Best Colleges And Universities In America - April 2024

Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of adventure during his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden.Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the Ame... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1538729741
• ASIN: 1538729741
• ISBN: 1538729741
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Educated: A Memoir

• ASIN: 0399590501
• ASIN: 0399590501
• Brand: Manning
• Manufacturer: Random House

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36'.”For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143125478
• UPC: 884832131572
• ASIN: 0143125478
• ISBN: 9780143125471
• Brand: Brown, Daniel James
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

A finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionA New York Times Notable Book Bloomberg Best Book of 2018The New York Times bestseller!Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735224897
• ASIN: 0735224897
• ISBN: 0735224897
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

Between the World and Me

• ASIN: 0812993543
• ASIN: 0812993543
• ISBN: 0812993543
• Brand: Spiegel Grau
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy)

A New York Times Best SellerMerging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education.Drawing on his own experience of feeling undervalued and invisible in classrooms as a young man of color and merging his experiences with more than a decade of teaching and researching in urban America, award-winning educator Christopher Emdin offers a new lens on an approach to teaching and learning in urban schools. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y’all Too is the much-needed... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0807028029
• ASIN: 0807028029
• ISBN: 0807028029
• Brand: Emdin Christopher
• Manufacturer: Beacon Press

Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care (Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health)

Featuring analysis of cutting-edge healthcare issues and first-person stories, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 7th Edition is the leader in helping students develop skills in influencing policy in today’s changing health care environment. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in this classic text, providing a more complete background than can be found in any other policy textbook on the market. Discussions include the latest updates on conflict management, health economics, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change. With ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0323241441
• ASIN: 0323241441
• ISBN: 0323241441
• Manufacturer: Saunders

Cracking the SAT Subject Test in Math 2, 2nd Edition: Everything You Need to Help Score a Perfect 800 (College Test Preparation)

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 800. Equip yourself to ace the SAT Subject Test in Math 2 with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide—including 3 full-length practice tests, thorough reviews of key topics, and targeted strategies for every question type.We don't have to tell you how tough SAT Math is—or how helpful a stellar exam score can be for your chances of getting into your top-choice college. Written by the experts at The Princeton Review, Cracking the SAT Subject Test in Math 2 arms you to take on the test and achieve your highest score.Techniques That ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1524710806
• ASIN: 1524710806
• ISBN: 9781524710804
• Manufacturer: Princeton Review

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

The New York Times Bestseller, with a new preface from the author“This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times“This eye-opening investigation into our country’s entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant.”—O, The Oprah Magazine “White Trash will change the way we think about our past and present.” —T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Custer’s Trials In her groundbreaking  bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg, co-... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143129678
• ASIN: 0143129678
• ISBN: 9780143129677
• Brand: PENGUIN
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Best 384 Colleges, 2019 Edition: In-Depth Profiles & Ranking Lists to Help Find the Right College For You (College Admissions Guides)

*****As seen on the TODAY SHOW!*****NO ONE KNOWS COLLEGES LIKE THE PRINCETON REVIEW! The Princeton Review's college rankings started in 1992 with surveys from 30,000 students. Over 25 years and more than a million student surveys later, we stand by our claim that there is no single “best” college, only the best college for you … and that this is the book that will help you find it!What Makes THE BEST 384 COLLEGES the Most Popular College Guide?STRAIGHT FROM STUDENTS TO YOU· 384 in-depth school profiles based on candid feedback from 138,000 students, covering academics, administr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1524758191
• ASIN: 1524758191
• ISBN: 1524758191
• Manufacturer: Princeton Review

The Identity Theft Of Mitch Mustain

• ASIN: B018U0U9L6
• ASIN: B018U0U9L6

Kraft Easy Mac Microwavable Macaroni & Cheese (6.7oz Packets, Pack of 18)

