| 151. Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam & the Future of America | |
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by: Anonymous Amazon.com's Price: $19.95 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Michael Scheuer is upset that he must write his books (this one and the upcoming "Imperial Hubris") under his pen name, Anonymous, or lose his CIA post. This reviewer hopes that he is made redundant in the upcoming CIA re-organization and can devote himself to his writing. He has an important message: Osama has a large following: is seen by his followers as a dedicated and devout Muslim; has proclaimed himself at war with the US since 1996; is trying and may have succeeding in securing ... Read More  Read Reviews and Description
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| 152. Why Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life | |
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by: John McCain, Mark Salter List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.87 You Save: $5.08 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Concerned that the definition of courage has been watered down in late 20th-century America, Senator McCain (R-AZ) has compiled outstanding examples of truly courageous actions to offer inspiration and encouragement. He offers a variety of accounts, from the story of a mother who lost her life fighting the neighborhood drug dealer to those of servicemen and -women who risked their own lives to help others on the battlefield. Because McCain believes that courage is the underpinning of all other virtues, ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 153. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom | |
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by: James W. Stigler, James Hiebert List Price: $24.00 Amazon.com's Price: $16.80 You Save: $7.20 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description The Teaching Gap is an easy read about an important educational issue. The insights that come from the cross-cultural studies in this book should become part of the understanding of all U.S. educators and supporters of education. If I could establish Japanese-style lesson study in every school in the country I would do it, because I believe it will improve educational practice in just the way the authors say it will. But, The Teaching Gap has hard messages for those who hope to reform American ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 154. 1000 Days to the Bar--But the Practice of Law Begins Now | |
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by: Dennis J. Tonsing List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.97 You Save: $7.98 (32%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This book does an execellent job of teaching all students the art of studying in general, not just for the Bar. This book is a must read for all college freshmen. Read Reviews and Description
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| 155. The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child | |
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by: Ron Clark, Hyperion List Price: $11.95 Amazon.com's Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description What a terrific simple back to basic life concept. Ron covers many areas that are often overlooked by parents, teachers and everyone everyday. Whether it's a mom, dad, salesclerk, CEO or VP, his rules can be used for everyone. My husband enjoyed the book and has suggested his employees to read it. If they have kids, great, but if they don't, he wants them to read it anyway. Having the experience of a teacher in today's classroom, sets the stage for what really goes on in class providing powerful content for doable solutions. ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 156. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values | |
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by: ROBERT PIRSIG Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is the kind of book that a person who is intelligent but uneducated in philosophy would pick up, read, and be excited and terribly enlightened by. This apparently was the state of many of the "hippies" who read this book when it came out. But for someone who has read Aristotle and Plato and the myriad of others, especially the Greeks, this book can seem almost ridiculously off-center in its generalizations. Whether it is or not, that is for the reader to decide, I suppose. The narrator is at first likeable, but as ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 157. How Israel Lost : The Four Questions | |
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by: Richard Ben Cramer List Price: $24.00 Amazon.com's Price: $16.80 You Save: $7.20 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer knew in advance that his new book would be controversial. Anything written about the Middle East conflict would be considered controversial, he decided, and over the years, he had been aware how everyone perceived his own views as heretical. So he dived unabashedly into Israel and the Palestinian territories, areas which he had covered previously as a reporter in 1979, to tell the story in his own words, even if he ended up with "nasty conclusions." The result, How Israel ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 158. Kaplan GMAT 2004 with CD-ROM | |
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by: Staff of Kaplan Inc, Kaplan Amazon.com's Price: $37.00 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I am rather suprised at the low overall customer-review rating of this book. I used a combination of online sample tests, the Kaplan book, the Princeton Review and ETS study guides. Of these resources, I feel the Kaplan more closely replicated the questions on the actual GMAT. My score from taking the Kaplan book's exams were consistently within 10 points of my actual score, proving there is incredible similarity between Kaplan's questions and ETS'. The Princeton Review book has reasonable sample questions as well, but explanation as how to ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 159. Kaplan GRE Exam 2004 with CD-ROM | |
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by: Staff of Kaplan Inc, Kaplan Amazon.com's Price: $33.00 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I bought this book, along with the Verbal and Quantitative specific books by Kaplan. The bottom line is, don't buy this book if you plan to buy the other two. If you don't plan to do an in-dept study or if the test is coming up soon, then go with this book. Just remember that there is nothing in this book that is not explained in greater detail in the Verbal and Quantitative books. By the way, I got scores of 590 verbal and 760 quantitative by using the other two books. I barely touched this one and only studied for about 12 hours per week ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 160. Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Thumb Index Edition) | |
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by: Oxford University Press Amazon.com's Price: $29.95 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description the explanations are easy to understand. the dictionary is pretty comprehensive and covers over 240, 000 words. and it is easy to use too. Read Reviews and Description
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