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This title features 230 cards deliver a fun, fast, high-yield review for the USMLE Step 1. With these cards, you'll be able to: focus on must-know information for the boards; compare and contrast drugs; understand the basic principles of drug classes that are board relevant and high yield Know mecha[...]

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Broadcast News Handbook: Writing, Reporting, and Producing in the Age of Social Media enables students and professionals to become better writers and better journalists. Backed by 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors provide helpful discussions and expert knowledge on cr[...]

Born Natasha Zakharenko, Natalie Wood's biography tells the story of the influences in her life - her alcoholic mother, leading men who became her lovers, her marriage (twice) to Robert Wagner and her addiction to sleeping pills. Over 400 interviews were conducted during the author's research.[...]

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A seductive story of suspicion, fear and moral corruption, this is the tale of 10-year-old Marsha. Her life is in turmoil following the collapse of her parents' marriage, and the brutal murder of a local boy. When the shy bachelor from next door begins to take an interest in Marsha's mother, Marsha [...]

Before I used it, the key had infinite possibilities. Eleven-year-old Elise feels stuck. Her school locker-buddy squashes her lunch and laughs at her, every day. She doesn't want to go to school - and her best friend Franklin just makes things worse. Now I was ready for something to be different. An[...]

For seventeen-year-old Delk Sinclair, studying abroad in Ireland means one thing: escape. Delk is tired of hearing about her friends? debutante parties, watching her pregnant stepmother redecorate her mother's house, and having to smile sweetly even though she doesn't think she?ll ever get over losi[...]