General Books

PMP Exam Prep, Fifth Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam

Rita Mulcahy

Amazon Price: $57.82 List Price: $89.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: RMC Publications, Inc. Amazon Marketplace: 32 new & used starting at $56.05

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General
Subjects -> Computers & Internet -> Certification Central -> Exams -> PMP

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 302 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Worth Every Penny 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I have just passed my PMP exam from the first time, and I give a lot of credit to this book. The way it is compiled will definitely pave the road for success. No question in the exam took me by surprise. If you are preparing for the PMP certification test, this is what you need.
Good luck.

Editorial Review:

Can you imagine valuing a book so much that you send the author a "Thank You" letter?

Tens of thousands of people understand why PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy, PMP, is a worldwide best-seller. Is it Rita's years of PMP exam preparation experience? The endless hours of ongoing research? The interviews with project managers who failed the exam, to identify gaps in their knowledge? Or is it the razor-sharp focus on making sure project managers don't waste a single minute of their time studying any more than they absolutely have to? Actually, it's all of the above.

PMP Exam Prep, Fifth Edition by Rita Mulcahy contains hundreds of updates and improvements from previous editions--including new exercises and sample questions never before in print. Offering hundreds of sample questions, critical time-saving tips plus games and activities available nowhere else, this book will help you pass the PMP exam on your FIRST try.

FE Review Manual: Rapid Preparation for the General Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (F E Review Manual), 2nd ed.

Michael R. Lindeburg

Amazon Price: $58.30 List Price: $106.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Professional Publications (CA) Amazon Marketplace: 40 new & used starting at $58.30

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General
Subjects -> Professional & Technical -> Engineering -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 90 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great tool for preparation 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a great book for preparing for the General portion of the FE/EIT exam. I highly recommend it. Make sure you give yourself enough time to work through the entire book. It's better to over-prepare for this test, because after all, if you are an engineer, then these are things you should know. An iteration of problem solving and reading with this book, and then a review of the things you don't feel that confident about should be enough to guarantee a passing score. Also, you'll want to download a free version of the NCEES Reference Guide, and solve the problems while using that as your only reference. The ability to easily wade through that reference guide will make everything go much smoother while taking the exam.

Editorial Review:

The FE Review Manual is designed to prepare you to pass the general FE exam even if you have very limited study time. You get an efficient review of all the current exam topics; diagnostic exams so you can see what areas you need to study; more than 1,150 practice problems (with solutions); a realistic simulation of the complete 8-hour exam; and free software to help reinforce what you've learned. Plus, the Review Manual is completely in sync (same terminology, formulas, topic order, etc.) with the NCEES handbook that is used during the exam. This combination is so effective that the publisher offers a unique "Pass or Don't Pay" Guarantee: pass the exam, or get a full refund for the book.

Please note, software is not included in the book, but you may request software by using the form inside the book. The software is free, but thereis a $4.95 shipping fee.

Those Who Can, Teach

Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper

Amazon Price: $102.20 Usually ships in 7 to 13 days By: Houghton Mifflin Company Amazon Marketplace: 40 new & used starting at $71.04

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Pedagogy

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

As the best-selling introductory education text, Those Who Can, Teach, 11/e, maintains its current, dynamic, and reader-friendly approach to help students make informed decisions about entering teacher education programs. Using multiple sources, including biographies, narratives, profiles, and interviews with top educators and scholars, the text promotes student interaction and exposes students to the realities of teaching. This acclaimed author team's direct, conversational tone invites students to reflect on the problems and satisfactions of teaching in the United States, casting a career in teaching as a positive challenge.

• Houghton Mifflin Video Cases, four- to six-minute video modules presenting real classroom scenarios, enable students to observe the day-to-day challenges and rewards of teaching from the convenience of their computers. Available on the Online Teaching and Study Centers, HM Video Cases are enhanced by classroom artifacts, Viewing Questions, Interview Transcripts, Key Terms, and bonus video footage.
• New! Chapter 16 reprises the question, Why Teach: A Final Word, from Chapter 1, bringing the book full circle and inspiring to students to continue their education studies.
• New! For Debate feature at the end of each chapter encourages students to use the materials available on the Web and to interact with other users of the book.
• New and Updated material includes Pause and Reflect Questions; coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act; new discussion of 2004 IDEA reauthorization; and a new chart in Chapter 3 that clarifies the recognized categories of disorders in the student population.
• INTASC Standards correlation chart at the front of the text correlates the ten core principles of INTASC to the chapters and pages of the Eleventh Edition.
• Leaders in Education boxes profile outstanding teachers in the field, and Voices from the Classroom sections in each chapter offer relevant interviews with real teachers, administrators, and other school personnel.
• Eduspace is a dynamic online tool that enhances course management and delivery and allows students to share information, reflect, and review. Eduspace offers students access to such interacive components as HM Video Cases, a discussion board and online journal, and a unique tutorial on developing a teaching portfolio.

