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  Is College Worth It? - A Former...

  William J. Bennett, David Wilezol

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  For many students, a bachelor's degree is considered the golden ticket to a more financially and intellectually fulfilling life. But the disturbing reality is that debt, unemployment, and politically charged pseudo learning are more likely outcomes for many college students today than full-time employment and time-honored knowledge. 
  This raises the question: is college still worth it? Who is responsible for debt-saddled, undereducated students, and how do future generations of students avoid the same problems? In a time of economic uncertainty, what majors and schools will produce competitive graduates? Is College Worth It? uses personal experience, statistical analysis, and real-world interviews to provide answers to some of the most troubling social and economic problems of our time.

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  Rock-a-Bye Baby

  Andrea Janzen

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  Little Sprout Readers is based on the best Nersery rhyme. Easy English nursery rhyme storybook for children who are new to English.

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  Paying the Price - College Costs...

  Sara Goldrick-Rab

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  If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why.Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and Pell Grants, Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls. Half the students in the study left college without a degree, while less than twenty percent finished within five years. The cause of their problems, time and again, was lack of money. Unable to afford tuition, books, and living expenses, they worked too many hours at outside jobs, dropped classes, took time off to save money, and even went without adequate food or housing. In many heartbreaking cases, they simply left school-not with a degree, but with crippling debt. Goldrick-Rab combines that shocking data with devastating stories of six individual students, whose struggles make clear the horrifying human and financial costs of our convoluted financial aid policies.

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  Earth Repair - A Grassroots...

  Leila Darwish

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  A practical guide to bioremediation: natural techniques that are proven to heal land damaged by pollution.   In the United States and Canada alone, millions of acres have been contaminated by pesticides, chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants. Conventional clean-up techniques are expensive and resource-intensive and can cause further damage. Communities find themselves increasingly unable to rely on the same companies and governments that created the problems to step in and provide solutions.   Packed with valuable information from visionaries in the field of bioremediation, Earth Repair empowers individuals to heal contaminated and damaged land. It encompasses everything from remediating and regenerating abandoned city lots for urban farmers and gardeners, to recovering from environmental disasters and industrial catastrophes such as oil spills and nuclear fallout.   This fertile toolbox covers various remediation methods including: ·       Microbial remediation: using microorganisms to break down and bind contaminants ·       Phytoremediation: using plants to extract, bind, and transform toxins ·       Mycoremediation: using fungi to clean up contaminated soil and water

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  Hot Stone Massage

  Centre of Excellence

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  The Hot Stone Massage Audiobook takes you from complete beginner right through to becoming a competent and confident massage therapist. Starting with the very basics, with specific step-by-step details of massage and its benefits, anatomy and physiology, the benefits of a Hot Stone Massage, the different techniques that you can use, and including everything that you need to know about setting up your business and how to get your very first clients.

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  On Your Best Behavior - The...

  Robert Shutt

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  In  On Your Best Behavior: The Fundamentals of Etiquette,  Professor Robert A. Shutt reviews the fundamentals of appropriate behavior practiced in the course of life. Everyday etiquette is essentially social etiquette, which has evolved to meet the needs of this century. Professor Shutt examines the historical roots of social etiquette and explains how its foundations remain relevant today - even as situations and circumstances change. All told, this program provides listeners with a solid understanding of the standards of good behavior that lead to success in everyday life. As Professor Shutt emphasizes, "manners matter and courtesy counts" always. It is that simple!

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