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From studying Italian Renaissance while waiting in traffic to learning about the Russian Revolution on your iPod at the gym, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to the European History. With its convenient format, AudioLearn fits your busy lifestyle, enabling you to study anywhere, anytime. Best of all, you'll significantly increase learning and retention with AudioLearn's proven study format. So make sure you score a perfect five on your AP exam and gain valuable college credits - get AudioLearn AP European History today!

Immigration Naturalization Test covers all the questions examiners can ask you about orally in the test. This is a multipart test that requires considerable knowledge in the various areas. This is also a perfect audiobook for civics classes in grade and high schools to prep students for what is important to know as an American citizen. Repetition is the mother of learning, so listening many times will only make you do better on your test.

What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel abroad, spend late nights writing a novel, volunteer in an emergency room, or build your own company? What dreams would you be pursuing right now? College Without High School shows how independent teens can self-design their high school education by becoming unschooled. Students begin by defining their goals and dreams and then pursue them through a combination of meaningful and engaging adventures. It is possible to pursue your dreams....

These days, competition for business school isn't just tough, it's brutal. Everyone wants an MBA. So how do you stand out in the crowd? One way is to net a high GMAT score. But you're a busy undergrad: you've got classes, a job, your life. How are you going to find extra time study? We've got you covered. Our experts have completely broken the GMAT into pieces and put it back together again.

First things first: congratulations! Taking the GRE means that you're seriously thinking about a graduate degree. That takes some serious dedication, my friend. Now the bad news: this test - the only thing holding you back from that advanced degree in German, International Policy, or Genomics and Genetics - is going to make you think about (and use!) a whole bunch of stuff you haven't given any serious consideration since high school.

Whether you’re in the gym conditioning your body, between classes conditioning your mind, or on the way to work conditioning your resume, this audiobook is the ticket to a higher LSAT score. We’ll tell you how to diagram analytical reasoning “games”, manage your speed and accuracy on the multiple choice section, and write the best essays. We’ll even tell you how to put logical reasoning to bed with an in-depth analysis of formal logic and logical fallacies....

Knowing the U.S. presidents and their terms in office, and the sequence in which they served, is immensely helpful as a framework for studying and being informed about American history.

Guaranteed to give the student a solid core list of words for the SATs. Unlike most SAT prep courses, this short concise audiobook is laser focused on the words themselves. It does not wear down and intimidate the student with length and breadth.

This is the second in this series of Core Words. After learning the first 100, this audiobook has the core 500 words used in the SATs and GREs over the last 50 years. This audio book is best used after the Core 100 words are mastered so as not to intimidate the student.

Cervantes nos cuenta la vida de dos jóvenes muchachos los cuales se encuentran en el camino de Toledo con dirección Andalucía y hacen amistad uno con otro. Ambos muchachos llamados Pedro del Rincón y Diego Cortado, huyeron de sus respectivos hogares debido a que eran maltratados por sus familias. Por el camino hacia Sevilla encuentran a un arriero, a éste le estafan con cartas robándole todo el dinero que llevaba consigo.

Is a college education worth tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars? Is an Ivy League school any better than your local college? Do those rankings really mean anything? How can you understand the system to have a better chance of getting in? You'll hear some fascinating information and get some very surprising answers in this special collection from the pages of The Atlantic, much of it written by current and former college presidents.

Getting good grades is about working hard but it is also an art, a way of life, a mindset, that carries weight throughout your life: when applying to colleges, graduate schools, jobs, and in the succeess of your career. Learn the art of getting good grades in only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction by Deaver Brown, Harvard AB and MBA who has lectured at University of Chicago, Columbia and Harvard.

The Environmental Movement is an informative introduction to this significant social movement, which arose in the United States in the late 1800s in response to the nation's dwindling forests and the pollution caused by an increasing number of factories. The vibrant text chronicles the accomplishments of conservationists such as Gifford Pinchot and John Muir, who helped the movement gain a foothold in the United States.

So, 500 years is a lot of history to cover. Not only that, but you're super busy having a life and studying for all the other tests you have to take AND all the stuff you've got to do just to get in to college. But don't worry! We've got you covered... this audiobook is designed to walk you through everything that happened in the Old World from 1450 all the way through... well... right now!

Here's the deal: you're going to a college in the Midwest and you have to take the ACT. Not only that, but a decent score on the ACT is the best way to get into the college you really, really want to go to. So what's the ultra-busy, college bound student with a life to do? Well, we'll make a deal with you: listen to us, take our advice to heart and keep your eyes on the prize---getting into college, that is---and we'll give you all the tips, secrets and strategies you need to get the score you're after!

Pop quiz for teens! Never had a job? How do you get experience when you can't get a job? No worries! You've been demonstrating personal qualities all your life that employers want. We'll show you how to use these qualities to build a competitive resume. Imagine, you with a resume! You'll blow your competition away and get the job you want!

At the age of 14, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for 20 hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice.

Studium und was jetzt? Den theoretischen Teil der Ausbildung absolviert, aber null durch die Hochschule auf die Praxis vorbereitet? Dieses Buch beschreibt dir, wie du die große Veränderung, den Schritt von der Uni in den Beruf, mutig und entschlossen meistern kannst. Hilfreiche Ideen und Gedankenansätze werden aufgezeigt, die in keinem Semester auf dem Plan stehen. Wie kannst du im neuen Lebensabschnitt deine innere Kompassnadel neu ausrichten, welche Ansichten vielleicht überdenken und welche sogar auf den Kopf stellen?

Tutti gridano alle fake news, o altrimenti dette bufale. Ma cosa sono esattamente? C'è chi accusa i giornali e i mass media di essere "finti" (Trump e dintorni), e c'è chi pensa che solo loro possano salvarci dalle bufale. La verità è che le bufale (o, meglio, la "cattiva informazione") rischiano di annidarsi un po' ovunque. Le bufale esistono da sempre: dalla Donazione di Costantino (con la smentita di Lorenzo Valla, il primo degli "hoaxbusters") alla "Guerra dei Mondi" di Orson Welles.

Thirty-five years ago, it was a modern-day, mysterious plague. Its earliest victims were mostly gay men, some of the most marginalized people in the country; at its peak in America, it killed tens of thousands of people. The losses were staggering, the science frightening, and the government's inaction unforgivable. The AIDS crisis fundamentally changed the fabric of the United States. Viral presents the history of the AIDS crisis through the lens of the brave victims and activists who demanded action and literally fought for their lives.