The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together
By: Brennan Barnard
4.30
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Seabiscuit: An American Legend
By: Laura Hillenbrand
4.22
Format: 457 pages, Mass Market Paperback
There's an alternate cover edition here Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular … read more
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"The weather was clear, the track fast War Admiral broke first and finished last."-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
"To pilot a racehorse is to ride a half-ton catapult. It is without question one of the most formidable feats in sport."-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
"He grasped for hope in Emerson's vision of natural polarities, in which all things are balanced by their opposites—darkness by light, cold by heat, loss by gain."-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
"There's more than one thing I can't do and there are a lot more things than that that you can't do or you wouldn't be in the newspaper business. You'd be a jockey and a scholar and a connoisseur of f…"-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
2. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
By: Michael Lewis
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
#1 New York TimesBestseller -- With a new Afterword In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a … read more
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- nonfiction
3. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more
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- nonfiction
4. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
By: Dai Sijie , Ina Rilke
3.84
Format: 208 pages,
In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two haples… read more
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5. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
By: None
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Audio CD
How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of be… read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove… read more
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- nonfiction
7. The Official SAT Study Guide
By: The College Board
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Official SAT Study Guide: Second Edition(tm) by The College Board features 10 official SAT(r) p… read more
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8. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
By: William Deresiewicz
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and l… read more
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9. Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges
By: Loren Pope
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 19… read more
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10. The Chinese in America: A Narrative History
By: Iris Chang
3.91
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a peopl… read more
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11. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more
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12. The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights
By: Lee Ross , Thomas Gilovich
4.43
Format: 85 pages, Hardcover
Renowned psychologists describe the most useful insights from social psychology that can help make … read more
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13. Richard Nixon: The Life
By: John A. Farrell
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more
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14. Darkness at Noon
By: Arthur Koestler , Pınar Kür , Daphne Hardy
4.11
Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Darkness at Noon is a fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an agi… read more
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"Truth is what is useful to humanity, falsehood what is harmful."-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
"Each wrong idea we follow is a crime committed against future generations."-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
"History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes."-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
"The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it."-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
15. Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
By: Frank Bruni
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasiona… read more
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16. Night Watch
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
3.79
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more
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17. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
18. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
19. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story
By: Max Marshall
3.50
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more
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- nonfiction
20. I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works
By: Ramit Sethi
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
As seen on the new NETFLIX series! The groundbreaking NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSE… read more
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21. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
22. The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make
By: Ron Lieber
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR New York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Revi… read more
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- college
- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
23. Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
By: Jeffrey J. Selingo
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Seling… read more
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- college
- nonfiction
- parenting
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24. Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College
By: Becky Munsterer Sabky
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Named one of Grown & Flown 's “Best Book on College Admissions and Paying for College” “The most h… read more
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- college
- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
25. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
By: Lisa Damour
4.47
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ in… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
26. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
By: Andy Greenberg
4.50
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more
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27. The College Conversation: A Practical Companion for Parents to Guide Their Children Along the Path to Higher Education
By: Eric J. Furda
4.04
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
From an Ivy League dean and a college admissions expert, a guide to help parents support their chil… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
28. The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together
By: Brennan Barnard
4.30
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the e… read more
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29. College Admission Essentials: A Step-By-Step Guide to Showing Colleges Who You Are and What Matters to You
By: Ethan Sawyer
4.39
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
You can get into the perfect school! Discover the key to standing out from the crowd and capturing … read more
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- college
- education
30. Breaking Ranks: How the Rankings Industry Rules Higher Education and What to Do about It
By: Colin Diver
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Some colleges will do anything to improve their national ranking. That can be bad for their student… read more
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- education
31. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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