Grade Inflation

Grade Inflation

Author: Lester H. Hunt

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2008-07-22

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0791478009

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An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.


Glitz

Glitz

Author: Elmore Leonard

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0061841811

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“Intense….A higher caliber of entertainment.” —New York Times Elmore Leonard’s Glitz is a killer…in the best possible way. “The King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) electrifies with this unputdownable noir tale of a mama’s boy psycho killer with a vendetta against a Miami cop. A cat-and-mouse tale with claws, Glitz is thrilling, frightening, explosive, surprising, everything a great thriller is supposed to be—superior crime fiction the genre’s late greats, John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al, would have been proud to call their own. Elmore Leonard, the creator of magnificent mayhem and truly unforgettable characters—like U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified—is at his nail-biting, page-turning best with Glitz which Stephen King in the New York Times Book Review calls, “Smashing and satisfying.”


Fargo

Fargo

Author: Scott Nankivel

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2013-01-09

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 147596224X

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BUY IT. READ IT. PISS YOURSELF. - Anson Mount (Star of AMCs Hell on Wheels) FARGO - where a day seems like a week, a week like a year and a bullet to the brain like a blessing. A place where people hope their weeknight bowling leagues will improve a little each year, enjoy living in the midst of rainbow sherbet and the chance at a Bingo every weekend. Unbelievable as it sounds, at age twenty-three, Fargo native Scott Nankivel decides he wants more. As the dreamer packs up his Dodge Dart and heads down Main Street for Los Angeles, he reflects on the youth he spent in small-town America. He shares stories about his gaseous, bingo-obsessed mother, who tried to cure his latent bedwetting with electric shock; the local prostitute, whose services could be secured with a shiny quarter; and the Lutheran ministers son who decided to become a woman. Nankivel offers an amusing and heartfelt glimpse into the zany characters who shaped him into the man he is today. He revels in the memories of Fargo and its people and ultimately realizes theyve permeated his heart forever. If the Coen brothers put the town on the map, he plans to take it back off.


Crochet One-Skein Wonders®

Crochet One-Skein Wonders®

Author: Judith Durant

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1603428666

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In this all-crochet addition to the One-Skein Wonders® series, Edie Eckman and Judith Durant offer 101 exciting crochet projects — including jewelry, scarves, bags, hats, dresses, and home decor items — that each use just one skein of yarn. With projects organized by yarn type and weight, you’ll be crocheting lacy shrugs for the springtime and heavy-duty beanies for the snowy winter months. Whatever your experience level, you’re sure to find a delightfully portable project that suits your individual style.


High Glitz

High Glitz

Author: Susan Anderson

Publisher: powerHouse Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781576875148

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An intimate look at America's child beauty pagaents. The vibrant portraits of these young contestants twist notions of sexuality and identity, exposing a new perspective on a uniquely American subculture. High Glitz is a subgenre of pagaents characterised by couture costumes,glamour make-up, elaborate hair styles and even dental veneers. The girls are spray-tanned, made-up and groomed to glossy perfection. Anderson captures the results of this time-consuming and often unnerving endeavour in exquisite detail.


My Pursuit of Beauty

My Pursuit of Beauty

Author: Vince Spinnato

Publisher: Booklogix

Published: 2021-01-10

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9781610059640

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Vince Spinnato invites readers to join him on the roller-coaster retelling of his batsh*t-crazy life, from the lowest lows to the highest highs, culminating in his rise to fame crafting beauty products for scores of Hollywood's glitziest celebrities, and hundreds of cosmetic treatment and healthcare companies, entrepreneurs, retailers, and well-known brands. His revealing memoir shares not only the entertaining stories of life in glamorous Hollywood, loves lost, and the scramble to "make it," but also the touching journey to self-acceptance. Hilarious, outrageous, and totally engaging, My Pursuit of Beauty will have you howling with laughter and contemplating your own life goals.


Help, My Little Girl's Growing Up

Help, My Little Girl's Growing Up

Author: Annette Gail Smith

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780736902793

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Join bestselling author Annette Smith and her daughter, Rachel, as they share personal anecdotes, counsel and biblical wisdom for moms and daughters at this turning point in their relationship. With grace, humor and practicality, Smith offers a helping hand to mothers of preteen and early-teenaged girls.


The Adult Rider

The Adult Rider

Author: Sarah Montague

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications

Published: 2009-06-16

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1589794443

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Are you ready to enter, or re-enter the barn? Are you a former equestrian longing to ride again? Have you always had a dream of riding? Sarah Montague's The Adult Rider will lead you through the ins and outs of horseback riding today: where to take lessons, which disciplines to consider, fitness and nutrition tips, and what it will cost in both time and money.


Not Too Far: A Journey of Words

Not Too Far: A Journey of Words

Author: Eileen Herbert Hugo

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-05-08

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1483429962

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Not Too Far is a book of poetry of place, relationship, observation, history and personal moments caught on the poet's pen. Playful and serious, unforgiving and compassionate, Eileen offers an original take on subjects both familiar and mysterious. If you read Eileen Hugo's poems too quickly you might end up with whip-lash. She will snap you from nostalgia about childhood that might not actually be mostly about childhood to a tongue-in- cheek sensuality that might mean exactly what it says; or not. These poems are well made, lyrical bits of real life as it was lived. Sometimes the poet is the observer, sometimes the actor, but always intensely within the emotion. As you peek into this life open yourself to intense feeling and be sure you stop and take a breath once in a while. Del Cain -Director Austin International Poetry Festival.


White Fur

White Fur

Author: Jardine Libaire

Publisher: Hogarth

Published: 2017-05-30

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0451497945

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A stunning star-crossed love story set against the glitz and grit of 1980s New York City When Elise Perez meets Jamey Hyde on a desolate winter afternoon, fate implodes, and neither of their lives will ever be the same. Although they are next-door neighbors in New Haven, they come from different worlds. Elise grew up in a housing project without a father and didn’t graduate from high school; Jamey is a junior at Yale, heir to a private investment bank fortune and beholden to high family expectations. Nevertheless, the attraction is instant, and what starts out as sexual obsession turns into something greater, stranger, and impossible to ignore. The couple moves to Manhattan in search of a new life, and White Fur follows them as they wander through Newport mansions and East Village dives, WASP-establishment yacht clubs and the grimy streets below Canal Street, fighting the forces determined to keep them apart. White Fur combines the electricity of Less Than Zero with the timeless intensity of Romeo and Juliet in this searing, gorgeously written novel that perfectly captures the ferocity of young love.