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Through a long study of several principles in a landmark court decision, a journalist exposes the gulag of New York's foster care system. The author examines the lost lives that were caught up in the system, and the large social issues such as race, ethnicity, poverty, and human rights. She examines the court decision that implicated the social agencies involved in foster care and the reforms that were mandated--and which took over 25 years to be instituted. AUTHOR: Nina Bernstein
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Controlling Pilot Error by Vladimir Risukhin
With up to 80 of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable save-yourself techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks. AUTHOR: Vladimir Risukhin
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Overcoming Math Anxiety by Sheila Tobias
A new edition of the classic tract on math anxiety in which Tobias analyzes what it is that makes math hard for otherwise successful people, and how women become victims of a gendered view of math. It has been substantially updated to incorporate new research on sex differences in brain organization and function, and has been enlarged to include problems, puzzles, and strategies tried out in math-anxiety workshops. Tobias recognizes that, in an increasingly technical society, having that willingness to learn math can make the difference between high and low self-esteem, failure and success. AUTHOR: Sheila Tobias
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have by Malcolm Gauld, Gauld
Description not available.Filled with a wealth of personal stories, the president and director of family education at the Hyde School, a groundbreaking institution that is based on three principles--attitude over aptitude, effort over achievement, and character over talent--provide a proven program that shows parents how to enhance their children's education by improving family dynamics. 50,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Malcolm Gauld, Gauld
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Mummies, Tombs, & Treasure by Lila Perl, Lila Perl Yerkow
Description not available.Text and photographs examine the mummies and tombs of ancient Egypt. AUTHOR: Lila Perl, Lila Perl Yerkow
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Silent Garden by Paul Ogden
The Silent Garden provides parents of deaf children with crucial information on the greater possibilities afforded their children today. Deaf since birth, Paul Ogden, a professor of Deaf Studies, offers parents a firm foundation for making the difficult decisions necessary to begin their child on the road to realizing his or her full potential. This encouraging book first helps parents to address critical concerns right away, such as how to communicate with their child. It then guides parents on issues such as what type of school their child can attend, what kinds of professional help are beneficial to the family, and what technological alternatives are available. Case studies and interviews with parents of deaf children help to reassure parents that they can prepare their child for a full, productive life. AUTHOR: Paul Ogden
PUBLISHER: Gallaudet University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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