Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting into College (for Kindle)
From Booklist The world of college preparation has rumbled with seismic shifts in the last few years. The SAT has been completely revamped with a new writing component, college admissions counselors are rethinking how to weight standardized test scores against applicants’ other qualifications, and the application process is moving entirely to the Internet. These are [...]
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
From The Washington Post From The Washington Post’s Book World/washingtonpost.com Reviewed by Jay Mathews Greg Mortenson’s first book, “Three Cups of Tea,” was a gravity-defying wide-screen wilderness adventure. It began with the author’s failed attempt to climb the world’s second-highest mountain. It included a daring rescue, bonding with an alien tribe in a tiny cliffside [...]
Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams: Your Complete Guide to Getting Into Nursing School (for Kindle)
Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams features:2 complete preparation tests with detailed answer explanationsDiagnostic ExamDetailed answer explanaionsLessons, review, and practice for math, reading comprehension, and scienceKaplan’s proven test-taking strategiesAdmissions information and resources (click here for further information)
Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth and Student Workbook (in Hardcover)
Teaching the readers how to manage their personal finances, this book concentrates on the fundamentals and underlying principles of personal finance, rather than focusing on equations and specific tools that are more easily forgotten. Building on 15 fundamental principles of personal finance, the book helps the readers develop an intuitive understanding not only of the [...]
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (in Hardcover)
From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian’s efforts to promote peace through educationIn this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive [...]