Test Guides

The Official SAT Study Guide (Official Sat Study Guide)
by College Board

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This comprehensive study guide helps students prepare for the new SAT by providing: eight new full-length practice tests written by the new SATUs creators, a complete walk-through of the new writing section, hundreds of practice questions, and more.... (read more)
 
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What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers
by Richard Nelson Bolles

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Still the bestselling job-hunting book and a favorite of career changers for more than three decades, this gold standard of career guides" ("Fortune") has been updated for 2008 with new examples, instructions, and cautionary advice.... (read more)
 
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Spanish Vocabulary
by Barcharts

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This is one of the best selling guides! It's packed with useful information for beginners of all ages. For the student, traveler or just a little help. This 6-page, laminated guide includes: common adverbs & adjectives, common phrases &... (read more)
 
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School Guides

Best 368 Colleges 2009 Edition
by Princeton Review

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College students (120,000 of them) reveal what life is really like at the nation's top schools. This must-have guide gives you college rankings like no other and covers all the essentials -- from academics to social life to financial aid, and everything... (read more)
 
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College Admission and Survival

Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
by Alexandra Robbins

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Alexandra Robbins was puzzled when her eighteen-year-old sister announced that she planned to rush one of her college??'s many sororities. Wanting to find out if the clich?? stereotypes about sorority girls were actually true, Robbins went undercover in... (read more)
 
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Resumes and Cover Letters

Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing
by Yana Parker

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Completely revised, this edition contains new sections on formatting resumes and submitting resumes over the Internet--a guide readers can count on to get that resume done fast and get it done right.... (read more)
 
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Specific Jobs

Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment
by A. Bronyn Llewellyn

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The first green employment guide from America's #1 career publisher features profiles of hundreds of lucrative positions. With this comprehensive guide, readers can find the job of their dreams--and know they're making a difference.... (read more)
 
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Interviews

201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview
by John Kador

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Key questions every interviewee should ask during a job interview.... (read more)
 
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College Application and Essay Guides

Rock Hard Apps: How to Write a Killer College Application
by Katherine Cohen

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Cohen, founder of Ivywise, a private college admissions practice, follows three students through the college application process and uses dozens of other real applications to illustrate what's effective in a college application, and what's not.... (read more)
 
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by Eliza Wissner Gross

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Students' Guide to Colleges: The Definitive Guide to America's Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts--The Students Who Attend Them Students' Guide to Colleges: The Definitive Guide to America's Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts--The Students Who Attend Them
by Jordan Goldman

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Overseas Study

How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas
by Joseph Collins

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More than 100,000 people contact the Peace Corps every year, but only 3,000 are placed overseas. To help more Americans find volunteer opportunities abroad Joseph Collins, Stefano DeZerega, and Zahara Heckscher-all founders of respected volunteer... (read more)
 
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Professional Test Guides

Firefighter 15TH Edition
by Arco

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UNIQUE SELLING FEATURES AND BENEFITS- Expert advice from an author of national firefighter exams.- Full-length sample exams- New information about the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT)- New practice exam for the National Firefighter Selection... (read more)
 
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501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College (501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College)
by Gen Tanabe

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Adults can find the means to go back to school despite the pressures of work, family, and a mortgage with this guide to funding continued education. With expanded information on distance learning and part-time classes and new financial aid, loan, and... (read more)
 
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Barron's GRE: Graduate Record Examination (Barron's GRE)
by Sharon Weiner Green

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(back cover) This up-to-date manual will prepare test takers for both the current GRE and the new-format exam Six full-length model tests are presented with all questions answered and explained In-depth subject reviews cover all test topics: antonym... (read more)
 
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Test Guides

Cracking the Gre With DVD 2009 Edition
by Princeton Review

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Cracking the GRE offers major features on DVD, including engaging video tutorials from The Princeton Review’s top instructors. The 2008 edition includes over 300 practice questions in the book and exclusive free access to 4 practice exams and... (read more)
 
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Reflexology
by Barcharts

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This 4-page laminated guide contains detailed illustrations of pressure points of the hands & feet and is color coded and mapped from multiple views. Illustrations by award-winning medical illustrator Vince Perez.... (read more)
 
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