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A compelling new young adult series set in a near-future post-pandemic world that is alive with action, intrigue, courage, betrayal, and retribution Pandora Jones wakes in a hospital-her body weak, her memory providing only flashes of horrific scenes of death. She soon discovers that her family has succumbed to a plague pandemic which has almost wiped out humanity. Pan is one of the lucky ones. She and other young survivors have been relocated to...
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All she ever wanted was her father's love.
Cathy Sanderson tries her best to impress her father despite his resentment over her. She seemed to contemplate most days, "Why me? Why do you hate me so daddy?"He'd belittle her about every little thing. The pain and anguish she felt as his only child had her day dreaming that one day he would treat her special.
Cathy loves her father and tries to make him proud of her, but everything she tried, never...
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Olivia Greer is counting the days until her date with Michael Bellemare, when her sister, Sage, calls in a panic. As the principal of Lily Rock Music Academy, she meticulously planned the parent orientation weekend. Then, an academic tutor is found dead. While Officer Janis Jets investigates the case, Olivia is called in to coach the weekend headliners, the Tone Rangers and go undercover for the constabulary. With Michael, and her lovable labradoodle...
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An S&M party gone horribly wrong. A dead man locked in a car with a hungry bull terrier. A teenage girl with suspicious abdominal pains. And a man who's fainted, frightened he was allergic to his cheese and onion sandwich ... It's just another day at work for Kit Wharton. After a childhood picked in alcohol and punctuated by parental fighting, stints in journalism and house removals, Kit Wharton joined the NHS ambulance service. He hasn't looked back....
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Thinking about going to college? Think again... Think more... Now, think one more time. College isn't just four years of work and fun. It's four years to mold the next 40. *Eye Roll* I know I know... I sound like one of those "boomers." But, check this out... You'll wake up one day and BOOM... you'll be 50, wondering if you made the best choices about... partners, kids, work, and yes... even the college you chose. Is a four year traditional higher...
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Need help with your Military Service Academy Application?
Everything you need to fill out that overwhelmingly complicated Service Academy Application has been simplified and explained within this book.
Service Academy Admissions: An Insider's Guide to Getting Accepted is a comprehensive manual explaining everything you need to complete your application for the Naval Academy, the Military Academy, or the Air Force Academy as well as your applications...
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What does the admissions office at the most selective university in the world REALLY look for in an applicant?
That's the question all our contributors answered. Each of our contributors filed FERPA requests, and copied down the numerical scores and comments Stanford wrote on their applications. For the first time ever, Stanford undergrads bring their essays, and those comments, out for future applicants to see. We've compiled together a vast array...
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A semester-by-semester college admissions guide for parents of high school children written by admissions expert Danielle Bianchi Golod. Admissions expert Danielle Bianchi Golod builds on this with a complete step-by-step system to college admission in College Admissions Step-by-Step. This book is, intended to be a quick reference parents can use to keep themselves and their children on track.
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Brad Paxton, CEO of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, receives an anonymous telephone call claiming five test patients have died during clinical trials of the company's revolutionary new diet drug. With only days remaining before the FDA's scheduled release date, Brad frantically investigates the allegation of the drug's harmful affects. Two people who agree to help Brad stop the drug's release are murdered. Now he is alone, in a race against time to prevent...
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Applications, personal essays, campus visits, and those dreaded SATs and ACTs, the process of applying to, and getting into, college is almost as complicated as higher education itself. In this anthology, readers will get an in-depth look at the admission process, including viewpoints about the fairness and relevance of standardized test scores, the importance of volunteer and extracurricular activities, and how to market oneself as an ideal candidate...
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Applying to college can make you crazy. Don't let it!
Read this book instead.
College Admissions Without the Crazy helps students understand why they get stuck as they search for, apply to, and decide which college to attend, then provides the tools and detailed practical advice students need to get unstuck.
The author, a former dean of admissions and director of college counseling, has over thirty years experience helping students and families...
13) The Best Law Schools' Admissions Secrets: The Essential Guide from Harvard's Former Admissions Dean
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The ULTIMATE Insider Information on How to STAND OUT and GET ADMITTED! When trying to beat the tough law school competition, how do you know what will get you fast-tracked to the 'yes' pile (or the dreaded 'no' pile)? No insider is better suited to set you on the right track than Joyce Putnam Curll, former Dean of Admissions for Harvard Law School. The Best Law Schools' Admissions Secrets is the ultimate collection of insider advice, direct from one...
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"Acing the Medical School Admission Process" is primarily an aid to assist any individual who is interested in becoming a physician gain an admission to the medical school of his or her dreams. Within this book you will find secretly held insights that can greatly increase the odds of gaining entrance into medical school. This book provides an easy to use seven- step process that, if followed can set you apart from your competition during the medical...
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Every year millions of parents shepherd their teens through the arduous college admissions process. They are bombarded with too much information and with destructive and pervasive college admissions myths. Tackling College Admissions: Sanity + Strategy = Success by Cheryl Paradis and Faren R. Siminoff provides just what the college admissions doctor needs: sanity, perspective, and common sense. The racecourse to college admissions is littered with...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
#1 I was in the eighth grade when I got into boarding school. My parents had gently laid the groundwork throughout middle school, asking if my local public high school, Columbia, was the school I wanted to commit this crucial four years of my life to, given that I did have other options.
#2 I was excited to start my second year at Taft in late August. The school had only ever had...
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Prepare to laugh out loud at this politically incorrect novel full of short stories that are just plain wrong. You will be shocked, humored, amused and aroused. A provocatively original must read. Based on the popular blog, "It's not my fault." A brutally honest account of obsession, sex and the abuse of alcohol.
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Knowledge of self-a key component of the college admissions process that is also important in our respective life journeys-must originate in the practice of self-centering, which means exploring one's internal landscape and grounding one's sensibilities from within, no easy task in our postmodern moment and all its attendant pressures on the individual from without. Currently, overemphasis on college as the only goal of students' academic outcomes...
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With expert guidance from two experienced private college counselors, you and your family can reduce the stress of this important transition time and focus on what really matters.
Insight, tools, and a four-year plan for navigating the increasingly complicated college application process make it easier for you to find your U-the college that will best prepare you for the life you want to live.
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Get into the school of your dreams with "The Ivy League College Admissions Guidebook"-expert advice from a former Harvard interviewer and Harvard graduate. This comprehensive guidebook provides all the tools you need to make your Ivy League college essays and applications stand out, so you can get into the top schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia or the Ivy League equivalent colleges like Stanford and MIT. Discover how to choose the right...
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