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"Essential Thai presents the practical language of everyday interactions by incorporating fundamental sentences used when meeting people, starting conversations, and asking and replying to questions in Thai, as well as a basic grammar and pronunciation guide to help you get started speaking Thai right away. In addition, language involving terms and phrases covering the latest technology devices, using social media, and tips on the essentials of travel...
502) Top story
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Front desk volume 5
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English
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In this fifth book in the series, "Mia Tang is at the top of her game. She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown. Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco"--Provided by publisher.
503) Stoner
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"Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--Publisher description.
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McGraw-Hill Education
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[2017]
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English
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A comprehensive study guide for the reading and math sections of the ASVAB, the test required for a military career McGraw-Hill Education's Top 50 Skills For A Top Score: ASVAB Reading and Math with Downloadable Tests, Second Edition guides test takers step by step through ASVAB preparation and gives them the tools needed to succeed on this exam. Dr. Janet Wall, a former key member of the U.S. government's ASVAB team, presents 50 accessible easy-to-master...
506) The biggest job we'll ever have: the Hyde School program for character-based education and parenting
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ATTITUDE OVER APTITUDE.
EFFORT OVER ACHIEVEMENT.
CHARACTER OVER TALENT.
For families, educators, corporations, and communities, The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have is nothing less than a new paradigm for reconnecting education with core values. With more than thirty-five years' experience at Hyde, an organization of internationally known, award-winning schools and programs, Laura and Malcolm Gauld argue persuasively that true education for our children...
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"The heroic struggles of the thousands of slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad are vividly portrayed in this powerful activity book, as are the abolitionists, free blacks, and former slaves who helped them along the way. The text includes 80 compelling firsthand narratives from escaped slaves and abolitionists and 30 biographies of "passengers," "conductors," and "stationmasters," such as Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Levi...
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"Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they removed their veils...
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"Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people's lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby's been happy to focus on her plus-size style blog and her dreams of taking the fashion industry by storm. When she lands a great internship at her favorite boutique, she's thrilled to take the first step toward her dream career. Then she...
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