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College & Work
Many people have asked us for more books for older learners. We
admit to having an abundance of materials for children who just happen to fall
into our children's age range since that's where our personal interests lie!
However, we are working on offering more to the older crowd. Well, the books
below reflect that effort, and you'll find
The Teenage Liberation
Handbook, Real Lives,
Harold Jacob's math texts, and other
books throughout the catalog. Keep your suggestions coming - we do listen!
 And What About College?
by Cafi Cohen. The author discusses how
she helped her two homeschooled children apply to and get accepted by the
colleges of their choice. This is the newest edition with many useful ideas
for everyone thinking about college, but especially for those with
nontraditional educations. *Chapter on college at home and on-line college
*Appendix on study tips for the college bound
*Resources and web sites
*Chapter highlights to help you focus on the most important points. Paper,
224 pages.
This book is out of print, so it's only available while supplies last.
The special price is a limited time offer.
#7116 $18.95
$12.00
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 Career
Guide to America's Top Industries: Presenting Job Opportunities and Trends in
All Major Industries by U S Dept of Labor - Provides substantial detail
on more than 40 major industries! The book explains how each industry works and
gives facts on working conditions, job opportunities, earnings and benefits,
training and education needed, advancement, and more. Includes helpful charts
and tables. Cross-references job titles in the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Paper, 238 pages. 10.9"x8.5"x 0.5". Pubished in 2002.
#8862 $12.95 $6.99
Out of print, one copy available. Some edgewear.
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 Test
of Time by Charles Harrington Elster is a time-travel adventure that
incorporates vocabulary words from the SAT and ACT, boldfacing them throughout
the novel and providing definitions in a handy back-of-the book glossary. The
result is a fun and effective study method for those who take these tests each
year.
For Orlando Garcia Ortiz and his friends at prestigious Hadleyburg University,
it's finals week. That same week, but many, many years before, a famously
eccentric writer in Hartford, Connecticut, is putting the finishing touches on a
manuscript about a rebellious boy named Huck. Suddenly, a bizarre thing happens:
The manuscript disappears and in its place appears a strange contraption - a
college student's laptop that has traveled through time. It's a mysterious set
of circumstances, but our intrepid heroes at Hadleyburg, joined by Mark Twain,
endeavor to retrieve their valued possessions and return to their proper places
in time.
Paper, 448 pages. 5 5/16" x 8". See also Tooth
and Nail by the same author.
#1372 $14.00 $12.50
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 Tooth and Nail: A Novel Approach to the New SAT -
So you're preparing for the SAT, and you want to build up your vocabulary.
This book approaches the process in a unique way. No boring lessons or
tedious list of words. Instead, the authors have written a mystery that
takes place at a mythical college with mostly teen characters. Words that
have frequently occurred on past SAT tests are set in boldface As you read
the novel you can look these up in the glossary at the back of the book for
their definition or look them up afterwards (my preference).
Though I'm long past the SAT phase of life, I found the book illuminating.
See also the Test of Time by the same author.
Paper, 384 pages. 5 5/16" x 8"
#3826X $14.00 $12.50
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Your
First Job, 2nd edition by Ron Fry. This book is quick and easy to read and is
chock full of many useful pointers about researching jobs, writing resumes, and landing
interviews. The book also covers how to handle yourself at an interview, evaluating a job
once you land it and making decisions about future employment. I found the latter
discussion most useful since most of us will have more than one job in our employment
lifetime. A.M.
Paper.
#1896 $9.99 $8.99
Out of print, limited number of copies available.
 The Question is College: On Finding and Doing Work You Love by
Herbert Kohl is a wonderful, thoughtful book about how to find one's vocation or
life's work. The author focuses on how college is not necessarily the best
choice for a young person and provides alternatives. Through examples and
concrete tools, he helps you plot a course toward realizing your goals.
This book not only talks to teens about finding work they love, but talks to
parents directly about the importance of listening to your children and not
allowing the desire for your child to attend college to cause an irreparable
rift between you.
While it focuses on teens, this book can be used by anyone wanting to explore
what they want to do. I highly recommend it.
While this book is now out of print, we like it so much that we have been
purchasing copies returned by other book stores, remainders, and even used
copies. As a result, we have a small
quantity available (both hard and soft cover). These are in excellent condition, but
some may have bookplates from libraries or individuals, or may have highlighter
marks on text.
Hardcover or paper, depending on what we have in stock.
288 pages.
#6980 $20.00
 Uncollege
Alternative by Danielle Wood. Learn how you can create a profitable,
exciting, creative, and amazingly successful future without a college degree.
Whether you're a high school student considering your next step, a college
student seeking change, or even a college graduate looking for creative
alternatives to the conventional path, this guide will provide a wealth of
life-changing ideas and resources, including advice on: great careers without a
college degree, taking time off before or during college, opportunities for
adventures around the world, internships, apprenticeships, and training
programs, community service projects that pay, starting your own business. You
are living in the most exciting time in history! Seize the day! JHB
This book is now out of print, but we have a few used copies. Your copy may
have creases, library stickers, highlights or a combination.
Paper, 319 pages.
#3084 $20.00
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