Kraft Easy Mac Original Flavor Single Serve Pouches are an easy dinner that's ready in 3-1/2 minutes. Kids and adults love the rich taste and creamy texture of macaroni noodles with cheesy goodness. Easy macaroni and cheese pouches include pasta and original flavor cheese sauce mix so you have everything you need to make dorm food or a quick dinner for kids. With no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives and no artificial dyes, an easy macaroni and cheese dinner is always great. Preparing microwave macaroni and cheese is a breeze just add water to the pasta, microwave for 3-1/2 to 4 m... [Read More]

• ASIN: B005ECO3H0
• UPC: 644210015210
• ASIN: B005ECO3H0
• Brand: Kraft
• Size: 2.15 Ounce (Pack of 18)
• Manufacturer: KraftHeinz

Stoner (New York Review Books Classics)

Discover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe. William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments: marriage into a “proper” family estranges him from his parents; his c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1590171993
• ASIN: 1590171993
• ISBN: 1590171993
• Brand: John Williams
• Manufacturer: NYRB Classics

The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve

Bring growth mindset strategies into the classroom with this easy-to-follow guide for teachers to empower learning through grit and resilience Created by teachers for teachers, this is the ultimate guide for unleashing students’ potential through creative lessons, empowering messages and innovative teaching. The Growth Mindset Coach provides all you need to foster a growth mindset classroom, including:A Month-by-Month ProgramResearch-Based ActivitiesHands-On Lesson PlansReal-Life Educator StoriesConstructive FeedbackSample Parent LettersStudies show that growth mindsets result in higher test... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1612436013
• ASIN: 1612436013
• ISBN: 1612436013
• Brand: Brock Annie
• Manufacturer: Ulysses Press

AmazonBasics Microfiber Bed Sheet Set - Twin XL, Bright White

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• ASIN: B0154ASCCI
• UPC: 844178041317
• ASIN: B0154ASCCI
• Brand: AmazonBasics
• Size: Twin XL
• Manufacturer: AmazonBasics

Learning to Be Latino : How Colleges Shape Identity Politics

In Learning to be Latino, Reyes paints a vivid picture of Latino student life, outlining students’ interactions with one another, with non-Latino peers, and with faculty, administrators, and the outside community. Reyes identifies the normative

• UPC: 547609352

Crossing the Finish Line : Completing College at America's Public Universities

Examines the reasons why fewer than sixty percent of entering college students stay to complete their degrees--the rates are even lower for low income and minority students, especially men--and explores the situation in public

• UPC: 15441266
• Rating: 4.0

A Fierce Discontent : The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920

With America's current and ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor and the constant threat of the disappearance of the middle class, the Progressive Era stands out as a time when the middle class

• UPC: 3597726
• Rating: 5.0

South Carolina State University : A Black Land-Grant College in Jim Crow America

The turbulent history of South Carolina's historically black college and its significant role in the civil rights

• UPC: 515953786

The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Reaction in the American University

According to Harvard professor Louis Menand, at a time when competition to get into and succeed in college has never been more intense, universities are providing a less useful education. In The Marketplace of Ideas,

• UPC: 182116464
• Rating: 3.333

In Justice to the Nation. American History in American Schools, Colleges, and Universities

In Justice to the Nation. American History in American Schools, Colleges, and

• UPC: 611168265

College & University Chaplaincy in the 21st Century : A Multifaith Look at the Practice of Ministry on Campuses Across America

Contributors who are actively engaged in the work of college chaplaincy explore the many aspects of campus ministry: navigating the secular academy as religious professionals, supporting students' increasingly hyphenated religious identities and

• UPC: 56019492

Physical Training in American Colleges and Universities

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as

• UPC: 235482996

In Justice to the Nation. American History in American Schools, Colleges, and Universities

In Justice to the Nation. American History in American Schools, Colleges, and

• UPC: 718315825

South America and the War; Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered in the University of London, King's College, Under the Tooke Trust in the Lent Term, 1918

South America and the War

• UPC: 385689705