehensive review [...]

The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition

Rating: (32 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description
The Official SAT Study Guide™ —with more than two million sold—just got better! Now offering 10 practice tests, The Official SAT Study Guide: Second Edition™ is the only book that features official SAT® practice tests created by the test maker. With over 1,000 pages and more [...]

1,296 ACT Practice Questions (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
The best way to prepare for standardized tests is to practice, and this resource offers you plenty of opportunities to do just that. 1,296 ACT Practice Questions includes:
*3 full-length practice tests
*648 additional practice questions
*detailed answer explanations for all practice questions
*a focused and informative overview of what’s on [...]

Barron’s AP English Literature and Composition, 3rd Edition

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: George Ehrenhaft Ed.D.
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Product Description
This updated manual presents five full-length practice AP exams with all questions answered and clearly explained. To help students prepare for multiple-choice questions, the book offers many sample questions on poetry and prose fiction, along with commonsense tactics for choosing correct answers. Separate chapters review [...]

Cracking the SAT, 2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
The SAT is a critical exam for college applicants, and more than 2 million students take the test each year. In Cracking the SAT the experts at The Princeton Review provide the information and strategies you need to succeed on the math, verbal and essay sections of [...]

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses

Rating: (145 reviews)
Author: Dorothy Richmond
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Product Description
This convenient worktext gives students a unique approach to learning, remembering, and reviewing how to use Spanish verbs correctly. The book provides a systematic presentation and review of Spanish verb forms and explains when and why a certain verb tense should be used. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb [...]

Barron’s AP Music Theory with Audio Compact Discs

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Nancy Scoggin
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Product Description
This brand-new addition to Barron’s series of Advanced Placement test prep manuals presents a comprehensive review of music theory, followed by two full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained. These practice tests include both aural and non-aural sections. The four audio CDs enclosed with [...]

The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, 2010: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know, 36th Edition

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Yale Daily News Staff
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description
The Straight-Talking Student’s Guide to the Best Colleges
For more than thirty-five years, The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges has been the favorite resource of high school students across the country because it is the only comprehensive college reference written and researched by students for [...]

Cracking the SAT Math 1 & 2 Subject Tests, 2009-2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Math Subject Tests is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about math—only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In Cracking the SAT [...]

Mama Had to Work on Christmas

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Marsden
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

Product Description
Gloria always spends Christmas with Papi, Mama, and Nana. But this Christmas, Papi is away picking oranges and Mama has to work at the hotel where she is a maid. Gloria is miserable when Mama makes her go with her-until they get to the hotel with its [...]

Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, 2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Are you getting ready to take the AP Chemistry exam? The Princeton Review experts provide the help you need in Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, 2010 Edition. It includes:
•2 full-length AP practice tests with detailed explanations
•Proven techniques to help get high scores
•All AP Chemistry review topics from [...]

Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2010-2011: The Most Authoritative Guide to U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools (Medical School Admission Requirements, United States and Canada)

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Association of American Medical Colleges
Publisher: Assn of Amer Medical Colleges

Product Description
This must-have book — often called the “bible of medical school guides” –is the #1 source for medical school applicants. The 2010-2011 edition features more information than ever before.
The MSAR is the #1 source for:>/b>

Information on newly accredited medical schools
Application procedures [...]

Examkrackers MCAT101 Passages in MCAT Verbal Reasoning

Rating: (43 reviews)
Author: David Orsay
Publisher: Osote Publishing

Product Description
The passages in this book have been designed to closely resemble official MCAT Verbal passages. From the type font to the subject matter to the number of words in each passage, question, and answer choice, these exas have the real MCAT feel. The questions in this book [...]

A Christmas Carol (Penguin Readers, Level 2)

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Pearson ESL

Product Description
Scrooge is a cold, mean man. He loves only money and is cruel to the people around him. Scrooge is visited by ghosts who show him his past, his life now and a possible future. Will Scrooge learn from the ghosts? Can he change?

Christmas in Mexico (Christmas Around the World) ((Christmas Around the World Ser.))

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: World Book

Product Description
Each 80-page Christmas Around the World book includes full narratives explaining the customs of the region covered, photography and illustrations, special sections of native songs, recipes, and fun-to-do crafts.

Christmas Alphabet Cards

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Robert Sabuda
Publisher: Running Press

Product Description
With “Season’s Greetings” written on the inside of each card, and 26 of renowned pop-up artist Robert Sabuda’s intricate and eye-catching designs, there is a card in this beautiful set for every letter of the alphabet. Based on Sabuda’s best-selling children’s book The Christmas Alphabet, you’ll find [...]

A Pinata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Pat Mora
Publisher: Clarion Books

Product Description

An award-winning author and a rising star artist have put a festive Latino twist on “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” populating it with piñatas in place of partridges, plus burritos bailando (dancing donkeys), lunitas cantando (singing moons), and much more, all displayed in the most vivid colors [...]

The Oxford Bookworms Library: A Christmas Carol Level 3 (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 3)

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Product Description
Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him traveling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future – [...]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Spanish Edition)

Author: CHARLES DICKENS
Publisher: YOYO USA

Product Description
The unforgettable story of a miser that is visited in christmas by ghosts he has forgotten, is one of those eternal works that astonish whenever they are read.

Cracking the SAT with DVD, 2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
More than 2 million students take the SAT each year. In Cracking the SAT with DVD, the experts at The Princeton Review provide the information and strategies you need to score high on every section of the test: math, verbal, and essay. This new 2010 edition of [...]

Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT 2009-2010 Edition

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Larry Berger
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Product Description
It’s the SAT guide that kids will actually enjoy using. And it’s the one that works: The students who developed Up Your Score all aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice. Irreverent, credible, delivered with attitude, Up Your Score combines the best [...]

Countdown to College: 21 To Do Lists for High School: Step-By-Step Strategies for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Graders 2nd Edition

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Valerie Pierce
Publisher: Front Porch Press (MI)

First Space Encyclopedia (DK First Reference)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN

Product Description
The latest title in DK’s First Reference series introduces the universe, visiting all the planets of our solar system and their moons, as well as our Sun and other stars, black holes, asteroids, comets, and other galaxies. Up to date with the latest astronomical theories, First Space [...]

Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination (Published in association with The Open University)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Book Description
Doing a Literature Review offers students from across the social sciences and humanities a practical and comprehensive guide to writing a literature review. It takes the reader through the initial states of an undergraduate dissertation or postgraduate thesis.

Large Print Word Search Book

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

Product Description
The Large Print Word Search collection is the perfect series for building vocabulary skills while having fun at the same time. Filled with interesting and engaging word lists, each puzzle promises to stretch your mind. Plus, the large, bold type makes each puzzle easy to [...]

Scholastic Book Of World Records 2010

Author: Jenifer Morse
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Product Description Whether kids want to know what the world’s deadliest snake is, which country eats the most chocolate, who has the most career touchdowns in the NFL, or which state has the largest water park, the SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2010 has all of the answers and much, much [...]

Hark! A Christmas Sampler

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Product Description
A collection of stories, poems, legends, folktales, and carols relating to Christmas.

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (MacMillan Profiles)

Rating: (136 reviews)
Author: Nelson Mandela
Publisher: Holt McDougal

Product Description
An international hero, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and leader of South Africa’s antiapartheid movement chronicles his life, including his tribal years, his time spent in prison, and his return to lead his people. 175,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. Amazon.com Review
The famously taciturn South African president [...]

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

Rating: (129 reviews)
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Vertigo

Product Description
“Wake up, sir. We’re here.” It’s a simple enough opening line–althoughnot many would have guessed back in 1991 thatthis would lead to one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comics of the second half of the century.In Preludes and Nocturnes, Neil Gaiman weaves the story of a [...]

Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, 2009 Edition (College Test Prep)

Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Scoring high on the AP Chemistry Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about chemistry—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam, we’ll teach you how [...]

Time for Kids: Almanac 2009 (Time for Kids Almanac)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Editors of Time for Kids magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids

Product Description
The newest edition of the best-selling Time For Kids Almanac is back and better than ever.
Full of information on everything from animals to inventions, cutting-edge technology for the environment, this handy, colorful resource is a must-have for 8- to 12-year-olds. The Time [...]

First Human Body Encyclopedia (Dk First Reference Series)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN

Product Description
Showing what’s inside the human body and how things fit and work together, the Human Body Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating facts and spectacular close-up photographs that make the subject accessible and fun. Covering every part of the body‹from major body systems to individual cells‹in language accessible [...]

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Edward B Fiske
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Product Description
For more than 20 years, this leading guide to more than 300 colleges and universities has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Hip, honest and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delivers an insider’s look at the academic climates and [...]

The Official SAT Question of the Day 2009 Calendar

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description
The College Board–maker of the SAT (R)–provides the only pager-per-day calendar with Official SAT practice questions.  Every day, students can practice with a question just like the ones on the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT (R).  The calendar features 365 questions (one per page); critical reading, writing, and [...]

Cracking the SAT, 2009 Edition (College Test Prep)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
Cracking the SAT brings you proven techniques from the test prep experts! The 2009 edition includes full-length practices tests and exclusive free access to further review online. In Cracking the SAT, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and
· Master specific strategies for answering [...]

Increase Your Score in 3 Minutes a Day: SAT Essay

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Randall McCutcheon, James Schaffer, Randall McCutcheon, James Schaffer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Product Description
This accessible guide gives you the tools you need to score high on the new SAT essay.
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Best 368 Colleges, 2009 Edition (College Admissions Guides)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
College students (120,000 of them) reveal what life is really like at the nation’s top schools. This must-have guide gives you college rankings like no other and covers all the essentials — from academics to social life to financial aid, and everything in between. We also provide [...]

CLEP Official Study Guide 2009 (Clep Official Study Guide)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description
Every year, students save countless hours and dollars through the College-Level Examination Program (R) (CLEP (R)).  CLEP examinations allow students to demonstrate college-level knowledge, for which they can earn credit at more than 2,900 colleges and universities.  The CLEP Official Student Guide 2009, developed by the [...]

Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, 2009 Edition (Private Test Prep)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SSAT and ISEE exams is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about English and math–only what you’ll need to score higher on the exam. There’s a big [...]

Kaplan 12 Practice Tests for the SAT, 2009 Edition (Kaplan 12 Practice Tests for the Sat)

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Kaplan
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

Product Description
Includes the most SAT practice available with:
*12 full-length practice exams
*Over 600 math grid-ins and multiple-choice questions
*Over 800 sentence completion and reading comprehension questions
*Over 500 writing multiple-choice questions
*Complete answer explanations
*12 essay prompts, model essays, and a guide to self-grading