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

Loren Pope

Amazon Price: $10.20 List Price: $15.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Penguin (Non-Classics) Amazon Marketplace: 56 new & used starting at $7.49

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> College & University -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 33 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Insight Doesn't Come Easy, Folks 2 out of 5 stars.
28 of 34 people found this review helpful.

There may be a few families who'd be helped by this book, and if so I'd hate to deprive them of it. However, if your child goes to a school with a halfway knowledgeable college counselor, and/or if you have the skills to use the internet, you don't need it and won't find it enlightening. Like a Frommer guidebook, it makes its own recommendations out of date in this era of over-applications. Frankly, the two schools I visited with my junior son didn't much resemble the expectations I'd formed from the book. As previous reviewers have noted, the sampling is loaded heavily toward the northeast and overwhelmingly toward "small liberal arts" colleges, the very sort of schools that over-determined parents are likely to believe would be best for their child in terms of "personal attention" from faculty. A bit of swine-flesh before the pearl gatherers: A little attention from a great faculty member is worth more than a lot of attention from a middling one.

The bottom line is that neither I nor my son found the book stimulating or useful.

Editorial Review:

Now fully revised—the perennially popular guide to choosing the right college

Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope’s expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include:

• Evaluations of each school’s program and “personality”
• Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans
• Information on the progress of graduates

This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning disabilities, and single-sex education.

The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook)

Jim Trelease

Amazon Price: $10.20 List Price: $15.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Penguin (Non-Classics) Amazon Marketplace: 64 new & used starting at $7.24

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Reference -> Words & Language -> Reading Skills
Subjects -> Reference -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Elementary School

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 35 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great Reference Tool! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This book should be purchased by all parents if for no other reason than the ability to reference a large database of great books at one time. Well worth the money!

I would have never known 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

My daughters teacher referred me to this book. It let's you know which books are good to read to your kids at the different age levels. Some books I never read when I was a child. I look forward to reading to my children.

Editorial Review:

For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease’s beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read- Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them— for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

A Writer's Reference: 2003 MLA Update

Diana Hacker

By: Bedford/St. Martin's Amazon Marketplace: 352 new & used starting at $1.75

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Reference -> Words & Language -> Reference
Subjects -> Reference -> Words & Language -> Rhetoric
Subjects -> Reference -> Writing -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 59 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Invaluable! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I regularly use this book in my work and have bought several copies for others -- it's easy to use (will lay flat due to spiral binding), well-organized and an easy read.

must have 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

this is a must have in todays fast paced world of education and doing it right the first time.

Exercises to Accompany A Writer's Reference Large Format 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Book did arrive on time and in good condition. I was very satisfied and will deal with this sellar again.

Writing Reference Book 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This book and the disc that come with it are an excellent resource for the high school and college student. The book covers several documenting (source citation) methods (MLA, APA and CMS) for writing essays and papers. This book has all the basics from writing a thesis to grammer. There is also a website that provides more help and practice problems. It comes with tabbed sections to make content very easy to locate quickly. Excellent, excellent book!

Better than ever 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I was directed to use "A Writer's Reference" beginning with the second addition. When I could choose texts for my classes, I voluntarily chose this very text, which I use for pre-freshman composition, freshman critical thinking/composition, literature/advanced composition, and critical thinking/advanced composition. The sixth edition is better than ever. Furthermore, it is the one book I tell my students to never sell back as I firmly believe it will take care of students' writing needs through their bachelors and beyond.
Lin Fraser, Sacramento City College

Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level

Sally Md Shaywitz

Amazon Price: $10.85 List Price: $15.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Vintage Amazon Marketplace: 58 new & used starting at $9.00

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Special Education -> Communicative Disorders
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Special Education -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 58 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES TO READ!
Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results

One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the new research into how the brain works, offers the latest information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them. Here are the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.

