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Heather Wells mysteries volume 1
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Heather Wells Rocks!
Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two — and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job
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Heather Wells mysteries volume 4
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After dallying with sexy vampires and ingeniously reinterpreting the Dracula legend (Insatiable, Overbite), #1 New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot is ready to rock 'n' roll once more with Heather Wells. The un-petite assistant New York City college dorm director and sometime sleuth is back in Size 12 and Ready to Rock—a delectable comedy mystery that proves once more that the much beloved author of The Princess Diaries rules in the realm of...
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Western Universities have been major contributors to our civilization and others through scientific discovery and humanistic scholarship. Knowledge both old and new has been expanded, enriched, and diffused. Universities have also been an important channel of upward social and economic mobility through academic achievement, thus reinforcing the vision of America as a land of opportunity. But since the 1980s, universities have increasingly turned away...
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As Canadian universities work to increase access to graduate education, many are adopting blended modes of delivery for courses and programs. Within this changing landscape of higher education, The Finest Blend answers the call for rigorous research into these methods to ensure quality learning and teaching experience and presents case studies of French and English universities across Canada that are experimenting with blended learning models in graduate...
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All the Advice You Need to Get In To the College You Want! Getting in to your dream college has never been more competitive. Swamped with applications, admissions officers spend 10-20 minutes on each, looking for reasons to say no. It's crucial that students make it easy for colleges to say yes. In his new book, Brand U, renowned college admissions adviser David Montesano shows you exactly how to position yourself as the kind of applicant colleges...
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The education system provides a great way to peer into the potential of the human mind, but it's come up short in unleashing it. Marquis R. Nave, who has taught English at the college level for 10 years, has discovered that students minds are the center of education and that their ideas about their mental capabilities is crucial to developing a new education. Students who don't believe in the creative power of their minds end up being trained to do...
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La educación superior en Colombia está atravesando por un momento interesante: mientras las expectativas sociales en torno a su rol en la sociedad crecen y todavía se debate su financiamiento, la irrupción de la globalización en la educación superior trae nuevos y más complejos retos. Desde el reciente intento fallido de reformar la Ley 30 de 1992, el tema de la reforma educativa ha tomado un nuevo aire en el país. Por esta razón, el Center...
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The history of Randolph-Macon Woman's College has a claim upon the attention of all who are interested in the education and achievement of women. Its course through the years is set forth in the present volume, in which the author has dealt with the pattern of life developed in the cultivation of the liberal arts.Originally published in 1951.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available...
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Learn everything you need to know to get in to law school. This re-written and completely updated version of the bestselling law school admission guide (first published in 2009) provides detailed information on how to present yourself in the law school application process. Ann Levine brings more than a decade of experience in law school admissions (as director of admissions for law schools and as a law school admission consultant) to provide advice...
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A practical and essential survival guide for the aspiring nursing student, the nurse just beginning his or her professional practice, or even the nurse who's seen it all. This book provides simple and refreshing advice to help the newbie nursing student or newly minted registered nurse navigate the complex realities of professional nursing practice in today's complex healthcare setting. An abundance of life and death anecdotal experiences by the author...
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El repensamiento, tal como lo entendemos en la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, consiste en contemplar nuestras asignaturas con una mirada distinta, que brota de la razón ampliada, busca la unidad del saber, tiene su base en las preguntas fundamentales (antropológica, epistemológica, ética y de sentido) y requiere de la puesta en juego del profesor. Se trata de abrir cada disciplina a la realidad de un modo plenamente humano....
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Gender in the Political Science Classroom looks at the roles gender plays in teaching and learning in the traditionally male-dominated field of political science. The contributors to this collection bring a new perspective to investigations of gender issues in the political behavior literature and feminist pedagogy by uniting them with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The volume offers a balance between the theoretical and the practical,...
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Shining A light on Stuttering - How One Man Used Comedy To Turn His Impairment Into Applause is the story of Jaik Campbell, a stand-up comedian notable for his appearances at the internationally renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, the London comedy circuit, and British television.
Jaik's quest to excel in these highly competitive settings was made all the more difficult by his personal battle with a lifelong stutter. By creatively balancing Jaik's...
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'Física Mecánica. Nivelación para estudiantes universitarios' es un libro que presenta los conocimientos de física de forma muy sencilla y los relaciona con situaciones reales y cotidianas para los estudiantes.
Esta obra fue escrita inicialmente para enseñar la física en un nivel introductorio a los estudiantes de carreras como ingeniería y arquitectura. Sin embargo, su lenguaje y metodología facilitan su uso a nivel de educación secundaria...
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Long an afterthought of the American higher education ecosystem, multi-campus systems have become more important than ever. In recent years, leading higher education systems have engaged in transforming the way they work, scaling best practices, leveraging data and analytics, and creating platforms to optimize and personalize these systems for increasingly diverse students. In Higher Education Systems Redesigned, leaders of these efforts share their...
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This e-guide is designed to give parents embarking on the college process a concise overview of the essentials. It addresses Financial Matters, Test-taking and the Application Process itself. It includes all the information you need to have at your fingertips from the beginning of high school till the acceptance letters come rolling in. The author answers your questions before you ask them, in a clear and direct fashion, and allows you to get a leg...
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The definitive guide to the Columbia Business School MBA program. Presents details of the school's core curriculum, domestic and international exchange opportunities, on-campus recruiting process, popular professors and access to business leaders in NYC. Whether you are just starting your research, already writing your application essays, preparing for an interview or deciding which offer of admission to accept, you will find the Clear Admit School...
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Atendiendo a las consecuencias históricas y a la realidad social de posacuerdo en Colombia, se consideran en este trabajo postulados teleológicos, para la universidad soportados en la obra del filósofo colombiano Estanislao Zuleta y sus aportes teóricos sobre tres conceptos nucleares: el conflicto, la diferencia y el diálogo. Así, se vincula a la universidad en la búsqueda y promoción del respeto, como valor ético mínimo de consenso y garantía...
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This is a beginning book on statistics and research. It could be used by undergraduate students and graduate students alike. The book covers several methods of research including correlational and experimental methods. Rudiments of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics are also presented.