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41) The scapegoat
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English
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"A literary mystery, following a man who works at a Northern Californian university as he investigates the death of his father"--
N is employed at a prestigious California university, where he has distinguished himself as an aloof and somewhat eccentric presence. His meticulous, ordered life is violently disrupted by the death of his estranged father -- unanticipated and, as it increasingly seems to N, surrounded by murky circumstances. After a chance...
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"From the makers of "The Invisible War" comes a startling expose of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together verite footage and first person testimonies, the film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue -- despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath -- both their education...
44) Sanctum
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Asylum novel volume 2
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English
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"Plagued by nightmares from their summer in the Brookline asylum, Dan, Abby, and Jordan return to New Hampshire College for a prosective students weekend, only to find themselves caught in a dark and dangerous mystery"--
46) ACT premium prep
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vi, 833 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
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English
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"THE ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION FOR YOUR HIGHEST POSSIBLE ACT SCORE -- including 8 full-length practice tests for realistic prep, content reviews for all test sections, techniques for scoring success, and premium online extras." -- Amazon.com.
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xxxiv, 395 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A groundbreaking study that transforms how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault. The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. And for far too many students, that fear is realized. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual assault...
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vi, 585 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Achieve your best score on the GRE! This comprehensive resource is packed with everything you need to ace the exam. Getting ready to take the GRE? Written by a test prep expert who achieved a perfect score on the GRE, this updated study guide provides complete coverage of all the topics covered on the exam.
52) After ever happy
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After volume 4
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500 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Tessa and Hardin have had enough surprises. Their bond is stronger than ever, but every new challenge they face shakes their foundation -- and Hardin's impenetrable façade -- to the core. As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it's clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin -- any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard...
53) Buffaloed
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A teenage girl is obsessed with making enough cash to get out of Buffalo. When the acceptance letter to her dream school arrives, she must hustle to find a job that will pay for tuition. But after getting scammed by a debt collector she works for, Peg decides to cheat the system like it cheated her.
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Testing volume 2
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English
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Now a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas, Cia Vale attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government's grueling and deadly Testing put her and her loved ones in great danger.
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"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then die…"
In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night, amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have stumbled upon a corpse stowed in the walls of their street's bomb shelter. As the police begin their investigation, the night is interrupted once again when Agnes' upstairs neighbour, Mrs. Sibley is terrorised...
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Determined not to let the S.A.T. exam unfairly define their lives, six wildly different teens devise a way to get the perfect score. Kyle wants to be an architect, but his scores are too low to get into the school of his choice. Matty is heartbroken when he is rejected from the school that his girlfriend attends. Good girl Anna is pressured by her parents to excel in academics and remain innocent. Desmond is a basketball player who believes the exam...
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xxv, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden exposes how academia has become a major target of foreign and domestic espionage--and why that is troubling news for our nation's security and democratic values. Grounded in extensive research and reporting, Spy Schools reveals that globalization--the influx of foreign students and professors and the outflow of Americans for study, teaching, and conferences abroad--has transformed U.S. higher education...
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xviii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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What is the value of a college degree if it leaves you with few job prospects in a tough economy and buried in debt? This book asks the burning question on every prospective student, parent, and new graduate's mind. Student loan debt in the United States crossed the $1 trillion mark in 2011. To say that the cost of a four-year college education is inflated on many campuses would be an understatement, and that education bubble is about to burst. He...
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