BOOK NUMBER: 95
SUBJECT MATTER: Higher Education, Colleges
TITLE: Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids-And What We Can Do About It
AUTHORS: Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company
COPYRIGHT: 2010, 271 pages
An incisive, wonderfully written indictment of higher education/college in the U.S. Discussion ranges from poor teaching, to exploding costs, to college coursework titles, etc. Think you would be better off going to an "Ivy League" school? Think again. According to these authors, you are more likely to get poor instruction at those so-called elite schools. A terrific read filled with humor, anecdotes, and solutions. Takes on the issue of: what is higher education really for?
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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BOOK NUMBER: 94
SUBJECT MATTER: Fiction, Mystery
TITLE: A Carribean Mystery
AUTHOR: Agatha Christie
PUBLISHER: Dodd, Mead & Company
COPYRIGHT: 1964, 245 pages
An enthralling murder mystery with plenty of twists that will keep you reading till the end. This mystery features the wonderful Miss Marple. Enjoy!
SUBJECT MATTER: Fiction, Mystery
TITLE: A Carribean Mystery
AUTHOR: Agatha Christie
PUBLISHER: Dodd, Mead & Company
COPYRIGHT: 1964, 245 pages
An enthralling murder mystery with plenty of twists that will keep you reading till the end. This mystery features the wonderful Miss Marple. Enjoy!
Monday, December 6, 2010
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BOOK NUMBER: 93
SUBJECT MATTER: Youth Picture Book, ABC's
TITLE: Superhero ABC
AUTHOR: Bob McLeod
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins Publishers
COPYRIGHT: 2006, 32 pages
Learn the alphabet and words for each letter with superhero characters like: "G-goo girl-who shoots great gobs of goo at gangsters", "M-Multiplying Mike-who becomes many more men in a moment", and "A-Astro man-who is always alert for an alien attack. A vivid, colorful, and dramatic book!
(The inside front and back covers are covered with the alphabet superheroes.)
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BOOK NUMBER: 92
SUBJECT MATTER: Youth fiction
TITLE: Elvis & Olive Super Detectives
AUTHOR: Stephanie Watson
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press
COPYRIGHT: 2010, 277 pages
Nice story about two friends (9 and 10 years of age) and the various subplots surrounding their lives. Including: the girls detective-mystery solving agency, a school election, neighborhood friends, food preferences, etc. Lovely front and back cover art!
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BOOK NUMBER: 91
SUBJECT MATTER: Online social networking
TITLE: Find a Job Through Social Networking. Use LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, and More to Advance Your Career
AUTHORS: Diane Crompton, Ellen Sautter
PUBLISHER: Jist Works
COPYRIGHT: 2010, 258 pages
This book guides you through everything you need to know to use online social networking to do your job search. Also a good book for beginners to any of the sites mentioned in the title. Quite a useful libro!
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BOOK NUMBER: 90
SUBJECT MATTER: Prostate cancer, Personal narrative
TITLE: Invasion of the Prostrate Snatchers. No More Unnecessary Biopsies, Radical Treatment or Loss of Sexual Potency
AUTHORS: Ralph H. Blum, Mark Schloz, MD
PUBLISHER: Other Press
COPYRIGHT: 2010, 293 pages
Everything you could possibly want to know about prostates, prostate cancer, prostate treatments, results of prostrate treatments, etc. Compelling book written by a gentleman who has had a 20-year relationship with prostate cancer and his Dr. Full of stories, humor, and the choices-decisions made by Mr. Blum. If you like to read, pick up this book-even if you don't have a prostate!
Includes: appendix and index
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