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  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    • ASIN: 0345472322
    • ISBN: 9780345472328
    • Brand: Ballantine Books
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    The updated edition of the book that has changed millions of lives with its insights into the growth mindset. After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, th... [Read More]

  • The Craft of Research, Fourth Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

    • ASIN: 022623973X
    • ISBN: 022623973X
    • Brand: University of Chicago Press
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

    With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government—learn how to conduct effective and meaningful research. Conceived by season... [Read More]

  • Official GRE Super Power Pack, Second Edition

    • UPC: 781349366667
    • ASIN: 1260026396
    • ISBN: 1260026396
    • Brand: McGraw-Hill Education
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

    Save money and get total official GRE test preparation with this 3 book bundle from the test maker! This Power Pack includes three Official Guides: The Official Guide to the GRE, 3rd edition Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Questions, Volume 1, Second Edition Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Questions, Volume 1, Second Edition This Official GRE Su... [Read More]

  • Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship for Funding (SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services)

    • ASIN: 1483376435
    • ISBN: 1483376435
    • Brand: SAGE Publications, Inc
    • Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

    The updated Fifth Edition of the best-selling Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship for Funding offers a fresh, robust presentation of the basics of program design and proposal writing for community services funding. Authors Soraya M. Coley and Cynthia A. Scheinberg help readers develop the knowledge they need to understand community agencies, ... [Read More]

  • Proposal Writing for Nursing Capstones and Clinical Projects

    • ASIN: 0826122884
    • ISBN: 0826122884
    • Manufacturer: Springer Publishing Company

    While advanced practice nursing students generally have good clinical skills, many lack the clinical scholarship capabilities that are required for writing scholarly proposals. The only resource of its kind, this is a practical guide for MSN project students and DNP capstone students who must plan and organize their clinical projects into quality p... [Read More]

  • Writing a Successful Thesis or Dissertation: Tips and Strategies for Students in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

    • ASIN: 141294225X
    • ISBN: 141294225X
    • Brand: Corwin
    • Manufacturer: Corwin

    This comprehensive manual offers direction for every step of the thesis or dissertation process, from choosing an appropriate topic to adapting the finished work for publication.

  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

    • ASIN: 1433805596
    • ISBN: 9781433805592
    • Brand: American Psychological Association
    • Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA)

    In addition to providing guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, this manual offers an authoritative reference and citation system. It also covers the treatment of numbers, statistical and mathematical data, tables and figures.

  • Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam

    • ASIN: 1454898526
    • ISBN: 1454898526
    • Manufacturer: Wolters Kluwer

    Based on the authors proven-effective methodology, Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam contains everything bar exam candidates need to pass the essay portion of the California bar exam. This text combines instruction and practice in essay writing, fact analysis, and issue spotting, with a remarkably efficient review of substantive law, a... [Read More]

  • Applied Behavior Analysis (2nd Edition)

    • ASIN: 0131421131
    • ISBN: 0131421131
    • Brand: Cooper, John O./ Heron, Timothy E./ Heward, William L.
    • Manufacturer: Pearson

    Applied Behavior Analysis provides a complete description of the principles and procedures needed to systematically change socially significant behavior and to understand the reasons for that change. This comprehensive text, appropriate for courses in basic principles, applications, and behavioral research methods, helps students, educators, and pr... [Read More]

  • Program Evaluation for Social Workers: Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs

    • ASIN: 0190227303
    • ISBN: 0190227303
    • Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    Now in its seventh edition, this comprehensive text once again provides beginning social work students and practitioners with a proven, time-tested approach to help them understand and appreciate how to use basic evaluation techniques within their individual cases (case-level) and the programs where they work (program-level). As with the previous s... [Read More]

  • Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)

    • ASIN: 0830817832
    • ISBN: 0830817832
    • Brand: InterVarsity Press
    • Manufacturer: IVP Academic

    2009 Christianity Today Merit Award winner2009 ECPA Gold Medallion (Bible Reference Study) The Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry carry themselves differently from those of the Pentateuch, the histories or the prophets. The divine voice does not peal from Sinai, there are no narratives carried along by prophetic interpretation nor are oracles... [Read More]

  • The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need: 600 Examples of Academic Language

    • ASIN: 1539527751
    • ISBN: 1539527751
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    11,000 COPIES SOLD (AS OF MARCH 2019)The Only Academic Phrasebook You’ll Ever Need is a short, no-nonsense, reader-friendly bank of academic sentence templates. It was written for both graduate and undergraduate students who already know the basics of academic writing but may still struggle to express their ideas using the right words. The Only A... [Read More]

  • A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education

    • ASIN: 0807761230
    • ISBN: 0807761230
    • Brand: Teachers College Press
    • Manufacturer: Teachers College Press

    This concise handbook helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education, and as preservice and practicing teachers. It provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in four written categories in education: classroom, research, credential, and st... [Read More]

  • An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)

    • ASIN: 1461471370
    • ISBN: 1461471370
    • Brand: Springer
    • Manufacturer: Springer

    An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance to marketing to astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modelin... [Read More]

  • Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

    • ASIN: 1482253445
    • ISBN: 1482253445
    • Manufacturer: Chapman and Hall/CRC

    Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan builds readers’ knowledge of and confidence in statistical modeling. Reflecting the need for even minor programming in today’s model-based statistics, the book pushes readers to perform step-by-step calculations that are usually automated. This unique computational approach e... [Read More]

  • PERRLA for APA

    • UPC: 735885981525
    • ASIN: B006T4SQG6
    • Brand: PERRLA
    • Manufacturer: PERRLA, LLC

    Since we introduced PERRLA in 1998, it has been used by more than 285,000 students on over 3,000 university campuses. PERRLA seamlessly integrates with Microsoft WORD and automatically formats your paper in accordance with APA style requirements. The Reference Wizard steps you through more than 200 APA reference types. Simply fill in the blanks ... [Read More]

  • The Dissertation Journey: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Writing, and Defending Your Dissertation

    • ASIN: 1506373313
    • ISBN: 1506373313
    • Brand: Corwin
    • Manufacturer: Corwin

    How to reach the pinnacle of academic achievement The dissertation is a tough mountain to climb; half of all doctoral students never make it to the top. To overcome the practical, social, and psychological obstacles along the way, you need a knowledgeable guide and the right tools. This comprehensive how-to guide to developing and writing a quali... [Read More]

  • "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Third Edition)

    • ASIN: 0393935841
    • ISBN: 9780393935844
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    The best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across ... [Read More]

  • What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow... And 36 Other Key Financial Measures, Updated Edition

    • ASIN: B018HOKXBG
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

    The Classic Guide to Real Estate Investing—Updated for a Re-energized Industry! Real estate is once again a great investment, and this bestselling guide provides everything you need to know to get in now and make your fortune. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow removes the guesswork from investing in real estate by teac... [Read More]

  • Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach

    • ASIN: 1284124495
    • ISBN: 9781284124491
    • Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Learning

    Delivering Health Care in America, Seventh Edition is the most current and comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality. Using a unique "systems" approach, the text brings together an extraordinary breadth of informati... [Read More]

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