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The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is … Continue reading

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Press Conference Launches Efforts of World Allergy Week 2012 to Highlight the Impact of Complex Allergic Disease on Patient Quality of Life

Press Conference Launches Efforts of World Allergy Week 2012 to Highlight the Impact of Complex Allergic Disease on Patient Quality of Life Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 … Continue reading

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Real World XML (2nd Edition)

Real World XML (2nd Edition) Steven Holzner’s friendly, easy-to-read style has turned this book (formerly known as Inside XML) into the leading reference on XML. Unlike other XML books, this one is packed with hundreds of real-world examples, fully tested … Continue reading

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Engineering the ABC’s: How Engineers Shape Our World

Engineering the ABC’s: How Engineers Shape Our World Imagine a world without cars and computers, or toys and televisions, or movies and microwaves. Then imagine a world without engineers. Engineering the ABC’s answers questions about now everyday things work and … Continue reading

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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, cultureLinguistics has long shied away from claiming … Continue reading

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World Nicholas Ostler’s Empires of the Word is the first history of the world’s great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the … Continue reading

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Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World

Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World An engineer’s road map to professional and personal success Congratulations! You’re an engineer, and now you’re ready to take the corporate world by storm. But in … Continue reading

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Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering Science/Engineering “Petroski has an inquisitive mind, and he is a fine writer. . . . [He] takes us on a lively tour of engineers, their creations and their necessary turns of mind.”   –Los Angeles … Continue reading

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Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World

Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World An engineer’s road map to professional and personal success Congratulations! You’re an engineer, and now you’re ready to take the corporate world by storm. But in … Continue reading

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Bears: Animals That Hibernate (Secrets of the Animal World)

Bears: Animals That Hibernate (Secrets of the Animal World) Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of these powerful mammals, who live on all of Earth’s continents. List Price: $ 21.27 Price: $ 14.99

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