--What dyslexia is and why some intelligent, gifted people read slowly and painfully
--How to identify dyslexia in preschoolers, schoolchildren, young adults, and adults
--How to find the best school and how to work productively with your child’s teacher
--Exercises to help children use the parts of the brain that control reading
--A 20-minute nightly home program to enhance reading
--The 150 most common problem words–a list that can give your child a head start
--Ways to raise and preserve a child’s self-esteem aqnd reveal his strengths
--Stories of successful men and women who are dyslexic

Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14

Chip Wood

Amazon Price: $16.20 List Price: $18.00 Usually ships in 3 to 6 weeks By: Northeast Foundation for Children Amazon Marketplace: 12 new & used starting at $13.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Elementary School
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Excellent Book - I recommend to any parent or teacher! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is just one incredible book. It is direct to the point with no flowery words, theories or philosphies. Each chapter is one age. The author creates about a half dozen catagories: physical, communication, etc. and provides bullets under each catagory of what to expect for the age. Each chapter is designed the same. I have found it to be right on the money! This should be a gift for every new parent!

Editorial Review:

Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference has been a favorite of parents and teachers for more than 10 years. For each age, this book includes: narrative description of developmental traits; charts summarizing physical, social, language, and cognitive growth patterns; suggestions for curricular areas: reading, writing, mathematics, and thematic units; favorite books for different ages. What's new in the 3rd edition: a brief overview of issues in the development of bilingualism and biliteracy among Latino/Hispanic children; an appendix on the birthday cluster exercise for applying the information in the book to working with a whole class of students; an updated list of recommended children s books; an updated list of recommended resources for teachers and parents.

Word Power Made Easy

Norman Lewis

Amazon Price: $6.99 List Price: $6.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Pocket Amazon Marketplace: 60 new & used starting at $2.97

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General
Subjects -> Reference -> Dictionaries & Thesauruses -> Thesauruses

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 46 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Its not this easy 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.

Why do you want to increase the size of your vocabulary? If you want just want to show off then this may be a book for you. However, if you want to be able to formulate your thoughts more precisely stay away from it. The method that the author proposes gives you a rough idea of the meaning of a word. That's it. After working through the book you may be able to say the same thing in six different ways, but you will not be able to tell the subtle differences in implication. That the author likewise lacks this level of sophistication becomes abundantly clear, e.g., when he claims that a palace and a castle are 'the same'. In order to really extend your vocabulary I would rather recommend to read book by Joyce, Hemmingway or Dickens -- they also make a more enjoyable read.

Editorial Review:

• Do You Always Use the Right Word?
• Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It -- Correctly?
• Do You Know How to Avoid Illiterate Expressions?
• Do You Speak Grammatically, Without Embarrassing Mistakes?

If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read Word Power Made Easy. Now thoroughly revised to eliminate outmoded references and to to reflect current idioms, it remains the best and quickest means to a better vocabulary in the English language.

Each chapter ends with review. Each section ends with a progressive check. Numerous tests will help you increase and retain the knowledge you acquired. Word Power Made Easy does more than just ass words to you vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process.

The Creative Teacher (Mcgraw-Hill Teacher Resources)

Kimberly Persiani-Becker, Brandy Alexander, Steve Springer

Amazon Price: $13.57 List Price: $19.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: McGraw-Hill Amazon Marketplace: 36 new & used starting at $8.80

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Reference
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Reference -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Excellent condition and Speedy shipping! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book arrived quickly and in excellent condition as promised. Would definitely buy from this seller again!

Creative to say the least 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This book is filled with creative ideas. It provides tweaks to assignments and projects one would already use in the classroom.

Creative and Resourceful 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book, along with the Organized Teacher. Both of these books are filled with awesome printables, resources, websites, ideas, and projects for every content area from reading and writing to art and gym. I really enjoy both of these books!

Editorial Review:

A comprehensive, practical resource packed with proven techniques and seasoned advice for time-strapped educators

For teachers of grades K-6

Facing ever-more-demanding state standards and less disciplined students, even the most experienced teacher carries a heavier burden today than ever before. The Creative Teacher offers inventive tools to enhance standards-based curricula and helpful strategies for creating new and engaging lesson plans. Fillled with fresh ideas for everything from bulletin boards to math activities, this one-stop resource will quickly become the most valuable volume in your library.