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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.

In When Grit Isn't Enough, Nathan investigates five assumptions that inform our ideas about education today, revealing how these beliefs mask systemic inequity. Seeing a rift between these false promises and the lived experiences of her students, she argues that it is time for educators to face these uncomfortable issues head-on and explores how educators can better serve all students, increase college retention rates, and develop alternatives to college that don't disadvantage students on the basis of race or income.

For several years, campuses and sports teams across the country have been plagued with accusations of sexual violence, and they've been criticized for how they responded to the students involved. In Violated, two ESPN investigative reporters provide listeners with a shocking narrative of sexual crimes committed against women and a university's culture that kept them quiet.

Are you overstressed, overworked, and overwhelmed? In today's uncertain economy many people believe that the best way to survive and thrive is to put your head down and work harder. However, that approach will harm your health, relationships, and your career progress. Instead, become a WorkJockey® and learn to work less, live more, accomplish more, and be happier.

Can free speech coexist with an inclusive campus environment? Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. On the other side are traditional free speech advocates who charge that recent demands for censorship coddle students and threaten free inquiry.

The work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource, or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research, and knowledge to change the world.

College admission has become a cutthroat process. Top schools seemingly become more and more difficult to gain entry to with the ever-increasing applicant pool of the best and brightest. For the ambitious student, it can seem like a jungle of insurmountable obstacles and questions. How much does GPA matter? Do I have to have a sport? The essay isn't that important, right? Community service isn't that big of a deal, right? All of these questions and more crop up when trying to navigate high school to advantageously position yourself for college entry.

Nie wieder Motivationsprobleme beim Studieren! Wenn es eine Sache gibt, mit der alle Studenten auf dieser Welt zu kämpfen haben, dann sind es Motivationsprobleme. Doch dagegen kannst du etwas tun - und dieses Hörbuch wird dir dabei helfen! Um genau zu sein, zeige ich dir 66 Wege, wie du dir beim Studieren selbst in den Arsch treten kannst und deine Aufschieberitis ein für alle Mal auskurierst.

This book goes straight to the core of speed reading and gives you all the tools and hacks you need to change your life forever.

Die Welt wird immer schneller, hektischer und kurzweiliger. Eindrücke und Momente müssen schnellstmöglich neuen weichen und wenige Menschen können da mithalten. Während die Nachrichten und Medien von Tragödien gefüllt sind, hetzen wir von Termin zu Termin, machen nebenbei die Hausarbeit und versuchen, dabei noch irgendwie soziale Beziehungen aufrecht zu erhalten, bis wir abends vollkommen erschöpft ins Bett fallen.

In this master's thesis, Dr. Lisa A. Johnson Q.M.E. examines the impact of three reasoning skills -- number sense, structure sense, and abstract reasoning -- on algebra and geometry. The study concentrates its efforts on data compiled from more than twenty researchers in this area, an extensive annotated bibliography, and work done at fictitiously named Union High School, real school classes consisting of 48 math students and eight math teachers.

Graduate School Scholarships: Tips Tools, and Ultimate Advice for Winning Money for College is a scholarship directory especially designed for students at the graduate level. Here, you will gather the information you need to apply for scholarships or other money to pay for education in way that is specifically relevant for graduate-level students.

Are you a salary-man living from paycheck to paycheck? Do you sometimes feel like you'll never be able to build a retirement? Have you ever thought of having complete financial freedom? This can be achieved when your stream of passive income exceed your daily expenses so you can decide not to work but still be able of living the lifestyle your desire.

This book outlines the benefits of completing your pre-professional course requirements at a community college with sound advice regarding coursework, the professional entrance exam, and interview for pre-nursing, pre-pharmacy, and pre-med students.

Social security is an important income source and should not be overlooked. As a retirement income staple, it should be maximized whenever possible. Let Tom Hegna show you the most common mistakes people make regarding their social security benefit and how to avoid their costly consequences.

Everybody knows that the schools of the Ivy League - universally touted as the pinnacle of American higher education - have graduated countless political leaders, corporate titans, and global power brokers. But did you know these schools have also produced murderers, warmongers, traitors, plagiarists, slave traders, pederasts, and every other variety of moral reprobate?

From the professors who teach NYU's most popular elective class, "Science of Happiness," a fun, comprehensive guide to surviving and thriving in college and beyond. Every year, almost 4,000,000 students begin their freshman year at colleges and universities nationwide. Most of them will sleep less and stress out a whole lot more. By the end of the year, 30 percent of those freshmen will have dropped out. For many, the unforeseen demands of college life are so overwhelming that "the best four years of your life" can start to feel like the worst.

A completely revised and updated values-based guide to navigating the first year of college that speaks to college students in their own language and offers practical tools that listeners need to keep from drinking, sleeping, or skipping their way out of college. In the four years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However, much has changed on campuses.

Ein produktives Morgenritual, das Sie für den Tag stärkt und Ihr Leben verbessert. Das klingt so wünschenswert wie unerreichbar. Haben auch Sie das Gefühl jeden Morgen mit dem falschen Bein aufzustehen? Sie stolpern aus dem Bett, an die Kaffeemaschine und wenn Sie einen guten Tag haben, in die Dusche. Dabei haben Sie das Gefühl, gar nicht so richtig wach zu werden und dies bleibt auch den restlichen Tag so. Dabei sind positive Gewohnheiten essentiell für unsere Produktivität und unser Lebensgefühl.